What is Unix?
Unix can be considered as a great operative systems family (including FreeBSD, NetBSD,
OpenBSD, BSD, AIX, System V, SunOS, various Linux distributions, etc.), with similar
commands and features, available for a variety of hardware architectures
(for example x86, alpha, etc.).
A document that introduces the vast world of the Unix opeartive systems is available
here.
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for a variety of hardware architectures
including x86, amd64, Alpha/AXP, and others. It is derived from BSD, the version of
UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
More information about FreeBSD Project can be found in the official
FreeBSD site
and also into the FreeBSD
Hanbook.
News
| On the FreeBSD-Current list has been showed up a few FreeBSD best features with some comparisions between other BSDs. For more details read the official thread. |
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| It has been announced the Vmware 4.5.2 porting on FreeBSD. Vmware is able to make virtual machines where you can install any operative systems. For more details read the official message. |
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| FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE is now available. For more details read the official announce. |
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| FreeBSD status report July-December 2004 is out. For more details read the official announce. |
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