http://www.osnews.com/story/15731/NetBSD_3_1_RC2_Released Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:34:36 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://www.osnews.com/thread?159078 http://www.osnews.com/thread?159078 ahh, there comes light to the darkness (http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=15677) Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gobbler) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?159103 http://www.osnews.com/thread?159103 I was wonddering if anybody here uses netbsd, what for, and why? Security, stability, other? Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (@@__@@) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?159121 http://www.osnews.com/thread?159121 yeah! i am using it in my Digital ALPHAstation 500, a really beautiful machine. its old though, 1995 =) and only with 64MB. in general terms my options were the old Digital UNIX 4.0F that came with it, some linux (gentoo can be stripped down quite good) or some bsd.

first i tried freebsd 6.0, it had lots of ports. however the installation was failing, so i decided to give freebsd 5.4 a try. with freebsd 5.4 the installation went ok, however the after install memory footprint was too big. then i read about the vanishing freebsd alpha support, so i decided to give netbsd 3.0 a try. with netbsd 3.0 the installation went easy, flawless and the after install memory footprint was very small, it had not so many ports but enough for my limited relic.

after reading the 'darkness' news i was starting to think about giving gentoo 2006.1 a try. gee! but i like netbsd!

it is true though, that i was missing more ports, hardware acceleration (NVIDIA), default xorg and a few things more, very necessary for my bigger systems... Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (difool) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?159152 http://www.osnews.com/thread?159152 The most common use I've seen is to keep using old hardware, usually as file servers or something. On many platforms, it the only operating system still maintained for them. Personally, I don't see any reason to use it on x86 or PPC though. Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bsharitt) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?159166 http://www.osnews.com/thread?159166 This system has been great for me since 2000. I migrated from Linux when I wanted a personal system that paralleled a true Unix environment and had goals to do things right rather than any which way but loose. At that time, neither FreeBSD or Linux supported cardbus fully on my new Dell notebook but NetBSD did.

The fact is that it not only works on lots of hardware platforms but also lots of peripherals on those platforms. I can take a Sun qfe card and use it in an x86 machine. I can take an Intel NIC and use it in a HP/Compaq/DEC alpha based system. Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (libray) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?159172 http://www.osnews.com/thread?159172 Hi:

I am newbie using NetBSD. I have installed KDE and KDevelop and I'm starting to write an object oriented library in C++.

I chose NetBSD because its "UNIXity", its clear and nice design, its portability and its small foot print.

I just hope the internal problems do not affect the development and progress of this nice OS.Edited 2006-09-05 13:31 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ebasconp) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?159191 http://www.osnews.com/thread?159191 "Personally, I don't see any reason to use it on x86 or PPC though."

Haha. Well, it's hard to 'personally' see a reason if you've never used it before. NetBSD is an awesome system. Just because its portable doesnt mean it doesnt have any other features. ITS NOT JUST FOR PORTABILITY. Although, portability gives it alot of benificial side effects.

Here is a quote from a guys article at IBM from a few days agao - "NetBSD has an interesting architecture, which is often taken for granted and rarely commented on outside Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) circles. The system's well thought-out design allows for wide hardware support, a small footprint, stability, and security. NetBSD's unique features include a new paradigm for handling device drivers and other interesting innovations.

These design decisions and commitment to source code, which not only works but works right, have helped NetBSD lay claim to being the most portable UNIX® derivative in existence. It particularly excels in embedded systems, but you should also consider it as a compelling alternative to more mainstream servers, desktops, and laptop operating systems."

NetBSD!
.adam. Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (adapt) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?159212 http://www.osnews.com/thread?159212 I'd imagine people who play with it the first time probably do it on older hardware. I first installed it on x86, but have since used mac68k, alpha, sparc, sparc64, and powerpc. After using it, however, I came to appreciate its three biggest attributes: simplicity, consistancy, and quality. It's not fancy, but it's quick, stable, and works. It's also fast; faster than FreeBSD on single proc machines (and with more consistend hardware compatibility since FreeBSD went to >5.x), and certainly faster than OpenBSD, but YMMV. Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (hurdboy) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?159288 http://www.osnews.com/thread?159288 I choose to run NetBSD, along with the other two BSDs, to learn how to administrate UNIX, the traditional way.Edited 2006-09-05 18:32 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (happycamper) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?159344 http://www.osnews.com/thread?159344 RC1 did not support my mainboard (ASUS K8N-DL with nforce4 chipset) ... Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (deb2006) Comments