Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 15:46:37 -0700 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@plutotech.com> To: Marshall Price <d021317c@dc.seflin.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is it? Message-ID: <3672F24D.CC324B76@plutotech.com> References: <199812122140.QAA16098@dc.seflin.org>
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> While your website seems very large and helpful, it doesn't answer the > main question up front: What is FreeBSD, and why is it called that? True, it doesn't say why it's called "FreeBSD", but it does say what it is. When I surf to http://www.freebsd.org/ I see the following in big red letters: What is FreeBSD? followed by a paragraph: FreeBSD is an advanced BSD UNIX operating system for "PC-compatible" computers ... which says that it's something for PC-style personal computers, and specifically, it's an operating system of some sort. I can see that people who don't know what "BSD" is in this context might be confused. I might reword this paragraph as follows: FreeBSD is a freely available advanced operating system for PC-compatible computers, providing a powerful Berkeley-style UNIX environment. I've removed the reference to "a large team of individuals" since I don't think it's important at this point. Take care. --Sean To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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