What is Netbsd?
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noun - primary one
NetBSD is one of several Unix-like
Originally derived from 386BSD, on April 3rd, 1993, NetBSD (along with
NetBSD has since moved to become one the most highly ported operating system in the world, running on more than 50 platforms.
Currently working towards the 2.0 release, tentitavely set for this spring, NetBSD is at 1.6.2 for it's stable release.
NetBSD was used for the base for the development of
noun - primary two
The NetBSD Project, the organisation that manages the development of the NetBSD operating system. The group that was responsible for registering NetBSD as a trademark and is charged with defending it.
Even though OpenBSD was started because of a fight between developers, NetBSD and OpenBSD freely share code.
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This is a UNIX based operating system that will function effectively on your toaster, alarm clock, and any other fucking thing you can plug in.
I just got NetBSD to work on my beard trimmer!
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A distribution of the *BSD based family of UNIX operating systems. NetBSD is known for its vast platform support, and also for its clean, simple, and stable design.
I am hoping that, one day, car computers will run on NetBSD...
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Better than
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It's actually a real OS unlike Linux and Windoze, which are constantly being updated because they both have more bugs than a rainforest.
NetBSD does everything I want it to do.
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Without a doubt, the best free UNIX-like operating system available. NetBSD is known for it's portability, security, and stability. I would even go as far to say NetBSD is even better than OpenBSD.
Compared to to many distributions of Linux, such as "Slackware", NetBSD is easier to install, is more secure, and is more stable.
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another operating system for computers, and like any other OS, sucks, but not as much as Windows. Beloved by hard-core head-in-the-sand users to the point of obsession, and largely ignored by most technical people, and unknown to 99.9% of the population.
"NetBSD is far more stable and secure than your linux derivative"
... that's because it's so boring noone's bothering to look closely enough to try and hack it