- General Information
- FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for servers, desktops and embedded platforms
- Developed by large community for over thirty years
- Available free of charge with full source code
- Key Features
- Includes stateful IP firewalling and security services like Kerberos authentication
- Supports X Window workstation with KDE and GNOME desktop environments
- Provides networking capabilities for firewall, email and server functions
- Includes development tools with GNU C/C++ compiler and editors
- Hardware Requirements
- Minimum 96 MB RAM and 1.5 GB hard drive space required
- i386 requires 486 or better processor and 64 MB RAM
- amd64 supports AMD64 and Intel EM64T processors
- PowerPC requires dedicated disk and supports SMP on Macintosh systems
- Installation
- Available for CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, floppy disk and network installation
- Can be installed via anonymous FTP or NFS
- Supports multiple installation media including MS-DOS partition