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Re:FreeBSD at 30 years: Its secrets to success by lockhouse on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @01:42PM (#36604024)
The Nintendo Switch is based on FreeBSD as well. Also Juniper Networks and several other enterprise networking equipment manufacturers make extensive use of FreeBSD in their products.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_based_on_Free...

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Re:FreeBSD at 30 years: Its secrets to success by Lutzb on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:10PM (#36605555)
The switch kernel / Horizon/NX is not based on FreeBSD. This has been debunked over and over. The wikipedia list is not correct in that regard. It is

see e.g. https://youtu.be/Ec4NgWRE8ik?t=700

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27109219

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17534593

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Re:FreeBSD at 30 years: Its secrets to success by lockhouse on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:07PM (#36608479)
Thanks, I stand corrected on the Nintendo Switch!
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