2026-10-15 16:19 UTC
I was feeling bored and kind of down recently, so I decided to distract myself by trying out NetBSD on an old Wii U. I'd seen that support was added this year, but hadn't tried it.
After a couple of days, I managed to get my usual terminal workflow up and running with no issues or build failures at all despite the exotic hardware.
There's something so beautiful about using this weird old hardware to run a 2026 operating system.
Never change, @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org. Never change.
#NetBSD
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@OpenSauce@fosstodon.org 2026-10-15 16:21
Also huge props to @jmcneill@mstdn.ca for initially implementing Wii U support in January. It's incredible how well it works, and I look forward to seeing it hopefully begin distribution in a stable release when NetBSD 12.0 releases.
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@Sorro@woof.tech 2026-10-15 18:31
@OpenSauce@fosstodon.org @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org @kemona_halftau@sharkey.skydevs.me omg wii u :ablobfoxbongohyper:
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@panmellis@mastodon.social 2026-10-15 18:46
@OpenSauce@fosstodon.org @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org 💯 ✊🏻 Keep up the good work guys, we are so going to need you when the boycott of bigtech is finally achieved 🔥 💯 🔥
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@mrgtwentythree@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-10-15 22:14
@OpenSauce@fosstodon.org @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org you remind me i need to push some ppc fixes in pkgsrc i have...