NetBSD
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| Developer | The NetBSD Foundation |
|---|---|
| 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(x86-32andx86-64),PA-RISC,68k,MIPS,PowerPC,SH3,SPARC,RISC-V,VAX |
| Kerneltype | Monolithicwithdynamically loadable modules,rump kernel |
| Userland | BSD |
| Default user interface | Unix shell |
| License | 2-clause BSD license |
| Official website | netbsd |
NetBSDis anopen sourceversion of theUnix-derivativeBSDcomputeroperating system.
NetBSD is known for being very portable (able to work with a many kinds of computers), such as a smallARMor bigamd64Opteroncomputers. From the NetBSD website, it is advertised as being fast, secure, stable and highly portable.
When people use NetBSD, like mostsoftware,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 thesource code(information for the computer to make the program run).
References
[change|change source]- ↑"Announcing NetBSD 10.0 (Mar 28, 2024)".28 March 2024.Retrieved30 March2024.
- ↑Daily Release Engineering Builds