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title: "smolBSD Builds On The NetBSD-MicroVM Kernel For Booting To Service VMs In Milliseconds"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/smolbsd-builds-on-the-netbsd-microvm-kernel-for-booting-to-service-vms-in-milliseconds-qh3tglrrr
source_url: https://www.phoronix.com/news/smolBSD
type: article
source: "Phoronix"
published: 2026-02-01T11:41:17.758Z
updated: 2026-02-01T11:41:42.997Z
tags: ["infrastructure", "microservices"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# smolBSD Builds On The NetBSD-MicroVM Kernel For Booting To Service VMs In Milliseconds

**[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

smolBSD is a new BSD distribution built on NetBSD 11's netbsd-MICROVM kernel that enables extremely fast boot times for micro-VMs, measured in milliseconds. The project targets microservices and similar environments where rapid VM initialization is critical.

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