Why “NetBSD” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
So they thought “ok NetBSD is not unpopular enough, we need to fix it” and made this.
by dizza · Oct 29, 2026
It's funny how there's a disclaimer about not supporting as much hardware as Linux. NetBSD had a reputation for supporting pretty much everything so seeing the tables turn in fa…
by scheme271 · Oct 29, 2026
It's apparent that AlpineBSD is meant to support some idiosyncrasies that NetBSD isn't guaranteed to accommodate.
by ibn_khaldun · Oct 28, 2026
The reason for NetBSD rejecting any use of AI is the concern that a future legal case will rule that the output of LLMs trained on GPL code is itself subject to the GPL due to t…
by rjsw · Oct 28, 2026
Interestingly, Linux is GPLv2 and NetBSD is permissive, so I assume AlpineBSD is permissive as well?
by palata · Oct 28, 2026
"Oh, how the mighty have fallen." This suggests the commenter once thought that NetBSD was mighty Perhaps he never had such thoughts If so, then this comment is disingenuous The…
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 · Oct 28, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "netbsd" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "netbsd" over time.
NetBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). It was the first open-source BSD descendant officially released after 386BSD was forked. It continues to be actively developed and is available for many platforms, including servers, desktops, handheld devices, and embedded systems. Read more on Wikipedia