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<TITLE>About Applications for FreeBSD</TITLE>
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Sean Kelly">
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<H1>Experience the possibilities with FreeBSD</H1>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD can handle nearly any task you'd expect of a UNIX workstation,
as well as many you might not expect:</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
is a true open system with full source code.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>There's no doubt that so-called open systems are <I>the</I> requirement
for today's computing applications. But no commercial vendor-supplied solution
is more open than one which includes full source code to the entire operating
system, including the kernel plus all of the system daemons, programs,
and utilities. You can modify any part of FreeBSD to suit your personal,
organizational, or corporate needs.</P>
<P>With its generous <A HREF="&base/license.html">licensing
policy</A>, you can use FreeBSD as the basis for any number of free <I>or
commercial </I>applications.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD&nbsp;runs
thousands of applications.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>Because FreeBSD is based on 4.4BSD, an industry-standard version of
UNIX, it's easy to compile and run programs. FreeBSD also includes an extensive
<A HREF="&base/where.html">packages collection </A>and
<A HREF="&base/ports/index.html">ports collection</A> that bring
precompiled and easy-to-build software right to your desktop or enterprise
server. There's also a growing number of <A HREF="&base/commercial.html">commercial
applications</A> written for FreeBSD.</P>
<P>Here are some examples of the environments in which FreeBSD is used:</P>
<ul>
<LI><B>Internet services. </B>Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) find
FreeBSD ideal, running WWW, Usenet news, FTP, Email, and other services.
Ready-to-run software like the <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</A>
web server or the Wu-ftpd FTP&nbsp;server make it easy to set up a business
or community-centered ISP. Of course, with FreeBSD's unbeatable <A HREF="&base/internet.html">networking</A>,
your users will enjoy high speed, reliable services.</LI>
<LI><B>X Windows workstation. </B>From an inexpensive X terminal to an
advanced X display, FreeBSD works quite well. Free X software (<A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86</A>)
comes with the system. <A HREF="http://www.xinside.com/">X Inside</A> offers
accelerated X software for high-performance graphics hardware (such as
Matrox), as well as the industry standard Motif and OpenGL libraries.</LI>
<LI><B>Networking. </B>From packet filtering to routing to name service,
FreeBSD can turn any PC into a Internet firewall, email host, print server,
PC/NFS server, and more.</LI>
<LI><B>Software development.</B> A suite of development tools comes with
FreeBSD, including the GNU C/C++ compiler and debugger and the Perl scripting
language. Java and Tcl/Tk development are also possible. Popular editors
like Xemacs and more esoteric programming languages like Icon work just
fine, too. And FreeBSD's shared libraries have always been easy to make
and use.</LI>
<LI><B>Net surfing.</B> A real UNIX workstation makes a great Internet
surfboard, and the BSD version of <A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/index.html">Netscape
Navigator </A>with Java support runs on FreeBSD. Surf the web, publish
your own web pages, read Usenet news, and send and receive email with a
FreeBSD system on your desktop.</LI>
<LI><B>Education and research.</B> &nbsp;FreeBSD makes an excellent research
platform because it includes complete source code. Students and researchers
of operating systems or other computer science fields can benefit greatly
from such an open and well-documented system.</LI>
<LI><B>And much more. </B>Accounting, action games, MIS&nbsp;databases,
scientific visualization, video conferencing, Internet relay chat (IRC),
home automation, multiuser dungeons, bulletin board systems, image scanning,
and more are all real uses for FreeBSD today. If you have an innovative
application for FreeBSD, <A HREF="&base/cgi/gallery.cgi">let us know</A>
so we can add it to our <A HREF="&base/gallery.html">gallery</A>.</LI>
</UL>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">An
operating system that will grow with your needs.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>Though FreeBSD is free software, it's also <I>user supported </I>software.
Any questions you have can be posted to hundreds of FreeBSD developers and
users simply by e-mailing to the
<A HREF="mailto:questions@freebsd.org">questions@freebsd.org</A> mailing
list.</P>
<P>FreeBSD also has a worldwide group of programmers and writers who fix
bugs, add new features and document the system. Support for new devices
or special features is an almost constant development process, and the
team keeps a special eye out for problems which effect system stability.
FreeBSD users are quite proud of not only how fast but how reliable their
systems are.</P>
</blockquote>
<H2>What experts have to say . . .</H2>
<blockquote>
<P><I>``FreeBSD handles [our] heavy load quite well and it's nothing short
of amazing. Salutations to the FreeBSD team.''</I></P>
<DIV ALIGN=right><P>---Mark Hittinger, administrator of WinNet Communications,
Inc.</P></DIV>
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<TITLE>About FreeBSD's availability</TITLE>
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Sean Kelly">
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<H1>Availability of FreeBSD</H1>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD is free and is available for downloading over the Internet or
on CD-ROM for a small fee.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">Hardware
requirements.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD requires a PC-type personal computer running with an Intel,
AMD, Cyrix, or compatible 386, 486, or Pentium CPU. You computer needs
an ISA, EISA, VESA, or PCI bus. You'll also need 5 megabytes of RAM to
install FreeBSD (but 4 megabytes to run it after installation). For best
performance, you should have 8 megabytes or more. 60MB of disk space is
required for a minimal installation.</P>
<P>FreeBSD supports most popular Ethernet adaptors, SCSI&nbsp;controllers,
IDE hard drives, multiport serial cards, CD-ROM drives, tape drives, sound
cards, mice, and other hardware. See both the <A HREF="&base/FAQ/FAQ.html">Frequently
Asked Questions list </A>and the &a.latest.not;release
notes</A> for complete information on supported hardware.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">Where
to get it.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>You can get FreeBSD free via anonymous FTP from <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD</A>.
You might also want to check a geographically close <A HREF="&base/handbook/mirrors.html">mirror
site</A>.</P>
<P>If you have a CD-ROM&nbsp;drive, you can get FreeBSD on CD-ROM for a
modest price from <A HREF="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CD-ROM</A>:</P>
<blockquote>
<P>Walnut Creek CD-ROM<BR>
1547 Palos Verdes Mall Suite 260<BR>
Walnut Creek CA 94596 USA<BR>
Phone: +1 510 674-0783<BR>
Fax: +1 510 674-0821<BR>
Email: <A HREF="mailto:info@cdrom.com">info@cdrom.com</A></P>
</blockquote>
<P>In addition to FreeBSD, the CD-ROM comes with hundreds of ready-to-run
programs. It's backed by an unconditional moneyback guarantee.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">About
the FreeBSD Project.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD is developed and supported by a worldwide team of programmers.
<A HREF="mailto:jkh@freebsd.org">Jordan Hubbard,</A> president of the project,
has written a <A HREF="&base/handbook/history.html">brief
history</A> of the FreeBSD project. Information about <A HREF="&base/handbook/contrib:who.html">who's
responsible for what</A> is also available. If you're curious, take a look
at some <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/freebsd_people.html">pictures
of the team members</A>. A more complete listing of contributors is available
in the <A HREF="&base/handbook/contrib.html">Contributors</A>
section of the <A HREF="&base/handbook/handbook.html">FreeBSD
Handbook</A>. FreeBSD is an open project welcomes the help of individuals
who have time and or skills to offer.</P>
<P>These pages were written and created by <A HREF="http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/">Sean
Kelly</A>.</P>
</blockquote>
<P center><I><FONT COLOR="#B22222"><FONT SIZE="+1">Inside your PC is a daemon
waiting to be unleashed. Free it with FreeBSD.</FONT></FONT></I></P>
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<TITLE>About FreeBSD's Technological Advances</TITLE>
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Sean Kelly">
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<H1>FreeBSD offers many advanced features.</H1>
<blockquote>
<P>No matter what the application, you want your system's resources performing
at their full potential. FreeBSD's advanced features enable you to do just
that.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">A
complete operating system based on 4.4BSD.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD's distinguished roots derive from the latest <b>BSD</b>
software releases from the Computer Systems Research Group at the
University of California, Berkeley. The book <I>The Design and Implementation
of 4.4BSD Operating System</I>, written by the 4.4BSD system architects,
thus describes much of FreeBSD's core functionality in detail.</P>
<P>Drawing on the skills and experience of a diverse and world-wide group of
volunteer developers, the FreeBSD Project has worked to extend the
feature set of the 4.4BSD operating system in many ways, striving constantly
to make each new release of the OS more stable, faster and containing new
functionality driven by user requests.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
provides higher performance, less system administration and compatibility
with other operating systems.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD's developers attacked some of the more difficult problems in
operating systems design to give you these advanced features:</P>
<ul>
<LI><B>Bounce buffering </B>gets around a limitation in the PC's ISA architecture
that limits direct-memory access to the first 16 megabytes.<P><I>Result:
</I>systems with more than 16 megabytes operate more efficiently with DMA
peripherals on the ISA bus.</LI>
<LI><B>A merged virtual memory and filesystem buffer cache</B>
continuously tunes the amount of memory used for programs and the disk
cache.<P><I>Result: </I>programs receive both excellent memory management
and high performance disk access,
and the system administrator is freed from the task of tuning cache sizes.</LI>
<LI><B>Compatibility modules </B>enable programs for other operating systems
to run on FreeBSD, including programs for Linux, SCO, NetBSD, and BSDI.
<P><I>Result:</I>&nbsp;users won't have to recompile programs already compiled
for one of the compatible OS's, and will have access to a greater selection
of off-the-shelf software, like the
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/FrontPage/">Microsoft FrontPage Server</a>
extensions for BSDI or
<a href="http://www.corel.com/products/unix/wpunix/index.htm">WordPerfect</a>
for SCO.</LI>
<LI><B>Dynamically loadable kernel modules</B> allows new filesystem types,
networking protocols or binary emulators to be added to the kernel at
runtime without having to generate a new kernel image. <P><I>Result: </I>
Much time can be saved and 3rd party vendors can deliver complete subsystems
as kernel modules without having to distribute source or have lengthy
installation procedures.</LI>
<LI><B>Shared libraries </B>reduce the size of programs, saving disk space
and memory. FreeBSD uses an advanced shared library scheme which offers
many of the advantages of ELF, and the current version offers ELF compatibility
for both Linux and native FreeBSD programs.</LI>
</ul>
<P>Naturally, since FreeBSD is an ongoing effort, you can expect newer
features and higher levels of stability with each release.</P>
</blockquote>
<H2>What experts have to say . . .</H2>
<blockquote>
<P>`<I>`FreeBSD has an outline-structured visual configuration editor ...
you can enter the configuration of every device the OS supports and can
therefore get a successful installation on the first try almost every time.
IBM, Microsoft, and others would do well to emulate FreeBSD's approach.''</I></P>
<DIV ALIGN=right><P>---Brett Glass, <I>Infoworld</I>, April 8 1996.</P></DIV>
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<H1>FreeBSD was designed for the Internet</H1>
<blockquote><P>FreeBSD includes what many consider the <I>reference</I> implementation
for TCP/IP software, the 4.4 BSD TCP/IP protocol stack, thereby making it
ideal for network applications and the Internet.</P></blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
supports standard TCP/IP protocols.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>Like most UNIX systems, the FreeBSD operating system enables you to</P>
<UL>
<LI>Share filesystems with NFS</LI>
<LI>Distribute network information with NIS</LI>
<LI>Support remote logins</LI>
<LI>Do remote SNMP configuration and management</LI>
<LI>Serve files with FTP</LI>
<LI>Resolve Internet hostnames with DNS/BIND</LI>
<LI>Route packets between multiple interfaces, including PPP and SLIP lines</LI>
<LI>Use IP Multicast services (the MBONE)</LI>
</ul>
<P>FreeBSD lets you to turn a PC&nbsp;into a World Wide Web server or Usenet
news relay with included software. Using the included SAMBA software you
can even share filesystems or printers with your Win95 and NT machines and,
with the supplied PCNFS authentication daemon, you can support machines
running PC/NFS. FreeBSD also supports Appletalk and Novell client/server
networking (using an <a href="http://www.netcon.com/">optional commercial
package</a>), making it a true "Intranet" networking solution.
</P>
<P>FreeBSD also handles TCP extensions like the <A HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1323.html">RFC-1323</A>
high performance extension and <A HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1644.html">RFC-1644</A>
extension for transactions, plus SLIP and dial-on-demand PPP. It's an operating
system suitable for a home-based net surfer as well as a corporate systems
administrator.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD's
networking is stable and fast.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>If you need an Internet server platform that is reliable and resistant
to crashes under heavy load, then consider FreeBSD. Here are just a few
of the companies that make use of FreeBSD every day:</P>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CD-ROM</A> outside of
San Francisco runs one of the most popular <A HREF="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/">FTP&nbsp;server</A>s
on the net, one that supports 1200 simultaneous connections. Their server
is a single FreeBSD machine, transfering over 2 terabytes (yes that's
<I>terabytes</I>!) worth of files every month.</LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Inc.</A> runs the ultimate index
of the Internet, serving scads of daily net surfers with information about
the World Wide Web. Yahoo, as well the companies that advertise on Yahoo,
rely on FreeBSD to run reliable and responsive web servers.</LI>
<LI>If that's not enough, visit our <A HREF="&base/gallery.html">Gallery</A>
of satisfied FreeBSD users.</LI>
</ul>
<P>FreeBSD makes an ideal platform for these and other Internet services:</P>
<ul>
<LI>Company-wide or world-wide WWW service</LI>
<LI>Proxy WWW service</LI>
<LI>Anonymous FTP&nbsp;service</LI>
<LI>Enterprise file and print services</LI>
</ul>
<P>The FreeBSD <A HREF="&base/ports/index.html">ports collection</A>
contains ready-to-run software that makes it easy to set up your own Internet
server.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">High
performance <em>and</em> security.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>The FreeBSD development team is as concerned about security as they
are about performance. FreeBSD includes kernel support for IP&nbsp;firewalling,
as well other services, such as IP proxy gateways. If you put your corporate
servers on the Internet, any 386 PC (or better) running FreeBSD can act as
a network firewall to protect them from outside attack.</P>
<P>Encryption software, secure shells, Kerberos, end-to-end encryption
and secure RPC facilities are also available (subject to export
restrictions).</P>
<P>Furthermore, the FreeBSD team is proactive in detecting and disseminating
security information and bug reports with a
<a href="mailto:security-officer@freebsd.org">security officer</a> and
ties to the Computer Emergency Response Team
(<A HREF="http://www.cert.org/">CERT</A>).</P>
</blockquote>
<H2>What experts have to say . . .</H2>
<blockquote>
<P><I>``FreeBSD ... provides what is probably the most robust and capable
TCP/IP stack in existence ...''</I></P>
<DIV ALIGN=right><P>---Michael O'Brien, <I>SunExpert </I>August 1996 volume
7 number 8.</P></DIV>
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<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
specializes in TCP/IP networking.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote><P>FreeBSD makes an ideal <A HREF="internet.html">Internet</A> server or
<blockquote><P>FreeBSD makes an ideal <A HREF="&base/internet.html">Internet</A> server or
desktop system. It provides robust network services, even under the heaviest
of loads, and uses memory efficiently to maintain good response times for
hundreds, or even thousands, of simultaneous user processes</P></blockquote>
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provides advanced technical features.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote><P>FreeBSD offers many features today which are still missing in other
operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones. <A HREF="advanced.html">Advanced
operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones. <A HREF="&base/features.html">Advanced
features</A> for performance, security, and even binary compatibility with
other popular operating systems.</P></blockquote>
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<blockquote><P>The quality of FreeBSD combined with today's low-cost, high-speed PC&nbsp;hardware
makes FreeBSD a very economical alternative to commercial UNIX workstations.
It's suited for a great number of <A HREF="possibilities.html">applications</A>.</P></blockquote>
It's suited for a great number of <A HREF="&base/applications.html">applications</A>.</P></blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
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disk, magnetic tape, an MS-DOS partition, or if you have a network connection
(even a dial-up PPP to an Internet provider), you can install it <I>directly
</I>over anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need is a single 1.44MB boot floppy
and <A HREF="handbook/install.html">these directions.</A></P></blockquote>
and <A HREF="&base/handbook/install.html">these directions.</A></P></blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
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<blockquote><P>While you might expect an operating system with these features to sell
for a high price, FreeBSD is available free of charge and comes with full
source code. If you'd like to try it out, <A HREF="availability.html">more
source code. If you'd like to try it out, <A HREF="&base/availability.html">more
information is available</A>.</P></blockquote>
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<TITLE>About Applications for FreeBSD</TITLE>
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<H1>Experience the possibilities with FreeBSD</H1>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD can handle nearly any task you'd expect of a UNIX workstation,
as well as many you might not expect:</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
is a true open system with full source code.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>There's no doubt that so-called open systems are <I>the</I> requirement
for today's computing applications. But no commercial vendor-supplied solution
is more open than one which includes full source code to the entire operating
system, including the kernel plus all of the system daemons, programs,
and utilities. You can modify any part of FreeBSD to suit your personal,
organizational, or corporate needs.</P>
<P>With its generous <A HREF="&base/license.html">licensing
policy</A>, you can use FreeBSD as the basis for any number of free <I>or
commercial </I>applications.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD&nbsp;runs
thousands of applications.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>Because FreeBSD is based on 4.4BSD, an industry-standard version of
UNIX, it's easy to compile and run programs. FreeBSD also includes an extensive
<A HREF="&base/where.html">packages collection </A>and
<A HREF="&base/ports/index.html">ports collection</A> that bring
precompiled and easy-to-build software right to your desktop or enterprise
server. There's also a growing number of <A HREF="&base/commercial.html">commercial
applications</A> written for FreeBSD.</P>
<P>Here are some examples of the environments in which FreeBSD is used:</P>
<ul>
<LI><B>Internet services. </B>Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) find
FreeBSD ideal, running WWW, Usenet news, FTP, Email, and other services.
Ready-to-run software like the <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</A>
web server or the Wu-ftpd FTP&nbsp;server make it easy to set up a business
or community-centered ISP. Of course, with FreeBSD's unbeatable <A HREF="&base/internet.html">networking</A>,
your users will enjoy high speed, reliable services.</LI>
<LI><B>X Windows workstation. </B>From an inexpensive X terminal to an
advanced X display, FreeBSD works quite well. Free X software (<A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86</A>)
comes with the system. <A HREF="http://www.xinside.com/">X Inside</A> offers
accelerated X software for high-performance graphics hardware (such as
Matrox), as well as the industry standard Motif and OpenGL libraries.</LI>
<LI><B>Networking. </B>From packet filtering to routing to name service,
FreeBSD can turn any PC into a Internet firewall, email host, print server,
PC/NFS server, and more.</LI>
<LI><B>Software development.</B> A suite of development tools comes with
FreeBSD, including the GNU C/C++ compiler and debugger and the Perl scripting
language. Java and Tcl/Tk development are also possible. Popular editors
like Xemacs and more esoteric programming languages like Icon work just
fine, too. And FreeBSD's shared libraries have always been easy to make
and use.</LI>
<LI><B>Net surfing.</B> A real UNIX workstation makes a great Internet
surfboard, and the BSD version of <A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/index.html">Netscape
Navigator </A>with Java support runs on FreeBSD. Surf the web, publish
your own web pages, read Usenet news, and send and receive email with a
FreeBSD system on your desktop.</LI>
<LI><B>Education and research.</B> &nbsp;FreeBSD makes an excellent research
platform because it includes complete source code. Students and researchers
of operating systems or other computer science fields can benefit greatly
from such an open and well-documented system.</LI>
<LI><B>And much more. </B>Accounting, action games, MIS&nbsp;databases,
scientific visualization, video conferencing, Internet relay chat (IRC),
home automation, multiuser dungeons, bulletin board systems, image scanning,
and more are all real uses for FreeBSD today. If you have an innovative
application for FreeBSD, <A HREF="&base/cgi/gallery.cgi">let us know</A>
so we can add it to our <A HREF="&base/gallery.html">gallery</A>.</LI>
</UL>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">An
operating system that will grow with your needs.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>Though FreeBSD is free software, it's also <I>user supported </I>software.
Any questions you have can be posted to hundreds of FreeBSD developers and
users simply by e-mailing to the
<A HREF="mailto:questions@freebsd.org">questions@freebsd.org</A> mailing
list.</P>
<P>FreeBSD also has a worldwide group of programmers and writers who fix
bugs, add new features and document the system. Support for new devices
or special features is an almost constant development process, and the
team keeps a special eye out for problems which effect system stability.
FreeBSD users are quite proud of not only how fast but how reliable their
systems are.</P>
</blockquote>
<H2>What experts have to say . . .</H2>
<blockquote>
<P><I>``FreeBSD handles [our] heavy load quite well and it's nothing short
of amazing. Salutations to the FreeBSD team.''</I></P>
<DIV ALIGN=right><P>---Mark Hittinger, administrator of WinNet Communications,
Inc.</P></DIV>
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<H1>Availability of FreeBSD</H1>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD is free and is available for downloading over the Internet or
on CD-ROM for a small fee.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">Hardware
requirements.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD requires a PC-type personal computer running with an Intel,
AMD, Cyrix, or compatible 386, 486, or Pentium CPU. You computer needs
an ISA, EISA, VESA, or PCI bus. You'll also need 5 megabytes of RAM to
install FreeBSD (but 4 megabytes to run it after installation). For best
performance, you should have 8 megabytes or more. 60MB of disk space is
required for a minimal installation.</P>
<P>FreeBSD supports most popular Ethernet adaptors, SCSI&nbsp;controllers,
IDE hard drives, multiport serial cards, CD-ROM drives, tape drives, sound
cards, mice, and other hardware. See both the <A HREF="&base/FAQ/FAQ.html">Frequently
Asked Questions list </A>and the &a.latest.not;release
notes</A> for complete information on supported hardware.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">Where
to get it.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>You can get FreeBSD free via anonymous FTP from <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD</A>.
You might also want to check a geographically close <A HREF="&base/handbook/mirrors.html">mirror
site</A>.</P>
<P>If you have a CD-ROM&nbsp;drive, you can get FreeBSD on CD-ROM for a
modest price from <A HREF="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CD-ROM</A>:</P>
<blockquote>
<P>Walnut Creek CD-ROM<BR>
1547 Palos Verdes Mall Suite 260<BR>
Walnut Creek CA 94596 USA<BR>
Phone: +1 510 674-0783<BR>
Fax: +1 510 674-0821<BR>
Email: <A HREF="mailto:info@cdrom.com">info@cdrom.com</A></P>
</blockquote>
<P>In addition to FreeBSD, the CD-ROM comes with hundreds of ready-to-run
programs. It's backed by an unconditional moneyback guarantee.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">About
the FreeBSD Project.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD is developed and supported by a worldwide team of programmers.
<A HREF="mailto:jkh@freebsd.org">Jordan Hubbard,</A> president of the project,
has written a <A HREF="&base/handbook/history.html">brief
history</A> of the FreeBSD project. Information about <A HREF="&base/handbook/contrib:who.html">who's
responsible for what</A> is also available. If you're curious, take a look
at some <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/freebsd_people.html">pictures
of the team members</A>. A more complete listing of contributors is available
in the <A HREF="&base/handbook/contrib.html">Contributors</A>
section of the <A HREF="&base/handbook/handbook.html">FreeBSD
Handbook</A>. FreeBSD is an open project welcomes the help of individuals
who have time and or skills to offer.</P>
<P>These pages were written and created by <A HREF="http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/">Sean
Kelly</A>.</P>
</blockquote>
<P center><I><FONT COLOR="#B22222"><FONT SIZE="+1">Inside your PC is a daemon
waiting to be unleashed. Free it with FreeBSD.</FONT></FONT></I></P>
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<H1>FreeBSD offers many advanced features.</H1>
<blockquote>
<P>No matter what the application, you want your system's resources performing
at their full potential. FreeBSD's advanced features enable you to do just
that.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">A
complete operating system based on 4.4BSD.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD's distinguished roots derive from the latest <b>BSD</b>
software releases from the Computer Systems Research Group at the
University of California, Berkeley. The book <I>The Design and Implementation
of 4.4BSD Operating System</I>, written by the 4.4BSD system architects,
thus describes much of FreeBSD's core functionality in detail.</P>
<P>Drawing on the skills and experience of a diverse and world-wide group of
volunteer developers, the FreeBSD Project has worked to extend the
feature set of the 4.4BSD operating system in many ways, striving constantly
to make each new release of the OS more stable, faster and containing new
functionality driven by user requests.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
provides higher performance, less system administration and compatibility
with other operating systems.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>FreeBSD's developers attacked some of the more difficult problems in
operating systems design to give you these advanced features:</P>
<ul>
<LI><B>Bounce buffering </B>gets around a limitation in the PC's ISA architecture
that limits direct-memory access to the first 16 megabytes.<P><I>Result:
</I>systems with more than 16 megabytes operate more efficiently with DMA
peripherals on the ISA bus.</LI>
<LI><B>A merged virtual memory and filesystem buffer cache</B>
continuously tunes the amount of memory used for programs and the disk
cache.<P><I>Result: </I>programs receive both excellent memory management
and high performance disk access,
and the system administrator is freed from the task of tuning cache sizes.</LI>
<LI><B>Compatibility modules </B>enable programs for other operating systems
to run on FreeBSD, including programs for Linux, SCO, NetBSD, and BSDI.
<P><I>Result:</I>&nbsp;users won't have to recompile programs already compiled
for one of the compatible OS's, and will have access to a greater selection
of off-the-shelf software, like the
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/FrontPage/">Microsoft FrontPage Server</a>
extensions for BSDI or
<a href="http://www.corel.com/products/unix/wpunix/index.htm">WordPerfect</a>
for SCO.</LI>
<LI><B>Dynamically loadable kernel modules</B> allows new filesystem types,
networking protocols or binary emulators to be added to the kernel at
runtime without having to generate a new kernel image. <P><I>Result: </I>
Much time can be saved and 3rd party vendors can deliver complete subsystems
as kernel modules without having to distribute source or have lengthy
installation procedures.</LI>
<LI><B>Shared libraries </B>reduce the size of programs, saving disk space
and memory. FreeBSD uses an advanced shared library scheme which offers
many of the advantages of ELF, and the current version offers ELF compatibility
for both Linux and native FreeBSD programs.</LI>
</ul>
<P>Naturally, since FreeBSD is an ongoing effort, you can expect newer
features and higher levels of stability with each release.</P>
</blockquote>
<H2>What experts have to say . . .</H2>
<blockquote>
<P>`<I>`FreeBSD has an outline-structured visual configuration editor ...
you can enter the configuration of every device the OS supports and can
therefore get a successful installation on the first try almost every time.
IBM, Microsoft, and others would do well to emulate FreeBSD's approach.''</I></P>
<DIV ALIGN=right><P>---Brett Glass, <I>Infoworld</I>, April 8 1996.</P></DIV>
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<H1>FreeBSD was designed for the Internet</H1>
<blockquote><P>FreeBSD includes what many consider the <I>reference</I> implementation
for TCP/IP software, the 4.4 BSD TCP/IP protocol stack, thereby making it
ideal for network applications and the Internet.</P></blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
supports standard TCP/IP protocols.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>Like most UNIX systems, the FreeBSD operating system enables you to</P>
<UL>
<LI>Share filesystems with NFS</LI>
<LI>Distribute network information with NIS</LI>
<LI>Support remote logins</LI>
<LI>Do remote SNMP configuration and management</LI>
<LI>Serve files with FTP</LI>
<LI>Resolve Internet hostnames with DNS/BIND</LI>
<LI>Route packets between multiple interfaces, including PPP and SLIP lines</LI>
<LI>Use IP Multicast services (the MBONE)</LI>
</ul>
<P>FreeBSD lets you to turn a PC&nbsp;into a World Wide Web server or Usenet
news relay with included software. Using the included SAMBA software you
can even share filesystems or printers with your Win95 and NT machines and,
with the supplied PCNFS authentication daemon, you can support machines
running PC/NFS. FreeBSD also supports Appletalk and Novell client/server
networking (using an <a href="http://www.netcon.com/">optional commercial
package</a>), making it a true "Intranet" networking solution.
</P>
<P>FreeBSD also handles TCP extensions like the <A HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1323.html">RFC-1323</A>
high performance extension and <A HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1644.html">RFC-1644</A>
extension for transactions, plus SLIP and dial-on-demand PPP. It's an operating
system suitable for a home-based net surfer as well as a corporate systems
administrator.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD's
networking is stable and fast.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>If you need an Internet server platform that is reliable and resistant
to crashes under heavy load, then consider FreeBSD. Here are just a few
of the companies that make use of FreeBSD every day:</P>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CD-ROM</A> outside of
San Francisco runs one of the most popular <A HREF="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/">FTP&nbsp;server</A>s
on the net, one that supports 1200 simultaneous connections. Their server
is a single FreeBSD machine, transfering over 2 terabytes (yes that's
<I>terabytes</I>!) worth of files every month.</LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Inc.</A> runs the ultimate index
of the Internet, serving scads of daily net surfers with information about
the World Wide Web. Yahoo, as well the companies that advertise on Yahoo,
rely on FreeBSD to run reliable and responsive web servers.</LI>
<LI>If that's not enough, visit our <A HREF="&base/gallery.html">Gallery</A>
of satisfied FreeBSD users.</LI>
</ul>
<P>FreeBSD makes an ideal platform for these and other Internet services:</P>
<ul>
<LI>Company-wide or world-wide WWW service</LI>
<LI>Proxy WWW service</LI>
<LI>Anonymous FTP&nbsp;service</LI>
<LI>Enterprise file and print services</LI>
</ul>
<P>The FreeBSD <A HREF="&base/ports/index.html">ports collection</A>
contains ready-to-run software that makes it easy to set up your own Internet
server.</P>
</blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">High
performance <em>and</em> security.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote>
<P>The FreeBSD development team is as concerned about security as they
are about performance. FreeBSD includes kernel support for IP&nbsp;firewalling,
as well other services, such as IP proxy gateways. If you put your corporate
servers on the Internet, any 386 PC (or better) running FreeBSD can act as
a network firewall to protect them from outside attack.</P>
<P>Encryption software, secure shells, Kerberos, end-to-end encryption
and secure RPC facilities are also available (subject to export
restrictions).</P>
<P>Furthermore, the FreeBSD team is proactive in detecting and disseminating
security information and bug reports with a
<a href="mailto:security-officer@freebsd.org">security officer</a> and
ties to the Computer Emergency Response Team
(<A HREF="http://www.cert.org/">CERT</A>).</P>
</blockquote>
<H2>What experts have to say . . .</H2>
<blockquote>
<P><I>``FreeBSD ... provides what is probably the most robust and capable
TCP/IP stack in existence ...''</I></P>
<DIV ALIGN=right><P>---Michael O'Brien, <I>SunExpert </I>August 1996 volume
7 number 8.</P></DIV>
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<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
specializes in TCP/IP networking.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote><P>FreeBSD makes an ideal <A HREF="internet.html">Internet</A> server or
<blockquote><P>FreeBSD makes an ideal <A HREF="&base/internet.html">Internet</A> server or
desktop system. It provides robust network services, even under the heaviest
of loads, and uses memory efficiently to maintain good response times for
hundreds, or even thousands, of simultaneous user processes</P></blockquote>
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provides advanced technical features.</FONT></FONT>
<blockquote><P>FreeBSD offers many features today which are still missing in other
operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones. <A HREF="advanced.html">Advanced
operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones. <A HREF="&base/features.html">Advanced
features</A> for performance, security, and even binary compatibility with
other popular operating systems.</P></blockquote>
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<blockquote><P>The quality of FreeBSD combined with today's low-cost, high-speed PC&nbsp;hardware
makes FreeBSD a very economical alternative to commercial UNIX workstations.
It's suited for a great number of <A HREF="possibilities.html">applications</A>.</P></blockquote>
It's suited for a great number of <A HREF="&base/applications.html">applications</A>.</P></blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
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disk, magnetic tape, an MS-DOS partition, or if you have a network connection
(even a dial-up PPP to an Internet provider), you can install it <I>directly
</I>over anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need is a single 1.44MB boot floppy
and <A HREF="handbook/install.html">these directions.</A></P></blockquote>
and <A HREF="&base/handbook/install.html">these directions.</A></P></blockquote>
<HR ALIGN=LEFT NOSHADE WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">FreeBSD
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<blockquote><P>While you might expect an operating system with these features to sell
for a high price, FreeBSD is available free of charge and comes with full
source code. If you'd like to try it out, <A HREF="availability.html">more
source code. If you'd like to try it out, <A HREF="&base/availability.html">more
information is available</A>.</P></blockquote>
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