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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: What is FreeBSD anyway?
Date: 17 Dec 1994 02:59:18 GMT
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In-reply-to: vn1@acpub.duke.edu's message of Fri, 16 Dec 94 03:26:09 GMT

In article <3cr8es$d4p@news.duke.edu> vn1@acpub.duke.edu (Vedat Nommaz) writes:

   What is FreeBSD? Is it Unix or X-windows, none?
   I have absolutely No clue. Thanks

It is a free variant of BSD unix.  Read the FAQ posted regularly in
comp.os.386bsd.announce.

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   Michael L. VanLoon     michaelv@HeadCandy.com     michaelv@iastate.edu
  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
     Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532
               In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m
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