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Applying GNU to the BSD kernel so that Linux binaries can run. Couple projects have done this.


Debian Gnu/kFreeBSD:

http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/09/10/07/ ... s?from=rss

http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/


Nexenta (focuses on storage):
http://www.nexenta.org/


Other GNU variants:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_variants

FreeBSD package management ( ports ):
http://www.hypexr.org/freebsd_ports_help.php

Thread on graphical pkg_add:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=6869

Ports search engines:
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ports-mgmt.html
http://www.freshports.org/


To install nvidia drivers:
"If you are using FreeBSD versions newer than 5.x, you will need to make sure that the 'compat5x' package is installed."
This is from the 32bit version readme--no idea about the 64bit.