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<li><a href="#books"> BOOKS</a>
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<li> <a href="#magazines">MAGAZINES</a>
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Here you'll find the covers of many FreeBSD related publications. If you know of any additional FreeBSD publications/CDROMs
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let us know, at <a href="mailto:www@freebsd.org">www@freebsd.org</a>, so that they may be added to this site.
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Click on any of the graphics to see a larger version.
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<a name="books"></a>
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<h2>Books</h2>
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<table border="5" CELLPADDING="15">
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/jp.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="190"></a></td><td>This is a recent (May 1997) publication from Tatsumi Hosokawa and
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others. Among computer books, it is a top-seller in Japan and
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exceeded the sales of Bill Gates' "The Road Ahead" when published
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(it was #2, this book was #1).</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/205-jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/205-jp.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="208"></a></td><td>(Japanese FreeBSD book with 2.0.5, titled "FreeBSD: Fun and easy Installation")</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/pc98-jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/pc98-jp.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="194"></a></td><td>(Japanese FreeBSD book with 2.0.5, titled "FreeBSD Introductory Kit")</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/comp_b.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/complete.jpg" WIDTH="150"
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HEIGHT="228"></a></td>
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<td>This is Walnut Creek CDROM's "FreeBSD Complete"
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with installation guide, manual pages and 2 installation
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CDs inside.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/runningb.jpg"><img src="gifs/running.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="210"></a></td><td>This is Walnut Creek CDROM's "Installing & Running FreeBSD",
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a product which contained installation instructions and was
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shipped with each 2 CD set. It has since been replaced by
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the larger "FreeBSD Complete" book.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/twb.jpg"><img src="gifs/tw.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="200"></a></td><td>This book was recently published (early 1997) in Taiwan.
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Its title is "FreeBSD: introduction and applications"
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and the author is Jian-Da Li.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/getstarb.jpg"><img src="gifs/getstart.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="188"></a></td><td>This is the "Getting Started with FreeBSD" from Fuki-Shuppan.
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Other than the standard installation guide and Japanese environment,
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it emphasizes system administration and low-level information (such
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as the boot process, etc.) FreeBSD-2.2.2R and XFree86-3.2 on
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CDROM. 264 pages, 3,400 yen.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/starkitb.jpg"><img src="gifs/starkit.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="235"></a></td><td>The "Personal Unix Starter Kit - FreeBSD" from ASCII. Includes
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history of Unix, a guide to build a Japanese documentation processing
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system and how to create ports. 2.1.7.1R and XFree86-3.2 in CDROM.
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384 pages, 3,000 yen.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/bsdmb.jpg"><img src="gifs/bsdm.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="235"></a></td><td>BSD mit Methode, M. Schulze, B. Roehrig, M. Hoelzer und andere,
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C&L Computer und Literatur Verlag, 1998, 850 pages.
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2 CDROMs, FreeBSD 2.2.6, NetBSD 1.2.1 and 1.3.2, OpenBSD 2.2
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and 2.3. DM 98,-.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/instmanb.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/instman.jpg"
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WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="200"></a></td><td>This is the "FreeBSD Install and
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utilization manual" from Mainichi Communications. General
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introduction to FreeBSD from installation to utilization with
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troubleshooting under the supervision of the user group in
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Japan. 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD(98)2.2.7-Rev01 PAO and distfiles in
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CDROM. 472 pages, 3,600yen.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/urmb.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/urm.jpg" WIDTH="150"
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HEIGHT="220"></a></td><td>The "FreeBSD User's Reference Manual" from
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Mainichi Communications, under the supervision of "jpman project",
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the manual transtation project by the user group in Japan.
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Japanese edition of the section 1 of the FreeBSD manual. 2.2.7-RELEASE
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FreeBSD(98)2.2.7-Rev01 and PAO in CDROM. 1,040 pages, 3,800yen.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/samb.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/sam.jpg" WIDTH="150"
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HEIGHT="220"></a></td><td>The "FreeBSD System Administrator's Manual"
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from Mainichi Communications, under the supervision of "jpman project",
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the manual translation project by the user group in Japan.
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Japanese edition of the section 5 and 8 of the FreeBSD manual.
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756 pages, 3,300yen.
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</table>
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<a name="cdroms"></a>
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<h2>CDROMs</h2>For more about recent releases go to <a href="releases/index.html">FreeBSD release information
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page</a>.<p>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/bsdiscb.jpg"><img src="gifs/bsdisc.jpg" WIDTH = "150" HEIGHT="141"></a></td><td>This is InfoMagic's BSDisc, containing FreeBSD 2.0 and NetBSD 1.0 on
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a single CD. This is the only example I have which had cover art.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-44lite2b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-44lite2.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="142"></a></td><td>This is the original 4.4 BSD Lite2 release from UC Berkeley,
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the core technology behind much of FreeBSD.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/las512b.jpg"><img src="gifs/las512.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="171"></a></td><td>The first of Laser5's "BSD" series. Contains FreeBSD-2.0.5R, NetBSD-1.0,
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XFree86-3.1.1 and FreeBSD(98) kernel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/las523b.jpg"><img src="gifs/las523.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="132"></a></td><td>The second of Laser5's "BSD" series. From this version, the CDs come
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in a standard jewel box. Contains FreeBSD-2.1R, NetBSD-1.1,
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XFree86-3.1.2 and 3.1.2A, and FreeBSD(98) kernel (2.0.5).
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/las5b.jpg"><img src="gifs/las5.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="128"></a></td><td>This is the Laser5 Japanese edition of the
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FreeBSD CDROM. It is a 4 CD set.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/phtb.jpg"><img src="gifs/pht.jpg" HEIGHT="150" WIDTH="151"></a></td><td>This is the only FreeBSD CD Pacific Hitech produced before merging their
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product line with that of Walnut Creek CDROM. PHT now also produces the
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FreeBSD/J (Japanese) CD product.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a name="221cd"></a><a href="gifs/coverb.jpg"><img src="gifs/cover.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150"></a></td><td>This is the cover disc from the Korean <a href="#magazines">magazine</a>.
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Note the creative cover art! The CD contains the FreeBSD 2.2.1 release
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with some local additions.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-10b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-10.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="143"></a></td><td>This is it - the very first FreeBSD CD published! Both the FreeBSD
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Project and Walnut Creek CDROM were fairly young back then, and you'll
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probably have little difficulty in spotting the differences in production
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quality between then and now.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-11b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-11.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150"></a></td><td>This was the second FreeBSD CD published by Walnut Creek CDROM and also the
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very last on the 1.x branch (ref USL/Novell lawsuit and settlement). The next release, FreeBSD 1.1.5, was only
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available on the net.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-blunb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-blun.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>This unusual CD is something of a collector's item now given that almost
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all existing examples were systematically tracked down and destroyed.
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An artwork mishap has this CD dated for the wrong year, and on the spine
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"January" is also misspelled as "Jaunary", just to increase the embarrassment
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factor. Ah, the perils of turning in one's artwork just hours before leaving for
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a trade show.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-200b.jpg"><img SRc="gifs/wc-200.jpg" width="150" HEIGHT="149"></a></td><td>This is the fixed-up version of the FreeBSD 2.0 CD.
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Note that the color scheme has even been changed in the corrected version,
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something unusual for a fixup and perhaps done to distance it from the
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earlier mistake. </td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-205b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-205.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="151"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.0.5 release CD. This was the first CD to feature Tatsumi Hosokawa's daemon
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artwork.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-21b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-21.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="149"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.1 release CD. This was the first CD release on the 2.1 branch
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(the last being 2.1.7).</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-215b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-215.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="149"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.1.5 release CD.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-216b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-216.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.1.6 release CD.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-216jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-216jp.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150"></a></td><td>The Japanese version of 2.1.6. This was the first and last Japanese
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localized version published by WC, responsibility for that product then
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transitioning to a team led by Tatsumi Hosokawa and sponsored by
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Pacific Hitech and Laser5.
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-217b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-217.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="149"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.1.7 release CD. Also the last CD released on the 2.1.x
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branch. Done primarily as a security fixup for 2.1.6
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-22snapb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-22snap.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>An early release SNAPshot of 2.2 (done before 2.2.1 was released).
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-221b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-221.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.2.1 release CD. This was the first CD on the 2.2 branch.
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-222b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-222.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="152"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.2.2 release CD.
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-30snab.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-30sna.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 3.0 snapshot CD.
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-docsb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-docs.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD mailing list and newsgroup archives, turned into HTML and
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semi-indexed by thread. This product ran for 2 releases and then stopped
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with a thud once it became obvious that there was simply too much data to
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deal with on one CD. Perhaps when DVD becomes more popular...
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<h2>Magazines</h2>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/krb.jpg"><img src="gifs/kr.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="213"></a></td><td>Cover of Korean UNIX magazine, May 1997 issue.
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Also included <a HREf="#221cd">FreeBSD 2.2.1</a> with cover CDs.
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/unixuserb.jpg"><img src="gifs/unixuser.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="199"></a></td><td>UNIX User Magazine
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November 1996 issue.
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Also included FreeBSD 2.1.5 on cover CD.
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/fullcourse3b.jpg"><img src="gifs/fullcourse3.jpg" WIDTH="149" HEIGHT="193"></a></td><td>This is the "FreeBSD Full Course" special in April 1997's Software
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Design (published by Gijutsu Hyoron Sha). There are 80 pages of
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FreeBSD articles covering everything from installation to tracking
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-current.
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/smart-reseller.jpg"><img src="gifs/smart-reseller-small.jpg" WIDTH="149" HEIGHT="193"></a></td><td>
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<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,349576,00.html">Quality Unix for FREE</a>, by Brett Glass
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in <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/">Sm@rt Reseller Online</a>
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September 1998
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<h2>Newsletters</h2>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/newsletb.jpg"><img src="gifs/newslett.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="194"></a>
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</td><td>This is
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<a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/newsletter1/">issue #1</a>
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of the FreeBSD Newsletter, published and distributed free of charge by
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<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>.
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You can
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<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/register.html">register</a> to receive it.
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Submit articles/make comments by sending email to
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<a href="mailto:newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG">newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/newslet2b.jpg"><img src="gifs/newslet2.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="194"></a>
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</td><td>This is
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<a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/newsletter2/">issue #2</a>
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of the FreeBSD Newsletter, published and distributed free of charge by
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<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>.
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You can
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<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/register.html">register</a> to receive it.
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Submit articles/make comments by sending email to
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<a href="mailto:newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG">newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
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<address><a href="./mailto.html">questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a><br>
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Copyright © 1995-1997 FreeBSD Inc.
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