NetBSD 11 desktop on a Raspberry Pi 4

NetBSD is the only open-source operating system in development that I know of, that doesn't include AI slop. I decided to give it a go and try to install it on the Pi.

I made a small guide on how I did it, maybe it helps someone. I assume you're preparing the SD card for the Pi on Linux.

Get the latest image for arm64: https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-11/latest/evbarm-aarch64/binary/gzimg/arm64.img.gz Get the latest Raspberry Pi UEFI firmware: https://github.com/pftf/RPi4/releases Get Balena's Etcher (if you don't have it): https://etcher.balena.io/#download-etcher Insert the microSD card in your laptop (I used cheap USB SD card reader). Extract the Etcher, enter it's directory and launch it (as a regular user): $ cd balenaEtcher-linux-x64/ $ ./balena-etcher In the UI, select the "Flash from file" option and find the previously extracted NetBSD arm64 image.

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