NetBSD 8.0 released • Hacker News Board

Re: NetBSD 8.0 released

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Post by krylon » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 5:44 PM UTC

Wasn't NetBSD 8 supposed to have zfs? Last time I read something about it, it sounded like it was practically finished. But the release notes do not mention it at all.

Re: NetBSD 8.0 released

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Post by agumonkey » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 5:52 PM UTC

Scarbutt wrote: post #16

agumonkey wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

and usb3 is such a large piece of interface I'm not sad netbsd is taking its sweet time to make it solid.

just in time it's beginning to be replaced.

who's trying to eat usb3 ?

Re: NetBSD 8.0 released

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Post by vasili111 » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 5:56 PM UTC

Have you used NetBSD and if yes:

1. Why did you choose it?

2. What are your impressions?

Re: NetBSD 8.0 released

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Post by vasili111 » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 5:58 PM UTC

bch wrote: post #14

somethingsimple wrote: post #10

Does anyone here on HN have experience running NetBSD as their desktop OS?

It has been my primary for ~16 years, and I’ve been running -current (tip of development branch) for nearly 10 years. Base system (which includes tmux[0]), X11 (which is optional, but maintained by NetBSD), dwm[1], Tcl[2] cURL[3], fossil[4] and Firefox and I’m usually on my way... [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmux [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwm [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcl [3] https://en.wikipe…

Why have you chosen NetBSD?

Re: NetBSD 8.0 released

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Post by xxpor » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 6:04 PM UTC

ahoka wrote: post #9

avar wrote: post #2

> USB stack rework, USB3 support added. I didn't realize NetBSD was that far behind on some basic features like USB support. "The Linux kernel mainline contains support for USB 3.0 since version 2.6.31, which was released in September 2009"[1]. "FreeBSD supports USB 3.0 since version 8.2, which was released in February 2011.". So they're getting USB 3.0 almost 10 years after it was released for Linux. 1. https://en.w…

TBH I never had or needed any USB3 device.

You've never used a flash drive in the past 8 years?

Re: NetBSD 8.0 released

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Post by monochromatic » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 6:06 PM UTC

nbsd4life wrote: post #19

somethingsimple wrote: post #10

Does anyone here on HN have experience running NetBSD as their desktop OS?

I do, I'm using dwm, firefox and urxvt. I've got a lot of netbsd running machines. The one I use now is a Haswell CPU with nvidia graphics, and everything works well on it (even nvidia graphics!). Not all machines are so good. I have a too new Dell XPS. It doesn't have graphical acceleration. But it was very cool to have the touchscreen working already (although with rough edges).

Why?

Re: NetBSD 8.0 released

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Post by nbsd4life » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 6:08 PM UTC

krylon wrote: post #21

Wasn't NetBSD 8 supposed to have zfs? Last time I read something about it, it sounded like it was practically finished. But the release notes do not mention it at all.

No those changes are in -current, and still a bit rough around the edges but much better.

Re: NetBSD 8.0 released

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Post by Narishma » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 6:09 PM UTC

xxpor wrote: post #25

ahoka wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TBH I never had or needed any USB3 device.

You've never used a flash drive in the past 8 years?

Those work fine with USB 2.0, they're just slower.

Re: NetBSD 8.0 released

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Post by rjsw » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 6:09 PM UTC

na85 wrote: post #17

rjsw wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm typing this on a desktop running NetBSD.

Which laptop? How's battery life? Does s3/s0 suspend and resume work?

desktop != laptop.

Re: NetBSD 8.0 released

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Post by occamrazor » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 6:17 PM UTC

What are the distinguishing features of NetBSD in comparison to OpenBSD and FreeBSD?

From the respective home pages, FreeBSD targets high performance, OpenBSD security, but it is not so clear to me what is the focus of NetBSD.