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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /><title>FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE README</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /><link rev="made" href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1" /><meta name="description" content="This document gives a brief introduction to FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE. It includes some information on how to obtain FreeBSD, a listing of various ways to contact the FreeBSD Project, and pointers to some other sources of information." /><script xmlns="" type="text/javascript" src="/layout/js/google.js"></script></head><body><div class="article"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="idp61771760"></a>FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE README</h1></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="orgname">The FreeBSD Project</span></h3></div></div><div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="copyright">Copyright © 2000-2014 The FreeBSD Documentation
	Project</p></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="legalnotice"><a id="trademarks"></a><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">FreeBSD is a registered trademark of
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  UltraSPARC are trademarks of SPARC International, Inc in the United
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  of these trademarks by its members. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Many of the designations used by
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  designations have been followed by the <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">“<span class="quote">™</span>”</span> or the
  <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">“<span class="quote">®</span>”</span> symbol. </p></div></div><div>Last modified on 2015-07-24 by gjb.</div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="abstract"><div class="abstract-title">Abstract</div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">This document gives a brief introduction to FreeBSD
	10.2-RELEASE.  It includes some information on how to
	obtain FreeBSD, a listing of various ways to contact the FreeBSD
	Project, and pointers to some other sources of
	information. </p></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><div class="toc-title">Table of Contents</div><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#intro">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#idp61840240">1.1. About FreeBSD</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#idp61860336">1.2. Target Audience</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#obtain">2. Obtaining FreeBSD</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#idp61867248">2.1. CDROM and DVD</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#idp61872368">2.2. FTP</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#contacting">3. Contacting the FreeBSD Project</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#idp61894896">3.1. Email and Mailing Lists</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#idp61925488">3.2. Submitting Problem Reports</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#seealso">4. Further Reading</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#release-docs">4.1. Release Documentation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#idp61984624">4.2. Manual Pages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#idp62009840">4.3. Books and Articles</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#acknowledgements">5. Acknowledgments</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="intro"></a>1.