This book is a friendly, task-oriented introduction to FreeBSD, a free,
open-source, industrial strength operating system that runs on a personal
computer (the same computer that runs Microsoft Windows) for users new to
both FreeBSD and UNIX.
FreeBSD: An Open Source Operating System for Your Personal Computer includes:
- installation CD-ROM for the entire system plus many software applications
- space requirements, screen shots, and detailed instructions for
installing FreeBSD
- step-by-step instructions on configuring and running FreeBSD, connecting
to the Internet, setting up an internal network, and setting up sound, X
Window System (the graphical user interface), and printing.
Based on the UNIX developed at the University of California at Berkeley,
FreeBSD is a major competitor to Linux for running Internet servers, the
computers that handle electronic mail for many uses, provide files for
download, and serve web pages.
With this book and the included installation CD-ROM, individual users can
install FreeBSD and run a system that goes beyond Microsoft Windows in
capability, stability, and flexibility, provides full source code, and makes
available thousands of ready-to-install third-party software programs (most
of them free) including electronic mail, desktop applications, Netscape,
programming languages, graphics, and web servers and other Internet
applications. (439 pages)
Annelise Anderson is a fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
The Book may be purchase in two ways:
- FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC
- Includes the 1st FreeBSD CD
- FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC
- Includes the complete FreeBSD 4 CD set from Wind River
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