NetBSD is an open source Unix-like Open Source operating platform that is free, fast, secure and portable. It's available for a wide variety of platforms, including large-scale servers and powerful desktop systems as well as handheld and embedded devices. NetBSD was first released in 1993. Its code has been used in many different environments over the years, thanks to its long history of quality and stability. Original source code for NetBSD was 4.4BSDLite2 from University of California, Berkeley. NetBSD is an open-source, free and open-source UNIX operating system that has been developed by an international group. It is not a "distribution" of a variant, but has been developed over many decades to be an entirely unique operating system within the BSD family. NetBSD users have a simple, well-documented and fully integrated UNIX-like operating system that feels traditional and yet includes many new and interesting features and support for the latest hardware.