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NetBSD

NetBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). It was the first open-source BSD descendant officially released after 386BSD was forked. It continues to be actively developed and is available for many platforms, including servers, desktops, handheld devices, and embedded systems.

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Default user interface
ash, X11 (CTWM)
Developer
The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
Influenced
Void Linux
Influenced by
386BSD
Initial release
19 April 1993; 33 years ago (1993-04-19)
Kernel type
Monolithic with dynamically loadable modules, rump kernel

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NetBSD

Nodes353
Edges352
Triples249
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005666
Components1

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NetBSD

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related to history · 27
NetBSD → Adam Glass, Also, April, Berkeley, Berkeley Software Distribution, BSD-based, California, Charles Hannum, Chris Demetriou, Computer Systems Research Group, He, History, In, Internet, Lite, March, Net/2, October, OpenBSD, Raadt
related to The pkgsrc packages collection · 21
NetBSD → An, Apache HTTP Server, Building, GNOME, HP-UX, In, KDE, Linux, Lumina, Minix, OpenServer, Other BSDs, Perl, QNX, SCO UNIX, September, Solaris, The, This, Unix-like
related to Portability · 17
NetBSD → As, CVS, DMA, MD, MI, MMU, NetBSD's, Nintendo Wii, Of, Pocket PC PDAs, Sega Dreamcast, The, These, This, Unlike, Using, VAX
related to Symmetric multiprocessing · 13
NetBSD → As, During, February, M2, MP, New, RT, SATA, SMP, The, Threaded, TS, VFS
related to Virtualization · 13
NetBSD → Any, Dom0, DomU, GRUB, Linux, OS, OSes, The, The Xen, Xen, Xen-compatible, Xen-specialized, Xen/DomU
related to Sound subsystem · 12
NetBSD → API, Applications, Audio, CPU, Mozilla, Playing, PortAudio, SADA, SDL, SunOS, The NetBSD, This
related to Licensing · 11
NetBSD → All, BSD, BSD License, GPL, In, June, NetBSD Foundation, On, This, Thus, UCB
related to Compatibility with other operating systems · 10
NetBSD → At, Haiku, IEEE, Initial, Linux, POSIX, SunOS, This, UNIX-derived, UNIX-like
related to Kernel scripting · 10
NetBSD → GSoC, Guilherme Salazar, I/O, It, Kernel-space, Lourival Vieira Neto, Lua, Test Suite, The Lua, There
related to Sensors · 9
NetBSD → API, As, In, March, NetBSD's, OpenBSD, OpenBSD's, Since, XML

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kernel system systems also support memory code bsd hardware operating source used pkgsrc release stack provides platforms use based project

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
NetBSDDefault user interfaceash, X11 (CTWM)1.00infobox
NetBSDDeveloperThe NetBSD Foundation, Inc.1.00infobox
NetBSDInfluencedVoid Linux1.00infobox
NetBSDInfluenced by386BSD1.00infobox
NetBSDInitial release19 April 1993; 33 years ago (1993-04-19)1.00infobox
NetBSDKernel typeMonolithic with dynamically loadable modules, rump kernel1.00infobox
NetBSDLatest release11.0 / 30 July 2026; 25 days ago (2026-07-30)1.00infobox
NetBSDLicense2-clause BSD license1.00infobox
NetBSDOfficial websitewww.netbsd.org1.00infobox
NetBSDOS familyUnix-like (BSD)1.00infobox
NetBSDPackage managerpkgsrc1.00infobox
NetBSDRepositorycvsweb.netbsd.org1.00infobox
NetBSDSource modelOpen source1.00infobox
NetBSDSupported platformsAlpha, ARM, x86 (IA-32 and x86-64), PA-RISC, 68k, MIPS, PowerPC, SH3, SPARC, VAX1.00infobox
NetBSDTagline"Of course it runs NetBSD"1.00infobox
NetBSDUserlandBSD1.00infobox
NetBSDWorking stateCurrent1.00infobox
NetBSDWritten inC1.00infobox
NetBSDis afree and open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution0.90text

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