diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 006458d7..1d7da907 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ root@FreeBSD:/ # curl -L "https://github.com/probonopd/furybsd-livecd/releases/d
 ## System Requirements for live media
 
 * 2 GHz dual core processor
-* 4 GiB RAM (system memory for physical and viritualized installs)
+* 4 GiB RAM (system memory for physical and virtualized installs)
 * VGA capable of 1024x768 screen resolution 
 * Either a CD/DVD drive or a USB port for booting the installer media
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 94a8c2d3..d7d240c9 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fi
 VER=$(uname -r | cut -d "-" -f 1) # "12.2" or "13.0"
 MAJOR=$(uname -r | cut -d "." -f 1) # "12" or "13"
 
-# Dwnload from either https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/
+# Download from either https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/
 #                  or https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/
 VERSIONSUFFIX=$(uname -r | cut -d "-" -f 2) # "RELEASE" or "CURRENT"
 FTPDIRECTORY="releases" # "releases" or "snapshots"
diff --git a/overlays/ramdisk/init.sh b/overlays/ramdisk/init.sh
index f91db89c..f84ca557 100644
--- a/overlays/ramdisk/init.sh
+++ b/overlays/ramdisk/init.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if [ "$(kenv use_unionfs)" = "YES" ] ; then
   ## Could we snapshot /usr/local/furybsd/uzip here?
   ## zfs snapshot furybsd@now
   ## results in:
-  ## cannot create shapshots : pool is read-only
+  ## cannot create snapshots : pool is read-only
   
   ## FIXME: The following does NOT seem to work
   ## mkdir /tmp
diff --git a/overlays/uzip/furybsd-live-settings/files/usr/local/bin/furybsd-install b/overlays/uzip/furybsd-live-settings/files/usr/local/bin/furybsd-install
index 4641738b..f09324bc 100755
--- a/overlays/uzip/furybsd-live-settings/files/usr/local/bin/furybsd-install
+++ b/overlays/uzip/furybsd-live-settings/files/usr/local/bin/furybsd-install
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ if [ -n "${INSTALLER_DEVICE}" ] ; then
   echo "Not setting time for now; let's handle this by ntpd and dhcp"
 else
   echo "Environment variable INSTALLER_DEVICE not set, running bsdinstall time"
-  # FIXME: Do we still want this given that we will use ntpd and dhcp timzeones?
+  # FIXME: Do we still want this given that we will use ntpd and dhcp timezones?
   bsdinstall time
 fi
 
diff --git a/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/app b/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/app
index 990f73af..cf2e8a4f 100755
--- a/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/app
+++ b/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/app
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ sudo chroot -u "${USER}" "${CHROOT}" "%EXEC%" "$@"
     # TODO: Handle MIME types and file associations more adequately.
     # Again, it is refreshing to see how straightforward things are in GNUstep compared to XDG,
     # e.g., how easy an application can set the file types it understands, define what those files
-    # are called, and which icons to use to represent them. What is imlemented below is the bare minimum
+    # are called, and which icons to use to represent them. What is implemented below is the bare minimum
     # to get things going. Feel free to implement more.
     nstypes = []
     if mime != None:
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             if desktop_file_candidate == pkg_name + ".desktop":
                 desktop_file = desktop_file_candidate
 
-        # Second, look for desktop files with the nae of the requested packge in reverse-DNS format
+        # Second, look for desktop files with the nae of the requested package in reverse-DNS format
         for desktop_file_candidate in desktop_file_candidates:
             if desktop_file == None:
                 parts = desktop_file_candidate.split(".")
diff --git a/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/desktop2app b/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/desktop2app
index 81063a9e..7d328d2d 100755
--- a/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/desktop2app
+++ b/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/desktop2app
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def d2a(desktopfile, destination, use_generic_name=False, name=None):
     # TODO: Handle MIME types and file associations more adequately.
     # Again, it is refreshing to see how straightforward things are in GNUstep compared to XDG,
     # e.g., how easy an application can set the file types it understands, define what those files
-    # are called, and which icons to use to represent them. What is imlemented below is the bare minimum
+    # are called, and which icons to use to represent them. What is implemented below is the bare minimum
     # to get things going. Feel free to implement more.
     nstypes = []
     if mime != None:
diff --git a/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/start-hello b/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/start-hello
index ff8a6282..4f773c8c 100755
--- a/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/start-hello
+++ b/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/bin/start-hello
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export XDG_DATA_HOME=~/.local/share
 export XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
 export XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
 
-# When 'sudo -A -E <command>' is executed, use this helper appliction to get the password
+# When 'sudo -A -E <command>' is executed, use this helper application to get the password
 export SUDO_ASKPASS=/usr/local/bin/askpass
 # Using sudo.conf resulted in a password dialog when X starts
 
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ dunst &
 # dsbmc
 
 # Variable color temperature
-# without getlalo it would use network locatization from geoclue2,
+# without getlalo it would use network localization from geoclue2,
 # with getlalo it gets the location from /var/db/zoneinfo
-# which we posssibly should set in the Welcome Wizard,
+# which we possibly should set in the Welcome Wizard,
 # but then the color would be wrong for the Welcome Wizard
 # Do not run this if we are running inside a virtual machine
 if [ -z "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" ] ; then
diff --git a/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/etc/slim.conf b/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/etc/slim.conf
index 84db50b1..83c576be 100644
--- a/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/etc/slim.conf
+++ b/overlays/uzip/hello/files/usr/local/etc/slim.conf
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ authfile           /var/run/slim.auth
 # Valid values: true|false
 # hidecursor          false
 
-# This command is executed after a succesful login.
+# This command is executed after a successful login.
 # you can place the %session and %theme variables
 # to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
 # depending of chosen session and slim theme
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ login_cmd           exec start-hello
 # sessionstop_cmd	some command
 
 # Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
-# Note that this can be overriden by the command line
+# Note that this can be overridden by the command line
 # options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
 # daemon	yes
 
diff --git a/overlays/uzip/mountarchive/files/usr/local/bin/mountarchive b/overlays/uzip/mountarchive/files/usr/local/bin/mountarchive
index 6df9327d..76d7f1ba 100755
--- a/overlays/uzip/mountarchive/files/usr/local/bin/mountarchive
+++ b/overlays/uzip/mountarchive/files/usr/local/bin/mountarchive
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class ArchiveMounter(object):
 
         self.p = QtCore.QProcess()
         self.p.setProgram("archivemount")
-        # TODO: perhaps we need something along the lines of modules=iconv,from_code=ISO-8859-2,to_code=utf-8 for Windows compatiblity?
+        # TODO: perhaps we need something along the lines of modules=iconv,from_code=ISO-8859-2,to_code=utf-8 for Windows compatibility?
         args = ['-o', 'readonly,nonempty,allow_root', filename, self.mountpoint]
         print(self.p.program() + " " + " ".join(args))
         self.p.setArguments(args)
diff --git a/settings/packages.hello b/settings/packages.hello
index c03b3df6..b8091798 100644
--- a/settings/packages.hello
+++ b/settings/packages.hello
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ lang/py-qt5-qml
 gstreamer1-plugins-ogg
 gstreamer1-plugins-vorbis
 gstreamer1-plugins-good
-# Required for http streming media, e.g., podcasts
+# Required for http streaming media, e.g., podcasts
 gstreamer1-plugins-soup
 # Required for screencast tool
 screenkey
diff --git a/settings/script.hello b/settings/script.hello
index 4f94ed3c..4820e429 100755
--- a/settings/script.hello
+++ b/settings/script.hello
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ chroot ${uzip} sh -c 'for FILE in $(pkg list font-bh-ttf) ; do rm $FILE ; done'
 chroot ${uzip} sh -c 'for FILE in $(pkg list font-misc-ethiopic) ; do rm $FILE ; done'
 chroot ${uzip} sh -c 'for FILE in $(pkg list font-misc-meltho) ; do rm $FILE ; done'
 # Liberation was released in 2007 by Red Hat, who had commissioned the designs from the 
-# commercial foundry Ascender Corporationn Serif, and Liberation Mono. 
+# commercial foundry Ascender Corporation Serif, and Liberation Mono. 
 # Designed to have the same metrics as the proprietary Monotype fonts 
 # Arial, Times New Roman, and Courier New. Ever since, every Linux desktops looks ugly
 chroot ${uzip} sh -c 'for FILE in $(pkg list liberation-fonts-ttf) ; do rm $FILE ; done'