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3rd Quarterly NetBSD Status Report Published
jschauma writes "The third quarterly NetBSD status report has been published, covering the months July through September of 2004. Among many other things, this status report covers NetBSD version numbering scheme changes and of the upcoming release of NetBSD 2.0."
eh, it's ok. (I've seen it, since I'm a NetBSD developer). The thing to remember is that we were not looking for a mascot so it isn't the same anthropomorphic style as other groups. (i.e. the linux penguin, or the openbsd blowfish)
If you have a lot of different computers (or other items with programmable hardware), with different architectures, and want to run one OS on most or all of them, then NetBSD is a solution to consider.
If you just have a bunch of IBM PC Compatible (x86) boxes of various ages, then you might as well stick with FreeBSD. But if you've also got an old VAX workstation, a Morotorola 68k SBC, and a Sun 3/80, then NetBSD is the way to go.
Another reason for you to consider, is if you could be of assistance testing the AFS port.
Of course curiosity is a valid reason, too.
The minor number was used to indicate a new release:
1.0 -> 1.6, and the tiny number for a minor release
1.6 -> 1.6.1 -> 1.6.2
The major version number used to be 1 and the minor number used to indicate a major release. For example, 1.5 and 1.6 were major releases. There was also a third number that was used for fixing bugs, like service packs, 1.6.2 for example.
1.6.2 works great on SPARC II (except the Mach64 driver doesn't work for Ultra5). I just installed it this past week.