Heitor
mastodon 4.7.3FOSS contributor, NetBSD developer. DJ'ing and composing in my spare time * https://imil.net/fosscard/ * twitch.tv/imilnb
🎉 smolBSD has now its SMOL NetBSD kernel for aarch64 too! 🎉
https://smolbsd.org/assets/netbsd-SMOL-aarch64.img is live for use with any arm64/aarch64 host, like RPi's, Orange Pi's or Apple's M[0-9]'s and it's FAST
git pull && bmake kernfetch and you're set!
Hey @formorer@rollenspiel.social great work on https://github.com/credativ/FrOSCon2026-microvm/ !
You might want to try NetBSD MICROVM / smolBSD kernel which boots in ~10ms https://smolbsd.org/ :)
This guy even tried it on Proxmox https://github.com/rcarmo/pve-microvm/blob/main/docs/guests.md
Thanks @dasga@framapiaf.org for the heads up on this project <3
woo! 15ms on an Apple M4 https://gist.github.com/lbartoletti/f0ee95c025cad7369edc31036e3e1bb1
Thanks @lbartoletti@mastodon.bsd.cafe for the test <3
(kinda)smolBSD on FreeBSD's bhyve ladies and gents
This NetBSD kernel configuration works with smolBSD, MICROVM for aarch64! https://imil.net/NetBSD/MICROVM.aarch64
A life-long bug has been fixed in smolBSD; console always behave strangely with "complex" tools like vim or curses TUI, I finally figured it out: the QEMU emulated console! redirecting stdio to a pty and connecting to it via picocom (cu works too) makes it fully functional <3
Just add `use_pty=y` in etc/myvm.conf or start it with `-P`. For Dockerfiles, add:
LABEL smolbsd.use_pty="y"
Images using console have been updated https://github.com/orgs/NetBSDfr/packages
If you happen to be at #FOSDEM2026 come and see us Saturday at 15:50 at the BSD devroom! https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/BGPF3M-smolbsd/ witness the fastest booting BSD UNIX!
LUTINOS! le live d'hier est en ligne.
Au programme :
* microsoft pousse des PRs sur smolBSD 😱
* Le classique "c'est quoi une vm en 2026"
* smolBSD boot sur FreeBSD !
