Compiling the NetBSD kernel as a benchmark.

For a while, I've been compiling my own NetBSD kernel. Just for a few options, mainly CARP, at first for my Raspberry Pis, and at the moment for paravirtualized Xen domUs. Compiling a custom NetBSD kernel is a very easy task, it's just a matter of 3 main steps...

https://blog.anotherhomepage.org/post/2022/05/25/Compiling-the-NetBSD-kernel-as-a-benchmark/

#kernel #system

NetBSD 9.3 released.

The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 9.3, the third release from the NetBSD 9 stable branch.

https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_9_3_released

#release #system

Installing OpenBSD on Scaleway Elastic Metal.

The instructions below will roughly stay the same should you want to install NetBSD or FreeBSD instead of OpenBSD...

https://www.senzilla.io/blog/2022/08/10/installing-openbsd-scaleway-elastic-metal/

#install #system

Is the NetBSD operating system losing its competitive edge to Linux and FreeBSD?

I’m not entirely sure there was ever a “competitive edge” that NetBSD had over FreeBSD… and the differences between any of the BSDs and Linux are vast — some of them are important, others not so much...

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-NetBSD-operating-system-losing-its-competitive-edge-to-Linux-and-FreeBSD/answer/Stan-Hanks

#system #justread