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Joe Groffjoe@f.duriansoftware.com
Oct 7, 2026, 3:08 PM
Even with minimal things enabled, NetBSD’s rc script takes a while to finish on a 120MHz ARM9, so I wrote my own rc script that runs in a couple seconds. But it looks like the 30 second delay on shutdown is hardcoded into /sbin/init. So maybe I’ll write my own init too.
There are some things about the kernel that I think could be slightly improved. Maybe I’ll write my own ker
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Joe Groffjoe@f.duriansoftware.com
Oct 8, 2026, 9:09 PM
x11 isn't really my cup of tea, and wayland doesn't support monochrome surfaces, so maybe i'll write a window system instead
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I Can't Believe It's Not Zero!steve@discuss.systems
Oct 7, 2026, 3:10 PM
@joe Yet you participate in computers, curious!
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Slava Pestovslava@mathstodon.xyz
Oct 7, 2026, 3:27 PM
@steve @joe The “I need to design my own programming language -> operating system -> CPU -> VLSI CAD system -> programming language” doom loop
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Eli the Beardedelithebearded@fed.qaz.red
Oct 7, 2026, 7:45 PM
@slava @steve @joe
The “I need to design my own programming language -> operating system -> CPU -> VLSI CAD system -> programming language -> port Doom to it” doom loop
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Nina Kalininanina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
Oct 8, 2026, 9:11 PM
@joe there's mgr 👍 (lol)
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Joe Groffjoe@f.duriansoftware.com
Oct 8, 2026, 9:13 PM
@nina_kali_nina nice version number to leave it at
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(🖬🖫). ₍^. .^₎⟆discatte@digipres.club
Oct 8, 2026, 9:11 PM
@joe x12 is ripe for the making!
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