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<h3>Changes Relative to other *BSD's.</h3> |
<h3>Changes Relative to other *BSD's.</h3> |
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OpenBSD looks a lot like NetBSD (from which it is derived, following |
The OpenBSD project was spawned from NetBSD (ie. a member of the |
the 4.4BSD roots), but is now being developed seperately. Good changes |
4.4BSD family) and is developed seperately. As well as developments |
from other free operating systems will be merged in (of course, depending |
by our development group, good changes from the other free operating |
on various factors like developer time for example.) OpenBSD tracks |
systems are evaluated and merged into OpenBSD (of course, depending on |
NetBSD changes very closely; say anywhere between 2 to 10 days |
various factors like developer time for example.) OpenBSD tracks bug |
behind the state of NetBSD-current all the time. You used to be able to |
reports and source tree changes from the NetBSD and FreeBSD projects |
say that OpenBSD is NetBSD <b>PLUS MORE STUFF</b>, but nowadays OpenBSD |
fairly closely. Even pieces of code from the Linux projects have been |
very much is it's own thing. Too much stuff was added and fixed to be |
used. |
able to compare it against NetBSD... |
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Compared to NetBSD, various additions have been made. This is a |
In the early days of OpenBSD, it was possible to be able to say |
partial list of the major machine independent changes (ie. these are the |
"OpenBSD is NetBSD <b>PLUS MORE STUFF</b>" Now, after substantial |
changes people ask about most often). Check the page of the specific port |
work OpenBSD is very much is it's own thing. Too much stuff has |
you are interested in for further port-specific details. Note that many ports |
added and fixed. OpenBSD is OpenBSD. |
have had architecture-specific enhancements. |
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This is a partial list of the major machine independent changes |
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(ie. these are the changes people ask about most often). Port |
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specific changes have also been made, and are sometimes mentioned |
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in the pages for the specific <a href=plat.html>ports</a> if you |
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are interested in for further port-specific details. Many ports |
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have had architecture-specific enhancements relative to NetBSD, |
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but when they do not they certainly have plenty of platform-independent |
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changes, starting with those listed below.. |
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<h3>Life for the OpenBSD project begins...</h3> |
<h3>Life for the OpenBSD project begins...</h3> |