FreeBSD6 Unleashed

Introduction

If you’re reading this book, chances are good that you’re a technical professional who makes a living from the Internet and its related industries. You’ve probably heard of the open-source software movement—the phenomenon of software developed by volunteers and distributed for free along with its source code so users can examine every feature’s basic engineering and even modify or add to it. You’re probably interested in making open-source software work for you.

The chances are not so good, however, that you’ve heard of FreeBSD. The brightest star of the open-source software world today is the free Linux operating system, which has achieved the financial backing of software giants such as IBM and consistently steals headlines across ...