NetBSD News

NetBSD : News : NetBSD 1.6.1 has been released
Posted: ( Sun 7th Dec 2003 03:44:56[AM] UTC )
The latest version of NetBSD - 1.6.1 - has been released on April 21, 2003. NetBSD 1.6.1 is a maintenance release for users of NetBSD 1.6 which provides the following updates relative to 1.6: * A number of security issues have been fixed. * Some performance fixes have been incorporated. * Improved device support in some existing drivers. * Some new device drivers have been added. * The evbsh3 port has been added to the binary distribution. * Some minor userland fixes have been applied. A more complete Release Announcement can be found here: http://netbsd.org/Releases/formal-1.6/NetBSD-1.6.1.html

NetBSD : News : NetBSD 1.5.3 released
Posted: ( Mon 5th Aug 2002 09:17:20[AM] UTC )
In the ten months since the last release of the NetBSD 1.5 branch, various improvements, new hardware support, and a few security fixes have been integrated. The new maintenance release is now officially available.

NetBSD : News : Wasabi Systems suite of popular applications for NetBSD 1.5
Posted: ( Tue 13th Feb 2001 08:29:45[PM] UTC )
The Wasabi NetBSD 1.5 Package Release includes two supplemental CDs featuring over 1,600 precompiled, ready-to-run third party software for the x86-based PC platform.

NetBSD : News : Running numerous OS' at the same time
Posted: ( Mon 25th Dec 2000 05:14:24[PM] UTC )
Recently, plex86, a PC virtualization program, was ported to NetBSD as a host operating system. The open source plex86 project allows users to run multiple operating systems concurrently on the same machine.

NetBSD : News : plex86 ported to NetBSD/i386
Posted: ( Thu 14th Dec 2000 06:54:02[AM] UTC )
The virtual x86 machine emulator 'plex86' now works on a second Open Source operating system. So far plex86 did only support Linux as host platform, and thanks to Frank van der Linden of Wasabi Systems (http://www.wasabisystems.com/), it now also works on the i386 port of the NetBSD multi-platform operating system.

NetBSD : News : Announcing NetBSD 1.5
Posted: ( Wed 6th Dec 2000 06:38:14[PM] UTC )
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that release 1.5 of the NetBSD operating system is now available. NetBSD is widely known as the most portable operating system in the world. It currently supports 31 system families and 12 CPU families, all from a single source tree. The 1.5 release brings many performance and security enhancements, as well as support for new platforms (such as the G4 cube) and new peripherals.

NetBSD : News : NetBSD 1.4.3 released
Posted: ( Wed 29th Nov 2000 06:21:46[PM] UTC )
This release fixes problems found in the earlier 1.4.x family of releases, improves stability, and includes support for new hardware. NetBSD 1.4.3 is a patch release of the 1.4 release branch.