**Let’s Help NetBSD Cross the Finish Line Before 2025 Ends**
*By Jay Patel | October 26, 2025*
Hello to all NetBSD users, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and retro gamers!
As 2025 draws to a close, I’m reaching out to the community with an important request to help The NetBSD Foundation.
Currently, the Foundation has raised $10,738 towards their $50,000 goal for the year. They need one final push to cross the finish line and fully fund their work for the coming year.
If you donate today, your contribution will directly support critical, tangible projects that keep NetBSD modern, secure, and accessible to everyone, including:
– **RISC-V Support:** Expanding NetBSD’s reach to this new, open-source hardware architecture.
– **Wi-Fi Renewal:** A massive, ongoing project to modernize our wireless networking stack, making NetBSD more practical than ever on laptops and embedded devices.
NetBSD isn’t just another operating system. It’s a vital part of the entire technology ecosystem. In an age of planned obsolescence, NetBSD is a powerful force for sustainability.
The Foundation’s commitment to running on a vast array of hardware—both new and old—helps reduce e-waste. Old laptops and single-board computers that might otherwise end up in landfills are given new life as robust firewalls, file servers, or even retro-gaming machines, all thanks to NetBSD.
The NetBSD Foundation needs our help to close a $39,262 gap before the year ends. Please consider making a year-end donation to support this important work.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Humble NetBSD user,
Jay Patel
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**P.S.** If you’ve already donated, thank you! You can also help by sharing this message or posting on social media about why you support NetBSD using the hashtag **#WhyIRunNetBSD** 🙏
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