NetBSD
open-source Unix-like operating system
NetBSD is an open source version of the Unix-derivative BSD computer operating system.
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| Developer | The NetBSD Foundation |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 19 April 1993 |
| Latest release | 10.0[1]  / 28 March 2024 |
| Latest preview | 9.99.x[2] / Daily builds |
| Repository | |
| Package manager | pkgsrc |
| Platforms | Alpha, ARM, x86 (x86-32 and x86-64), PA-RISC, 68k, MIPS, PowerPC, SH3, SPARC, RISC-V, VAX |
| Kernel type | Monolithic with dynamically loadable modules, rump kernel |
| Userland | BSD |
| Default user interface | Unix shell |
| License | 2-clause BSD license |
| Official website | netbsd |
NetBSD is known for being very portable (able to work with a many kinds of computers), such as a small ARM or big amd64 Opteron computers. From the NetBSD website, it is advertised as being fast, secure, stable and highly portable.
When people use NetBSD, like most software, they must agree to a license. The BSD license, which NetBSD uses, allows everyone to use, change, give away or sell NetBSD, as long as they do not take away the copyright notice and license text. This means people can make new things from NetBSD without having to give people the source code (information for the computer to make the program run).
References
change- ↑ "Announcing NetBSD 10.0 (Mar 28, 2024)". 28 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ↑ Daily Release Engineering Builds