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Also known as Jolix, 386/BSD

386BSD (also known as "Jolix") is a Unix-like operating system that was developed by couple Lynne and William "Bill" Jolitz. Released as free and open source in 1992, it was the first fully operational Unix built to run on IBM PC-compatible systems based on the Intel 80386 ("i386") microprocessor, and the first Unix-like system on affordable home-class hardware to be freely distributed. Its innovations included role-based security, ring buffers, self-ordered configuration and modular kernel design.

Key facts

OS.name
386BSD
OS.logo
130px
OS.screenshot
386BSD installer screenshot.png
OS.caption
386BSD Release 0.1 installer ("Tiny 386BSD")
OS.developer
William JolitzLynne Jolitz
OS.family
Unix-like
OS.released
0.0
OS.license
BSD license
OS.succeeded by
FreeBSD, NetBSD
OS.source_model
Open source
OS.latest_release_version
2.0
OS.working_state
Historical
OS.supported_platforms
x86

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Source code

386bsd - First open source BSD operating system, by William and Lynne Jolitz. All release's are currently inconsistent due to media failures and composing from undated partial copies as I'm able to extract them from drives, tapes, and floppies. Basically, working through boxes of decades old stuff/notes. 0.1/1.0 are self-compiling on small memory systems (<32MB), and virtual machines like QEMU and Virtual Box. So the branches are idiosyncratic WRT time, and 0.1/1.0 are the most useful at the moment (2.0's got the most lapses at the moment). After it all gets sorted out, look for ".x" branch which will deal with the "going forward" stuff (from a second box!).

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Wikidata facts

Developer
Lynne Jolitz
Platform
x86
Official website
www.386bsd.org
Image
386BSD installer screenshot.png
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inception
1992-03-12
copyright license
BSD licenses
publication date
1992-03-12
software version identifier
2.0
source code repository URL
github.com/386bsd/386bsd
derivative work
NetBSD
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