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    <p>FreeBSD is a rapidly developing operating system.
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      Keeping up on the latest developments can be a chore!  To
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      keep on top of things, be sure and check this page
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      periodically.  Also, you may wish to subscribe to the <a
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      href="../handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">freebsd-announce
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      mailing list</a>.</p>
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    <p>The <a href="../news/qnewsletter.html">FreeBSD Real-Quick (TM) Newsletter
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      (RQN)</a> is a monthly (sometimes bi-weekly) newsletter containing
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      recent developments in the FreeBSD arena. Subscribe to
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      <a href="../handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">freebsd-announce</a>
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      to receive this newsletter via e-mail.</p>
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<p>For a detailed description of past, present, and future releases,
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see the <strong><a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release
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    <h2>October 1999</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><b>24-Oct-1999</b>The <a href="http://www.freebsdcon.com">
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	FreeBSD Con</a> '99 event this year was a big success!  Over
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	350 people attended, and both the vendors and attendees alike
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	said they found the event to be both entertaining and valuable.
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	Many thanks to <a href="http://www.cdrom.com">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>
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	for producing this event and to <a href="http://www.mckusick.com">
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	Dr. Marshall Kirk McKusick</a> for teaching two kernel internals
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	tutorials and giving his
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	<a href="http://www.mckusick.com/history/index.html">History of BSD</a>
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	talk at the conference.
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    </ul>
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    <h2>September 1999</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><b>17-Sep-1999</b><a href="&base/releases/3.3R/announce.html">
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	FreeBSD 3.3</a> has been released.  Please see the
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        <a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
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	page for more details.  Also be sure to check the
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	<a href="&base/releases/3.3R/errata.html">release errata</a>
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	after installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.3 that
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    </ul>
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    <h2>August 1999</h2>
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    <ul>
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      <li><b>10-Aug-1999</b> <a href="http://www.codeforge.com/">C-Forge</a>,
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      an Integrated Development Environment, has been released (beta) for
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      FreeBSD, supporting C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and many other languages.</li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>June 1999</h2>
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    <ul>
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       <li><b>10-Jun-1999</b> FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE CDs are shipping.  
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       Subscribers who did not make any special shipping arrangements should 
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       be receiving their CDs soon.  Anyone who wishes to order 3.2-RELEASE or 
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       to subscribe may do so via <a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com">The 
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       FreeBSD Mall</a>.</li>
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       <li><b>08-Jun-1999</b> A new <a 
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       href="http://freebsd.itworks.com.au/">Australian FreeBSD Web Mirror</a>
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       now exists.  Thanks to <a href="http://www.itworks.com.au/">ITworks 
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       Consulting</a> for providing the host.</li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>May 1999</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><b>18-May-1999</b><a href="&base/releases/3.2R/announce.html">
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	FreeBSD 3.2</a> has been released.  Please see the
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        <a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
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	page for more details.  Also be sure to check the
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	<a href="&base/releases/3.2R/errata.html">release errata</a>
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	after installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.2 that
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	you might need to be aware of.</li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>April 1999</h2>
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    <ul>
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      <li><b>22-Apr-1999</b> The <a 
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          href="../tutorials/docproj-primer/">FreeBSD Documentation
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          Project Primer</a> is now available (in the <a 
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          href="../tutorials/">tutorials section</a>) for people who want
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        to learn the technical details of the <a 
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          href="../docproj/docproj.html">Documentation Project</a>.</li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>March 1999</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><b>16-Mar-1999</b>The 
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	<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/projects/#fbsdboard">FreeBSD 
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	WebBoard</a> has been opened.  It is a place where members of the 
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	FreeBSD community can help one another out.</li>
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	-->
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	<li><b>05-Mar-1999</b> The <a href="http://www.usenix.org">USENIX
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	Association</a> has announced the <a 
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	href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/">1999 USENIX Annual 
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	Technical Conference</a>, scheduled for 06-11 June 1999 in Monterey, 
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	CA, USA.  Our own Jordan Hubbard is chairing the FREENIX Track, devoted 
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	to open source software's latest developments and interesting 
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	applications.</li>
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	<li><b>01-Mar-1999</b> A secure server has been set up to accept
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	monetary donations to the FreeBSD Project.  For more information, see:
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	<a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/">
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	http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/</a>.</li>
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	<li><b>01-Mar-1999</b> FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE CDs are now shipping.
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	Subscribers should receive their CDs soon.  See 
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	<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com/</a> to
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	order.</li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>February 1999</h2>
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    <ul>
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        <li><b>17-Feb-1999</b> The Gartner Group has released a report,
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        <i>Divorcing Thin Server Software from the Hardware</i>, examining the 
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	trend in the OEM market of using software and hardware from different 
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	vendors.</li>
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	<li><b>15-Feb-1999</b><a href="&base/releases/3.1R/announce.html">
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	FreeBSD 3.1</a> has been released.  Please see the
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        <a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
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	page for more details.  Also be sure to check the
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	<a href="&base/releases/3.1R/errata.html">release errata</a>
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	after installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.1 that
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	you might need to be aware of.</li>
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	<li><b>04-Feb-1999</b> The <a href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd/">
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	FreeBSD Diary</a>, a collection of how-to entries aimed at Unix novices,
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	is now available. </li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>January 1999</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><b>20-Jan-1999</b> 3.0-stable has now departed the -current
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	branch.  The next release on this branch will be 3.1-RELEASE, in
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	mid-February 1999.</li>
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	<li><b>13-Jan-1999</b> The <a
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	href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">FreeBSD ezine</a> is a
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	monthly collection of easy to read (we hope) articles written by
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	FreeBSD users and administrators just like you.</li>
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	<li><b>10-Jan-99</b> Jordan Hubbard's "<a href="sou1999.html">State of
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	the Union</a>", a look back at 1998, and a look forward to the
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	future.</li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>December 1998</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><b>28-Dec-98</b> Unless circumstances dictate otherwise, 
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	FreeBSD 3.0 will depart the -current branch late in the day 
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	on 15 January 1999. The 3.1 release will follow 30 days 
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	later, on 15 February 1999.  Developers should consider this 
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	as ADVANCE NOTICE of these events.</li>
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	<li><b>13-Dec-98</b> Walnut Creek CD-ROM has opened the <a href=
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	"http://www.freebsdmall.com/">FreeBSD Mall</a>, a site devoted to the
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	commercial aspects of FreeBSD, including add-ons, hardware, and
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	commercial tech-support.  To advertise or sell your products or
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	services at the FreeBSD Mall, contact Walnut Creek CD-ROM.</li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>November 1998</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><b>30-Nov-98</b><a href="&base/releases/2.2.8R/announce.html">
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	FreeBSD 2.2.8</a> has been released.  Please see the
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        <a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
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	page for more details.  Also be sure to check the
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	<a href="&base/releases/2.2.8R/errata.html">release errata</a>
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	after installation for any late-breaking issues with 2.2.8 that
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	you might need to be aware of.</li>
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        <li><b>26-Nov-98</b> <a href="http://www.freebsdrocks.com/">FreeBSD
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        Rocks</a> is an initiative designed to provide the FreeBSD community 
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	with the latest FreeBSD news, software and resources.  All areas 
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	include search facilities, making keyword searching of historical 
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	posts a breeze.  The pages are updated daily and everyone is invited 
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	to sign up an post an article.  If it happened today, you'll see it 
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	on FreeBSDRocks.</li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>October 1998</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><b>15-Oct-98</b><a href="&base/releases/3.0R/announce.html">
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	FreeBSD 3.0</a> has been released.  See the 
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	<a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for 
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	details.  Also be sure to check the 
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	<a href="&base/releases/3.0R/errata.html">release errata</a>
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	after installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.0 that you
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	might need to be aware of.</li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>September 1998</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><p><b>15-Sep-98</b> September 15th is the scheduled date
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	for entering BETA with the 3.0-current tree.  As all of you
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	already (should) know, 3.0 is scheduled for release on October
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	15th so this gives us a nice 30 day BETA period.  During this
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	time, I don't expect anyone to drop in significant new work or
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	otherwise perturb the 3.0-current tree in such a way that
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	violates the general idea of a BETA (you're supposed to test
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	what you have, not move the goalposts every couple of days :).
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	<p></p></li>
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	<li><p><b>13-Sep-98</b>
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	After more than a year of development, the Common Access
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	Method SCSI layer for FreeBSD will be integrated into
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	3.0-current on Sunday, September 13th.  The CAM development
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	team is currently busy ensuring that the integration process
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	goes as smoothly as possible, so please understand that we may
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	be slow to respond to questions about CAM in the days.
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	<p></p></li>
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	<li><p><b>9-Sep-98</b>
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	Perl5 is now imported into the 3.0-CURRENT source tree.
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	<p></p></li>
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	<li><p><b>5-Sep-98</b>
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	<a name="giveaway" href="http://visar.csustan.edu/">
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        The BSD CD Giveaway List</a>.
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        If somebody has a CD to give away (recipient pays for shipping) or to
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        lend locally, they can put their email address on the list. Hardware 
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        and literature can also be given away. We encourage people to donate 
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        CDs to local libraries and put them on the list as well.
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        </P></LI>
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	<li><p><b>1-Sep-98</b>
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	First issue of Daemon News arrives day earlier. This electronic
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	ezine is by BSD community for BSD community. See 
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        <A HREF="http://www.daemonnews.org/">http://www.daemonnews.org</A>
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        </P></LI>
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    </ul>
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    <H2>August 1998</H2>
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    <UL>
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        <LI><P><B>31-Aug-98</B>
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        FreeBSD -CURRENT branch (the future 3.0-RELEASE) has switched to
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	ELF from a.out format. People involved did a great job: transition
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	went smooth. Check 
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	<A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html"> 
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	freebsd-current@freebsd.org</A> mail archive for more information
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	on the transition to ELF.
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        </P></LI>  
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	<LI><P><B>23-Aug-98</B>
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        Suidcontrol-0.1 utility has been released. The suidcontrol is an 
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        experimental utility for managing suid/sgid policy under FreeBSD.
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	You can get more information at
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        <A HREF="http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html">
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        http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html</A>
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        </P></LI>
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	<LI><P><B>9-Aug-98</B>
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        FreeBSD Security How-To has been published. This work is currently
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	in beta and can be found at 
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	<A HREF="http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt">
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        http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt</A>
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        </P></LI>
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    </UL>
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    <h2>July 1998</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><p><b>22-Jul-98</b>
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	FreeBSD 2.2.7 has been released.
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        See the <a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release
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        Information</a> page for details.  Also be sure to
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        check the
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        <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">
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        release errata</a> after installation for any late-breaking issues
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        with 2.2.7 that you should know about.
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	</li>
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	<li><p><b>16-Jul-98</b>
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	A ``FreeBSD for Linux users'' documentation effort has started.
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	Please see the <a 
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	href="../docproj/current.html">list of current
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	documentation projects</a> for more information.</li>
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	<li><p><b>13-Jul-98</b>
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	<a href="mailto:jkh@freebsd.org">Jordan Hubbard</a> writes an
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	<a href="http://editorials.freshmeat.net/jordan980713/">editorial</a>
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	on the past and future of the Unix community.</li>
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        <li><p><b>9-Jul-98</b>
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        A <a href="http://www.es.freebsd.org/es/FAQ/FAQ.html">Spanish 
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        translation</a> of the <a 
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        href="../FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a> has been completed
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        by the <a href="http://www.es.freebsd.org/es/">Spanish Documentation
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        Project</a>. More information can be found at the 
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        <a 
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        href="../docproj/translations.html">translations
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        page</a>.</li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>June 1998</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><p><b>24-Jun-98</b>
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	The FreeBSD Project is sponsoring an
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	<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~xcontest/">FreeBSD Desktop Theme
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	Contest</a>.  Participants will design their own X11 configurations,
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	and winners will have theirs distributed with future releases of
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	FreeBSD.</p></li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>May 1998</h2>
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    <ul>
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        <LI><P><B>30-May-98</b>
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	FreeBSD and Apache are used in <a href="http://www.WebTechniques.com/features/1998/05/engelschall/engelschall.shtml">this very useful article</a>
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	on implementing a web farm using round-robin DNS in
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	<a href="http://www.WebTechniques.com/">WEBTechniques.com</a></p>
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	</li>
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        <LI><P><B>23-May-98</b>
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        The second issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in 
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        <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue2.pdf">
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        Adobe PDF format</a> (also by 
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        <A href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue2.pdf">
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        FTP</A>). A
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        <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/README.TXT">
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        help file</a> is available to assist you in selecting and using
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        a PDF viewer. 
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	Article submissions, advertisements, and letters 
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        to the editor should be sent to 
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        <a href="mailto:newsletter@freebsd.org">newsletter@freebsd.org</a>. 
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        </p>
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        </li>
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	<li><p><b>1-May-98</b>
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	The FreeBSD Project set up
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	<a name="anoncvs" href="../handbook/synching.html#ANONCVS">Anonymous CVS</a>
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	for the <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">FreeBSD CVS tree</a>. 
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	Among other things, it allows users of 	FreeBSD to perform, 
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	with no special privileges, read-only CVS operations
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	against one of the FreeBSD project's official anoncvs servers. 
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	</p></li>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>April 1998</h2>
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    <ul>
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	<li><p><b>16-Apr-98</b>
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	The new 4 CD set of FreeBSD 2.2.6 is now in stock and should start
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	shipping to subscription and back-order customers tomorrow. More
 | 
						|
        information on the CD contents are available from 
 | 
						|
	<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com</a>.
 | 
						|
	</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>11-Apr-98</b>
 | 
						|
	The new FreeBSD project <a href="../projects/mozilla.html">FreeBSD Mozilla
 | 
						|
	Group</a> is created. The FreeBSD Mozilla Group supports and 
 | 
						|
	improves the free available Netscape web browser,
 | 
						|
	otherwise known as <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla</a>.
 | 
						|
	</li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>March 1998</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>25-Mar-98</b>
 | 
						|
	FreeBSD 2.2.6 has been released.
 | 
						|
        See the <a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release
 | 
						|
        Information</a> page for details.  Also be sure to
 | 
						|
        check the
 | 
						|
        <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">
 | 
						|
        release errata</a> after installation for any late-breaking issues
 | 
						|
        with 2.2.6 that you should know about.
 | 
						|
	</li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>February 1998</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>08-Feb-98</b>
 | 
						|
	A page detailing the <a href="../y2kbug.html">FreeBSD Year 2000
 | 
						|
	compliance statement</a> is now available, linked through the <a
 | 
						|
	href="../docs.html">Documentation</a> page.</li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
    
 | 
						|
    <h2>January 1998</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>08-Jan-98</b>
 | 
						|
	Improved support for Plug-n-Play cards has now been integrated into
 | 
						|
	both 3.0-current and 2.2-stable branches now.  This is available
 | 
						|
	in source form via the <a href="../handbook/synching.html#CVSUP">CVSup</a> utility
 | 
						|
	or in binary release snapshots from
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">current.FreeBSD.org</a>
 | 
						|
	</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>December 1997</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>26-Dec-97</b>
 | 
						|
	A convenient front-end tool for installing and configuring the
 | 
						|
	<a href="../handbook/synching.html#CVSUP">CVSup</a> utility is now available.
 | 
						|
	To use it, simply login or su to root and run:
 | 
						|
	<tt><b>pkg_add</b>
 | 
						|
	ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/CVSup/cvsupit.tgz</tt>
 | 
						|
	</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>2-Dec-97</b>
 | 
						|
	The "FOOF" bug has now been fixed in our 3.0-current and 2.2-stable
 | 
						|
	branches and can either be incorporated by using the
 | 
						|
        <a href="../handbook/synching.html#CVSUP">CVSup</a> utility, as described below
 | 
						|
	for the LAND attack fix, or by applying
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/updates/f00f.diff.2.2">these patches</a>.</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>1-Dec-97</b>
 | 
						|
	The "LAND attack" bug in TCP/IP has now been fixed in all relevant
 | 
						|
	branches and can be incorporated by using the
 | 
						|
	<a href="../handbook/synching.html#CVSUP">CVSup</a> utility to track the
 | 
						|
	latest 2.2 or 3.0 sources.</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <li><p><b>1-Dec-97</b>
 | 
						|
	Team FreeBSD is a group of FreeBSD users and supporters contributing
 | 
						|
	CPU idle time in an effort to crack RSA's 64-bit encryption code.  For
 | 
						|
	more information, visit 
 | 
						|
	<a href="http://www.circle.net/team-freebsd/">Team FreeBSD's WWW
 | 
						|
	site</a>.</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>November 1997</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
        <li><p><b>21-Nov-97</b>
 | 
						|
	<em>Pentium bug</em> -- We are aware of the "F00F" Pentium halting bug and are 
 | 
						|
        working with Intel on a fix. When we have a fix ready for public
 | 
						|
        consumption it will be announced here, on the mailing list
 | 
						|
        announce@freebsd.org and to the Usenet newsgroup
 | 
						|
        <a href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</a>.
 | 
						|
        Your patience is appreciated.</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>09-Nov-97</b>
 | 
						|
	FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE CDROMS are now in stock and shipping to customers
 | 
						|
	worldwide.  More information is available at <a href=
 | 
						|
	"http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd25.htm">
 | 
						|
	http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd25.htm</a>.</p></li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>October 1997</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>22-Oct-97</b>
 | 
						|
	FreeBSD 2.2.5 has been released.
 | 
						|
        See the <a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release
 | 
						|
        Information</a> page for details.  Also be sure to
 | 
						|
        check the
 | 
						|
        <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">
 | 
						|
        release errata</a> after installation for any late-breaking issues
 | 
						|
        with 2.2.5 that you should know about.
 | 
						|
	</li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>September 1997</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>01-Sep-97</b>
 | 
						|
	FreeBSD performed well in an Internet Week
 | 
						|
	<a href="http://techweb.cmp.com/internetwk/reviews/rev0901.htm">
 | 
						|
	review</a> of WWW server platforms.</p></li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>August 1997</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>11-Aug-97</b>
 | 
						|
	Researchers in Duke University's
 | 
						|
	<a href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/ari/index.html">Trapeze Project</a>
 | 
						|
	have developed a high-speed Myrinet driver for FreeBSD.  More 
 | 
						|
	information about the driver, Trapeze Project, and its parent
 | 
						|
	project, the Collaborative Cluster Computing Iniative, including
 | 
						|
	the code for the Myrinet driver, are available from the CCCI's
 | 
						|
	<a href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/ari/index.html">WWW page</a>.
 | 
						|
	</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>03-Aug-97</b>
 | 
						|
	Netscape Communications has released a beta version of 
 | 
						|
	Netscape Communicator v4.0 for FreeBSD.  It can be obtained via
 | 
						|
	FTP from <a href="ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.03/4.03b8/english/unix/freebsd/base_install/">ftp.netscape.com</a> or its mirrors.</li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>July 1997</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>22-Jul-97</b>
 | 
						|
	MacIP, an AppleTalk-to-IP gateway program for FreeBSD, is in beta
 | 
						|
	testing. To get the latest version, see
 | 
						|
	<a href="http://www.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/">
 | 
						|
	http://www.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/</a> or
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/">
 | 
						|
	ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/</a>. </p>
 | 
						|
	</li>
 | 
						|
	<LI><P><B>17-Jul-97</b>
 | 
						|
	The first issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in 
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue1.pdf">
 | 
						|
	Adobe PDF format</a> (also by 
 | 
						|
	<A href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue1.pdf">
 | 
						|
	FTP</A>). A
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/README.TXT">
 | 
						|
	help file</a> is available to assist you in selecting and using
 | 
						|
	a PDF viewer. 
 | 
						|
	Article submissions, advertisements, and letters 
 | 
						|
	to the editor should be sent to 
 | 
						|
        <a href="mailto:newsletter@freebsd.org">newsletter@freebsd.org</a>. 
 | 
						|
	</p>
 | 
						|
        </li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>June 1997</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>17-Jun-97</b>
 | 
						|
	FreeBSD <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/">
 | 
						|
        2.2.2-RELEASE</a> CD-ROM discs are now in stock; subscription 
 | 
						|
	customers should receive them shortly.</p>
 | 
						|
	</li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>May 1997</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>16-May-97</b>
 | 
						|
	FreeBSD <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/">
 | 
						|
	2.2.2-RELEASE</a> has been released.  The 
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/RELNOTES.TXT">
 | 
						|
	Release Notes</a> and
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD2.2.2-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">
 | 
						|
	Errata List</a> can provide more information. </p>
 | 
						|
	</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>12-May-97</b>
 | 
						|
	A 3.0-Current SNAP-of-the-day server has been established at
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">
 | 
						|
	ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a>.  A 3.0-SNAPshot
 | 
						|
	will be generated daily, and old SNAPshots will be kept for
 | 
						|
	a minimum of one week.</p>
 | 
						|
	</li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>April 1997</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>28-Apr-97</b>
 | 
						|
	The 3.0-current src tree now contains support for building Symmetric 
 | 
						|
	MultiProcessor kernels.  For details go to the 
 | 
						|
	<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html">SMP</a> page.
 | 
						|
	</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>22-Apr-97</b>
 | 
						|
	A RELENG_2.2 snap-of-the-day server has been established at
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">
 | 
						|
	ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD</a>.  The
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/README.TXT">
 | 
						|
	README.TXT</a> has more information.
 | 
						|
	</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>15-Apr-97</b>
 | 
						|
	FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE CDs are shipping.  Please see
 | 
						|
	<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd22.htm">
 | 
						|
	http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd22.htm</a> for more information.
 | 
						|
	</p></li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>March 1997</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>28-Mar-97</b>
 | 
						|
	Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Inc. has released an alpha version
 | 
						|
	of ALTQ/CBQ, an alternative queuing framework for BSD Unix. 
 | 
						|
	<a href="http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/kjc/programs.html">More
 | 
						|
	information</a> and the 
 | 
						|
    	<a href="ftp://ftp.csl.sony.co.jp/pub/kjc/altq.tar.gz">source code</a>
 | 
						|
	is available.</p></li>
 | 
						|
	
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>25-Mar-97</b>
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.1-RELEASE/">FreeBSD
 | 
						|
	2.2.1-RELEASE</a> is now available, replacing 2.2-RELEASE.  Read the
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.1-RELEASE/README.TXT">
 | 
						|
	README.TXT</a> file or the
 | 
						|
	<a href="&base/releases/2.2.1R/notes.html">Release Notes</a>    
 | 
						|
	for more information.</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<li><p><b>16-Mar-97</b>
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE/">FreeBSD
 | 
						|
	2.2-RELEASE</a> is now available.  Read the 
 | 
						|
	<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE/README.TXT">
 | 
						|
	README.TXT</a> file or the
 | 
						|
	<a href="&base/releases/2.2R/notes.html">Release Notes</a> 
 | 
						|
	for more information.</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <H2>February 1997</H2>
 | 
						|
    <UL>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<LI><P><B>20-Feb-1997</B>
 | 
						|
	FreeBSD
 | 
						|
	2.1.7-RELEASE is now available. Read the
 | 
						|
	README.TXT file or the
 | 
						|
	<a href="&base/releases/2.1.7R/notes.html">
 | 
						|
	Release Notes</a> for more information.</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	<LI><P><B>10-Feb-1997</B>
 | 
						|
	FreeBSD
 | 
						|
	3.0-970209-SNAP has been released. Read the
 | 
						|
	README.TXT file for more information about this release.</p></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	  <LI><P><B>06-Feb-1997</B>
 | 
						|
	  A serious security problem affecting FreeBSD 2.1.6 and
 | 
						|
	  earlier systems was found. The problem has been corrected
 | 
						|
	  within the -stable, -current, and RELENG_2_2 source trees.
 | 
						|
	  As an additional precaution, FreeBSD 2.1.6 is no longer
 | 
						|
	  available from the FTP distribution sites. You can 
 | 
						|
	  read more about the problem and solution from the
 | 
						|
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-97:01.setlocale">
 | 
						|
	  FreeBSD-SA-97:01.setlocale</A> security announcement.
 | 
						|
	  </P></LI>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
	  <LI><P><B>06-Feb-1997</B>
 | 
						|
          The final pre-release version of FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA, is now available.
 | 
						|
	  The README.TXT file has more information.</P></LI>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
     <LI><P><B>02-Feb-1997</B>
 | 
						|
     A snap-of-the-day server has been set up for the most current 
 | 
						|
     <A HREF="../releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</a>
 | 
						|
     release of FreeBSD 2.2.  Read the 
 | 
						|
     <A HREF="ftp://22gamma.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/README.TXT">README.TXT</A>
 | 
						|
     file for more information.
 | 
						|
	  </P></LI>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    </UL>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <H2>January 1997</H2>
 | 
						|
    <UL>
 | 
						|
      <LI><P><B>25-Jan-1997</B>
 | 
						|
      FreeBSD <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970124-SNAP/">
 | 
						|
      3.0-970124-SNAP</A> has been released.
 | 
						|
      Please see the 
 | 
						|
      <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970124-SNAP/RELNOTES.TXT">
 | 
						|
      Release Notes</A> for more information.
 | 
						|
      </P></LI>
 | 
						|
    </UL>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <H2>December 1996</H2>
 | 
						|
    <UL>
 | 
						|
      <LI><P><B>24-Dec-1996</B>
 | 
						|
      FreeBSD <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-BETA">2.2-BETA</A>
 | 
						|
      has been released. Please see the
 | 
						|
      <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-BETA/RELNOTES.TXT">
 | 
						|
      Release Notes</A> for more information.
 | 
						|
      </P></LI>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <LI><P><B>13-Dec-1996</B>
 | 
						|
      FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE will not support installation on machines with less
 | 
						|
      than 5MB of RAM or 1.2MB floppy drives. Please see the original
 | 
						|
      <A HREF="../releases/2.2R/install-media.html">announcement</A> for more
 | 
						|
      information.
 | 
						|
      </P></LI>
 | 
						|
    </UL>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <h2>November 1996</h2>
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<![ IGNORE [
 | 
						|
      <li><p><b>15-Nov-1996</b>
 | 
						|
      FreeBSD <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-RELEASE">
 | 
						|
      2.1.6-RELEASE</a> is out.  Please see the <a
 | 
						|
      href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-RELEASE/RELNOTES.TXT">
 | 
						|
      release notes</a> for more information.
 | 
						|
		</P></li>
 | 
						|
]]>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li><p><b>15-Nov-1996</b>
 | 
						|
      FreeBSD <a href="&base/releases/2.1.6R/security.html">
 | 
						|
      2.1.6-RELEASE</a> is out.  Please see the <a
 | 
						|
      href="&base/releases/2.1.6R/security.html">
 | 
						|
      release notes</a> for more information.
 | 
						|
		</P></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li><p><b>4-Nov-1996</b>
 | 
						|
      The FreeBSD <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">CVS</a>
 | 
						|
      development tree has branched again.  <a href="../releases/">See here</a>
 | 
						|
      for more information.
 | 
						|
    </P></li>
 | 
						|
	 </ul>
 | 
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