I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
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I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.
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I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.
@stefano Every time I fresh install FreeBSD, I run `ps ax` to enjoy how nothing is running. :)
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I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.
@stefano This story always brings me back to this site
https://www.luke.maurits.id.au/writing/why-i-use-netbsd.html
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@stefano This story always brings me back to this site
https://www.luke.maurits.id.au/writing/why-i-use-netbsd.html
@pinkopanterata @stefano I run NetBSD on a Pentium II with 192MB of RAM and while it can be a bit slow to install packages, it’s quite usable.
NetBSD is the best 💕
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@stefano Every time I fresh install FreeBSD, I run `ps ax` to enjoy how nothing is running. :)
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I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.
@stefano It's really painful. Alpine Linux is nice for this hardware though
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@stefano It's really painful. Alpine Linux is nice for this hardware though
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@pinkopanterata @stefano I run NetBSD on a Pentium II with 192MB of RAM and while it can be a bit slow to install packages, it’s quite usable.
NetBSD is the best 💕
@maddiefuzz you must get free electricity, as a #PentiumII power consumption is way more costly than any current SBC. I bet getting one could break even in a few months. @pinkopanterata @stefano
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I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.
@stefano My first UNIX ARM machine ran BSD in 16Mb of RAM perfectly well, with OSF/Motif on top. A lovely machine; I really enjoyed it. And that's only 37 years ago.
https://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/docs/Mags/PCW/PCW_Aug90_R260.pdf
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I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.
@stefano #NetBSD is the best OS for the 1st Gen Pis!
It ran better than Alpine Linux in my Old Computer challenge:
https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/old_computer_challenge_2025.html
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I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.
@stefano Did you ever try dietpi? Its a lightweight debian that comes in at about 28mb with systemd included
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I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.
@stefano You encouraged me to try NetBSD 10.1 on my old Raspberry Pi 2 B. Currently, using it as my home DNS server with a blocklist using unbound and for some simple health checks for local services. Working great so far!
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@stefano Did you ever try dietpi? Its a lightweight debian that comes in at about 28mb with systemd included
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@stefano You encouraged me to try NetBSD 10.1 on my old Raspberry Pi 2 B. Currently, using it as my home DNS server with a blocklist using unbound and for some simple health checks for local services. Working great so far!
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What strikes me most about this acquisition isn't the AI angle. It's the question of why so many open source tools get built by startup teams in the first place.
I maintain an open source project funded by the Sovereign Tech Fund. Getting there wasn't easy: the application process is long, the amounts are modest compared to a VC round, and you have to build community trust before any of that becomes possible. But the result is a project that isn't on anyone's exit timeline.
I'm not saying the startup path is without its own difficulties. But structurally, it offloads the costs onto the community that eventually comes to depend on you. By the time those costs come due, the founders have either cashed out or the company is circling the drain, and the users are left holding the bag. What's happening to Astral fits that pattern almost too neatly.
The healthier model, I think, is to build community first and then seek public or nonprofit funding: NLnet, STF, or similar. It's slower and harder, but it doesn't have a built-in betrayal baked into the structure.
Part of what makes this difficult is that public funding for open source infrastructure is still very uneven geographically. I'm based in Korea, and there's essentially nothing here comparable to what European developers can access. I had no choice but to turn to European funds, because there was simply no domestic equivalent. That's a structural problem worth taking seriously. The more countries that leave this entirely to the private sector, the more we end up watching exactly this kind of thing play out.
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@millihertz You're welcome.
