NetBSD 3.0.1 released

[danieldk]

To increase the BSD-factor :):


The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that update 3.0.1 of the NetBSD operating system is now available. NetBSD 3.0.1 is the first security/critical update of the NetBSD 3.0 release branch. This represents a selected subset of fixes deemed critical in nature for stability or security reasons, no new features have been added.

http://www.netbsd.org/Releases/formal-3/NetBSD-3.0.1.html

[node357]

Hi Daniel, LTNS. I've been thinking of trying NetBSD but aside from the fact I can never get it to live with Windoze (still got it :() I'm worried it will be slow due to extra code designed for portability. Am I guessing wrong? If NetBSD is as speedy a system as FreeBSD or OpenBSD I might go for it... I'm thinking about this laggy feeling I get when using Slackware 10.2, compared to Fedora and stuff... it just seems sluggish... anyhoo, cheers.

[danieldk]

Benchmarks indicate that it is about the same speed as FreeBSD and faster than OpenBSD. There are some old benchmarks over here:

http://bulk.fefe.de/scalability/

FreeBSD is better at threading, so, if you have a multi-core CPU, or multiple CPUs, FreeBSD may be better for you (or Linux).