Sams Teach Yourself FreeBSD® in 24 Hours

Introduction

Until recently, home computer users and small business users had little choice when it came to what operating system they used to on their computers. You pretty much had two choices: You could either use Microsoft Windows or Apple's Mac OS. Of course, you were limited even further by what hardware you had. If you had an Apple Macintosh, you had to use Mac OS. If you had an x86 based system, you had to use Windows. UNIX systems were well out of the price range of most small businesses or home hobbyists. On top of that, they required proprietary hardware from the UNIX vendor. This locked you into a single vendor and a single choice of hardware. So for the most part, home users and small businesses stuck with Windows. If they needed ...