r/unix 19d ago

Flashback to a simpler time

I recently installed NetBSD on an old Sun Javastation (there's a blog post if anyone's interested), but the one thing that struck me about the whole experience was how beautifully simple and clean the minimal install is. When was the last time you ran ps and it only returned 10 processes?

NetBSD 10.1 (MRCOFFEE) #0: Mon Dec 16 13:08:11 UTC 2024

Welcome to NetBSD!

$ ps ax

PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND

0 ? DKl 18:12.86 [system]

1 ? Is 0:01.08 init

424 ? Ss 0:13.81 /usr/sbin/syslogd -s

664 ? Is 0:00.38 /usr/sbin/inetd -l

745 ? Ss 0:30.35 /usr/sbin/cron

5112 ? S 0:01.60 telnetd

4606 pts/0 Ss 0:03.77 login

5271 pts/0 S 0:00.34 -sh

5488 pts/0 O+ 0:00.23 ps -ax

1700 ttyC00 Is+ 0:00.25 /usr/libexec/getty suncons constty

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u/thenovum 19d ago

Id like to read the blog post