#6Rank now 1
#2Peak rank
2Days on list
335Score · 7d
Oct 28, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days
On Lobsters
netbsd
- Score
- 68
- Comments
- 18
- Submitted by
- FedericoSchonborn
- Tags
- netbsd
- Site
- wiki.alpinebsd.org
Story details from Lobsters ↗ · linked article on wiki.alpinebsd.org.
Trending history
AlpineBSD was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Oct 28, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 47 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #2 of 25, reached on Oct 28, 17:19 UTC. It is #6 right now, slipping from #4 to #6 over the last 6 checks.
Rank history
Position on Lobsters · Hottest at every check (lower is better).
Last 14 days
Best rank per day (UTC).
2
2
Oct 16today
Metric history
▲ as reported by Lobsters.
From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Lobsters, shortened. Read the full thread on Lobsters.
NetBSD "runs on pretty much anything" in the sense that it's highly portable and if you write the drivers, you can probably get it booting on that random piece of hardware you've got. However, "booting" (or even "usable for headless use cases") is quite far from the requirements most people have for desktop use…
I'm a bit confused why another userland needed to be created on top of the NetBSD kernel and libc, given [NetBSD's no-LLM-output policy](https://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html). I'd have thought starting with stock NetBSD then spinning up a new package repository curated down to LLM-free projects…
NetBSD was designed for a world where many CPU architectures were extant, and each one was associated with a relatively small complement of hardware accessories (and therefore drivers). This made a lot of sense in the 1990s and 2000s when minicomputers and workstations still roamed the earth. Now we have two relevant…
Questions
Is AlpineBSD trending on Lobsters right now?
Yes. As of Oct 29, 10:19 UTC it is #6, slipping from #4 to #6 over the last 6 checks.
What is the highest rank AlpineBSD reached?
#2 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Oct 28, 17:19 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has AlpineBSD been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 28, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (47 checks) since.