From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 8 16:49:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA09062 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 8 May 1996 16:49:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-2.mail.demon.net (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA09051 for ; Wed, 8 May 1996 16:49:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-2.mail.demon.net id ab22794; 9 May 96 0:46 +0100 Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa21626; 9 May 96 0:24 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA05840; Thu, 9 May 1996 00:02:20 GMT Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 00:02:20 GMT From: James Raynard Message-Id: <199605090002.AAA05840@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: mcvickhd@audlan.state.in.us CC: questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <96May8.083901est.53774@mailgate.isd.state.in.us> (mcvickhd@audlan.state.in.us) Subject: Re: UNIX System Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Hugh D. McVicker" writes: > > Is Freebsd a UNIX operating system for PCs? Very much so. All you need is a 386SX (or better) with a minimum of 4MB RAM and at least 60MB of disk space to get a very complete version of Unix. As it's BSD-based, it's very standard and an excellent platform for things like learning about TCP/IP, how to program under Unix, setting up a network, running an Internet server or learning about administering a Unix system. Walnut Creek's FTP site, which is one of the busiest in the world, runs on a Pentium with FreeBSD. Have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/ for more info. Cheers