FreeBSD is a 4.4BSD-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.