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{{short description|Operating system}}
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| latest_test_version = Beta
| latest_test_version = Beta
| latest_test_date = Abandoned 2019
| latest_test_date = Abandoned 2019
| repo = https://github.com/NextBSD/NextBSD
| marketing_target =
| marketing_target =
| programmed_in = [[C (programming language)|C]]
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| working_state = Abandoned as of 2019, no visible changes since 2016.
| working_state = Abandoned as of 2019, no visible changes since 2016.
| license = [[BSD licenses]]
| license = [[BSD licenses]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.nextbsd.org}}
| website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20161215232355/http://nextbsd.org/}}
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'''NextBSD''' is an [[operating system]] initially based on the [[Trunk (software)|trunk]] version of [[FreeBSD]] as of August 2015. It is a [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of FreeBSD which implements new features developed on [[Branching (version control)|branches]] but not yet implemented in FreeBSD. As of 2019 the website seems defunct, and the later commits on github date from July, 2016.
'''NextBSD''' was an [[operating system]] initially based on the [[Trunk (software)|trunk]] version of [[FreeBSD]] as of August 2015. It was a [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of FreeBSD which implemented new features developed on [[Branching (version control)|branches]], but not yet implemented in FreeBSD. As of 2019, the website is defunct, with the last commits on GitHub dating to October 2019. The Wayback Machine captures of the website after December 15, 2017 are domain squatter pages, and as of March 17, 2021, the site is redirects to a fake "Apple Support" page.


==Features==
==Features==
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The project refers to an installer as the first planned milestone on their website.
The project refers to an installer as the first planned milestone on their website.


Future plans include convert to rc and tying notifyd in to potential consumers.
Future plans included convert to rc and tying notifyd in to potential consumers.


==History==
==History==
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A selection of significant Unix versions and [[Unix-like]] operating systems that descend from BSD includes:
A selection of significant Unix versions and [[Unix-like]] operating systems that descend from BSD includes:
* [[FreeBSD]], an open source general purpose operating system.
* [[FreeBSD]], an open source general purpose operating system.
** [[NeXT]] [[NEXTSTEP]] and [[OpenStep]], based on the [[Mach kernel]] and [[4BSD]]; the ancestor of [[macOS|Mac OS X]] (macOS)
** [[NeXT]] [[NEXTSTEP]] and [[OPENSTEP]], based on the [[Mach kernel]] and [[4BSD]]; the ancestor of [[macOS|Mac OS X]] (macOS)
*** [[Apple Inc.]]'s [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]], the core of [[macOS]] and [[iOS]]; built on the [[XNU|XNU kernel]] (part [[Mach (kernel)|Mach]], part FreeBSD, part Apple-derived code) and a [[Userland (computing)|userland]] much of which comes from FreeBSD{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
*** [[Apple Inc.]]'s [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]], the core of [[macOS]] and [[iOS]]; built on the [[XNU|XNU kernel]] (part [[Mach (kernel)|Mach]], part FreeBSD, part Apple-derived code) and a [[Userland (computing)|userland]] much of which comes from FreeBSD{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}


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{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[FreeBSD]]
* [[FreeBSD]]
* [[OS X]]
* [[macOS]]
* [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]]
* [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]]
* [[BSD Daemon]]
* [[BSD Daemon]]
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==References==
==References==
* [http://www.nextbsd.org/ NextBSD website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161215232355/http://nextbsd.org/ NextBSD website - Archive.Org capture of 2016-12-15]
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CTSkgkHoaccjJLM0NnWGRVdEE/view PDF Slide Presentation of the NextBSD basic architecture]
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CTSkgkHoaccjJLM0NnWGRVdEE/view PDF Slide Presentation of the NextBSD basic architecture]
* [https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NeXTBSD-FreeBSD-X-Announced Article about NextBSD y by Michael Larabel in Phoronix magazine]
* [https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NeXTBSD-FreeBSD-X-Announced Article about NextBSD y by Michael Larabel in Phoronix magazine]
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* Marshall K. McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, ''The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System'' (Addison Wesley, August 2, 2004; {{ISBN|978-0-201-70245-3}})
* Marshall K. McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, ''The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System'' (Addison Wesley, August 2, 2004; {{ISBN|978-0-201-70245-3}})
* Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall K. McKusick, Michael J. Karels, [[John Quarterman|John S. Quarterman]], ''The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System'' (Addison Wesley, November 1989; {{ISBN|978-0-201-06196-3}})
* Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall K. McKusick, Michael J. Karels, [[John Quarterman|John S. Quarterman]], ''The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System'' (Addison Wesley, November 1989; {{ISBN|978-0-201-06196-3}})
* {{cite encyclopedia |editor1-first=Chris |editor1-last=DiBona|editor2-first=Sam |editor2-last=Ockman |editor3-first=Mark |editor3-last=Stone |encyclopedia=Open Sources: Voices from the Revolution |publisher=O'Reilly |year=1999 |isbn=978-1-56592-582-3 |first=Marshall Kirk |last=McKusick |authorlink=Marshall Kirk McKusick |url=http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html |title=Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix – From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable}}
* {{cite encyclopedia |editor1-first=Chris |editor1-last=DiBona |editor2-first=Sam |editor2-last=Ockman |editor3-first=Mark |editor3-last=Stone |encyclopedia=Open Sources: Voices from the Revolution |publisher=O'Reilly |year=1999 |isbn=978-1-56592-582-3 |first=Marshall Kirk |last=McKusick |authorlink=Marshall Kirk McKusick |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781565925823 |title=Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix – From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable |url-access=registration }}
* [[Peter H. Salus]], ''The Daemon, the GNU & The Penguin'' (Reed Media Services, September 1, 2008; {{ISBN|978-0-9790342-3-7}})
* [[Peter H. Salus]], ''The Daemon, the GNU & The Penguin'' (Reed Media Services, September 1, 2008; {{ISBN|978-0-9790342-3-7}})
* [[Peter H. Salus]], ''A Quarter Century of UNIX'' (Addison Wesley, June 1, 1994; {{ISBN|978-0-201-54777-1}})
* [[Peter H. Salus]], ''A Quarter Century of UNIX'' (Addison Wesley, June 1, 1994; {{ISBN|978-0-201-54777-1}})

Latest revision as of 03:10, 2 March 2024

NextBSD
DeveloperJordan Hubbard, Kip Macy
Written inC
OS familyUnix
Working stateAbandoned as of 2019, no visible changes since 2016.
Source modelOpen source
Initial release2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Latest releaseBeta / 2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Repositoryhttps://github.com/NextBSD/NextBSD
Available inEnglish
PlatformsIntel 80386
Kernel typeMonolithic
UserlandNextBSD
Default
user interface		Command-line interface
LicenseBSD licenses
Official websiteweb.archive.org/web/20161215232355/http://nextbsd.org/

NextBSD was an operating system initially based on the trunk version of FreeBSD as of August 2015. It was a fork of FreeBSD which implemented new features developed on branches, but not yet implemented in FreeBSD. As of 2019, the website is defunct, with the last commits on GitHub dating to October 2019. The Wayback Machine captures of the website after December 15, 2017 are domain squatter pages, and as of March 17, 2021, the site is redirects to a fake "Apple Support" page.

Features

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The basic features of launchd, notifyd, asld, and libdispatch work.

These can be installed by cloning the NextBSD repository from GitHub, building GENERIC or MACHTEST kernels, installing a new world on an existing 10.x or CURRENT system, and then following the instructions in the README.

Launchd will start the initial jobs that are part of the repo now.

Planned Features

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The project refers to an installer as the first planned milestone on their website.

Future plans included convert to rc and tying notifyd in to potential consumers.

History

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NeXTBSD was announced by Jordan Hubbard and Kip Macy in August 2015 at the Bay Area FreeBSD Users Group (BAFUG).

Relationship to FreeBSD

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NeXTBSD is based on the FreeBSD-CURRENT kernel while adding in Mach IPC, Libdispatch, notifyd, asld, launchd, and other components derived from Darwin, Apple's open-source code for macOS.

Technology

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Basic Architecture

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  • FreeBSD-current kernel + Mach IPC
  • Common Object Runtime (create/delete/retain/release)
  • Libdispatch / ASL / Libnotify
  • launchd
    • launchctl
      • json config files
    • legacy rc system
    • cooperating daemons

Mach Kernel Abstractions

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Tasks

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The units of resource ownership; each task consists of a virtual address space, a port right namespace, and one or more threads. (Implemented as an extension to a process.)

Threads

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The units of CPU execution within a task. Simple extension to kthreads.

Address space

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In conjunction with memory managers, Mach implements the notion of a sparse virtual address space and shared memory. (No modifications)

Memory objects

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The internal units of memory management. Memory objects include named entries and regions; they are representations of potentially persistent data that may be mapped into address spaces. (Unsupported)

Ports

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Secure, simplex communication channels, accessible only via send and receive capabilities (known as port rights).

IPC

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Message queues, remote procedure calls, notifications, semaphores, and lock sets. (Mach semaphores and lock sets are not supported).

Time

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Clocks, timers, and waiting - (rudimentary shims).

Standards adherence

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Current BSD operating system variants support many of the common IEEE, ANSI, ISO, and POSIX standards, while retaining most of the traditional BSD behavior. Like AT&T Unix, the BSD kernel is monolithic, meaning that device drivers in the kernel run in privileged mode, as part of the core of the operating system.

A selection of significant Unix versions and Unix-like operating systems that descend from BSD includes:

See also

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References

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Bibliography

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  • Marshall K. McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quartermain, The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System (Addison Wesley, 1996; ISBN 978-0-201-54979-9)
  • Marshall K. McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (Addison Wesley, August 2, 2004; ISBN 978-0-201-70245-3)
  • Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall K. McKusick, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman, The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System (Addison Wesley, November 1989; ISBN 978-0-201-06196-3)
  • McKusick, Marshall Kirk (1999). "Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix – From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable". In DiBona, Chris; Ockman, Sam; Stone, Mark (eds.). Open Sources: Voices from the Revolution. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1-56592-582-3.
  • Peter H. Salus, The Daemon, the GNU & The Penguin (Reed Media Services, September 1, 2008; ISBN 978-0-9790342-3-7)
  • Peter H. Salus, A Quarter Century of UNIX (Addison Wesley, June 1, 1994; ISBN 978-0-201-54777-1)
  • Peter H. Salus, Casting the Net (Addison-Wesley, March 1995; ISBN 978-0-201-87674-1)
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