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+ Wanted: Testers for ipmi(4) sensor driver update + Paul Goyette writes : `` After the recent update to sysmon_envsys(9) I've started reviewing some of the existing sensor drivers [...] implement features 1 & 2 above. '' I'm sure Paul will be happy to hear about your findings with his patch. Get going!

+ Comparing Operating System sizes + Slashdot links to an article that aims at comparing operating system sizes, and their growths. Of course operating system [...] some time, and NetBSD's documentation confirms this. Anyone want to double-check the numbers and the graph? Updates welcome! :)

+ On 3.0-EOL + With t new NetBSD release, maintenance for the next-to-last release is stopped. I.e. with NetBSD 5.0 out the door, no more fixes [...] this gives NetBSD 3.0 about three and a half years of support after its release! Not too bad for a volunteer effort. :-)

+ Throttling the CPU to reduce fan noise + On netbsd-users, Cem Kayali has posted a script to adjust the CPU frequency according to the system temperature , and thus reduce [...] website, Jeremy has a number of open questions around NetBSD, and I guess answering them would be good for mankind. Any takers?

+ Article: Thread scheduling and related interfaces in NetBSD 5.0 + Mindaugas Rasiukevicius has worked in the SMP corner of the NetBSD kernel in the past few months, and he has written an article [...] processor sets. My favourite gem is the CPU used in the cpuctl(8) example, which is identified as "AMD Engineering Sample". :-)

+ Concluding the Virtual Unix Lab + I've finished my PhD thesis some time ago, and as the system described in it is heavily based on NetBSD, I feel it's relevant [...] The system was implemented on a machine running NetBSD, training systems available were NetBSD/sparc and Solaris/sparc. Interestin

+ Automatically cycling through screen(1) screens + NetBSD's systat(1) offers the -t option to switch to the display after a given number of cycles. I'd love to have something [...] the one running this code is left as an exercise to the reader. If anyone has a better solution, I'd love to hear about it! :)

+ Why NetBSD? + Following the recent release of NetBSD 5.0, there is (of course) a lot of discussion in many forums. Here's one that I'd like to [...] drawbacks (the packages system, no binary updates, no Java). The author also lists a number of personal things why he uses NetBSD.

+ NetBSD 5.0 based Cobalt/Raq restore CD available + Izumi Tsutsui has released a version of his Cobalt restore/install CD based on NetBSD 5.0. What is it? Citing from the [...] allowing the Qube to boot an operating system and perform an unattended install of the operating system onto hard drive. ''

+ BSDCan 2009 Schedule + BSDCan 2009 will be held on 8-9 May 2009 at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on 6-7 May 2009. [...] and building thin client products with NetBSD. Oh, and if you go there and do a NetBSD booth, that would be most excellent! :-)

+ NetBSD 5.0: Overview and Benchmarks + Andrew Doran has made an overview of NetBSD 5.0, available as HTML and PDF , which includes a general description of what [...] sysbench: MySQL OLTP simluation: build.sh: Compile benchmark:

+ NetBSD 5.0 release announcement + NetBSD 5.0 is released : `` NetBSD 5.0 features greatly improved performance and scalability on modern multiprocessor (SMP) and [...] how you can help NetBSD, see http://www.NetBSD.org/donations/ '' See the NetBSD 5.0 release announcement for more details.

+ Official NetBSD Blog is official now + The official NetBSD Blog was online for some time, as a few people have discovered. The setup went into production use now, and ...

+ NetBSD and the Google "Summer of Code" Projects 2009 + This year's projects for NetBSD and the Google "Summer of Code" have been selected, and we were able go get sponsoring for eleven [...] Also, see the NetBSD press release for more information. Good luck to all the students, and may your project be a success!

+ Googling for the NetBSD advertizing clause finds ... products based on NetBSD! + NetBSD used to publish code under a license that asks people to mention that they use NetBSD code if they do so. Now searching for [...] analog telephones or fax machines to a Voice over Broadband (VoBB) service. '' Tulip AC494 ATA : `` The T

+ NetBSD 5.0 Release Candidate 4 available + Soren Jacobsen writes : `` Today, we have two things to be happy about. First, the fourth release candidate of NetBSD 5.0 is [...] tag. As always, we want your feedback. This time, we are especially interested in hearing from people who are using NFS. ''

+ NetBSD and Google's Summer of Code 2009 - Thanks for your applications + The time for students to send in their applications for this year's Summer of Code is over, and we'd like to thank all students [...] list of accepted students will be announced on April 20th, 2009. For more information, see the Google Summer of Code 2009 site .

+ Jibbed 5 rc3 - now with Xen! + Zafer Aydogan's latest release candidat of his Jibbed Live CD now also offers booting a Xen3 Dom0 kernel from the CD, and allows [...] a harddisk from Jibbed, too. All this goes with the usual contents of the CD, i.e. a NetBSD based lice CD with a XFCE desktop.

+ AsiaBSDCon 2008 presentation videos online + Murray Stockely wrote me that all AsiaBSDCon 2008 videos are online now ! NetBDS related ones include: Sleeping [...] channel for adding talks. Get in contact with Murray before uploading - I hear he can help getting around size limitations.

+ NetBSD 5.0_RC3 binaries available for download + Soren Jacobsen from the NetBSD release engineering team wrote on Sat, 21st of March 2009: `` Today, on the 16th birthday of [...] or use the netbsd-5-0-RC3 tag. Thanks for all the help and feedback so far. Please keep it up! '' Happy Birthday, NetBSD!