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Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) is a kind of the UNIX operating system that is distributed for free since 1989. It was started by people in Berkeley, California, USA in the year 1977. Now, people from around the world work on it.

There are many different kinds of BSD that many people have worked on. Some of them are DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Mac OS X.


Images for kids

  • VAX 11-780 intero

    The VAX-11/780, a typical minicomputer used for early BSD timesharing systems

  • 4.3 BSD UWisc VAX Emulation Login

    "4.3 BSD UNIX" from the University of Wisconsin circa 1987. System startup and login.

  • 4.3 BSD UWisc VAX Emulation Lisp Manual

    4.3 BSD from the University of Wisconsin. Displaying the man page for Franz Lisp

  • SunOS 4.1.1 P1270750

    Tape for SunOS 4.1.1, a 4.3BSD derivative

  • Sony news

    Sony NEWS workstation running the BSD-based NEWS-OS operating system

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