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| − | There are many uses for the | + | There are many uses for the operating system '''FreeBSD''', but [[we]] know FreeBSD especially for its reputation as a stable server operating system. Some of the servers in the [[2006 /dev/null/nethack tournament]] used FreeBSD. (Compare FreeBSD with [[Debian]], the OS behind [[nethack.alt.org]].) |
The [http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html FreeBSD Ports Collection] is the easy way to install software onto FreeBSD, turning your machine into a nice web server or KDE box, for example. The other [[BSD]] operating systems forked their ports collections from FreeBSD. Two important packages are [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/games/freebsd-games/ freebsd-games] (for [[Hack]], Larn, and [[Rogue (game)|Rogue]]) and [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/games/nethack34/ nethack34]. | The [http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html FreeBSD Ports Collection] is the easy way to install software onto FreeBSD, turning your machine into a nice web server or KDE box, for example. The other [[BSD]] operating systems forked their ports collections from FreeBSD. Two important packages are [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/games/freebsd-games/ freebsd-games] (for [[Hack]], Larn, and [[Rogue (game)|Rogue]]) and [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/games/nethack34/ nethack34]. | ||
Revision as of 21:50, 4 May 2013
There are many uses for the operating system FreeBSD, but we know FreeBSD especially for its reputation as a stable server operating system. Some of the servers in the 2006 /dev/null/nethack tournament used FreeBSD. (Compare FreeBSD with Debian, the OS behind nethack.alt.org.)
The FreeBSD Ports Collection is the easy way to install software onto FreeBSD, turning your machine into a nice web server or KDE box, for example. The other BSD operating systems forked their ports collections from FreeBSD. Two important packages are freebsd-games (for Hack, Larn, and Rogue) and nethack34.
A unique feature of FreeBSD is the jail. A jail has its own IP address and cannot see any files outside of the jail. Perhaps this convinced some tournament admins to use FreeBSD as a NetHack server, not another BSD or Unix. By locking the ssh or telnet server-daemon and NetHack in a jail, should there be a problem in security, the intruder is unable to attack anything outside of the jail.
FreeBSD supports fewer hardware platforms than NetBSD and OpenBSD.
