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    NetBSD is a free version of UNIX that runs on Intel/Cyrix/AMD Pentium, Intel 80486, Intel 80386, Motorola/IBM PowerPC, Motorola 680x0, Sun SPARC, HP PA-RISC, DEC VAX, and ARM.

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Intended purpose

server/mainframe: small to large scale servers

desktop/workstation: workstations (for those with UNIX familiarity)

handheld: embedded systems

real time: not appropriate

Kind of OS: open source BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) UNIX

    “NetBSD is a free version of UNIX designed for use in environments ranking from embedded systems over desktop machines to server systems, with a special emphasis on maintaining portability across various machine architectures.” —Hubert Feyrere113

    “Technically, Windows NT Server 4.0 is no match for any UNIX operating system, not even the non-commercial BSDs [FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD] or Linux.” —John Kirchw51

Release Date:

Current Version: 1.4.2e113

Cost: freew18

    “For the most cost-conscious customer, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, or OpenBSD would be the obvious choices. They cost nothing, yet they are just as stable and offer as much functionality as, if not more than, the commercial UNIX operating systems.” —“Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX”w51

Hardware Supported: Intel/Cyrix/AMD Pentiumw19, 80486w19, 80386w19, IBM/Motorola PowerPCw19 (IBM, Apple PowerMacintosh, BeBox, and Motorola)e113, Motorola 68040w19 (Apple Macintosh, NeXT, Commodore Amiga)e113, 68030w19, Sun SPARCw19, Sun UltraSPARCe113, SGI MIPSw19, DEC Alphaw19, VAXw19, HP PA-RISCw19, ARMw19 (ARM26, ARM32, Strong ARM)e113, Cobalt Qube and Raq machinese113, PC532e113, SH3 embedded systemse113

    “NetBSD will run on practically anything: DEC Alpha, Motorola 68k (Amiga, Atari, Mac, MVME, Sharp, Sun3), PowerPC, Intel, DEC VAX, Acorn RISC, MIPS (Sony NEWS, DECstation), etc.” —“Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX”w51

    680x0 assembly language is discussed in the assembly language section.

Maximum Number of Processors: 1e113

Number of bits: 32/64 (depending on processor)e113

Kernel: NetBSD, derived from 4.4 BSDe113

POSIX: compatible

Peripherals: numerous, see http://www.netbsd.org/Hardware/ for liste113

File Systems Supported:

Other Systems Emulated: depending on hardware platform, other systems natively available are usually emulated, including SunOS, Solaris, OSF/1, Ultrix, FreeBSD, BSDI, HP/UX, IBCS2; Some experimental support for Win32 is available. Also available via external emulators are Amiga, Windows, IA64, …e113

Graphics Engine: XFree86, partly modified to run on all needed platformse113

Text Command Shell: UNIX shells

User Interface (graphic):

Graphic Command Shell:

Disabled support:

Internet Services:

    ftp://ftp.eng.auburn.edu/pub/doug/ “bootp-DH2.x” free, patched CMU BOOTP-DD2.4.x server from Doug Hughes of auburn.edu. Supports DHCP, even for Win95 clients. Adds the patches from the Samba mailing list to support PCNFS and Win95 simultaneously. For SunOS 4.x, Solaris 2.x, Linux, and NetBSD servers.

    http://www.princeton.edu/~irwin/dhcpd.html “Princeton Patches to CMU dhcpd 3.3.7” free software provides DHCP, bootp, tftp, true dynamic IP addresses, and reporting tool for NetBSD and Solaris.

Application Programs:

Security:

Other:

references

references within this web site

(for your convenience, look for this symbol marking passages about NetBSD)

further reading: web sites

Please send recommendations on additional URLs to Milo.

official web sites

    http://www.netbsd.org/

    http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/index.html: Supported Architectures

    http://www.netbsd.org/Hardware/: Supported Peripherals

FAQs

(Frequently Asked Questions)

    http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/e113

    http://cynjut.neonramp.com/FAQ.html “The *BSD FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)”

user group web sites

    http://www.netbsd.org/gallery/groups.htmle113

other related web sites

    http://www.imrryr.org/NetBSD/ “NetBSD Web Pages: Unofficial NetBSD Web Pages with introduction and information.”

    http://www.wrpd.org/~windsor/netbsd/ “Rob NetBSD Hints and Tips: Rob Windsor’s NetBSD Hints and Tips — more miscellaneous unofficial NetBSD resources.”

    http://www.io.com/~kazushi/unix/netbsd.html “Jam’s NetBSD page: Read Installation notes for NetBSD/i386 1.3.”

    http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/ “NetBSD/mac68k’s Home at Puma: This web site is meant to supplement the official NetBSD WWW pages.”

    http://www2.giganet.net/~mark/NetBSD/ “Mark’s NetBSD Pages: Running Real UNIX on Your PC or Mac. Yes it is possible! NetBSD is a real UNIX system based on BSD sources that runs on various architectures.”

    http://home.earthlink.net/~bhami/rosetta.html “Rosetta Stone for Unix”; a guide for comparable commands and directories in several popular forms of UNIX (AIX, Darwin, DG-UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SCO OpenServer, Solaris, SunOS, Tru64, and ULTRIX).

    ftp://ftp.eng.auburn.edu/pub/doug/ “bootp-DH2.x” free, patched CMU BOOTP-DD2.4.x server from Doug Hughes of auburn.edu. Supports DHCP, even for Win95 clients. Adds the patches from the Samba mailing list to support PCNFS and Win95 simultaneously. For SunOS 4.x, Solaris 2.x, Linux, and NetBSD servers.

    http://www.princeton.edu/~irwin/dhcpd.html “Princeton Patches to CMU dhcpd 3.3.7” free software provides DHCP, bootp, tftp, true dynamic IP addresses, and reporting tool for NetBSD and Solaris.

    http://rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de/~feyrer/NetBSD/ “Hubertf’s NetBSD Page: Find Information and points of interest for NetBsd.”

    http://www.bsdsearch.com/ “BSDSearch.Com: We are the world’s largest search engine and directory for BSD.”

    http://www.bsdnet.dk “BSDnet.dk: *BSD related information.”

    http://www.cons.org/cracauer/bsd.html “Martin Cracauer BSD Pages: List of my own WWW pages about BSD systems.”

    http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/ John Kirch’s article “Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX”

Spanish language web sites

    http://www.barrapunto.com/bsd/index.shtml “BarraPunto BSD: Pagina de noticias de BSD para los Hispanos.”

further reading: books

    For more UNIX book listings, see also the general book listings on the UNIX web page.

If you want your book reviewed, please send a copy to: Milo, POB 1361, Tustin, CA 92781, USA.

Price listings are for courtesy purposes only and may be changed by the referenced businesses at any time without notice.

further reading: books: introductory/general

A Practical Guide to the Unix System; by Mark G. Sobell; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; October 1994; ISBN 0805375651; paperback; 800 pages; $37.95


further reading: books: administration

Essential System Administration: Help for Unix System Administrators (Nutshell Handbook); 2nd edition; by Aeleen Frisch; O’Reilly & Associates; December 1996; ISBN 1565921275; paperback; 788 pages; $27.96


    Universal Command Guide; by Guy Lotgering (UCG Team); Hungry Minds, Inc; April 2002; ISBN 0764548336; hardcover with CD-ROM; 1,600 pages; $69.99; cross references all of the commands from: AIX; Solaris; RedHat Linux; Berkeley BSD; NetWare 3.2, 4.11, 5, and 6; DOS 6.22; Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, NT 4 Workstation, NT 4 Server, NT 4 Terminal Server, 2000 Professional, 2000 Server, 2000 Advanced Server; Citrix Mainframe 1.8; and Mac 9


The Complete Guide to Netware 4.11/Intranetware; 2nd edition; by James E. Gaskin; Sybex; December 1996; ISBN 078211931X; paperback; $47.99; includes information on getting NetWare working with Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, and OS/2


further reading: books: internet

Building a Unix Internet Server; by George Eckel; New Riders Publishing; June 1995; ISBN 1562054945; paperback (with CD-ROM); 325 pages; $30.40


further reading: books: enterprise/business

further reading: books: content creation

further reading: books: programming

Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series); by W. Richard Stevens; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; June 1992; ISBN 0201563177; hardcover; 744 pages; $63.95


further reading: books: hardware

further reading: books: miscellaneous

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