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About NetBSD

What is NetBSD?

   NetBSD is an entirely free and open-source UNIX-like operating system developed
   by an international community. It isn't a "distribution" or variant, but has
   evolved over several decades to be a complete and unique operating system in the
   BSD family.

   NetBSD was originally released in 1993. Over time, its code has found its way
   into many surprising environments, on the basis of a long history of quality,
   cleanliness, and stability. The NetBSD code was originally derived from 4.4BSD
   Lite2 from the University of California, Berkeley.

   NetBSD is distributed as a set of fully reproducible binaries:
     * [32]Releases are cut periodically from stable branches after a period of
       testing and are supported for several years.
     * [33]NetBSD-stable is a nightly distribution of the latest release branch, and
       includes fixes and improvements that will make it into the next point
       release. It is compatible with binaries from releases from the same branch.
     * [34]NetBSD-current is a nightly distribution of the latest development
       branch, and includes the latest features, but also potentially experimental
       changes and bugs. Official package builds are not currently produced for
       -current.

Why use NetBSD?

   NetBSD users enjoy a simple, well-documented, and fully integrated UNIX-like
   system that feels minimal, and in many ways traditional, while including many
   modern and interesting features, and support for recent hardware.

   As a community, the people who make NetBSD have a wide area of interests, which
   has resulted in a system with some diverse features:
     * Security and memory hardening features - including PaX MPROTECT (W^X)
       enforced globally by default with an option to exclude binaries, [35]among
       others. File integrity protection is provided by [36]veriexec, and the
       traditional BSD [37]securelevels further restrict operations that can be
       performed by even the superuser. NetBSD includes its own native firewall,
       [38]NPF, and has been used successfully on security-critical networking
       devices. NetBSD's kernel and userspace have undergone extensive checks by
       code sanitizers and automated testing.
     * Powerful package management - NetBSD's [39]pkgsrc has its own release
       schedule of quarterly stable branches and a "rolling release" branch, which
       can be combined in any way with the NetBSD base system. [40]pkgin is a
       user-friendly binary package manager for pkgsrc, but on its own pkgsrc itself
       allows power users a great deal of flexibility. pkgsrc has been widely
       adopted in the high-performance scientific computing community, including at
       [41]NASA, and supports other platforms, but NetBSD is prioritized.
     * Modern storage capabilities - including the [42]ZFS file system,
       [43]RAIDframe software RAID system, and [44]cgd disk encryption. There is
       support for the [45]Logical Volume Manager, as well as the traditional BSD
       filesystem (with logging extension) and disklabel system.
     * ARM hardware support for a [46]wide range of open, low-cost, and high-end
       devices, including powerful SBBA/SBBR servers, open hardware laptops, and
       pocket-sized development boards. Entirely in the mainline kernel, supported
       by a single image, and maintained by NetBSD developers with long-term support
       in mind.
     * Virtualization support - including the well-established enterprise solution
       in [47]Xen, and the native NetBSD kernel module and library making up the
       [48]NVMM hypervisor, which provides hardware acceleration for [49]QEMU in a
       clean and secure way.
     * Support for modern x86 hardware including NVMe, UEFI, accelerated graphics,
       and a range of [50]laptops.
     * Continuing stable support for a wide range of "legacy" hardware and ABIs.
       There's long-term backwards compatibility to even the earliest NetBSD
       releases without compromising on feature like 64-bit time. We intend to keep
       these systems running long after Year 2038.

The NetBSD Project's goals

   A project has no point if it doesn't have goals. Thankfully, the NetBSD Project
   has enough goals to keep it busy for quite some time. Generally speaking, the
   NetBSD Project:
     * [51]provides a well designed, stable, and fast BSD system,
     * [52]avoids encumbering licenses,
     * [53]provides a portable system, which runs on many hardware platforms,
     * [54]interoperates well with other systems,
     * [55]conforms to open systems standards as much as is practical.

   In summary: The NetBSD Project provides a freely available and redistributable
   system that professionals, hobbyists, and researchers can use in whatever manner
   they wish.

Why the name?

   NetBSD was one of the first major open source projects to be organized
   collaboratively entirely over the internet, using a network-connected version
   control system to develop the OS and organizing the project over email since
   1993. The Internet was an enabling technology that made NetBSD possible. The
   "Net" in our name was thus chosen as a tribute to the Internet.

   The "BSD" in our name is an obvious recognition of our heritage as a derivative
   of 4.4BSD and 386BSD.

   Read more about [56]the history of NetBSD.

The people who make NetBSD happen

   A large number of people have put a lot of time and effort into making the NetBSD
   operating system what it is today, either by developing the system itself,
   supporting its development, or simply using it. Those people can be broken down
   into the following groups:
     * [57]NetBSD Developers
     * [58]The NetBSD Core Group
     * [59]The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
     * [60]The NetBSD Port Maintainers
     * [61]Other Groups within the NetBSD Project
     * [62]Organisations and people that have made donations or loans to NetBSD

   Additionally, without the University of California, Berkeley's [63]Computer
   Systems Research Group and the many contributors to the Berkeley Software
   Distributions, the NetBSD Project surely would not exist. We thank them for their
   efforts.

   The [64]NetBSD Foundation is incorporated in the United States as a tax-exempt
   corporation (under Section 501(c)(3) of the US Internal Revenue Code) that
   devotes itself to the traditional goals and spirit of the NetBSD Project and owns
   the trademark of the word "NetBSD".

   [65]Contact | [66]Disclaimer | Copyright © 1994-2024 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
                                 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
           NetBSD^® is a registered trademark of The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.

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  42. http://man.NetBSD.org/zfs
  43. http://man.NetBSD.org/raid
  44. http://man.NetBSD.org/cgd
  45. http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/guide/en/chap-lvm.html
  46. http://wiki.NetBSD.org/ports/evbarm/
  47. http://wiki.NetBSD.org/ports/xen
  48. http://blog.NetBSD.org/tnf/entry/from_zero_to_nvmm
  49. https://www.qemu.org/
  50. http://wiki.NetBSD.org/laptops/
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  52. http://www.netbsd.org/./about/redistribution.html
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  59. http://www.netbsd.org/./foundation/
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  61. http://www.netbsd.org/./people/groups/
  62. http://www.netbsd.org/./donations/#contributors
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  65. http://www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi
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