NetBSD 9.3: A 2022 OS that can run on late-1980s hardware
I thought this was actually not that great of a write up, although it&#x27;s from the perspective of someone who has never used it. I&#x27;ve used it off on and on for a few years now, but never as my main OS.<p>The install process the author describes (in virtualbox) didn&#x27;t sound right. When I install it, I don&#x27;t need to reboot then use sysinst...I use sysinst during the install process to install pkgin, add a user, config my network etc, etc; then when I reboot and login I can config doas&#x2F;sudo to my liking and start installing binary packages via pkgin. It&#x27;s all pretty straightforward in my opinion.<p>Later on, the author compares installing net to arch and gentoo. I find NetBSD much easier to install both of those.<p>Something else that irked me was describing NetBSD as &quot;not like just another linux distro.&quot; well, of course not, it&#x27;s a completely independent OS!<p>I did agree about the documentation, and about looking for help online. In my first experience using Net, googling isn&#x27;t really useful for more complex problems. You can find help on the mailing lists, unitedbsd.com, and reddit, but a new user wouldn&#x27;t know that. Free and Open have better documentation, and linux has countless online resources. But net&#x27;s problem re: documentation is just a question of manpower.