What’s the point of it?

OpenBSD = Security

FreeBSD = The main UNIX-like

NetBSD = ???

Based on the name of have assumed it’s be used in things like network appliances but in 20 years I’ve never seen a single device use it.

  • Ramin Honary@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Yes, it is mostly appliances, but an (informal?) stated goal of NetBSD is too run on all computing hardware.

    • FreeBSD = user-friendly free UNIX (plus ZFS and jails 😀)
    • OpenBSD = very secure free UNIX (plus ZFS and zones 😀)
    • NetBSD = runs on any computer chip ever built within the past 40 years (but no ZFS, zones, or jails 🙁)

    Naturally, that makes NetBSD a good choice for appliances, especially ones that might only have limited memory.

    (Here is a quick explainer on the difference between Jails, Zones, Containers, and VMs)