Post by @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org

@netbsd is there a way to do remote-unlocked (over ssh) NetBSD on full disk encrypted ZFS

@freya probably with chroots.

@netbsd hmmm. so there's no actual structure for it. unfortunate

@netbsd I know very little about this area.

Does having all drivers in the kernel cause bloat, and limit device support? Is this likely to be changed?

@happyborg depends what you consider bloat.

$ du -h /netbsd
28M /netbsd

that's amd64. our biggest kernel.

there's certainly advantages to not loading networking drivers as modules (easier to fetch files over a network to recover a broken system)

but there are others who prefer the modular approach. or prefer not to use GENERIC, maybe because they have less than 64mb RAM.

i don't see how it would limit device support.

@netbsd @happyborg is there a mechanism to dynamically load modules?

@analog_feelings @happyborg yes, of course, but many users won't ever need to

@netbsd
Kernel wireguard is marked experimental. Wouldn't an end user be better off with wireguard-go for now?

@leeloo @netbsd marked experimental for legal reasons, the same reason it's called wg and not WireGuardⓇ

@netbsd You can also get drm free games from GOG, I'm particularly enjoying Mechanicus currently

@netbsd Is the ZFS branch compatible with Linux / FreeBSD in so far that you can zfs send / recv between them?

@x44203 @netbsd yes, can confirm. You just need to make sure to not use feature flags as that can cause incompatabilities. When in doubt, make the volume on NetBSD!

imagine if the official linux foundation account helped you with your wifi

@netbsd man, this is service 🥳

@netbsd that's why people donate to the NetBSD Foundation while BigTechs to the Linux Foundation.

Sure, I'm exaggerating here. But not that much 😉

@stefano 💯

@netbsd

@netbsd I have a question: I have an old netbook with a 32-bit bootloader and 64-bit system (x86_64), because it is basically a shitty tablet in laptop form. Debian used to support this ("mixed-mode EFI", I think) but no longer does. I don't suppose NetBSD does?

@nev we definitely have a 32-bit efi loader, i don't know if it can load a 64-bit kernel though.

@netbsd ❤️!

@netbsd oh come on, @NetworkManager was seen not only fixing people's wifi, but also debugged pppoe trouble and administered remedy for substance withdrawal symptoms on at least one occasion

@netbsd @NetworkManager and i'm sure the linux foundation president would help you with your wifi if you asked

and if you also run macos x

@lkundrak @netbsd
a foundation account has governance, I only have a dbus socket and no supervision.

@NetworkManager @lkundrak become ungovernable

@netbsd yes, but @bytex64 needs help with their partitions: https://awesome.garden/@bytex64/117457655772458017

@drj @netbsd Hah, don’t worry about me. I’ll figure it out. I just don’t have a lot of time to work on it right now. :)

@netbsd they’re too busy redefining FOSS licencing as “AI companies are allowed to do everything with no reprise, and if you disagree, you lose the right to use the stuff yourself”

@netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org
Could probably take the "with your WiFi" out to be honest, and "account"

"imagine if the official linux foundation helped you"

Anyway - thanks to all the amazing work! I hope the influx of new users isn't becoming burdensome with repeated requests and "XYZ doesn't work!!" messages... We the community will try to pitch in where we can!

We appreciate you!

@netbsd is there an equivalent to NetworkManager?

@efi i don't really know much about NetworkManager so i can't really answer this question. wikipedia says it's a daemon that configures network interfaces. on netbsd dhcpcd does this.

@netbsd yay! looking forward to trying bsd then

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