Just a quick note: in the @linveo VirtFusion control panel you can now set the boot mode to UEFI, and at last the NetBSD image also works with that boot mode.
Just wanted to quickly try the FreeBSD image on my @linveo VPS, but it failed to set up networking. Anyway, then tried my NetBSD images, and they also failed to set up networking...
Ok, had a look at the config data, and it looks like with one of the VirtFusion updates the config format has changed - network-config used to say version: 2, but now says version: 1. Apparently, VirtFusion 5.2.0 has "Added Cloud-init network version 1 support" - and probably also changed the templates to use version 1.
@linveo could you change the NetBSD templates to use version 2 again (as that's the only format I have implements; VirtFusion docs say "Added the ability to select the Cloud-init network version on a per template basis."). Not sure if that's also the issue I was seeing with the FreeBSD templates...
@cmeerw said:
Just wanted to quickly try the FreeBSD image on my @linveo VPS, but it failed to set up networking. Anyway, then tried my NetBSD images, and they also failed to set up networking...
Ok, had a look at the config data, and it looks like with one of the VirtFusion updates the config format has changed - network-config used to say version: 2, but now says version: 1. Apparently, VirtFusion 5.2.0 has "Added Cloud-init network version 1 support" - and probably also changed the templates to use version 1.
@linveo could you change the NetBSD templates to use version 2 again (as that's the only format I have implements; VirtFusion docs say "Added the ability to select the Cloud-init network version on a per template basis."). Not sure if that's also the issue I was seeing with the FreeBSD templates...
I have updated the templates to use v2. It was nice of VF to introduce a breaking change and default everything to it.
I'm continuing to have fun with NetBSD-current on my Linveo VPS! I've been following both the source and the pkgsrc commits. Sometimes I look at the code for a few of the changes, trying to understand a little about what was changed, why, and how the change works. Then I rebuild the entire toolchain, userland, kernel, and whatever packages were updated since the last build.
I keep all the terminal output for recent updates and builds just in case I need to look back at something.
My Linveo VPS has been performing consistently great! For example, today's build of NetBSD-current's GENERIC kernel took 339.54 seconds. That's with two vCores on AMD Ryzen 9 9950X.
While NetBSD-current was compiling itself really fast on Linveo, I tried FreeBSD's latest CURRENT snapshot image on a VPS at netcup. Everything seemed to "just work."
Here is from my "daily driver" (dd) VPS. It's been going for some months now, I forget how long. dd runs NetBSD-current, which is rebuilt every few days, following successful NetBSD-current test builds on another VPS. dd's files are mostly encrypted and then backed up using rsync to two other VPS locations, one of which is at a different provider. Haha, both of the backup locations are running Linux. I guess it's past time to download another backup to a local had drive.
I'm still using Chrome on my Chromebook for casual browsing and forum posting, but most everything else gets done on dd with command line, ed and vi.
What are you guys using? Is there anyone else who uses a daily driver VPS?
Last login: Fri Aug 1 03:27:59 2025 from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
NetBSD 11.99.1 (GENERIC) #1: Fri Aug 1 03:24:56 UTC 2025
dd$ uptime
3:35AM up 1 min, 1 user, load averages: 0.02, 0.01, 0.00
daily-driver$ ls -l /bin | head
total 3888
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 22056 Aug 1 03:19 [
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 22024 Aug 1 03:19 cat
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 Jul 25 03:57 chgrp -> /sbin/chown
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 22240 Aug 1 03:19 chio
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 17584 Aug 1 03:19 chmod
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 33528 Aug 1 03:19 cp
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 57720 Aug 1 03:19 cpio
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 190896 Aug 1 03:19 csh
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 27272 Aug 1 03:19 date
dd$
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This is great news, thanks for sharing!
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Just a quick note: in the @linveo VirtFusion control panel you can now set the boot mode to UEFI, and at last the NetBSD image also works with that boot mode.
@cmeerw Thanks!
Your customized NetBSD image as provided by Linveo's installer still is required, right?
NetBSD-current still rebuilds successfully on my Linveo VPS. I'm having a lot of fun! Thanks @Linveo!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
My image already has the EFI system partition set up (as long as you have a similar set up, it should work).
Just wanted to quickly try the FreeBSD image on my @linveo VPS, but it failed to set up networking. Anyway, then tried my NetBSD images, and they also failed to set up networking...
Ok, had a look at the config data, and it looks like with one of the VirtFusion updates the config format has changed -
network-configused to sayversion: 2, but now saysversion: 1. Apparently, VirtFusion 5.2.0 has "Added Cloud-init network version 1 support" - and probably also changed the templates to use version 1.@linveo could you change the NetBSD templates to use version 2 again (as that's the only format I have implements; VirtFusion docs say "Added the ability to select the Cloud-init network version on a per template basis."). Not sure if that's also the issue I was seeing with the FreeBSD templates...
I have updated the templates to use v2. It was nice of VF to introduce a breaking change and default everything to it.
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@linveo Thanks for updating the templates!
I'm continuing to have fun with NetBSD-current on my Linveo VPS! I've been following both the source and the pkgsrc commits. Sometimes I look at the code for a few of the changes, trying to understand a little about what was changed, why, and how the change works. Then I rebuild the entire toolchain, userland, kernel, and whatever packages were updated since the last build.
I keep all the terminal output for recent updates and builds just in case I need to look back at something.
My Linveo VPS has been performing consistently great! For example, today's build of NetBSD-current's GENERIC kernel took 339.54 seconds. That's with two vCores on AMD Ryzen 9 9950X.
Thanks again, so much!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
While NetBSD-current was compiling itself really fast on Linveo, I tried FreeBSD's latest CURRENT snapshot image on a VPS at netcup. Everything seemed to "just work."
https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/VM-IMAGES/15.0-CURRENT/amd64/Latest/FreeBSD-15.0-CURRENT-amd64-BASIC-CLOUDINIT-ufs.qcow2.xz
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Thought I would mention that https://tinykvm.com gives you a small VPS for just $15/year. You get:
I have my own test site (running via
httpd&relaydon OpenBSD) -> https://tinykvm.btxx.orgI upgraded mine for an extra $5/year to update the RAM to 512MB.
PS. I am not affiliated with them - just testing it out!
FreeBSD 14.3 has been released.
Just now, while reading a 2014 HN discussion about CVS, I found out from an HN comment about FreshBSD.org. Apparently, from their About page, "FreshBSD launched in March 2006. . . ."
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
#NetBSD 11.0 has been branched, and the stabilization process now begins. Pre-release snapshots will be available for users to try soon(tm).
This will be the first release with RISC-V, C23, and POSIX 2024 support.
Here is from my "daily driver" (dd) VPS. It's been going for some months now, I forget how long. dd runs NetBSD-current, which is rebuilt every few days, following successful NetBSD-current test builds on another VPS. dd's files are mostly encrypted and then backed up using rsync to two other VPS locations, one of which is at a different provider. Haha, both of the backup locations are running Linux. I guess it's past time to download another backup to a local had drive.
I'm still using Chrome on my Chromebook for casual browsing and forum posting, but most everything else gets done on dd with command line, ed and vi.
What are you guys using? Is there anyone else who uses a daily driver VPS?
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
NetBSD's new build cluster speeds up daily autobuilds
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
79% of OpenBSD kernel source is AMD DRM
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44830332
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=175313564329081
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!