FreeBSD is a 4.4 BSD Lite based operating system for Intel architecture (x86) based PCs. For an overview of FreeBSD, see FreeBSD in a nutshell . For a history of the project, read a brief history of FreeBSD . To see a description of the latest release, read about the current release . If you're interested in contributing something to the FreeBSD project (code, equipment, sacks of unmarked bills), please see about contributing to FreeBSD .