I have googled for the info, the brief difference from my understanding -
freebsd for general use like ubuntu for linux, openbsd focus on security,
netbsd is built for embedded. Am I right?
On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 8:23 PM Lizbeth Mutterhunt, Ph.D <
lizbethmutterh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Once, decades ago, BSD was once, but seperated itself into the three
> main-distributions: FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD; the most common version
> nowadays - excuse please - ist FreeBSD. DragonFlyBSD is a derivative of
> FreeBSD with an unserspace quite different to FreeBSD, lacking the newest
> kernel and beta-versions called -CURRENT!
>
> And a BSD kernel is the half of Steve Jobbs Apple Macintosh kernel and
> their base.
>
> lizbeth
>
> Am Fr., 17. Dez. 2021 um 12:39 Uhr schrieb Piper H <pott...@gmail.com>:
>
>> I have another silly question: what's the brief difference between
>> NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonflyBSD?
>>
>> Thanks for pointing that out.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 10:57 AM Todd Gruhn <tgru...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Now that I think of it: isnt Android based on LINUX? Why not NetBSD
>>> on a smartphone?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 7:38 PM Michael Cheponis
>>> <michael.chepo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > The last "Danger" smartphone -- some say still the very best
>>> smartphone for its time -- used NetBSD under the hood. It was really fast
>>> and responsive, small, easy to fit onto the processor -- all from a buddy
>>> of mine who worked at Danger in SW. Danger did the App SW, which was also
>>> very good. But it was NetBSD under the hood. My buddy showed an early
>>> prototype to me at the time, and I was jealous.
>>> >
>>> > I do not know if the mods needed to run NetBSD that platform ever made
>>> it back into MAIN. ('cause BSD license and all)
>>> >
>>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Hiptop
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 1:04 AM Piper H <pott...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Is there a mobile OS based on BSD, besides OSX?
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:18 PM Miko Larsson <jjfl...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> When it's ready ;p
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --
>>> >>> ~~~miko
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On 12/15/21, Todd Gruhn <tgru...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> > When is the next official NetBSD release?
>>> >>> >
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --
>>> >>> ~~~miko
>>>
>>
