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Experience the possibilities with FreeBSD

FreeBSD can handle nearly any task you would expect of a UNIX workstation, as well as many you might not expect:

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FreeBSD is a true open system with full source code.

There is no doubt that so-called open systems are the requirement for today's computing applications. But no commercial vendor-supplied solution is more open than one which includes full source code to the entire operating system, including the kernel plus all of the system daemons, programs, and utilities. You can modify any part of FreeBSD to suit your personal, organizational, or corporate needs.

With its generous licensing policy, you can use FreeBSD as the basis for any number of free or commercial applications.

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FreeBSD runs thousands of applications.

Because FreeBSD is based on 4.4BSD, an industry-standard version of UNIX, it is easy to compile and run programs. FreeBSD also includes an extensive packages collection and ports collection that bring precompiled and easy-to-build software right to your desktop or enterprise server. There is also a growing number of commercial applications written for FreeBSD.

Here are some examples of the environments in which FreeBSD is used:

  • Internet services. Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) find FreeBSD ideal, running WWW, Usenet news, FTP, Email, and other services. Ready-to-run software like the Apache web server or the Wu-ftpd FTP server make it easy to set up a business or community-centered ISP. Of course, with FreeBSD's unbeatable networking, your users will enjoy high speed, reliable services.
  • X Window workstation. From an inexpensive X terminal to an advanced X display, FreeBSD works quite well. Free X software (XFree86) comes with the system. Xi Graphics offers accelerated X software for high-performance graphics hardware (such as Matrox), as well as the industry standard Motif and OpenGL libraries.
  • Networking. From packet filtering to routing to name service, FreeBSD can turn any PC into a Internet firewall, email host, print server, PC/NFS server, and more.
  • Software development. A suite of development tools comes with FreeBSD, including the GNU C/C++ compiler and debugger and the Perl scripting language. Java and Tcl/Tk development are also possible. Popular editors like Xemacs and more esoteric programming languages like Icon work just fine, too. And FreeBSD's shared libraries have always been easy to make and use.
  • Net surfing. A real UNIX workstation makes a great Internet surfboard, and the BSD version of Netscape Navigator with Java support runs on FreeBSD. Surf the web, publish your own web pages, read Usenet news, and send and receive email with a FreeBSD system on your desktop.
  • Education and research.  FreeBSD makes an excellent research platform because it includes complete source code. Students and researchers of operating systems or other computer science fields can benefit greatly from such an open and well-documented system.
  • And much more. Accounting, action games, MIS databases, scientific visualization, video conferencing, Internet relay chat (IRC), home automation, multiuser dungeons, bulletin board systems, image scanning, and more are all real uses for FreeBSD today. If you have an innovative application for FreeBSD, let us know so we can add it to our gallery.
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Though FreeBSD is free software, it is also user supported software. Any questions you have can be posted to hundreds of FreeBSD developers and users simply by e-mailing to the freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG mailing list.

FreeBSD also has a worldwide group of programmers and writers who fix bugs, add new features and document the system. Support for new devices or special features is an almost constant development process, and the team keeps a special eye out for problems which effect system stability. FreeBSD users are quite proud of not only how fast but how reliable their systems are.

What experts have to say . . .

``FreeBSD handles [our] heavy load quite well and it is nothing short of amazing. Salutations to the FreeBSD team.''

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---Mark Hittinger, administrator of WinNet Communications, Inc.

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Availability of FreeBSD

FreeBSD is free and is available for downloading over the Internet or on CD-ROM for a small fee.

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Hardware requirements.

FreeBSD requires a PC-type personal computer running with an Intel, AMD, Cyrix, or compatible 386, 486, or Pentium CPU. You computer needs an ISA, EISA, VESA, or PCI bus. You will also need 5 megabytes of RAM to install FreeBSD (but 4 megabytes to run it after installation). For best performance, you should have 8 megabytes or more. 60MB of disk space is required for a minimal installation.

FreeBSD supports most popular Ethernet adaptors, SCSI controllers, IDE hard drives, multiport serial cards, CD-ROM drives, tape drives, sound cards, mice, and other hardware. See both the Frequently Asked Questions list and the &a.latest.not;release notes for complete information on supported hardware.

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Where to get it.

You can get FreeBSD free via anonymous FTP from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD. You might also want to check a geographically close mirror site.

If you have a CD-ROM drive, you can get FreeBSD on CD-ROM for a modest price from Walnut Creek CDROM:

Walnut Creek CDROM
4041 Pike Lane, Suite F
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Phone: +1 925 674-0783
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Email: info@cdrom.com

In addition to FreeBSD, the CD-ROM comes with hundreds of ready-to-run programs. It is backed by an unconditional money back guarantee.

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About the FreeBSD Project.

FreeBSD is developed and supported by a worldwide team of programmers. Jordan Hubbard, one of the project's founders, has written a brief history of the FreeBSD project. Information about who's responsible for what is also available. If you are curious, take a look at some pictures of the team members. A more complete listing of contributors is available in the Contributors section of the FreeBSD Handbook. FreeBSD is an open project welcomes the help of individuals who have time and or skills to offer.

This "about" section was created by Sean Kelly.

Inside your PC is a daemon waiting to be unleashed. Free it with FreeBSD.

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FreeBSD offers many advanced features.

No matter what the application, you want your system's resources performing at their full potential. FreeBSD's advanced features enable you to do just that.

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A complete operating system based on 4.4BSD.

FreeBSD's distinguished roots derive from the latest BSD software releases from the Computer Systems Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley. The book The Design and Implementation of 4.4BSD Operating System, written by the 4.4BSD system architects, thus describes much of FreeBSD's core functionality in detail.

Drawing on the skills and experience of a diverse and world-wide group of volunteer developers, the FreeBSD Project has worked to extend the feature set of the 4.4BSD operating system in many ways, striving constantly to make each new release of the OS more stable, faster and containing new functionality driven by user requests.

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FreeBSD provides higher performance, greater compatibility with other operating systems and less system administration.

FreeBSD's developers attacked some of the more difficult problems in operating systems design to give you these advanced features:

  • Bounce buffering gets around a limitation in the PC's ISA architecture that limits direct-memory access to the first 16 megabytes.

    Result: systems with more than 16 megabytes operate more efficiently with DMA peripherals on the ISA bus.

  • A merged virtual memory and filesystem buffer cache continuously tunes the amount of memory used for programs and the disk cache.

    Result: programs receive both excellent memory management and high performance disk access, and the system administrator is freed from the task of tuning cache sizes.

  • Compatibility modules enable programs for other operating systems to run on FreeBSD, including programs for Linux, SCO, NetBSD, and BSDI.

    Result: users will not have to recompile programs already compiled for one of the compatible OS's, and will have access to a greater selection of off-the-shelf software, like the Microsoft FrontPage Server extensions for BSDI or WordPerfect for SCO.

  • Dynamically loadable kernel modules allows new filesystem types, networking protocols or binary emulators to be added to the kernel at runtime without having to generate a new kernel image.

    Result: Much time can be saved and 3rd party vendors can deliver complete subsystems as kernel modules without having to distribute source or have lengthy installation procedures.

  • Shared libraries reduce the size of programs, saving disk space and memory. FreeBSD uses an advanced shared library scheme which offers many of the advantages of ELF, and the current version offers ELF compatibility for both Linux and native FreeBSD programs.

Naturally, since FreeBSD is an ongoing effort, you can expect newer features and higher levels of stability with each release.

What experts have to say . . .

``FreeBSD has an outline-structured visual configuration editor ... you can enter the configuration of every device the OS supports and can therefore get a successful installation on the first try almost every time. IBM, Microsoft, and others would do well to emulate FreeBSD's approach.''

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FreeBSD was designed for the Internet

FreeBSD includes what many consider the reference implementation for TCP/IP software, the 4.4 BSD TCP/IP protocol stack, thereby making it ideal for network applications and the Internet.

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FreeBSD supports standard TCP/IP protocols.

Like most UNIX systems, the FreeBSD operating system enables you to

  • Share filesystems with NFS
  • Distribute network information with NIS
  • Support remote logins
  • Do remote SNMP configuration and management
  • Serve files with FTP
  • Resolve Internet hostnames with DNS/BIND
  • Route packets between multiple interfaces, including PPP and SLIP lines
  • Use IP Multicast services (the MBONE)

FreeBSD lets you to turn a PC into a World Wide Web server or Usenet news relay with included software. Using the included SAMBA software you can even share filesystems or printers with your Win95 and NT machines and, with the supplied PCNFS authentication daemon, you can support machines running PC/NFS. FreeBSD also supports Appletalk and Novell client/server networking (using an optional commercial package), making it a true "Intranet" networking solution.

FreeBSD also handles TCP extensions like the RFC-1323 high performance extension and RFC-1644 extension for transactions, plus SLIP and dial-on-demand PPP. It is an operating system suitable for a home-based net surfer as well as a corporate systems administrator.

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FreeBSD's networking is stable and fast.

If you need an Internet server platform that is reliable and offers the best performance under heavy load, then consider FreeBSD. Here are just a few of the companies that make use of FreeBSD every day:

  • Walnut Creek CD-ROM outside of San Francisco runs one of the most popular FTP servers on the net, one that supports over 2500 simultaneous connections. Their server is a single FreeBSD machine, transferring more than 7 terabytes (as of November, 1997; yes that is terabytes!) worth of files every month. The configuration details are available to those interested in building simililar systems.
  • Yahoo Inc. runs the ultimate index of the Internet, serving scads of daily net surfers with information about the World Wide Web. Yahoo, as well the companies that advertise on Yahoo, rely on FreeBSD to run reliable and responsive web servers.
  • If that is not enough, visit our Gallery of satisfied FreeBSD users.

FreeBSD makes an ideal platform for these and other Internet services:

  • Company-wide or world-wide WWW service
  • Proxy WWW service
  • Anonymous FTP service
  • Enterprise file and print services

The FreeBSD ports collection contains ready-to-run software that makes it easy to set up your own Internet server.

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High performance and security.

The FreeBSD development team is as concerned about security as they are about performance. FreeBSD includes kernel support for IP firewalling, as well other services, such as IP proxy gateways. If you put your corporate servers on the Internet, any 386 PC (or better) running FreeBSD can act as a network firewall to protect them from outside attack.

Encryption software, secure shells, Kerberos, end-to-end encryption and secure RPC facilities are also available (subject to export restrictions).

Furthermore, the FreeBSD team is proactive in detecting and disseminating security information and bug reports with a security officer and ties to the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).

What experts have to say . . .

``FreeBSD ... provides what is probably the most robust and capable TCP/IP stack in existence ...''

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---Michael O'Brien, SunExpert August 1996 volume 7 number 8.

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Here you'll find the covers of many FreeBSD related publications. If you know of any additional FreeBSD publications/CDROMs let us know, at www@freebsd.org, so that they may be added to this site.

Click on any of the graphics to see a larger version.

Books

This is a recent (May 1997) publication from Tatsumi Hosokawa and others. Among computer books, it is a top-seller in Japan and exceeded the sales of Bill Gates' "The Road Ahead" when published (it was #2, this book was #1).
(Japanese FreeBSD book with 2.0.5, titled "FreeBSD: Fun and easy Installation")
(Japanese FreeBSD book with 2.0.5, titled "FreeBSD Introductory Kit")
This is Walnut Creek CDROM's "FreeBSD Complete" with installation guide, manual pages and 2 installation CDs inside.
This is Walnut Creek CDROM's "Installing & Running FreeBSD", a product which contained installation instructions and was shipped with each 2 CD set. It has since been replaced by the larger "FreeBSD Complete" book.
This book was recently published (early 1997) in Taiwan. Its title is "FreeBSD: introduction and applications" and the author is Jian-Da Li.
This is the "Getting Started with FreeBSD" from Fuki-Shuppan. Other than the standard installation guide and Japanese environment, it emphasizes system administration and low-level information (such as the boot process, etc.) FreeBSD-2.2.2R and XFree86-3.2 on CDROM. 264 pages, 3,400 yen.
The "Personal Unix Starter Kit - FreeBSD" from ASCII. Includes history of Unix, a guide to build a Japanese documentation processing system and how to create ports. 2.1.7.1R and XFree86-3.2 in CDROM. 384 pages, 3,000 yen.
BSD mit Methode, M. Schulze, B. Roehrig, M. Hoelzer und andere, C&L Computer und Literatur Verlag, 1998, 850 pages. 2 CDROMs, FreeBSD 2.2.6, NetBSD 1.2.1 and 1.3.2, OpenBSD 2.2 and 2.3. DM 98,-.
This is the "FreeBSD Install and utilization manual" from Mainichi Communications. General introduction to FreeBSD from installation to utilization with troubleshooting under the supervision of the user group in Japan. 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD(98)2.2.7-Rev01 PAO and distfiles in CDROM. 472 pages, 3,600yen.
The "FreeBSD User's Reference Manual" from Mainichi Communications, under the supervision of "jpman project", the manual transtation project by the user group in Japan. Japanese edition of the section 1 of the FreeBSD manual. 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD(98)2.2.7-Rev01 and PAO in CDROM. 1,040 pages, 3,800yen.
The "FreeBSD System Administrator's Manual" from Mainichi Communications, under the supervision of "jpman project", the manual translation project by the user group in Japan. Japanese edition of the section 5 and 8 of the FreeBSD manual. 756 pages, 3,300yen.

CDROMs

For more about recent releases go to FreeBSD release information page.

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This is InfoMagic's BSDisc, containing FreeBSD 2.0 and NetBSD 1.0 on a single CD. This is the only example I have which had cover art.
This is the original 4.4 BSD Lite2 release from UC Berkeley, the core technology behind much of FreeBSD.
The first of Laser5's "BSD" series. Contains FreeBSD-2.0.5R, NetBSD-1.0, XFree86-3.1.1 and FreeBSD(98) kernel.
The second of Laser5's "BSD" series. From this version, the CDs come in a standard jewel box. Contains FreeBSD-2.1R, NetBSD-1.1, XFree86-3.1.2 and 3.1.2A, and FreeBSD(98) kernel (2.0.5).
This is the Laser5 Japanese edition of the FreeBSD CDROM. It is a 4 CD set.
This is the only FreeBSD CD Pacific Hitech produced before merging their product line with that of Walnut Creek CDROM. PHT now also produces the FreeBSD/J (Japanese) CD product.
This is the cover disc from the Korean magazine. Note the creative cover art! The CD contains the FreeBSD 2.2.1 release with some local additions.
This is it - the very first FreeBSD CD published! Both the FreeBSD Project and Walnut Creek CDROM were fairly young back then, and you'll probably have little difficulty in spotting the differences in production quality between then and now.
This was the second FreeBSD CD published by Walnut Creek CDROM and also the very last on the 1.x branch (ref USL/Novell lawsuit and settlement). The next release, FreeBSD 1.1.5, was only available on the net.
This unusual CD is something of a collector's item now given that almost all existing examples were systematically tracked down and destroyed. An artwork mishap has this CD dated for the wrong year, and on the spine "January" is also misspelled as "Jaunary", just to increase the embarrassment factor. Ah, the perils of turning in one's artwork just hours before leaving for a trade show.
This is the fixed-up version of the FreeBSD 2.0 CD. Note that the color scheme has even been changed in the corrected version, something unusual for a fixup and perhaps done to distance it from the earlier mistake.
The FreeBSD 2.0.5 release CD. This was the first CD to feature Tatsumi Hosokawa's daemon artwork.
The FreeBSD 2.1 release CD. This was the first CD release on the 2.1 branch (the last being 2.1.7).
The FreeBSD 2.1.5 release CD.
The FreeBSD 2.1.6 release CD.
The Japanese version of 2.1.6. This was the first and last Japanese localized version published by WC, responsibility for that product then transitioning to a team led by Tatsumi Hosokawa and sponsored by Pacific Hitech and Laser5.
The FreeBSD 2.1.7 release CD. Also the last CD released on the 2.1.x branch. Done primarily as a security fixup for 2.1.6
An early release SNAPshot of 2.2 (done before 2.2.1 was released).
The FreeBSD 2.2.1 release CD. This was the first CD on the 2.2 branch.
The FreeBSD 2.2.2 release CD.
The FreeBSD 3.0 snapshot CD.
The FreeBSD mailing list and newsgroup archives, turned into HTML and semi-indexed by thread. This product ran for 2 releases and then stopped with a thud once it became obvious that there was simply too much data to deal with on one CD. Perhaps when DVD becomes more popular...

Magazines

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Cover of Korean UNIX magazine, May 1997 issue. Also included FreeBSD 2.2.1 with cover CDs.
UNIX User Magazine November 1996 issue. Also included FreeBSD 2.1.5 on cover CD.
This is the "FreeBSD Full Course" special in April 1997's Software Design (published by Gijutsu Hyoron Sha). There are 80 pages of FreeBSD articles covering everything from installation to tracking -current.
Quality Unix for FREE, by Brett Glass in Sm@rt Reseller Online September 1998

Newsletters

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This is issue #1 of the FreeBSD Newsletter, published and distributed free of charge by Walnut Creek CDROM. You can register to receive it. Submit articles/make comments by sending email to newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG.
This is issue #2 of the FreeBSD Newsletter, published and distributed free of charge by Walnut Creek CDROM. You can register to receive it. Submit articles/make comments by sending email to newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG.
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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.

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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

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 Repository

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.

Australia

Europe

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  • 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.

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  • The Houston TX (Houston FreeBSD Users Group) formed March 1999. Our goal is to promote and educate Houston computer users on FreeBSD Unix. We meet on the fourth Thursday of the month. The group operates a mailing list at http://www.houfug.org/mailman/listinfo/hou-freebsd Contact Ingrid Kast Fuller for more information.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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  • Wichita, Kansas: +
  • Wichita, Kansas: A new FreeBSD user's group has been created in Wichita, Ks. We are fairly new and working on our site, but I wanted to get it up as soon as we had it availble. We do not currently meet. Visit our site http://wafug.dynip.com or E-mail the group organizer (ben177@yahoo.com) for more information!

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  • Windsor, Ontario The Windsor Unix Users Group +
  • 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/

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  • Wisconsin 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

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  • Israel The Israeli BSD Users Group is an +
  • 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.

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  • New Zealand The New Zealand The New Zealand FreeBSD User's group is located in Wellington. No meetings have been scheduled yet.

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.

FreeBSD Security Guide

Security resources available to FreeBSD users: PGP Key for Security Officers, advisories, patches and mailing lists.

Commercial Consulting Services

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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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

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 Repository

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.

Australia

Europe

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  • Denmark The Danish *BSD user group,
  • 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.

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  • Duisburg, Germany The 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.

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  • Hamburg, Germany The 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.

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  • United Kingdom The 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

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  • Chicago IL The Chicago IL The Chicago FreeBSD Users Group (ChiFUG).

  • The Houston TX (Houston FreeBSD Users Group) formed March 1999. Our goal is to promote and educate Houston computer users on FreeBSD Unix. We meet on the fourth Thursday of the month. The group operates a mailing list at http://www.houfug.org/mailman/listinfo/hou-freebsd Contact Ingrid Kast Fuller for more information.

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  • 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.

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  • Los Angeles CA The Los Angeles CA The Yahoo Club group is a foundation for a Los Angeles based BSD user group.

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  • New Mexico FUUNM (Free Unix Users of New +
  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Phoenix AZ The Phoenix BSD Users group is +
  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Rhode Island The Rhode Island Free Unix +
  • 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

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  • San Francisco Bay Area 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

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  • Seattle WA The 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.

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  • The Tampa Florida users group is +
  • The Tampa Florida users group is now being formed. Interested parties can join the mailing list by sending mail to bsd-tug-request@bangheadhere.org with 'subscribe' in the body. The first meeting is planned for mid May 1999.

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  • Tucson AZ Tucson AZ TFUG: Tucson Free Unix Group, Arizona.

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  • Washington DC (DC Metropolitan Area) FreeBSD +
  • 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.

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  • Wichita, Kansas: +
  • Wichita, Kansas: A new FreeBSD user's group has been created in Wichita, Ks. We are fairly new and working on our site, but I wanted to get it up as soon as we had it availble. We do not currently meet. Visit our site http://wafug.dynip.com or E-mail the group organizer (ben177@yahoo.com) for more information!

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  • Windsor, Ontario The Windsor Unix Users Group +
  • 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/

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  • Wisconsin 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

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  • Israel The Israeli BSD Users Group is an +
  • 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.

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  • New Zealand The New Zealand The New Zealand FreeBSD User's group is located in Wellington. No meetings have been scheduled yet.

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.

FreeBSD Security Guide

Security resources available to FreeBSD users: PGP Key for Security Officers, advisories, patches and mailing lists.

Commercial Consulting Services

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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