What (who) is 386BSD - definition
OPERATING SYSTEM
Jolix; JOLIX; 386/BSD
386BSD
<operating system> (Or "jolix /joh'liks/) A free software
port originally derived from the generally available parts
of the "Berkeley Net Release/2" to the Intel i386
architecture by William Jolitz and friends. The name Jolix is
used to differentiate it from BSDI's port based on the same
source tape, which is called BSD/386.
Many new and innovative features were added to 386BSD
following its original release in June 1992. An unofficial
patchkit, available from many anonymous FTP archives,
solves many of the problems associated with 386BSD Version
0.1. In addition, many common Unix packages have been ported.
386BSD has been superseded by FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD.
{386bsd-faq/part1/faq.html">FAQ
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(2006-06-08)
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386BSD
386BSD (also known as "Jolix") is a discontinued Unix operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). It was released in 1992 and ran on PC-compatible computer systems based on the 32-bit Intel 80386 microprocessor. 386BSD innovations included role-based security, ring buffers, self-ordered configuration and modular kernel design.
