BSD, GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems Other Than the "Main Two"

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 09, 2026

• Distro Watch ☛ Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.

  [...] We also share bug fix reports from GhostBSD (for a repository issue) and Alpine Linux (for an OpenSSH issue). [...]

• Vincent Delft ☛ Locking the screen and running vdcron when the lid closes on Void Linux

  My laptop runs Void Linux with the lightweight pekwm window manager, started by the LightDM display manager. I use it like most people use a laptop: I close the lid, put it in my bag, and open it again a few hours later. Two things bothered me about this cycle. First, the desktop came back exactly as I had left it, with no password asked. Second, I wanted my small scheduler, vdcron, to catch up with its pending tasks every time the machine wakes up. This post explains where these things happen on a Void system, and how a single shell script now takes care of both.

• Distro Watch ☛ OS Release: OpenIndiana 2026.10

  The OpenIndiana project has published a new version of its open source operating system which evolved out of the OpenSolaris family. The new version, 2026.10, updates developer tools, virtual machine utilities and web browsers: [...]

• BSD

  • F/OSS Comics ☛ 14. BSD Unix, Part 4 - The Formation of CSRG

  • Neon Systems ☛ NetBSD 11 desktop on a Raspberry Pi 4

    Now that I moved this capsule to a VPS, my Raspberry Pi became available for other use. NetBSD is the only open-source operating system in development that I know of, that doesn't include AI slop. At least for now? I decided to give it a go and try to install it on the Pi. How hard can it be? It turns out, not that much. I made a small guide on how I did it, maybe it helps someone.

    I assume you're preparing the SD card for the Pi on Linux.

• Debian Family

  • Distro Watch ☛ BOSS GNU/Linux

    BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) GNU/Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution developed by C-DAC for enhancing the use of free and open source software in India. Made specifically for the Indian environment, it consists of a pleasing desktop environment coupled with support for several Indian languages (Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil) and other packages that are most relevant for use in the government domain.

  • Bisco ☛ Birger Schacht: Using incus for throw away VMs

    For some time now I’ve been looking for a way of keeping projects I’m working on in a separate VM without much setup. There are numerous solutions to do this kind of thing using namespaces (various container technologies, firejail, flatpak, bubblewrap, …) but I wanted something that uses real virtualization.