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<blockquote>FreeBSD is a UNIX-like operating system for the i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. FreeBSD comes with over 20,000 packages (pre-compiled software that is bundled for easy installation), covering a wide range of areas: from server software, databases and web servers, to desktop software, games, web browsers and business software - all free and easy to install.</blockquote> | <blockquote>FreeBSD is a UNIX-like operating system for the i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. FreeBSD comes with over 20,000 packages (pre-compiled software that is bundled for easy installation), covering a wide range of areas: from server software, databases and web servers, to desktop software, games, web browsers and business software - all free and easy to install.</blockquote> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/ FreeBSD archive of old releases] | * [http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/ FreeBSD archive of old releases] | ||
| − | + | ** [http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/1.0-RELEASE/ FreeBSD 1.0] | |
* [https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=freebsd Distrowatch FreeBSD] | * [https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=freebsd Distrowatch FreeBSD] | ||
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* [[FreeBSD 1.0 GAMMA announcement]] | * [[FreeBSD 1.0 GAMMA announcement]] | ||
* [[FreeBSD 1.0 EPSILON announcement]] | * [[FreeBSD 1.0 EPSILON announcement]] | ||
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[[Category: Unix-based OS's]] | [[Category: Unix-based OS's]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:46, 25 May 2025
FreeBSD is a portable BSD branched from the 386BSD release after the patchkits... FreeBSD has focused on delivering a solid Intel 80386 port, and a more focused user experience, later releases have included ports to other platforms.
From Distro watch:
FreeBSD is a UNIX-like operating system for the i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. FreeBSD comes with over 20,000 packages (pre-compiled software that is bundled for easy installation), covering a wide range of areas: from server software, databases and web servers, to desktop software, games, web browsers and business software - all free and easy to install.
