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Mailing lists
Mailing lists
are the primary support channel for FreeBSD
users, with numerous mailing lists covering different
topic areas. When in doubt about what list to post a
question to, post to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG.
You can browse or search
the mailing list
archives at www.freebsd.org.
Several non-English mailing lists are also available:
If you create other freebsd mailing lists,
let us know about them.
Newsgroups
There are a few FreeBSD specific newsgroups, along with
numerous other newsgroups on topics of interest to FreeBSD
users, though the mailing lists remain the most reliable way to
get in touch with the FreeBSD developers. For miscellaneous
FreeBSD discussion, see
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. For important announcements,
see
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce.
The BSD Usenet News Searcher have archives of all
BSD-related Usenet newsgroups from June 1992 onwards.
WEB Resources
Our WEB pages remain one of the best sources of information,
and are also mirrored at many sites around the world. Try connecting to
www.yourcountry.freebsd.org (e.g.
www.de.freebsd.org for
Germany or www.au.freebsd.org
for Australia), or select a mirror from the list on the home page. The same naming convention is
also used for FTP servers.
In addition to the mirrors, several non-English web resources
are available:
For information on recent FreeBSD progress and releases,
see the Newsflash page.
To register to receive the FreeBSD Newsletter and/or subscribe to
the announcement mailing list, please see the
Registration page.
GNATS
Problem Report Database
Current FreeBSD problem reports are tracked using the GNATS database.
Problem reports may also be submitted to the
development team using the
send-pr(1) command on a FreeBSD system or by sending an email
message to freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG.
Please note that
send-pr is preferred since messages sent to the mailing list are
not tracked as official problem reports!
CVS
(the Concurrent Version System) is the tool we use for
keeping our sources under control. Every change (with
accompanying log message explaining its purpose) from
FreeBSD 2.0 to the present is stored here, and can be
easily viewed from here (click on the link). To obtain a
complete copy of the FreeBSD CVS repository or any of the
development branches inside it, you may choose any one of
following options:
- cvsup
if you're looking for on-demand, low overhead access
using a custom utility (written in Modula-3 no less).
- anoncvs
if you're looking
for on-demand access that has higher overhead than cvsup (in
terms of wall time and bytes xferred) but is easier to use for checking
out small pieces of the tree and requires nothing more than the
cvs tools already bundled with FreeBSD.
- CTM if you're looking for very
low overhead, batch-mode access (basically, patches through email)
access.
- The web interface
if you're looking to simply browse the repository in search of a specific
change or file revision.
- Finally, if you've got bandwidth to burn or you prefer / are forced
to use FTP, you can simply mirror the CVS repository from ftp.freebsd.org.
Mirrors of the CVS Repository cgi script are available in
California,
Germany,
Japan and Spain
(English,
Spanish).
User Groups
FreeBSD's widespread popularity has spawned a number of user
groups around the world. If you know of a FreeBSD user group
not listed here, let us know
about it.
Europe
- Denmark The Danish *BSD user group, BSD/DK, is being created. Send
mail subscription request to bsd-dk-request@hotel.prosa.dk. No initial meeting planned yet.
- Duisburg, Germany The Cosmo-Project is a user group
with a difference. Instead of just meeting, they actively develop
projects such as robots. Most users use FreeBSD, but it isn't a
specifically FreeBSD-related group.
- Hamburg, Germany The BSDHH (BSD User Group
Hamburg) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm in the
Chinese restaurant Lotosblüte, Löwenstraße 22 in
Hamburg-Eppendorf. Most members are FreeBSD users, although users of
all BSD flavors are welcome.
- United Kingdom The FreeBSD UKUG (FreeBSD UK User's
Group) exists for the benefit of FreeBSD users in the United Kingdom.
Please follow the link for details.
North America
- Chicago IL The Chicago FreeBSD Users
Group (ChiFUG).
- - Houston TX The HOUFUG (Houston FreeBSD Users
- Group) is now forming. Our first meeting will be on March
- 27th. Please contact Ingrid
- Fuller or join our mailing list. To subscribe, simply send mail to
- majordomo@cityscope.net, with the line "subscribe hou-freebsd
- youremailaddress" as the message body.
+ - Houston TX Houston TX The HOUFUG (Houston FreeBSD Users
+ Group) formed March 1999. Our goal is to promote the awareness and
+ use of FreeBSD Unix to computer users in the Houston area. Our next
+ meeting is Thursday, May 27th,
+ 1999. Please contact Ingrid
+ Fuller or join our mailing list. To subscribe, simply send mail to
+ majordomo@cityscope.net
+ with the line subscribe hou-freebsd emailaddress as the message
+ body.
- Kansas KULUA
(Kansas Unix & Linux Users Association) is a Free Unix user group based
in Lawrence, Kansas, but with users throughout eastern Kansas and
western Missouri. We have about 120 members and meet biweekly. Visit
the web site or email kulua@kulua.org for more
information.
- Los Angeles CA The Yahoo Club
group is a foundation for a Los Angeles based BSD user group.
- New Mexico FUUNM (Free Unix Users of New
Mexico) meets on the 2nd Saturday of the month from 4:30-6:00pm at the
Farris Engineering Center, room 141, University of new Mexico. This is
not specifically a FreeBSD user group, but if you are in the area, your
presence is welcome. The group operates a mailing list (fuunm@astro.phys.unm.edu).
Contact Alan Lundin for more
information.
- Northern Arizona Yavapai Free Unix Users
Group is now forming for *BSD/Linux, etc., users in Northern Arizona.
Please contact Russell Carter (
rcarter@consys.com) for details.
- Phoenix AZ The Phoenix BSD Users group is
fully open for businness. I now have the mailing list setup and ready
to go. If anyone else here is from the phoenix area please feel free to
join in http://bsd.phoenix.az.us.
- Reno NV RUUG (Reno Unix Users Group) meets
monthly in Reno Nevada and discusses the use of FreeBSD and Linux.
Contact Eric Blood or Todd Crenshaw for more
information.
- Rhode Island The Rhode Island Free Unix
Group supports every form of UNIX that can be obtained freely. They can
be contacted at: http://users.tmok.com/~rifug or
by e-mail at:
rifug@entropy.tmok.com
- San Francisco Bay Area BAFUG (Bay Area FreeBSD Users Group)
meets semi-monthly at Silicon Reef.
Those interested in attending should visit the web site or send mail to
the mailing list
- Seattle WA The Seattle FreeBSD Users Group (SeaFUG)
meets on a monthly basis. Those interested in attending should vist the
web site or contact Bill Swingle
for more info.
- Tucson AZ TFUG: Tucson Free Unix Group, Arizona.
- Washington DC (DC Metropolitan Area) FreeBSD
User Group is now forming. Please contact Richard Cramer, Sytex Access
Ltd. at 703-425-2515, or preferred, email at rcramer@sytex.net to be put on a
member distribution list. Initial meeting to be held in May.
- Windsor, Ontario The Windsor Unix Users Group
(Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is now forming for *BSD, Solaris, SCO, etc.
This is not specifically a FreeBSD user group, but we do already have
members running FreeBSD. The group operates a mailing list
(wuug-list@unixpower.org). More information can be found by going to
the web site for WUUG, which is located at http://unix.windsor.on.ca/
- Wisconsin FreeBSD-Milwaukee Wisconsin
meets occasionally and has a mailing list: freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net. send
mail to freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net
to subscribe.
Rest of the world
- Brisbane, Australia
HUMBUG (Home Unix Machine - Brisbane User Group)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Mailing lists are handled by
majordomo@humbug.org.au - announce, general
and chat.. More information at the web page.
Meetings are held fortnightly at the University of Queensland.
Contact president@humbug.org.au
for further information.
- Israel The Israeli BSD Users Group is an
effort to promote the use of *BSD throught the country, and to act as a
center of information for all BSD users. It is currently run by FreeBSD
users, but all users of bsd Variants are welcome aboard. We have a
mailing list, hosted at bsd-il@osem.co.il. To subscribe,
simply send mail to majordomo@osem.co.il, with the
line "subscribe bsd-il" as the message body.
- New Zealand The New Zealand FreeBSD User's
group is located in Wellington. No meetings have been scheduled
yet.
- South Australia The South Australian FreeBSD Users
Group (SAFUG) was formed in April 1999 and has yet to have an
inaugural meeting. If you're in the Adelaide area, or just plain
curious, check out the web site, or send mail to Christine Jaeger with your details
(and include a picture if you're brave!)
- Sydney, Australia The BSD User Group, Sydney (BUGS)
was formed in April 1999 and will have its first meeting on Sunday 16
May at midday at the Kwantung Palace Chinese restaurant on the corner of
Government Rd (off Pacific Highway) and Pound Rd, Hornsby, approximately
100m south of Hornsby Station. Be there, eat, get to know each other
and plan the rest of your lives.
In addition to the mainstream development path of FreeBSD, a number
of developer groups are working on the cutting edge to expand
FreeBSD's range of applications in new directions.
Security resources available to FreeBSD users:
PGP Key for Security Officers, advisories, patches and mailing lists.
Whether you are just starting out with FreeBSD, or need to
complete a large project, a consultant or two might be your answer.
General UNIX Information
The X Window System
- The XFree86
Project provides users of a variety of Intel based
Unix systems, including FreeBSD, with an excellent X
Window system.
- The WINE project is working to provide the ability to
run MS-Windows software on Intel based Unix systems such
as FreeBSD, NetBSD and Linux. More information is
available from the WINE FAQ.
Hardware
- The comp.answers pc-hardware-faq is a great
reference for people building their own machines.
- Laptop users looking for PCCARD (aka PCMCIA) support not already
provided in the FreeBSD base distribution should see the
PAO distribution
page for the latest and greatest experimental laptop support.
- Intel Secrets -- What
Intel Doesn't Want You To Know - lots of information
about Intel chips.
- Aad
Offerman's Chip List - reference material on chips
used in PC clones.
- ASUS makes
motherboards that work well with FreeBSD.
- The FreeBSD hardware guide makes
some specific recommendations for hardware that's known to work well
with FreeBSD.
Related Operating System Projects
- NetBSD
is another free 4.4BSD-Lite based operating system which
runs on several different architectures.
- OpenBSD
is another 4.4BSD derivative.
- Linux is
another free Unix-like system.
- Lites
is a 4.4 BSD Lite based server and emulation library that
provides free unix functionality to a Mach based
system.
- The GNU
HURD project is another effort to develop a free
Unix-like operating system.
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