Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 09:38:12 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Marshall Price <d021317c@dc.seflin.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is it? Message-ID: <19981213093812.04866@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199812122140.QAA16098@dc.seflin.org>; from Marshall Price on Sat, Dec 12, 1998 at 04:40:30PM -0500 References: <199812122140.QAA16098@dc.seflin.org>
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On Sat, Dec 12, 1998 at 04:40:30PM -0500, Marshall Price wrote:
> 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?
> Further down, it mentions BSD without saying what that is, either.
Thanks for taking the time to write to the documentation team.
Perhaps you could help us to understand your difficulty a bit
better so that we can look at addressing it.
On the main web page I see this as the first paragraph in lynx (after
all the menu items):
What is FreeBSD?
FreeBSD is an advanced BSD UNIX operating system for "PC-compatible"
computers, developed and maintained by a large team of individuals.
I can't quite see where this is causing you trouble. Do you perhaps
need the terms "operating system" or "UNIX" or "PC-compatible" to be
explained to make sense of this paragraph?
As for a history of BSD UNIX, that is not the primary role of this site
but you will find more background in the FreeBSD Handbook which you
will find on the web site.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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