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The NetBSD toaster, running NetBSD 5.0

Purchasing an NetBSD CD set is generally the best way to get started.

There are many good reasons to own an NetBSD CD set:

CD sales support ongoing development of NetBSD.
Development of a multi-platform operating system requires constant investment in equipment.
Your support in the form of a CD set purchase has a real impact on future development.
The CDs contains binaries (and source) for the most popular supported platforms.
The CDs are bootable on several platforms and can be used to bootstrap a machine without a pre-existing installed operating system.
The CDs are useful for bootstrapping even if you choose to install a snapshot.
Installing from CD is faster! Installing from CD preserves network connectivity resources.
NetBSD CDs always come with very nice stickers. Your system isn't fully complete without these. You can only get these stickers by buying a CD set.
NetBSD CD sets come with an assortment of useful and popular packages. The CD set is complete enough to bring up a full work and development environment without any network connection at all.

If you are installing a release version of NetBSD, you should use an official CD set.