Re: Release

2021-12-17 Thread Matthias Petermann
Am 17.12.2021 um 14:33 schrieb Martin Husemann: On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 08:27:56PM +0800, Piper H wrote: solutions than OpenBSD. NetBSD also has a very strong commitment to binary compatibility with old releases *and* the slowest release cycle (which also means active support for old release

Re: Release

2021-12-17 Thread Mario Marietto
Anyway,someone of you know if at the moment,netbsd supports my graphic cards ? As default I use this : vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x03 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x3e98 subvendor=0x1458 subdevice=0 xd000 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD

Re: Release

2021-12-17 Thread Pedro Pinho
Putting things into "boxes" is understandble but, also somewhat restrictive. Here's a full-fledged NetBSD set-up on a laptop that I posted a few weeks ago, https://www.reddit.com/r/UsabilityPorn/comments/qv8qap/lxqt_modern_netbsd_desktop/ As you can see, not embeded device. Den fre 17 dec. 2021

Re: Release

2021-12-17 Thread Mario Marietto
Actually I'm intrigued by DragonFlyBSD because it does not use bhyve as a hypervisor but qemu + nvmm and it should be very nice. I'm not sure if it allows the passthru of the graphic card,but I want to try. Il giorno ven 17 dic 2021 alle ore 14:23 Lizbeth Mutterhunt, Ph.D <

Re: Release

2021-12-17 Thread Martin Husemann
On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 08:27:56PM +0800, Piper H wrote: > I have googled for the info, the brief difference from my understanding - > freebsd for general use like ubuntu for linux, openbsd focus on security, > netbsd is built for embedded. Am I right? It is not that simple to tell in general.

Re: Release

2021-12-17 Thread Piper H
I have googled for the info, the brief difference from my understanding - freebsd for general use like ubuntu for linux, openbsd focus on security, netbsd is built for embedded. Am I right? On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 8:23 PM Lizbeth Mutterhunt, Ph.D < lizbethmutterh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Once,

Re: Release

2021-12-17 Thread Lizbeth Mutterhunt, Ph.D
Once, decades ago, BSD was once, but seperated itself into the three main-distributions: FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD; the most common version nowadays - excuse please - ist FreeBSD. DragonFlyBSD is a derivative of FreeBSD with an unserspace quite different to FreeBSD, lacking the newest kernel and

Re: Release

2021-12-17 Thread Piper H
I have another silly question: what's the brief difference between NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonflyBSD? Thanks for pointing that out. On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 10:57 AM Todd Gruhn wrote: > Now that I think of it: isnt Android based on LINUX? Why not NetBSD > on a smartphone? > > On Thu,

Re: Release / NetBSD as mobile OS

2021-12-17 Thread Milun Rajkovic
If my BMW GS motorcycle display can run on NetBSD (judging by listings of patents and rights) ,all wireless connectivities included, engine control, and great touch screen GUI, I don't see why not. Just no big maker bothers doing it. On Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 10:31 Matthias Petermann wrote: > > Am