1 NetBSD 2 ====== 3 4 NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open 5 Source operating system. It is available for a [wide range of 6 platforms](https://wiki.NetBSD.org/ports/), from large-scale servers 7 and powerful desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. 8 9 Building 10 -------- 11 12 You can cross-build NetBSD from most UNIX-like operating systems. 13 To build for amd64 (x86_64), in the src directory: 14 15 ./build.sh -U -u -j4 -m amd64 -O ~/obj release 16 17 Additional build information available in the [BUILDING](BUILDING) file. 18 19 Binaries 20 -------- 21 22 - [Daily builds](https://nycdn.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest/) 23 - [Releases](https://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/) 24 25 Testing 26 ------- 27 28 On a running NetBSD system: 29 30 cd /usr/tests; atf-run | atf-report 31 32 Troubleshooting 33 --------------- 34 35 - Send bugs and patches [via web form](https://www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/sendpr.cgi?gndb=netbsd). 36 - Subscribe to the [mailing lists](https://www.NetBSD.org/mailinglists/). 37 The [netbsd-users](https://www.NetBSD.org/mailinglists/#netbsd-users) list is a good choice for many problems; watch [current-users](https://www.NetBSD.org/mailinglists/#current-users) if you follow the bleeding edge of NetBSD-current. 38 - Join the community IRC channel [#netbsd @ libera.chat](https://web.libera.chat/#netbsd). 39 40 Latest sources 41 -------------- 42 43 To fetch the main CVS repository: 44 45 cvs -d anoncvs (a] anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot checkout -P src 46 47 To work in the Git mirror, which is updated every few hours from CVS: 48 49 git clone https://github.com/NetBSD/src.git 50 51 Additional Links 52 ---------------- 53 54 - [The NetBSD Guide](https://www.NetBSD.org/docs/guide/en/) 55 - [NetBSD manual pages](https://man.NetBSD.org/) 56 - [NetBSD Cross-Reference](https://nxr.NetBSD.org/) 57
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