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1NetBSD
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4NetBSD is a complete operating system.
5It supports a wide range of machines from recent aarch64 and amd64
6machines to VAX and M68k.
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8Building
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11Cross-building is possible from most UNIX-like operating systems.
12To build for amd64 (x86_64), in the src directory:
13    ./build.sh -U -u -j4 -m amd64 -O ~/obj release
14
15Additional build information available in the [BUILDING](BUILDING) file.
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17Binaries
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20- [Daily builds](https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest/)
21- [Releases](https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/)
22
23Testing
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25
26On a running NetBSD system
27    cd /usr/tests; atf-run |atf-report
28
29Troubleshooting
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31
32- Bugs and patches can be sent [via web form](https://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/sendpr.cgi?gndb=netbsd).
33- Several [mailing lists](https://www.netbsd.org/mailinglists/) exist.
34  The [netbsd-users](https://netbsd.org/mailinglists/#netbsd-users) list is a good choice for many problems.
35- A community IRC channel exist on [#netbsd @ freenode](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#netbsd)
36
37Latest sources
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39
40To fetch the main CVS repository:
41    cvs -d anoncvs@anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot checkout -P src
42
43Additional Links
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45
46[The NetBSD Guide](https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/)
47[NetBSD manual pages](http://man.netbsd.org/)
48[NetBSD Cross-Reference](https://nxr.netbsd.org/)
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