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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 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.
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.
- 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
Germany
and
Japan.
Another way of accessing the CVS repository bits is via
the anoncvs service
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.
-
FreeBSD-SF (San Francisco FreeBSD User Group) meets semi-monthly
at Silicon Reef. Those interested
in attending should visit the web site or send mail to
the mailing list
- 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.
- BSDHH
(BSD User Group Hamburg) meets on the first
Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm in the Chinese restaurant
Lotosbluete, Loewenstrasse 22 in Hamburg-Eppendorf/Germany.
Most members are FreeBSD users, although users of all BSD flavors
are welcome. Interested people should send mail to
bsdhh@bsdhh.org.
- 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.
- The Brainstorm
users group meets in Wuerzburg, Germany and welcomes all users of
Unix, with some emphasis on helping new users of FreeBSD. They
meet every Monday at 8.00pm in the "Cafe Klug", Muenzstrasse,
Wuerzburg. Mail
bs@rak.franken.de
for more information or follow the Brainstorm link.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
-
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.
FreeBSD Development Projects
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. Follow the links
below to learn more about these exciting projects.
Documentation
Applications
Networking
File system
Kernel, security
Device drivers
Architecture
Misc
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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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