Why I Like NetBSD, or Why Portability Matters

So why use NetBSD? Many of its proponents would argue that NetBSD also has its own niche: the focus on portability. At the time I first heard about portability, I took it to roughly mean that you can run it on any machine. Now my understanding of the concept has evolved and I want to talk a bit about why portability is awesome, and why I think people undersell its importance...

https://mccd.space/posts/netbsd-review/

#system

Swap the operating system of any remote Linux server by the one of your choice.

For a long time, I have been curious whether there were ways to swap out the operating systems of a remote server without having access to a BIOS/UEFI nor to a good cloud control panel with ISO/images loading capabilities, but only throughout a remote SSH access to an existing system...

https://cloudbsd.xyz/

#cloud #system #install

BSDCan 2024:

- NetBSD on RISC-V - It Finally Runs NetBSD By: Dylan Eskew & Dr Phil Nelson;
- NetBSD Subfiles By: Elijah Sherwood & Dr Philip Nelson;
- Making NetBSD as a fast(er) booting microvm By: Emile Heitor;
- Alamosa: A Tiered Disk Block Cache for NetBSD By: Kira Ash;

All videos - Youtube, Peertube.

#video #conf

NetBSD on a ROCK64 Board.

Long story short, I had the chance to resurrect 4 single-board computers that were collecting dust in my office. I decided to install FreeBSD on one of them and it was a success. This time I will show you how and why I installed NetBSD on a second ROCK64 board.

https://simonevellei.com/blog/posts/netbsd-on-a-rock64-board/

#hardware #install #rock64

Installing NetBSD on the Nintendo Wii!.

It's about time for another Wii homebrew project! Because thanks to some recent developments, it's possible to get NetBSD working on this thing. Oh... and it's the latest version too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO9bNwE3Vps

#system #install #nintendo

This blog is hosted on a Nintendo Wii.

While browsing the NetBSD website recently, I noticed the fact that there was a ‘Wii’ option listed right there on the front page in the ‘Install Media’ section, nestled right next to the other first-class targets like the Raspberry Pi, and generic x86 machines.

Unlike the other outdated and unmaintained examples above, clicking through to the NetBSD Wii port takes you to the latest stable NetBSD 10.1 release from Dec 2024. Even the daily HEAD builds are composed for the Wii.

As soon as I discovered this was fully supported and maintained, I knew I had to try deploying an actual production workload on it. That workload is the blog you’re reading now...

https://blog.infected.systems/posts/2025-04-21-this-blog-is-hosted-on-a-nintendo-wii/

#wii #install #system