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<ul>
<li><a href="#mailing-list">Mailing lists</a></li>
<li><a href="#newsgroups">Newsgroups</a></li>
<li><a href="#web">WEB Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="#gnats">GNATS Problem Report Database</a></li>
<li><a href="#cvs">CVS Repository</a></li>
<li><a href="#user">User Groups</a></li>
<li><a href="#development">FreeBSD Development Projects</a></li>
<li><a href="#security">FreeBSD Security Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="#consulting">Commercial Consulting Services</a></li>
<li><a href="#general">General UNIX Information</a></li>
<li><a href="#xwin">The X Window System</a></li>
<li><a href="#hardware">Hardware</a></li>
<li><a href="#related">Related Operating System Projects</a></li>
</ul>
<a name="mailing-list"></a>
<h2>Mailing lists</h2>
<p><a href="&base/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">Mailing lists</a>
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 <a
href="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
You can <strong><A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/mail/">browse</a></strong> or <strong><a href="&base/search/search.html">search</a></strong>
the mailing list
archives at <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">www.freebsd.org.</a></p>
<p>Several non-English mailing lists are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Czech</> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@freebsd.cz">majordomo@freebsd.cz</a></>
<li><strong>German</> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@de.freebsd.org">majordomo@de.freebsd.org</a> or
<a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/de/mailinglists.html">WWW</a>.
<li><strong>French</> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@freebsd.francenet.fr">majordomo@freebsd.francenet.fr</a>
or <a href="http://www.freebsd-fr.org/">WWW</a>.
<li><strong>French</strong> -- <a
href="http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/bsd.html">BSD.fr</a>. Please contact
<a href="mailto:malartre@aei.ca"> Malartre</a> for more information.
</li>
<li><strong>Hungarian</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@hu.freebsd.org">majordomo@hu.freebsd.org</a></>
<li><strong>Indonesian</> -- <a href="mailto:id-freebsd-subscribe@freebsd.or.id">id-freebsd-subscribe@freebsd.or.id</a></>
<li><strong>Japanese</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@jp.freebsd.org">majordomo@jp.freebsd.org</a></>
<li><strong>Korean</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@kr.freebsd.org">majordomo@kr.freebsd.org</a>
or <a href="http://www.kr.freebsd.org/support.shtml#mailing-list">WWW</A>
<li><strong>Polish</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@pap.waw.pl">majordomo@pap.waw.pl</a></>
<li><strong>Portuguese</> -- <a href="http://www.br.freebsd.org/list.html">WWW</a>
or <a href="mailto:listproc@br.freebsd.org">listproc@br.freebsd.org</a></>
<li><strong>Slovakian</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@sk.freebsd.org">majordomo@sk.freebsd.org</a></>
<li><strong>Spanish</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@es.freebsd.org">majordomo@es.freebsd.org</a></>
</ul>
<p>If you create other freebsd mailing lists,
<a href="&base/mailto.html">let us know about them</a>.</p>
<a name="newsgroups"></a>
<h2>Newsgroups</h2>
<p>There are a few FreeBSD specific <a
href="&base/handbook/eresources-news.html">newsgroups</a>, 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 <a href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</a>. For important announcements,
see <a href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/BSD-info/bsdnews_search.html">
The BSD Usenet News Searcher</a> have archives of all
BSD-related Usenet newsgroups from June 1992 onwards.
</p>
<a name="web"></a>
<h2>WEB Resources</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>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.<b>yourcountry</b>.freebsd.org (e.g.
<a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/">www.de.freebsd.org</a> for
Germany or <a href="http://www.au.freebsd.org/">www.au.freebsd.org</a>
for Australia), or select a mirror from the list on the <a
href="&base/index.html">home page</>. The same naming convention is
also used for <b>FTP</b> servers.</p>
<p>In addition to the mirrors, several non-English web resources
are available:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.cz.freebsd.org/">Czech</a></>
<li><a href="zh/FAQ/FAQ.html">Chinese FAQ</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/de/">German</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.hu.freebsd.org/hu/">Hungarian</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.or.id">Indonesian</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/">Japanese</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.kr.freebsd.org/">Korean</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org.pl">Polish</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.br.freebsd.org/">Portuguese</a> (<a
href="http://www2.br.freebsd.org/">mirror</a>)</>
<li><a href="http://www.sk.freebsd.org/">Slovakian</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.es.freebsd.org/es/">Spanish</a>, <a href="es/FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org.ru/">Russian</a>,
<a href="ru/FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a></>
</ul>
<p></p>
</li>
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<li><p>For information on recent FreeBSD progress and releases,
see the <a href="news/newsflash.html">Newsflash</a> page.</p></li>
<li><p>To register to receive the FreeBSD Newsletter and/or subscribe to
the announcement mailing list, please see the
<a href="./register.html">Registration</a> page.</p>
<a name="pr"></a></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="gnats"
href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/csinfo/texinfo/gnats/gnats.html">GNATS</a>
Problem Report Database</h2>
<p>Current FreeBSD problem reports are tracked using the GNATS database.<p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi">View
the open problem reports</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi">
View a problem report by tracker id</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?query">
Formulate a specific query</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">Submit a Problem
Report</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Problem reports may also be submitted to the
development team using the <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">
send-pr(1)</a> command on a FreeBSD system or by sending an email
message to <a href="mailto:freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
Please note that <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">
send-pr</a> is preferred since messages sent to the mailing list are
<em>not</em> tracked as official problem reports!
<a name="cvs"></a>
<h2><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">CVS Repository</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?cvs">CVS</a>
(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:
<ul>
<li><a href="handbook/synching.html#CVSUP">cvsup</a>
if you're looking for on-demand, low overhead access
using a custom utility (written in Modula-3 no less).</li>
<li><a name="anoncvs" href="handbook/synching.html#ANONCVS">anoncvs</a>
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.</li>
<li><a href="handbook/synching.html#CTM">CTM</a> if you're looking for very
low overhead, batch-mode access (basically, patches through email)
access.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">web interface</a>
if you're looking to simply browse the repository in search of a specific
change or file revision.</li>
<li>Finally, if you've got bandwidth to burn or you prefer / are forced
to use FTP, you can simply mirror the CVS repository from <a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/FreeBSD-CVS">ftp.freebsd.org</a>.
</li>
</ul>
<p>Mirrors of the CVS Repository cgi script are available in
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">California</a>,
<a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">Germany</a>,
<a href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">
Japan</a> and Spain
(<a href="http://www.es.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">English</a>,
<a href="http://www.es.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb-es.cgi">Spanish</a>).
</p>
<a name="user"></a>
<h2>User Groups</h2>
<p>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, <a href="mailto:www@freebsd.org">let us know</a>
about it.</p>
<h3>Europe</h3>
<ul><li><font color=blue>Denmark</font> The Danish *BSD user group, <A
HREF="http://hotel.prosa.dk/bsd-dk/">BSD/DK</A>, is being created. Send
mail subscription request to <A
href="mailto:bsd-dk-request@hotel.prosa.dk"
>bsd-dk-request@hotel.prosa.dk</A>. No initial meeting planned yet.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Hamburg, Germany</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.bsdhh.org/bsdhh-faq.en.html">BSDHH</a> (BSD User Group
Hamburg) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm in the
Chinese restaurant <em>Lotosbl�te</em>, L�wenstra�e 22 in
Hamburg-Eppendorf. Most members are FreeBSD users, although users of
all BSD flavors are welcome. <p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>United Kingdom</font> The <a
href="http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD UKUG</a> (FreeBSD UK User's
Group) exists for the benefit of FreeBSD users in the United Kingdom.
Please follow the link for details. <p></p></li>
</ul>
<h3>North America</h3>
<ul>
<li><font color=blue>Chicago IL</font> The <a
href="http://pages.ripco.com/~aphor/ChiFUG.html"> Chicago FreeBSD Users
Group</a> (ChiFUG). <p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Houston TX</font> The <a
href="http://www.cityscope.net/~houfug/">HOUFUG (Houston FreeBSD Users
Group)</a> is now forming. Our first meeting will be on March
27th. Please contact <a href="mailto:houfug@cityscope.net">Ingrid
Fuller</a> 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. <p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Kansas</font> <a href="http://kulua.org/">KULUA</a>
(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 <a
href="mailto://kulua@kulua.org">kulua@kulua.org</a> for more
information. <p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Los Angeles CA</font> The <a
href="http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/bsdusersoflosangeles"> Yahoo Club</a>
group is a foundation for a Los Angeles based BSD user group.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>New Mexico</font> 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 (<a
href="mailto:fuunm@astro.phys.unm.edu">fuunm@astro.phys.unm.edu</a>).
Contact <a href="mailto:alan@lundin.abq.nm.us">Alan Lundin</a> for more
information.<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Northern Arizona</font> Yavapai Free Unix Users
Group is now forming for *BSD/Linux, etc., users in Northern Arizona.
Please contact Russell Carter (<a href="mailto:rcarter@consys.com">
rcarter@consys.com</a>) for details. <p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Phoenix AZ</font> 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 <a href="http://bsd.phoenix.az.us">http://bsd.phoenix.az.us</a>.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Reno NV</font> RUUG (Reno Unix Users Group) meets
monthly in Reno Nevada and discusses the use of FreeBSD and Linux.
Contact <a href="mailto:eblood@cs.unr.edu">Eric Blood</a> or <a
href="mailto:todd@crenshaw.reno.nv.us">Todd Crenshaw</a> for more
information.<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Rhode Island</font> The Rhode Island Free Unix
Group supports every form of UNIX that can be obtained freely. They can
be contacted at: <A
HREF="http://users.tmok.com/~rifug">http://users.tmok.com/~rifug </A> or
by e-mail at: <A HREF="mailto:rifug@entropy.tmok.com">
rifug@entropy.tmok.com</A><p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>San Francisco Bay Area</font> <A
HREF="http://www.bafug.org"> BAFUG</A> (Bay Area FreeBSD Users Group)
meets semi-monthly at <A HREF="http://www.reef.com/">Silicon Reef</A>.
Those interested in attending should visit the web site or send mail to
<A HREF="mailto:freebsd-sf@arachna.com">the mailing list</A><p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Seattle WA</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.seafug.org/"> Seattle FreeBSD Users Group </A> (SeaFUG)
meets on a monthly basis. Those interested in attending should vist the
web site or contact <A HREF="MAILTO:unfurl@seafug.org"> Bill Swingle
</A> for more info.<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Tucson AZ</font> <a
href="http://www.tfug.org/">TFUG</a>: Tucson Free Unix Group, Arizona.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Washington DC</font> (DC Metropolitan Area) FreeBSD
User Group is now forming. Please contact Richard Cramer, Sytex Access
Ltd. at 703-425-2515, or preferred, email at <a
href="mailto:rcramer@sytex.net">rcramer@sytex.net</a> to be put on a
member distribution list. Initial meeting to be held in May.<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Windsor, Ontario</font> 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 <a
href="http://unix.windsor.on.ca/">http://unix.windsor.on.ca/</a>
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Wisconsin</font> <a
href="http://www.sol.net/freebsd-mke/">FreeBSD-Milwaukee</a> Wisconsin
meets occasionally and has a mailing list: <a
href="mailto:freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net">freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net</a>. send
mail to <a
href="mailto:freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net">freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net</a>
to subscribe.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h3>Rest of the world</h3>
<ul>
<li><font color=blue>Brisbane, Australia</font>
<a href="http://www.humbug.org.au/">
HUMBUG (Home Unix Machine - Brisbane User Group)</a>
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Mailing lists are handled by <a href="mailto:majordomo@humbug.org.au">
majordomo@humbug.org.au</a> - announce, general
and chat.. More information at the web page.
Meetings are held fortnightly at the University of Queensland.
Contact <a href="mailto:president@humbug.org.au">president@humbug.org.au</a>
for further information.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Israel</font> 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 run by us, currently FreeBSD users. However, All *BSD
Variants users are welcome aboard. We have a mailing list, hosted
at bsd-il@osem.co.il. To subscribe, simply send mail to <a
href="mailto:majordomo@osem.co.il">majordomo@osem.co.il</a>, with
the line "subscribe bsd-il" as the message body. <p></p></li>
+ <li><font color=blue>New Zealand</font> The <a
+ href="http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org">New Zealand FreeBSD User's
+ group</a> is located in Wellington. No meetings have been scheduled
+ yet.<p></p></li>
+
<li><font color=blue>South Australia</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.knfpub.com/safug/">South Australian FreeBSD Users
Group</A> (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 <a
href="mailto:cjag@knfpub.com">Christine Jaeger</a> with your details
(and include a picture if you're brave!)
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Sydney, Australia</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.welearn.com.au/bugs/">BSD User Group, Sydney</A> (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.<p></p>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="development"></a>
<h2><a href="projects/projects.html">FreeBSD Development Projects</a></h2>
<p>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.
<h2><a name="security"
href="security/security.html">
FreeBSD Security Guide</a></h2>
Security resources available to FreeBSD users:
PGP Key for Security Officers, advisories, patches and mailing lists.
<h2><a name="consulting" href="commercial/consulting.html">
Commercial Consulting Services</a></h2>
Whether you are just starting out with FreeBSD, or need to
complete a large project, a consultant or two might be your answer.
<p></p>
<a name="general"></a>
<h2>General UNIX Information</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/unix.html">The UNIX
Reference Desk</a> at Northwestern University</li>
<li><a
href="http://www2.shore.net/~jblaine/vault/">Jeff's
Unix Vault</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ugu.com/">Unix Guru
Universe</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ora.com/">O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unixpower.org">Unix Power</a></li>
</ul>
<a name="xwin"></a>
<h2>The X Window System</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.xfree86.org/">The XFree86
Project</a> provides users of a variety of Intel based
Unix systems, including FreeBSD, with an excellent X
Window system.</li>
<li>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 <a href="http://www.asgardpro.com/wine/">WINE FAQ</a>.</li>
</ul>
<a name="hardware"></a>
<h2>Hardware</h2>
<ul>
<li>The <em>comp.answers</em> <a href="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/answers/pc-hardware-faq">pc-hardware-faq</a> is a great
reference for people building their own machines.</li>
<li>Laptop users looking for PCCARD (aka PCMCIA) support not already
provided in the FreeBSD base distribution should see the
<a href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO/">PAO</a> distribution
page for the latest and greatest experimental laptop support.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.x86.org/">Intel Secrets -- What
Intel Doesn't Want You To Know</a> - lots of information
about Intel chips.</li>
<li><a
href="http://einstein.et.tudelft.nl/~offerman/chiplist.html">Aad
Offerman's Chip List</a> - reference material on chips
used in PC clones.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.asus.com.tw/">ASUS</a> makes
motherboards that work well with FreeBSD.</li>
<li>The FreeBSD <a href="handbook/hw.html">hardware guide</a> makes
some specific recommendations for hardware that's known to work well
with FreeBSD.</li>
</ul>
<a name="related"></a>
<h2>Related Operating System Projects</h2>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.netbsd.org/"><strong>NetBSD</strong></a>
is another free 4.4BSD-Lite based operating system which
runs on several different architectures.</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.openbsd.org/"><strong>OpenBSD</strong></a>
is another 4.4BSD derivative.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.linux.org/"><strong>Linux</strong></a> is
another free Unix-like system.</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.cs.hut.fi/~jvh/lites.html"><strong>Lites</strong></a>
is a 4.4 BSD Lite based server and emulation library that
provides free unix functionality to a Mach based
system.</li>
<li>The <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html"><strong>GNU
HURD</strong></a> project is another effort to develop a free
Unix-like operating system.</li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="#mailing-list">Mailing lists</a></li>
<li><a href="#newsgroups">Newsgroups</a></li>
<li><a href="#web">WEB Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="#gnats">GNATS Problem Report Database</a></li>
<li><a href="#cvs">CVS Repository</a></li>
<li><a href="#user">User Groups</a></li>
<li><a href="#development">FreeBSD Development Projects</a></li>
<li><a href="#security">FreeBSD Security Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="#consulting">Commercial Consulting Services</a></li>
<li><a href="#general">General UNIX Information</a></li>
<li><a href="#xwin">The X Window System</a></li>
<li><a href="#hardware">Hardware</a></li>
<li><a href="#related">Related Operating System Projects</a></li>
</ul>
<a name="mailing-list"></a>
<h2>Mailing lists</h2>
<p><a href="&base/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">Mailing lists</a>
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 <a
href="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
You can <strong><A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/mail/">browse</a></strong> or <strong><a href="&base/search/search.html">search</a></strong>
the mailing list
archives at <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">www.freebsd.org.</a></p>
<p>Several non-English mailing lists are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Czech</> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@freebsd.cz">majordomo@freebsd.cz</a></>
<li><strong>German</> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@de.freebsd.org">majordomo@de.freebsd.org</a> or
<a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/de/mailinglists.html">WWW</a>.
<li><strong>French</> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@freebsd.francenet.fr">majordomo@freebsd.francenet.fr</a>
or <a href="http://www.freebsd-fr.org/">WWW</a>.
<li><strong>French</strong> -- <a
href="http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/bsd.html">BSD.fr</a>. Please contact
<a href="mailto:malartre@aei.ca"> Malartre</a> for more information.
</li>
<li><strong>Hungarian</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@hu.freebsd.org">majordomo@hu.freebsd.org</a></>
<li><strong>Indonesian</> -- <a href="mailto:id-freebsd-subscribe@freebsd.or.id">id-freebsd-subscribe@freebsd.or.id</a></>
<li><strong>Japanese</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@jp.freebsd.org">majordomo@jp.freebsd.org</a></>
<li><strong>Korean</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@kr.freebsd.org">majordomo@kr.freebsd.org</a>
or <a href="http://www.kr.freebsd.org/support.shtml#mailing-list">WWW</A>
<li><strong>Polish</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@pap.waw.pl">majordomo@pap.waw.pl</a></>
<li><strong>Portuguese</> -- <a href="http://www.br.freebsd.org/list.html">WWW</a>
or <a href="mailto:listproc@br.freebsd.org">listproc@br.freebsd.org</a></>
<li><strong>Slovakian</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@sk.freebsd.org">majordomo@sk.freebsd.org</a></>
<li><strong>Spanish</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@es.freebsd.org">majordomo@es.freebsd.org</a></>
</ul>
<p>If you create other freebsd mailing lists,
<a href="&base/mailto.html">let us know about them</a>.</p>
<a name="newsgroups"></a>
<h2>Newsgroups</h2>
<p>There are a few FreeBSD specific <a
href="&base/handbook/eresources-news.html">newsgroups</a>, 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 <a href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</a>. For important announcements,
see <a href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/BSD-info/bsdnews_search.html">
The BSD Usenet News Searcher</a> have archives of all
BSD-related Usenet newsgroups from June 1992 onwards.
</p>
<a name="web"></a>
<h2>WEB Resources</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>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.<b>yourcountry</b>.freebsd.org (e.g.
<a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/">www.de.freebsd.org</a> for
Germany or <a href="http://www.au.freebsd.org/">www.au.freebsd.org</a>
for Australia), or select a mirror from the list on the <a
href="&base/index.html">home page</>. The same naming convention is
also used for <b>FTP</b> servers.</p>
<p>In addition to the mirrors, several non-English web resources
are available:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.cz.freebsd.org/">Czech</a></>
<li><a href="zh/FAQ/FAQ.html">Chinese FAQ</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/de/">German</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.hu.freebsd.org/hu/">Hungarian</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.or.id">Indonesian</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/">Japanese</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.kr.freebsd.org/">Korean</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org.pl">Polish</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.br.freebsd.org/">Portuguese</a> (<a
href="http://www2.br.freebsd.org/">mirror</a>)</>
<li><a href="http://www.sk.freebsd.org/">Slovakian</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.es.freebsd.org/es/">Spanish</a>, <a href="es/FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org.ru/">Russian</a>,
<a href="ru/FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a></>
</ul>
<p></p>
</li>
<!--
http://www.tw.freebsd.org/ Local language
-->
<li><p>For information on recent FreeBSD progress and releases,
see the <a href="news/newsflash.html">Newsflash</a> page.</p></li>
<li><p>To register to receive the FreeBSD Newsletter and/or subscribe to
the announcement mailing list, please see the
<a href="./register.html">Registration</a> page.</p>
<a name="pr"></a></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="gnats"
href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/csinfo/texinfo/gnats/gnats.html">GNATS</a>
Problem Report Database</h2>
<p>Current FreeBSD problem reports are tracked using the GNATS database.<p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi">View
the open problem reports</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi">
View a problem report by tracker id</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?query">
Formulate a specific query</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">Submit a Problem
Report</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Problem reports may also be submitted to the
development team using the <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">
send-pr(1)</a> command on a FreeBSD system or by sending an email
message to <a href="mailto:freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
Please note that <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">
send-pr</a> is preferred since messages sent to the mailing list are
<em>not</em> tracked as official problem reports!
<a name="cvs"></a>
<h2><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">CVS Repository</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?cvs">CVS</a>
(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:
<ul>
<li><a href="handbook/synching.html#CVSUP">cvsup</a>
if you're looking for on-demand, low overhead access
using a custom utility (written in Modula-3 no less).</li>
<li><a name="anoncvs" href="handbook/synching.html#ANONCVS">anoncvs</a>
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.</li>
<li><a href="handbook/synching.html#CTM">CTM</a> if you're looking for very
low overhead, batch-mode access (basically, patches through email)
access.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">web interface</a>
if you're looking to simply browse the repository in search of a specific
change or file revision.</li>
<li>Finally, if you've got bandwidth to burn or you prefer / are forced
to use FTP, you can simply mirror the CVS repository from <a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/FreeBSD-CVS">ftp.freebsd.org</a>.
</li>
</ul>
<p>Mirrors of the CVS Repository cgi script are available in
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">California</a>,
<a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">Germany</a>,
<a href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">
Japan</a> and Spain
(<a href="http://www.es.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">English</a>,
<a href="http://www.es.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb-es.cgi">Spanish</a>).
</p>
<a name="user"></a>
<h2>User Groups</h2>
<p>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, <a href="mailto:www@freebsd.org">let us know</a>
about it.</p>
<h3>Europe</h3>
<ul><li><font color=blue>Denmark</font> The Danish *BSD user group, <A
HREF="http://hotel.prosa.dk/bsd-dk/">BSD/DK</A>, is being created. Send
mail subscription request to <A
href="mailto:bsd-dk-request@hotel.prosa.dk"
>bsd-dk-request@hotel.prosa.dk</A>. No initial meeting planned yet.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Hamburg, Germany</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.bsdhh.org/bsdhh-faq.en.html">BSDHH</a> (BSD User Group
Hamburg) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm in the
Chinese restaurant <em>Lotosbl�te</em>, L�wenstra�e 22 in
Hamburg-Eppendorf. Most members are FreeBSD users, although users of
all BSD flavors are welcome. <p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>United Kingdom</font> The <a
href="http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD UKUG</a> (FreeBSD UK User's
Group) exists for the benefit of FreeBSD users in the United Kingdom.
Please follow the link for details. <p></p></li>
</ul>
<h3>North America</h3>
<ul>
<li><font color=blue>Chicago IL</font> The <a
href="http://pages.ripco.com/~aphor/ChiFUG.html"> Chicago FreeBSD Users
Group</a> (ChiFUG). <p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Houston TX</font> The <a
href="http://www.cityscope.net/~houfug/">HOUFUG (Houston FreeBSD Users
Group)</a> is now forming. Our first meeting will be on March
27th. Please contact <a href="mailto:houfug@cityscope.net">Ingrid
Fuller</a> 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. <p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Kansas</font> <a href="http://kulua.org/">KULUA</a>
(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 <a
href="mailto://kulua@kulua.org">kulua@kulua.org</a> for more
information. <p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Los Angeles CA</font> The <a
href="http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/bsdusersoflosangeles"> Yahoo Club</a>
group is a foundation for a Los Angeles based BSD user group.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>New Mexico</font> 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 (<a
href="mailto:fuunm@astro.phys.unm.edu">fuunm@astro.phys.unm.edu</a>).
Contact <a href="mailto:alan@lundin.abq.nm.us">Alan Lundin</a> for more
information.<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Northern Arizona</font> Yavapai Free Unix Users
Group is now forming for *BSD/Linux, etc., users in Northern Arizona.
Please contact Russell Carter (<a href="mailto:rcarter@consys.com">
rcarter@consys.com</a>) for details. <p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Phoenix AZ</font> 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 <a href="http://bsd.phoenix.az.us">http://bsd.phoenix.az.us</a>.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Reno NV</font> RUUG (Reno Unix Users Group) meets
monthly in Reno Nevada and discusses the use of FreeBSD and Linux.
Contact <a href="mailto:eblood@cs.unr.edu">Eric Blood</a> or <a
href="mailto:todd@crenshaw.reno.nv.us">Todd Crenshaw</a> for more
information.<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Rhode Island</font> The Rhode Island Free Unix
Group supports every form of UNIX that can be obtained freely. They can
be contacted at: <A
HREF="http://users.tmok.com/~rifug">http://users.tmok.com/~rifug </A> or
by e-mail at: <A HREF="mailto:rifug@entropy.tmok.com">
rifug@entropy.tmok.com</A><p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>San Francisco Bay Area</font> <A
HREF="http://www.bafug.org"> BAFUG</A> (Bay Area FreeBSD Users Group)
meets semi-monthly at <A HREF="http://www.reef.com/">Silicon Reef</A>.
Those interested in attending should visit the web site or send mail to
<A HREF="mailto:freebsd-sf@arachna.com">the mailing list</A><p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Seattle WA</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.seafug.org/"> Seattle FreeBSD Users Group </A> (SeaFUG)
meets on a monthly basis. Those interested in attending should vist the
web site or contact <A HREF="MAILTO:unfurl@seafug.org"> Bill Swingle
</A> for more info.<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Tucson AZ</font> <a
href="http://www.tfug.org/">TFUG</a>: Tucson Free Unix Group, Arizona.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Washington DC</font> (DC Metropolitan Area) FreeBSD
User Group is now forming. Please contact Richard Cramer, Sytex Access
Ltd. at 703-425-2515, or preferred, email at <a
href="mailto:rcramer@sytex.net">rcramer@sytex.net</a> to be put on a
member distribution list. Initial meeting to be held in May.<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Windsor, Ontario</font> 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 <a
href="http://unix.windsor.on.ca/">http://unix.windsor.on.ca/</a>
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Wisconsin</font> <a
href="http://www.sol.net/freebsd-mke/">FreeBSD-Milwaukee</a> Wisconsin
meets occasionally and has a mailing list: <a
href="mailto:freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net">freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net</a>. send
mail to <a
href="mailto:freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net">freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net</a>
to subscribe.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h3>Rest of the world</h3>
<ul>
<li><font color=blue>Brisbane, Australia</font>
<a href="http://www.humbug.org.au/">
HUMBUG (Home Unix Machine - Brisbane User Group)</a>
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Mailing lists are handled by <a href="mailto:majordomo@humbug.org.au">
majordomo@humbug.org.au</a> - announce, general
and chat.. More information at the web page.
Meetings are held fortnightly at the University of Queensland.
Contact <a href="mailto:president@humbug.org.au">president@humbug.org.au</a>
for further information.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Israel</font> 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 run by us, currently FreeBSD users. However, All *BSD
Variants users are welcome aboard. We have a mailing list, hosted
at bsd-il@osem.co.il. To subscribe, simply send mail to <a
href="mailto:majordomo@osem.co.il">majordomo@osem.co.il</a>, with
the line "subscribe bsd-il" as the message body. <p></p></li>
+ <li><font color=blue>New Zealand</font> The <a
+ href="http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org">New Zealand FreeBSD User's
+ group</a> is located in Wellington. No meetings have been scheduled
+ yet.<p></p></li>
+
<li><font color=blue>South Australia</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.knfpub.com/safug/">South Australian FreeBSD Users
Group</A> (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 <a
href="mailto:cjag@knfpub.com">Christine Jaeger</a> with your details
(and include a picture if you're brave!)
<p></p></li>
<li><font color=blue>Sydney, Australia</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.welearn.com.au/bugs/">BSD User Group, Sydney</A> (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.<p></p>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="development"></a>
<h2><a href="projects/projects.html">FreeBSD Development Projects</a></h2>
<p>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.
<h2><a name="security"
href="security/security.html">
FreeBSD Security Guide</a></h2>
Security resources available to FreeBSD users:
PGP Key for Security Officers, advisories, patches and mailing lists.
<h2><a name="consulting" href="commercial/consulting.html">
Commercial Consulting Services</a></h2>
Whether you are just starting out with FreeBSD, or need to
complete a large project, a consultant or two might be your answer.
<p></p>
<a name="general"></a>
<h2>General UNIX Information</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/unix.html">The UNIX
Reference Desk</a> at Northwestern University</li>
<li><a
href="http://www2.shore.net/~jblaine/vault/">Jeff's
Unix Vault</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ugu.com/">Unix Guru
Universe</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ora.com/">O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unixpower.org">Unix Power</a></li>
</ul>
<a name="xwin"></a>
<h2>The X Window System</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.xfree86.org/">The XFree86
Project</a> provides users of a variety of Intel based
Unix systems, including FreeBSD, with an excellent X
Window system.</li>
<li>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 <a href="http://www.asgardpro.com/wine/">WINE FAQ</a>.</li>
</ul>
<a name="hardware"></a>
<h2>Hardware</h2>
<ul>
<li>The <em>comp.answers</em> <a href="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/answers/pc-hardware-faq">pc-hardware-faq</a> is a great
reference for people building their own machines.</li>
<li>Laptop users looking for PCCARD (aka PCMCIA) support not already
provided in the FreeBSD base distribution should see the
<a href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO/">PAO</a> distribution
page for the latest and greatest experimental laptop support.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.x86.org/">Intel Secrets -- What
Intel Doesn't Want You To Know</a> - lots of information
about Intel chips.</li>
<li><a
href="http://einstein.et.tudelft.nl/~offerman/chiplist.html">Aad
Offerman's Chip List</a> - reference material on chips
used in PC clones.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.asus.com.tw/">ASUS</a> makes
motherboards that work well with FreeBSD.</li>
<li>The FreeBSD <a href="handbook/hw.html">hardware guide</a> makes
some specific recommendations for hardware that's known to work well
with FreeBSD.</li>
</ul>
<a name="related"></a>
<h2>Related Operating System Projects</h2>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.netbsd.org/"><strong>NetBSD</strong></a>
is another free 4.4BSD-Lite based operating system which
runs on several different architectures.</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.openbsd.org/"><strong>OpenBSD</strong></a>
is another 4.4BSD derivative.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.linux.org/"><strong>Linux</strong></a> is
another free Unix-like system.</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.cs.hut.fi/~jvh/lites.html"><strong>Lites</strong></a>
is a 4.4 BSD Lite based server and emulation library that
provides free unix functionality to a Mach based
system.</li>
<li>The <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html"><strong>GNU
HURD</strong></a> project is another effort to develop a free
Unix-like operating system.</li>
</ul>
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