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Anyone running NetBSD on an iBook G3 ?
i get one of this machine from a friend ( who claim that OSX is too hard for him.. ) and he give it to me, i don’t like OSX. so i was googling a bit, searching for some info on how to install NetBSD into this ibook and is getting hard to find some usable documentation. anyone with good links ?
can be published in the wiki !! :)
UPDATE: I notice that the comment function is broken.
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During the next weekend the fifth NetBSD hackathon will take place. This time, the hackathon will concentrate on NetBSD’s online documentation, with a focus on converting old .list files to DocBook/XML.
This is an excellent chance for NetBSD users to contribute to the project. The task itself is not too difficult, virtually everyone can help. So, take a little time for NetBSD this weekend, join #netbsd-code on irc.freenode.org and get started! ;)
See the announcment and Hackathon5 wiki page for further details.
- Daniel
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The Linux Infotag took place in Ausburg, Germany, yesterday.It’s a small and nice event with very friendly people who are all interested in Linux.. However, the BSDs had the biggest booth - we ruled them all :) (if you like to say so).
I gave a talk about pkgsrc on Linunx and Solaris. It was very succesful and lead to a lively discussion afterwards. I took a few pictures of the event which can be found here (link). The slides for the presentation can be found here (link - German). If you are from southern Germany make sure to attend it next time. We need more people for the booth!
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On Sunday, January the 10th Elad Efrat removed his name from list of NetBSD contributors. Elad’s recent contributions include kauth(9) kernel authorization framework or summary of NetBSD security features in a SecurityFocus article. They are highly valued and if he really means he’s leaving it will be a loss for the project and its user base.
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Stefan Schumacher, known amongst other things for his NetBSD advocacy, wrote an article (in german) for the GUUG, which has been published by Pro-Linux where he secretly injected the word ,,NetBSD'’ into the linux users hive mind. Also he explains that it’s possible, even desired, to use bacula for heterogeneous (read: unix/mac/windows) backups.
Bravo! Brilliantly executed hidden advocacy ;).
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NetBSD can be a fast alternative to a regular SuSE or Mandriva installation on low spec hardware. At least someone called “pinderkent” thinks so. The problem i see: most people are too weak to use NetBSD, they don’t know how to handle it. Not everyone is born to drive a Ferrari, sometimes it is better to stick with a Volkswagen ;).
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Just in case you don’t read pkgsrccon.org:
The final dates and the location for pkgsrcCon 2007 have been set. The conference will be held on Apr 27 - 29, 2007 at Facultat d’Informàtica de Barcelona.
Also there is a call for presentations. Click to read the glory details.
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Felipe Alfaro Solana took the time and documented how he installed NetBSD 3.1 as DomU on a XEN-box running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (or Fedora Core 6).
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