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 386BSD Release 0.1 installer ("Tiny 386BSD") | |
| Developer | William Jolitz Lynne Jolitz |
|---|---|
| OS family | Unix |
| Working state | Historical |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 0.0[1] March 12, 1992 |
| Latest release | 2.0 / August 2016 |
| Repository | |
| Platforms | x86 |
| License | BSD license |
| Succeeded by | FreeBSD, NetBSD |
| Official website | 386bsd |
386BSD (also known as "Jolix"[2]) is a discontinued operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) that was developed by couple Lynne and William Jolitz.[3] Released on March 17, 1992, it was the first fully operational Unix operating system to be completely free and open source. It was also built to run on IBM PC-compatible systems based on the Intel 80386 ("i386") microprocessor, thus marking the first Unix on affordable home-class hardware.[4]
386BSD does not contain any Unix code.[5] Its innovations included role-based security, ring buffers, self-ordered configuration and modular kernel design. 386BSD was short-lived as disagreements a group of users with Jolitz regarding its future direction led to the creation of the FreeBSD project, and later a separate NetBSD; 386BSD's version 1.0 was released in 1994, some time after the fracturing.[6] Eventually, GNU/Linux would take off as the most popular complete free Unix-like operating systems.[7]
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