From 40a425a1678be8455e9f655a3cff4386ea880c9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eitan Adler Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:07:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Expand a bit upon the first FAQ question: "What is FreeBSD?" and don't redirect people to the home page for further information. Approved by: bcr (mentor) --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml index 693cf4d07b..130282fdbb 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml @@ -121,17 +121,18 @@ - Briefly, &os; is a &unix; like operating system for - AMD64 and &intel; EM64T, &i386; PC-98, IA-64, &arm;, - &powerpc; and &ultrasparc; platforms based on U.C. + &os; is a modern operating system for desktops, + laptops, servers, and embedded systems with + support for a large number of platforms. + + It is 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. A fuller description of what &os; is and how it - can work for you may be found on the &os; home page. + remains. &os; is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users