On: NetBSD 9.5 released and EOL for NetBSD-9

[jmclnx]

I need to get around and upgrade an old mini-tower with an AMD-586 w/512MB memory from 9.3 to 11.0, I may wait for 11.1.

[soupbowl → jmclnx]

What do you use that low spec machine for?

[jmclnx → soupbowl]

It is a backup machine for important files. Plus testing items I develop to see how they run in limited environments.

[0dayz → jmclnx]

Just wondering how does that fair over a vm or container that has similar limitations?

[jmclnx → 0dayz]

I do not like using VMs and containers, I do like FreeBSD jails. Plus my main machine is around 12 or 13 years old, so I avoid VMs on it.

But I saw somewhere someone is working on a jail like item for NetBSD.

[0dayz → jmclnx]

But isn't hauls practically the same thing as container it just depends on how you want the cgroup to expose itself?

[throwaway270925 → jmclnx]

Interesting, whats your backup process, of you mind sharing?

[soupbowl → jmclnx]

Cool, was just curious.