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Experience the possibilities with FreeBSD

FreeBSD can handle nearly any task you would expect of a UNIX workstation, as well as many you might not expect:

FreeBSD is a true open system with full source code.

There is no doubt that so-called open systems are the requirement for today's computing applications. But no commercial vendor-supplied solution is more open than one which includes full source code to the entire operating system, including the kernel plus all of the system daemons, programs, and utilities. You can modify any part of FreeBSD to suit your personal, organizational, or corporate needs.

With its generous licensing policy, you can use FreeBSD as the basis for any number of free or commercial applications.

FreeBSD runs thousands of applications.

Because FreeBSD is based on 4.4BSD, an industry-standard version of UNIX, it is easy to compile and run programs. FreeBSD also includes an extensive packages collection and ports collection that bring precompiled and easy-to-build software right to your desktop or enterprise server. There is also a growing number of commercial applications written for FreeBSD.

Here are some examples of the environments in which FreeBSD is used:

Internet services. Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) find FreeBSD ideal, running WWW, Usenet news, FTP, Email, and other services. Ready-to-run software like the Apache web server or the Wu-ftpd FTP server make it easy to set up a business or community-centered ISP. Of course, with FreeBSD's unbeatable networking, your users will enjoy high speed, reliable services.

X Windows workstation. From an inexpensive X terminal to an advanced X display, FreeBSD works quite well. Free X software (XFree86) -comes with the system. X Inside offers +comes with the system. Xi Graphics offers accelerated X software for high-performance graphics hardware (such as Matrox), as well as the industry standard Motif and OpenGL libraries.

Networking. From packet filtering to routing to name service, FreeBSD can turn any PC into a Internet firewall, email host, print server, PC/NFS server, and more.

Software development. A suite of development tools comes with FreeBSD, including the GNU C/C++ compiler and debugger and the Perl scripting language. Java and Tcl/Tk development are also possible. Popular editors like Xemacs and more esoteric programming languages like Icon work just fine, too. And FreeBSD's shared libraries have always been easy to make and use.

Net surfing. A real UNIX workstation makes a great Internet surfboard, and the BSD version of Netscape Navigator with Java support runs on FreeBSD. Surf the web, publish your own web pages, read Usenet news, and send and receive email with a FreeBSD system on your desktop.

Education and research. FreeBSD makes an excellent research platform because it includes complete source code. Students and researchers of operating systems or other computer science fields can benefit greatly from such an open and well-documented system.

And much more. Accounting, action games, MIS databases, scientific visualization, video conferencing, Internet relay chat (IRC), home automation, multiuser dungeons, bulletin board systems, image scanning, and more are all real uses for FreeBSD today. If you have an innovative application for FreeBSD, let us know so we can add it to our gallery.

An operating system that will grow with your needs.

Though FreeBSD is free software, it is also user supported software. Any questions you have can be posted to hundreds of FreeBSD developers and users simply by e-mailing to the freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG mailing list.

FreeBSD also has a worldwide group of programmers and writers who fix bugs, add new features and document the system. Support for new devices or special features is an almost constant development process, and the team keeps a special eye out for problems which effect system stability. FreeBSD users are quite proud of not only how fast but how reliable their systems are.

What experts have to say . . .

``FreeBSD handles [our] heavy load quite well and it is nothing short of amazing. Salutations to the FreeBSD team.''

---Mark Hittinger, administrator of WinNet Communications, Inc.

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Software Services

AstroArch Consulting, Inc. develops and licenses its ISP Billing and Tracking System or BATS for FreeBSD as well as thirteen other Operating Systems. For more information, check out the web pages http://www.tpoint.net/astroarch, send email to elh@astroarch.com or call (512) 990-1064.
BRU from Enhanced Software Technologies is a very powerful and reliable tape backup system. It offers per-file compression, an improved tape format with three different kinds of verification, and many safety checks to insure data integrity. The "BSD/OS 1.1" version works well with FreeBSD.
Communication Systems Research Corp. - Business applications and consulting for Unix systems including BSD. Specializing in analysis and development of high performance solutions for networking problems. Located in Portland Oregon, consulting internationally for over 12 years. Telephone: 503 224-4789 (Colorado 970-927-0336)
Conetic Software is offering a FREE copy of C/BASE 4GL for the FreeBSD 2.0.5 operating system. C/BASE 4GL features a powerful application development tool and database engine. Featuring a easy to user visual development environment, a scripting language, and application libraries with a C language (API) interface. The best thing about C/BASE 4GL is that it is fully portable across hardware and operating system platforms. FreeBSD to DOS, DOS to SOLARIS, SOLARIS to AIX, etc.... Your free copy of C/BASE 4GL is set to run for a maximum of 2 concurrent users and 1,000 records. Please contact us at info@conetic.com if you would like a taste of even more power and programming fun.
Coolworld.Com, Inc. provides a billing package for ISP's called Internet Billing. This package was designed to handle all the billing needs for Internet service providers. It runs under MS-Windows. One piece of the software is a client/server set with a daemon that runs on a UNIX server (including FreeBSD) that allows the client to do all for their user management under a windows front end.
i-Pass Alliance is the leading provider of global Internet roaming solutions for Internet service providers. We provide a total solution that enables ISPs to join a global network and provide convenient, low-cost worldwide access to their traveling Internet subscribers. We provide the software which enables your users to dial-in through the access points of other i-Pass partners, but still get authenticated through your own authentication server. We are an independent organization handling the financial settlement between you and other Internet service providers and enabling you to bill their subscribers for this service. There is no cost to join and no cost for the i-Pass software. The i-Pass cross-authorization and settlement software is compatible with all common authentication servers and authentication protocols including FreeBSD. For more information, please visit our web site.
Inlab Software GmbH offers binaries of Inlab-Scheme for FreeBSD and Linux which are free for personal or educational use. Inlab-Scheme is a R4RS compliant Scheme which is capable of reading and writing TIFF and XBM-bitmaps to and from a special internal bitmap type. With built-in primitives for image processing, Inlab-Scheme can be a general tool for tasks like optical character recognition and general analysis and processing of bitmap data.
NetCon Corporation established in 1985, with over 10,000 installed servers, is the leading supplier of NetWare compatible operating systems and Internet Gateways for standard UNIX platforms. NetCon offers a complete line of systems for FreeBSD, SUN Solaris, SCO UNIX/ODT and IBM AIX RS6000 serving from 5 to 1000 users. Services include; Full Internet access from NetWare/WIN95/Windows workstations over IPX/SPX, X Windows over IPX/SPX, NetWare file and print services, NetWare Client services for UNIX, High-performance, DOS/Windows Terminal Emulation.
Perforce Software produces PERFORCE -- the FAST Software Configuration Management System for many UNIX platforms and NT. More capable than freeware tools, more applicable than solutions from academia, and more usable than available commercial products, PERFORCE manages software projects comprising thousands of source files shared by dozens of engineers across many heterogeneous platforms and geographically distributed locations. Documentation and fully functional versions (but limited to two client workspaces) can be downloaded from the Web pages. For non-commercial users on FreeBSD, we offer servers with unlimited client workspaces for $1. Perforce Software can be reached at info@perforce.com or 1 (510) 865-8720.
Progressive Networks, Inc. offers both its RealAudio player and server for FreeBSD. The free player allows you to play live and on-demand audio over 14.4Kps and faster connections. All you have to do is click on a RealAudio link from your Web browser and audio begins playing instantly. Check out The RealAudio Guide to access hundreds of sites offering music, news, live radio stations, live events etc. The server allows your web site to deliver live and on-demand audio over the Internet or your company network.
RTD provides an ISP billing package for ISPs using FreeBSD called UTA
Serengeti Systems provides PC to mainframe communication packages over Bisync and SDLC lines. We support FreeBSD as well as DOS/Win 3.x/Win95/Win NT/SCO/AIX/OS2. For more information, reference www.serengeti.com, e-mail us at sales@serengeti.com, or call (800) 634-3122.
Vector Systems Limited sells the MED Screen Editor for FreeBSD & HP-UX. This editor is particularly familiar to PCS Cadmus users in the German CAD industry.
VirtuFlex Software produces a versatile tool called VirtuFlex which allows web developers to build dynamic web pages without CGI programming. It integrates databases, email, faxing, and telephony with the web. VirtuFlex is available for most Unix platforms, including FreeBSD.
X Inside, -Inc. offers commercial grade graphical software +
Xi Graphics +offers commercial grade graphical software enhancements for FreeBSD. AcceleratedX Server completely supports over 400 different graphics adapters from over 40 vendors, including many partially supported or not included with XFree86. Download a free demonstration from ftp.xinside.com. Also utilize the +HREF="ftp://ftp.xig.com/">ftp.xig.com. Also utilize the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) with AcceleratedX CDE, Motif v2.0 runtine + development environment with AcceleratedX Motif, and 3D graphics with AcceleratedX OpenGL. For more information email sales@xinside.com or call +HREF="mailto:sales@xig.com">sales@xig.com or call +1.303.298.7478.
XVScan allows you to use your HP ScanJet scanner under FreeBSD. It is a commercial product based on John Bradley's xv.
Zeus Technology Limited offer Zeus Server for FreeBSD. Zeus Server is an advanced, powerful full-featured commercial grade web server designed with exceptional performance, minimal machine resource requirements and ease of administration in mind. Free evaluation copies may be downloaded.

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