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FreeBSD 4.0
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Rating:  - Expand your Linux capabilities with a UNIX OS.
FreeBSD is currently on fBSD6 at this time of writing. fBSD is a UNIX-like operating system. The other popular UNIX-like operating system is Linux. I would not really recommend fBSD to a novice computer user who wants to learn a good UNIX-like OS because it does have a steep learning curve, but the payoff is worth that time involved. Instead I recommend that a good UNIX-like OS to experiment with is Linux because it seems to have a larger community and is not as difficult as fBSD to learn. I recommend you get Slackware for free from the internet which is a very high standard Linux distro that resembles fBSD. If you don't like Slackware then fBSD is not for you. Once you have come to terms with Slackware and have learned the Slackbook inside out and want to learn more, then the next best thing is to try fBSD. fBSD comes on three discs. Now you really want to start reading the fBSD handbook in usr\share\doc\en_US.ISO8859-1\books\handbook on CD2 first. Read it and see how much you can apply to Slackware. Automatically you will enhance your understanding of Linux just by doing this and is the major reason to have a look at fBSD. There is a lot of powerful stuff to learn in the fBSD handbook that is not found in the Slackware manual. If you feel you have mastered Slackware then maybe it is time for that fBSD install.
The first disc is just a boot disc. Once you have booted the install disc remove it or else you will get an error when trying to install. Insert CD1 and then change the boot settings before you install. Then you will install without errors. It will ask for CD2. You will be asked at the end of the install if you want to install additional packages. I recommend you install the lot and be prepared to swap from CD1 to CD2 to CD1 like insane. I strongly recommend that you look into VMware Workstation software that can help you learn this and maybe even run it all virtually on VMware installing from ISO but that is up to you. It is, however, the future.
Now you have a UNIX-like operating system that many would actually call UNIX. I would tend to agree that it is UNIX rather than UNIX-like and even Apple have used fBSD for developing and deloying OSX. Once you install it the rest is up to you. fBSD is not only a great OS but it will enhance your Linux skills tremendously. You might even end up making the switch.
Rating: - A must for FreeBSD 3 Owners
The wait for the new version of FreeBSD is over, this upgrade is great. As always is stable and the improvements SMP were something we really apriciate. The compability with Linux is much better but keeping with the tradition Berkeley Unix.
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