Introduction to FreeBSD

• FreeBSD is a production-quality operating system derived from BSD UNIX

  • Deployed as a component, and in its own right
    • Workstation, server, and high-end embedded markets
  • Liberal Berkeley license permits broad commercial re-use in open and closed source products
  • I386, amd64, ia64, sparc64, (decreasingly) alpha
  • Exploring support for PowerPC, ARM