Editing NetBSD

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'''NetBSD''' is one of the BSD operating systems, descended from the Berkeley System Distribution. Starting with version 10.0, NetBSD supports the [[Wii]] as a first class platform.

=== Comparison with Wii-Linux ===

* [[Wii-Linux]] is launched from boot2 via [[Gumboot]] or [[NPLL]]. While NetBSD has boot2 support in the current branch, as of May 2025, release builds are started via the Homebrew Channel.

* Wii-Linux is able to use part of MEM1 as system RAM, while NetBSD only seems to use MEM2. Hence, a Wii-Linux system has access to more RAM. (This is somewhat mitigated by the NetBSD init system being ''much'' simpler than systemd.)

* The Wii-Linux [[ArchPOWER]] image has better menu-driven configuration tools. While NetBSD's <code>sysinst</code> can be used for tasks like network configuration, it is not as easy to use as tools like <code>nmtui</code> or [[ConfigMii]].

* NetBSD's package manager is not included as part of the base system, and has to be installed using <code>sysinst</code>.

* USB used to be more stable in NetBSD compared to Wii-Linux, but as of the mainline Wii-Linux kernel's release, USB should be about as stable as NetBSD.

* The framebuffer driver in both Wii-Linux and NetBSD emulates RGB colors, so graphical software doesn't have to be rewritten for the Wii's YUYV framebuffer.  NetBSD's driver does this via the [[Hardware/GX|GX]] GPU, using a scratch framebuffer in memory, copying into the EFB (via the CPU) every frame, and then using GX to do the conversion + copy back to the XFB.  Linux does this via software math.  Both approaches have similar performance.

* As of May 2025, NetBSD doesn't have drivers for [[GameCube Controller]] or the [[USB Gecko]], and the driver for the internal Wi-Fi adapter is not yet available in release builds.