Why I use NetBSD  First published: February 01, 2007 Last
updated: February 11, 2013   People are often surprised to hear
that somebody is using NetBSD as a desktop or server operating
system on i386 hardware, like I am. NetBSD has a well earned
reputation for being the Unix that runs on anything and
everything (including toasters), but this reputation has also
given most people the idea that NetBSD has nothing to offer
people running non-obscure hardware which is supported by more
mainstream systems like FreeBSD or those based on the Linux
kernel. This is unfortunate, because NetBSD has a lot to
recommend it even for people who aren't running VAXen or
Dreamcasts.  Here are some reasons why NetBSD is my operating
system of choice.  NetBSD is small, light and simple  On the
i386, NetBSD requires 4MB of RAM and 40MB of disk space at bare
minimum. For a full installation, 8 MB of RAM and 200 MB of disk
are recommended. You can download a NetBSD installer .iso with
just the system, and no packages, and it's about