FreeBSD是一份UNIX操作系统，它面向i386、IA-64、PC-98、Alpha/AXP及UltraSPARC平台。它基于加州伯克利大学的4.4 BSD-Lite发布，并带有一些4.4 BSD-Lite2增强。它还非直接地基于William Jolitz的port，这源于加州伯克利大学i386化的“Net/2”也即“386BSD”，尽管386BSD中只有非常少的代码遗留下来。FreeBSD被遍布全世界的公司、Internet服务提供商、研究人员、计算机专家、学生，以及家庭用户用于他们的工作、教学和娱乐之中。
Ken Smith has announced the availability of the first release candidate for FreeBSD 7.1: “FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 is now available, the first of the release candidates. There will be at least one more release candidate before the release so the release itself is likely around three weeks from now – if no new show-stoppers are uncovered during testing. In addition to general testing, we’re looking for information about potential problems with the boot loader. And a late arrival that’s not possible to test without the packages, sysinstall’s issues with excessive disc swapping when installing large sets of packages off the CDROMs should be fixed. Testing to make sure that’s working would be appreciated.” Read the release announcement for more known issues and binary/source upgrade instructions. Download: 7.1-RC1-i386-dvd1.iso.gz (1,808MB, MD5), 7.1-RC1-amd64-dvd1.iso.gz (1,806MB, MD5).
