Nintendo Switch runs FreeBSD

by | Mar 8, 2017 | FreeBSD, Gaming, Nintendo | 2 comments

The Nintendo Switch, a hybrid home and handheld gaming console, was released last Friday and met with rave reviews. A user found that the Switch runs on a FreeBSD kernel according to the copyright notices. This is the second gaming company to use FreeBSD for their console’s operating system, Sony based PS4’s operating system Orbis OS on FreeBSD. Kudos to Nintendo and Sony for supporting FreeBSD!

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The Nintendo Switch running FreeBSD from linux

NeoGAF: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=231414153

MaxConsole: http://www.maxconsole.com/threads/nintendo-switch-running-freebsd-kernel-with-exploitable-javascript.44085/

GBATemp: https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendo-switch-runs-freebsd-kernel.462967/

OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/comments/29698


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2 Comments

  1. beckie
    beckie on March 18, 2017 at 1:20 am

    isn’t the ps4 and switch an example of “tivosation” ? there may be a difference here that i’m missing, though.

  2. Greg
    Greg on June 16, 2017 at 2:37 pm

    The thing you’re missing is the difference between the bsd license and the gnu license

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