Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:07:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40355 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201212120007.qBC07fFV021881@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Wed Dec 12 00:07:40 2012 New Revision: 40355 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40355 Log: Expand a bit upon the first FAQ question: "What is FreeBSD?" and don't redirect people to the home page for further information. Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Wed Dec 12 00:07:38 2012 (r40354) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Wed Dec 12 00:07:40 2012 (r40355) @@ -121,17 +121,18 @@ </question> <answer> - <para>Briefly, &os; is a &unix; like operating system for - AMD64 and &intel; EM64T, &i386; PC-98, IA-64, &arm;, - &powerpc; and &ultrasparc; platforms based on U.C. + <para>&os; is a modern operating system for desktops, + laptops, servers, and embedded systems with + support for a large number of <ulink + url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/platforms/">platforms</ulink>.</para>; + + <para>It is based on U.C. Berkeley's <quote>4.4BSD-Lite</quote> release, with some <quote>4.4BSD-Lite2</quote> enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's <quote>Net/2</quote> to the &i386;, known as <quote>386BSD</quote>, though very little of the 386BSD code - remains. A fuller description of what &os; is and how it - can work for you may be found on the <ulink - url="&url.base;/index.html">&os; home page</ulink>.</para> + remains.</para> <para>&os; is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users
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