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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional-Based Extension//EN"
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"http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/share/xml/xhtml10-freebsd.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY title "About FreeBSD">
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]>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<title>&title;</title>
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<cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">$FreeBSD$</cvs:keyword>
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</head>
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<body class="navinclude.about">
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<h2>What is FreeBSD?</h2>
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<p>FreeBSD is an operating system for a <a
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href="&base;/platforms/">variety of
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platforms</a> which focuses on features,
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speed, and
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stability. It is derived from BSD, the version of
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&unix; developed at the
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University of California, Berkeley. It is developed
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and maintained by <a
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href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/staff-committers.html">a
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large community</a>.</p>
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<h2>Cutting edge features</h2>
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<p>FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security
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and compatibility
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<a href="&base;/features.html">features</a>
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today which are still missing in other operating systems,
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even some of the best commercial ones.</p>
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<h2>Powerful Internet solutions</h2>
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<p>FreeBSD makes an ideal
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<a href="&base;/internet.html">Internet or Intranet</a>
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server. It provides robust network services under the heaviest
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loads and uses memory efficiently to maintain good response
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times for thousands of simultaneous user processes.</p>
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<h2>Advanced Embedded Platform</h2>
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<p>FreeBSD brings advanced network operating system
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features to appliance and embedded platforms, from
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higher-end Intel-based appliances to Arm, PowerPC,
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and shortly MIPS hardware platforms. From
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mail and web appliances to routers, time servers,
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and wireless access points, vendors around the
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world rely on FreeBSD's integrated build and
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cross-build environments and advanced features as
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the foundation for their embedded products. And
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the Berkeley open source license lets them decide
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how many of their local changes they want to
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contribute back.</p>
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<h2>Run a huge number of
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applications</h2>
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<p>With over 24,000 ported libraries and <a
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href="&base;/applications.html">applications</a>,
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FreeBSD supports applications for desktop, server,
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appliance, and embedded environments.</p>
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<h2>Easy to install</h2>
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<p>FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of media
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including CD-ROM, DVD, or directly over the network
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using FTP or NFS. All you need are
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<a
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href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html">these
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directions</a>.</p>
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<h2>FreeBSD is <i>free</i></h2>
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<a href="&base;/copyright/daemon.html"><img src="gifs/dae_up3.gif" alt="The BSD Daemon" height="81" width="72" align="right" border="0"/></a>
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<p>While you might expect an operating system with these
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features to sell for a high price, FreeBSD is available
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<a href="&base;/copyright/index.html">free of charge</a>
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and comes with full source code. If you would like to
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purchase or download a copy to try out,
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<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html">more
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information is available</a>.</p>
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<h2>Contributing to FreeBSD</h2>
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<p>It is easy to contribute to FreeBSD. All you need to do
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is find a part of FreeBSD which you think could be
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improved and make those changes (carefully and cleanly)
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and submit that back to the Project by means of send-pr
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or a committer, if you know one. This could be anything
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from documentation to artwork to source code. See the
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<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/index.html">Contributing
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to FreeBSD</a> article for more information.</p>
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<p>Even if you are not a programmer, there are other
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ways to contribute to FreeBSD. The <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSDFoundation.org">FreeBSD
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Foundation</a> is a non-profit organization for which
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direct contributions are fully tax deductible. Please
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contact <a
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href="mailto:board@FreeBSDFoundation.org">board@FreeBSDFoundation.org</a>
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for more information or write to: The FreeBSD
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Foundation, P.O. Box 20247, Boulder, CO 80308,
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USA.</p>
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</body>
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</html>
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