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   Daniel James to All   
   Re: Bsd Based Os's   
   23 Jan 26 09:59:58   
   
   MSGID: <10kvgqu$3pdcg$1@dont-email.me> dca0ec11   
   REPLY: <2dd68f03.118.fidonet_rberrypi.1.135.205@vk3heg.net> d00420e0   
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   On 22/01/2026 11:30, Tom Moore wrote:   
   > Anyone have any suggestions as to what BSD based os works well on the   
   > Raspberry Pi machines?   
   > I'm looking at either FreeBSD or NetBSD.   
      
   OpenBSD (I know, not what you asked) has some explicit support for Pi5.   
      
   I'm not sure whether   
      
       "Added support for Raspberry Pi 5 (with console on serial port)."   
      
   means that you can only run it on a serial terminal connected to the Pi    
   -- IOW no desktop -- or what. I haven't tried it.   
      
   https://www.openbsd.org/78.html   
      
   --    
   Cheers,   
     Daniel.   
      
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