FreeBSD Power Pak 4.2

by WINDRIVER

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000056WAS
• Item model number: BSD4.2-RB
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,223 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This package includes four CD-ROMS of FreeBSD, six CD-ROMS of FreeBSD Toolkit programs, and the Complete FreeBSD, Third Edition reference manual.

You get a complete working system, including the original, industrial-strength Berkeley TCP/IP network stack, and a rich range of additional networking software, such as PPP, Network Address Translation, firewall capability, multiprotocol routing, and more. There is also a wide selection of Web servers, browsers, e-mail and Internet News software, and network servers for Unix, Microsoft, and Macintosh network environments. The full source code for the entire system is provided, including the kernel and all applications. And there are over 2,000 third-party software packages, including editors, text formatters, system utilities, games, program development tools, window managers, applications, and more.

The package comes with the industry-standard X Window System (X11R6) for the PC, XFree86. You also get a rich set of ready-to-run X applications and environments, including GNOME, KDE, Netscape, Open Look, Tcl/Tk, and hundreds more. There is a complete development environment with Sun's JDK, GNU C, C++, and egcs compilers, and gdb debugger. There are over 4,000 applications in all.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Feels Nice, February 3, 2001

By 

Mick Ryan (Englewood, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FreeBSD Power Pak 4.2 (CD-ROM)

Bought the powerpack and I was very impressed after installation. it was the only system besides Win2k to recognize my CD-RW correctly an both of my Ethernet adapters. It feels very stable and rocksolid, doesnt have that patched together feel that some *nix Operating Environments have. The installation was the same as in 4.0 but seemed a litte quicker the way it done things. Setting it up was very easy to do and getting it running was a no-brainer. I am impressed with the package management features it has in the /stand/sysinstall program. Another great aspect of not just FreeBSD but other BSD's is the ports collection. it contains all kinds of different software to make your system that much better Overall I gave it 4 stars because there is room for improvement. But keep up the great work!