[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2025/installing_bsd_pt5.gmi Installers play a huge role in forming the first impression of newcomers: They are the first experience any operating system provides to people who want to get started - or the … Continue reading Installing *BSD in 2025 part 5 – Bonus: A look beyond our teacup
Tag: Illumos
Installing *BSD in 2025 part 0b – Modern myths: AI ramblings (NetBSD and OpenBSD)
[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2025/installing_bsd_pt0b.gmi In part A of this article I covered answers from several Large Language Models to questions about DragonFly BSD and FreeBSD. The intent there was to get an idea about how … Continue reading Installing *BSD in 2025 part 0b – Modern myths: AI ramblings (NetBSD and OpenBSD)
Advance!BSD – thoughts on a not-for-profit project to support *BSD (1/2)
[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2021/advance_bsd_pt1.gmi There are multiple reasons why I am a BSD user and enthusiast. For one thing I enjoy using systems where the design benefits from the holistic approach (whole OS vs. "kernel … Continue reading Advance!BSD – thoughts on a not-for-profit project to support *BSD (1/2)
Multi-OS PXE-booting from FreeBSD 12: Linux, illumos and more (pt. 4)
[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2021/multi-os_pxe-booting_from_fbsd_pt4.gmi Post 1 of this mini series is about what lead me to do this in the first place, features a little excursion for people new to PXE and details the setup … Continue reading Multi-OS PXE-booting from FreeBSD 12: Linux, illumos and more (pt. 4)
Dystopian Open Source
[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2021/dystopian_open_source.gmi Happy New Year dear reader! The other day I watched a video on YouTube that had only 6 views since last October. It is about a very important topic, though, and … Continue reading Dystopian Open Source
A glimpse into 2020
When you read this, the old year will be over (well, depending on the time zone you live in). If we're lucky, this might be the year to get our hands on the first affordable RISC-V hardware that can actually run a Unix-like operating system. It should definitely be the year to get interesting devices … Continue reading A glimpse into 2020
Illumos (v9os) on SPARC64 SunFire v100
Over the last month or so I've written a couple of articles on an old SunFire v100 machine that I own for a while now. First I took a look at the hardware of the machine and the LOM (Lights Out Management). Then I installed OpenBSD 6.0 from CD and updated all the way to … Continue reading Illumos (v9os) on SPARC64 SunFire v100
Testing OmniOSce on real hardware
[edit 07-02]Added images to make the article a little prettier[/edit] Last year I decided to take a first look at OmniOSce. It's a community-driven continuation of the open source operating system that originated at OmniTI. It is also an Illumos distribution and as such a continuation of the former Open Solaris project by Sun that … Continue reading Testing OmniOSce on real hardware
Rusted ravens: Ravenports march 2019 status update
It's been a couple of months since I last wrote about Ravenports, the universal *nix application building framework. Not exactly being a slowly moving project, a lot has happened since then. Platform support Raven currently supports DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, Linux and Solaris/Illumos, the latter being only in the form of binary packages (except for when … Continue reading Rusted ravens: Ravenports march 2019 status update
Ravenports explained: Why not just join XYZ?
As the year comes to an end, I've seen quite some interest in my previous post. There has been a question on Reddit what the benefit(s) of Raven over Pkgsrc might be and why the developers don't simply join an existing effort instead of building something new. I've touched on this topic about half a … Continue reading Ravenports explained: Why not just join XYZ?
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