--- wikisrc/users/jruoho/Attic/doc.mdwn 2010/04/05 07:34:19 1.8 +++ wikisrc/users/jruoho/Attic/doc.mdwn 2010/04/05 07:36:38 1.9 @@ -14,18 +14,11 @@ Benefits: plain text. This should be a big benefit in lowering the barriers of entry to documentation. -* [About NetBSD](#intro-about) - * [What is NetBSD?](#intro-whatis) - * [The story of NetBSD](#intro-story) - * [NetBSD features](#intro-features) - * [Supported platforms](#intro-platforms) - * [NetBSD's target users](#intro-users) - * [Applications of NetBSD](#intro-applications) - * [How to get NetBSD](#intro-get) +## About NetBSD -

About NetBSD

+[[!toc]] -

What is NetBSD?

+### What is NetBSD? NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system. It is available for many platforms, from 64-bit x86 servers @@ -34,7 +27,7 @@ and advanced features make it excellent environments, and it is user-supported with complete source. Many applications are easily available through pkgsrc, the NetBSD Packages Collection. -

The story of NetBSD

+### The story of NetBSD The first version of NetBSD (0.8) dates back to 1993 and springs from the 4.3BSD Lite operating system, a version of Unix developed at the University @@ -49,7 +42,7 @@ Berkeley fast file system, reliable sign TCP/IP, just to name a few. This tradition of research and development survives today in the BSD systems and, in particular, in NetBSD. -

NetBSD features

+### NetBSD features NetBSD operates on a vast range of hardware platforms and is very portable. The full source to the NetBSD kernel and userland is available for all the @@ -77,7 +70,7 @@ could be described as *it doesn't work u many overgrown programs are collapsing under their own weight and "features" and you'll understand why NetBSD tries to avoid this situation at all costs. -

Supported platforms

+### Supported platforms NetBSD supports many platforms, including the popular PC platform (i386 and amd64), SPARC and UltraSPARC, Alpha, Amiga, Atari, and m68k and PowerPC @@ -86,7 +79,7 @@ found on [the NetBSD site](http://www.NetBSD.org/ports "NetBSD Ports") . -

NetBSD's target users

+### NetBSD's target users The NetBSD site states that: *the NetBSD Project provides a freely available and redistributable system that professionals, hobbyists, and researchers @@ -102,7 +95,7 @@ performance on modern hardware. In addi which runs consistently on a variety of platforms, NetBSD is probably your best choice. -

Applications for NetBSD

+### Applications for NetBSD Aside from the standard Unix productivity tools, editors, formatters, C/C++ compilers and debuggers and so on that are included with the base system, @@ -120,7 +113,7 @@ example. You can run the Linux versions * Acrobat Reader * many other programs -

How to get NetBSD

+### How to get NetBSD NetBSD is an Open Source operating system, and as such it is freely available for download from