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The article makes an offhand comment about the popularity of NetBSD in Japan. Can anyone explain why that is?
by MBCook 3y ago
The article makes an offhand comment about the popularity of NetBSD in Japan. Can anyone explain why that is?
- jmclnx 3y agoNetBSD did change their 'logo; to a single flag years ago. And I heard the same also.
- bch 3y agoI seem to recall good support for PC98[0][1] was seminal. Our friend ‘washbear has notes[2], which might be touching on (eg) KAME[3] too. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-98 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-98 [1] https://hackaday.com/2023/12/26/the-strange-world-of-japans-pc-98-computer-ecosystem/ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/26/the-strange-world-of-japans-... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32375371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32375371 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAME_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAME_project
- hapless 3y agoPC98 support grew from the facts on the ground: NetBSD and friends had Japanese-language mailing lists and irc channels, for decades If you were a Japanese enthusiast who wanted to have a "real UNIX" on readily available hardware, NetBSD and FreeBSD were relatively more accessible