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Yes, this is supposed to be a new top level in the repository. For the moment any changes to this area must be cleared by myself or Jordan. Once the kinks are worked out, the policy will probably be relaxed.
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN" [
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<!ENTITY date "$Date: 1996-09-24 17:45:44 $">
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<!ENTITY title "Where to find FreeBSD">
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<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "includes.sgml"> %includes;
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]>
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<html>
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&header;
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<h2><a href="handbook/install.html">Installing FreeBSD</a></h2>
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<p>There are many options for installing FreeBSD, including
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installation from CDROM, floppy disk, an MS-DOS partition,
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magnetic tape, anonymous ftp, and NFS. Please read through
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the <a href="handbook/install.html">installation guide</a>
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before downloading the entire FreeBSD distribution. If you
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are installing on a machine connected to the Internet, you
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may only need to download a single installation disk image!</p>
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<h2>FreeBSD Distribution Sites</h2>
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<p>The official sources for FreeBSD are:
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<ul>
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<li>Anonymous ftp from <a
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href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD</a>:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE">FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE">FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-960801-SNAP">FreeBSD 2.2-960801-SNAP</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Anonymous ftp from one of the numerous <a
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href="handbook/mirrors.html"><strong>mirror
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sites</strong></a></li>
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<li>On <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd.html">CD-ROM</a> from <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek
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CDROM</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>If you plan on getting FreeBSD via ftp, please check the
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listing of <a href="handbook/mirrors.html"><strong>mirror
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sites</strong></a> in the handbook to see if there is a site closer
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to you. For more information about past, present and
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future releases in general, please visit the <a
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href="releases/">release information page</a>.
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<h2>Applications and Utility Software</h2>
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<h3>The Packages collection</h3>
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<p>The FreeBSD packages are a diverse collection of utility
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and application software that has been ported to FreeBSD.
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The packages are pre-compiled binaries ready to drop into
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your system and run.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-current">Packages
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for FreeBSD-current</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.1.5">Packages
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for FreeBSD version 2.1.5</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-1.1.5">Packages
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for FreeBSD version 1.1.5 and 1.1.5.1</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3>The Ports collection</h3>
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<p>The Ports collection is like the packages collection but
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instead of compiled binaries, the necessary patches and
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makefiles to compile the source code are provided. For
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software with important configuration that must be done at
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compile time, the "port" version may be more useful than
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the "package" version.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports-current">Ports
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for FreeBSD-current</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports-2.1.5">Ports
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for FreeBSD version 2.1.5</a></li>
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<li><a href="ports/index.html">Alternative WWW interface
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to Ports for FreeBSD-current</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>For information about how <em>you</em> can contribute
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<em>your</em> favorite piece of software to the port
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collection, have a look at <em><a
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href="handbook/porting.html">Porting
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applications</a></em> and <em><a
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href="handbook/submitters.html">Contributing to
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FreeBSD</a></em> in the <a
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href="handbook"><em>FreeBSD handbook</em></a>.
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<h3>Commercial software</h3>
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<p>Beginning with FreeBSD <a href="releases">Release
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2.0.5</a>, FreeBSD includes demo versions of some
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commercial as well as some shareware products. In
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addition to the demos available in the FreeBSD
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distribution, a number of other commercial vendors offer
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software products specifically for FreeBSD.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE/commerce">Commercial
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products for FreeBSD 2.1.5</a></li>
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<li><a href="commercial.html">Commercial vendors supporting
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FreeBSD</a></li>
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</ul>
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&footer;
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</body>
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</html>
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