II. Common Tasks
Now that the basics have been covered, this part of the FreeBSD Handbook will discuss
some frequently used features of FreeBSD. These chapters:
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Introduce you to popular and useful desktop applications: browsers, productivity
tools, document viewers, etc.
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Introduce you to a number of multimedia tools available for FreeBSD.
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Explain the process of building a customized FreeBSD kernel, to enable extra
functionality on your system.
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Describe the print system in detail, both for desktop and network-connected printer
setups.
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Show you how to run Linux applications on your FreeBSD system.
Some of these chapters recommend that you do some prior reading, and this is noted in
the synopsis at the beginning of each chapter.