Re: What do you use to generate invoices on OpenBSD?

2019-12-29 Thread VanL


OpenBSD has earned a reputation for security conscientiousness on first
run.  You would want to run your program on OpenBSD for that.  As to
compliance, it is not unheard of for the program's calculating engine
core to be implemented, in, say, Italy, where Ferrari designs and
manufactures, and for branch consultancies to custom fit the product to local
conditions.

> I find the question strange. The program depends on the laws of
> the country and personal taste. Nothing to do with OpenBSD.

-- 
VanL.

  'If the bug bites,don't fight it.' - Nancy S. Steinhardt



Re: thank you for 6.6 and bsd.rd

2019-12-20 Thread VanL
"Theo de Raadt"  writes:

> Jonathan Thornburg  wrote:
>
>> Being able to copy the new (6.6) bsd.rd to an existing filesystem on the
>> (running) old OpenBSD system, then boot that bsd.rd to install, was
>> really really nice.  Thank you!
>
> well you missed out
>
> for 6.5 onwards, all you had to was type
>
> sysmerge
> sysupgrade
>
> for 6.6 onwards you'll only need sysupgrade

I really appreciated that and I wanted to donate or buy a summer white
men's medium long sleeve polo shirt with OpenBSD Cyberpunk artwork. See
the store for SpaceX or ULA merchandise for an idea. 

The payment mechanism for making a donation isn't as easy as Wikipedia's
or the Internet Archive's; and the shopping experience isn't as easy as
a Shopify-like polished frontend.

As a use case, I was able to navigate Core Electronics¹ to buy a
Raspberry Pi 4 B with Ice Tower Cooler but failed to discover the PoE
option I never knew I really, really wanted and forgot to include
Ethernet cable.

Thank you!

¹ https://core-electronics.com.au
  example of useable shopping experience by a little startup
  I am a happy customer of.


-- 
VanL. 



Re: Solid-Run's HoneyComb LX2K for OpenBSD

2019-12-10 Thread VanL


> How good are the chances of the 'HoneyComb LX2K' running OpenBSD?  [1]
>
> Footnotes: 
> [1]  https://www.solid-run.com/nxp-lx2160a-family/honeycomb-workstation/

For future reference, the more specific place to ask is a...@openbsd.org
and the places to see before asking are:

https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/arm64/INSTALL.arm64
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/arm64/INSTALL.arm64
https://www.openbsd.org/arm64.html

For now, the LX2K looks less likely to run OpenBSD than any of the
documented targets of OpenBSD/arm64, there is one offering from SolidRun
which is a good sign:

Allwinner A64/H5
Pine64 Pine 64/64+
NanoPi A64
Orange Pi PC2
AMD Opteron A1100 (Seattle)
AMD Seattle Development Board
SoftIron OverDrive 1000
SoftIron OverDrive 3000
Amlogic G12A/B
Hardkernel ODROID-N2
Ampere eMAG
Lenovo ThinkSystem HR330A
Lenovo ThinkSystem HR350A
Broadcom BCM2837
Raspberry Pi 3
Marvell ARMADA 7K/8K
SolidRun/Marvell MACCHIATObin[1]
Rockchip RK3328/RK3399
Pine64 ROCK64
Pine64 ROCKPro64
Firefly-RK3399
Theobroma Systems RK3399-Q7
Socionext SC2A11
Socionext SynQuacer-E Developerbox

Footnotes: 
[1]  https://www.solid-run.com/marvell-armada-family/macchiatobin/

-- 
VanL.



Solid-Run's HoneyComb LX2K for OpenBSD

2019-12-06 Thread VanL


Hello,

How good are the chances of the 'HoneyComb LX2K' running OpenBSD?  [1]

Noone has uploaded an entry for '*BSD dmesgs' to NYC*BUG [2].

A result from searching for OpenBSD and 'HoneyComb LX2K' misses the mark
by landing on the pine64 forum.  [3]


Thanks in advance.



-VanL.

Footnotes: 
[1]  https://www.solid-run.com/nxp-lx2160a-family/honeycomb-workstation/

[2]  https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi

[3]  https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7984=49883#pid49883