From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 28 21:45:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D2D0106566C for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:45:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D20908FC12 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:45:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy1 with SMTP id 1so2867022ewy.13 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:45:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Kk6MjZ1bvpXRyzLYhxFOJqqa5hpfzu37WJk9G7mEBT8=; b=KwUpWYnQQjqJATAh3yYA215VTfCE4m0zIvv0wLJ7jtzYeIhNfEYDn/BhNz8jHb0gAh L5bouhdV78t9UvlCDlRp63yUNfDpQzoU98Wa3GzGuOnHrQ9an5gljVD16+eBSARja9PK VRkYXC86i/FdpMVUbYdOPzVGtMO/5HNuMeK8o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.3.153 with SMTP id 25mr1188742eeh.187.1314567951457; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:45:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.28.193 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:45:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:45:51 -0400 Message-ID: From: Aryeh Friedman To: Spencer Thompson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:45:53 -0000 On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Spencer Thompson < spencer.s.thompson@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear FreeBSD.org, > > I would like to order a CD with FreeBSD for an IBM Thinkpad. What is the > best package to get? Will it work perfectly? I want a package with the > manual, man-pages and how to use FreeBSD perfectly in books. > Download the 8.2-RELEASE dvd > > What does Free in FreeBSD mean? Does it mean Free as in Free of charge? > Or > is there an alternate meaning? > It means many things including free of charge... it also means the freedom to modify, etc. > > I'm wanting the best operating system for my laptop. Is this the one? Why > is it free of charge when I want to pay for it? I don't want something > stupid. > What OS is best for a particular person depends on the applications you need to run > Does it come with all the applications I need for business and marketing? > That's all I need. > What specific applications do you have in mind?