FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium® and Athlon™), amd64 compatible (including Opteron™, Athlon™64, - and EM64T), ARM, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC® + and EM64T), ARM, IA-64, PowerPC, PC-98 and UltraSPARC® architectures. It is derived from BSD, the version of &unix; developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It is developed @@ -38,23 +38,33 @@ loads and uses memory efficiently to maintain good response times for thousands of simultaneous user processes.
+FreeBSD brings advanced network operating system + features to appliance and embedded platforms, from + higher-end Intel-based appliances to Arm, PowerPC, + and shortly MIPS hardware platforms. From + mail and web appliances to routers, time servers, + and wireless access points, vendors around the + world rely on FreeBSD's integrated build and + cross-build environments and advanced features as + the foundation for their embedded products. And + the Berkeley open source license lets them decide + how many of their local changes they want to + contribute back.
+The quality of FreeBSD combined with today's low-cost, - high-speed PC hardware makes FreeBSD a very economical - alternative to commercial &unix; - workstations. It is well-suited - for a great number of both desktop and server - applications.
+With over 17,000 ported libraries and applications, + FreeBSD supports applications for desktop, server, + appliance, and embedded environments.
FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of media - including CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, floppy disk, magnetic tape, - an MS-DOS® partition, or if you have a network - connection, you can install it directly over - anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need are + including CD-ROM, DVD, or directly over the network + using FTP or NFS. All you need are these directions.