NetBSD 7.2 Released - Backports USB 3.0 Support, Raspberry Pi 3 Compatibility

[phoronix]

Phoronix: NetBSD 7.2 Released - Backports USB 3.0 Support, Raspberry Pi 3 Compatibility

While NetBSD 8.0 was released in July with new features like initial USB 3.0 support and UEFI boot-loader support for x86 64-bit hardware, for those not wanting to jump to 8.0 from the 7 series can now enjoy NetBSD 7.2...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NetBSD-7.2-Released

[deant]

Is NetBSD still relevant?

[tildearrow]

Is NetBSD still relevant?

On Phoronix? Being an Unix (or Unix-like) OS, of course it is.

On consoles? Yes, it is. Some of its code is used in the PlayStation consoles.

[starshipeleven]

Is NetBSD still relevant?

In actual practice, no. Afaik all noteworthy *BSD devices and distros use FreeBSD.

[kpedersen]

Quite a few infrastructure devices such as routers and switches use NetBSD.

In the days where FreeBSD supported primarily only Intel hardware (FreeBSD 8.x and older), NetBSD had a little bit more time in the spotlight.

[starshipeleven]

Quite a few infrastructure devices such as routers and switches use NetBSD.

New or in production? Because it's stuff with decades of service life, I would not say that devices running NetBSD 4 or something can be counted to say if NetBSD is still relevant.

Are there new devices shipped with some somewhat recent NetBSD fork? I'm just asking, there is no sarcasm.