Numerous changes by Jordan.

Submitted by:	Jordan Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org>
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<sect><heading>FreeBSD in a nutshell<label id="nutshell"></heading>
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as such from the ground up.</item>
<item>The industry standard <bf>X Window System</bf> (X11R6)
provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for the cost of a
common VGA card and monitor.</item>
common VGA card and monitor and comes with full sources.</item>
<item><bf>Binary compatibility</bf> with many programs built for SCO,
BSDI, NetBSD, and 386BSD.</item>
<item>Hundreds of <bf>ready-to-run</bf> applications are
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and memory.</item>
<item>A full compliment of <bf>C</bf>, <bf>C++</bf> and
<bf>Fortran</bf> development tools. Many additional
languages for research and advanced development are
available as well in the ports and packages
collection.</item>
languages for advanced research and development are
also available in the ports and packages collection.</item>
<item><bf>Source code</bf> for the entire system means you have
the greatest degree of control over your environment. Why be
locked into a proprietary solution and at the mercy of your vendor
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many thousands of hours in fine tuning the system for
maximum performance and reliability in real-life load
situations. As many of the commercial giants struggle to
field PC operating systems with such features, performance,
field PC operating systems with such features, performance
and reliability, FreeBSD can offer them <bf>now</bf>!
The applications to which FreeBSD can be put are truly
limited only by your own imagination. From software
development to factory automation. Inventory control to
azimuth correction of remote satellite antennae, if it can
be done with a commercial UNIX product, then it's more than
development to factory automation, inventory control to
azimuth correction of remote satellite antennae; if it can
be done with a commercial UNIX product then it's more than
likely that you can do it with FreeBSD, too! FreeBSD also
benefits significantly from the literally thousands of high
quality applications developed by research centers and
universities around the world, and often available at low
(to no) cost. Commercial applications are also available
universities around the world, often available at little
to no cost. Commercial applications are also available
and appearing in greater numbers every day.
Because the source code for FreeBSD itself is generally
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<item><bf>Education:</bf> Are you a student of computer science
or a related engineering field? There is no better way
of learning about operating systems, computer
architecture and networks than the hands on, under the
architecture and networking than the hands on, under the
hood experience that FreeBSD can provide. A number of
freely available CAD, mathematical and graphic design
packages also make it highly useful to those who's
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computer science. FreeBSD's freely available nature also
makes it possible for remote groups to collaborate on
ideas or shared development without having to worry about
special licensing agreements, or with limitations on what
may be discussed in certain forums.</item>
special licensing agreements or limitations on what
may be discussed in open forums.</item>
<item><bf>Networking:</bf> Need a new router? A name server
(DNS)? A firewall to keep people out of your internal
network? FreeBSD can easily turn that unused 386 or 486 PC
sitting in the corner into an advanced router with
sophisticated packet filtering capabilities. </item>
<item><bf>X Window workstation:</bf> FreeBSD is an excellent
<item><bf>X Window workstation:</bf> FreeBSD is a fine
choice for an inexpensive X terminal solution, either
using the freely available XFree86 server or one
of the excellent commercial servers provided by X Inside.
Unlike an X
terminal, FreeBSD allows many applications to be run
locally, if desired, thus relieving the burden on a
central server. Additionally, FreeBSD can boot
"diskless" making individual workstations even cheaper
central server. FreeBSD can even boot
"diskless", making individual workstations even cheaper
and easier to administer.</item>
<item><bf>Software Development:</bf> The basic FreeBSD system
comes with a full compliment of development tools