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NetBSD Project Calls for Donations

Posted by Hemos on from the gimme-yer-money dept.

A reader writes:"Thor Lancelot Simon from the NetBSD project recently made a post to the netbsd-advocacy mailing list, outlining the project's desperate need for monetary donations from its users and supporters to help improve NetBSD for everyone. Please read Thor's post here and think seriously about helping out this excellent open source project. Even the smallest donation counts, if enough people pitch in."

3 of 43 comments (clear)

  1. PkgSrc by rpbailey1642 · · Score: 4, Informative

    PkgSrc alone is worth a small donation. With it, you can compile the same apps for many different operating systems, including Solaris, *BSD, Linux, and Irix. While not as extensive as some of the Port systems, the fact that it is so standardized across the board is a decent exchange.

  2. Re:An excellent BSD by Tet · · Score: 4, Informative
    OpenBSD provides just as good a minimalist, clean and reliable system

    Much as I love OpenBSD, that's not strictly true. The NetBSD init system, for example, is a thing of beauty, and it's both cleaner and more functional than the traditional equivalent found in OpenBSD. There's a lot of innovation happening in NetBSD, and it's worth keeping an eye on.

    --
    "The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." -- Delos B. McKown
  3. Re:Hit up corporate users by hubertf · · Score: 2, Informative
    FWIW, the "Savin" family seems to be produced by Ricoh, which is known to use NetBSD for some time.

    - Hubert