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<html>
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&header;
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<h2>What is FreeBSD?</h2>
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<p>FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86
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compatible (including Pentium® and Athlon™), amd64
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compatible (including Opteron™, Athlon™64,
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and EM64T), ARM, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC®
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architectures. 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 team of individuals</a>. Additional <a
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href="&base;/platforms/index.html">platforms</a> are
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in various stages of development.</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>Run a huge number of
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applications</h2>
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<p>The quality of FreeBSD combined with today's low-cost,
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high-speed PC hardware makes FreeBSD a very economical
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alternative to commercial &unix;
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workstations. It is well-suited
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for a great number of both desktop and server
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<a href="&base;/applications.html">applications</a>.</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-ROM, floppy disk, magnetic tape,
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an MS-DOS® partition, or if you have a network
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connection, you can install it <i>directly</i> over
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anonymous 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, 7321 Brockway Dr., Boulder, CO 80303,
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USA.</p>
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