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&header;
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<a name="development"></a>
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<p>In addition to the mainstream development path of FreeBSD, a number
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of developer groups are working on the cutting edge to expand
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FreeBSD's range of applications in new directions. Follow the links
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below to learn more about these exciting projects.</p>
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If you miss a project please send the URL and a short
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description (3-10 lines) to
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<A HREF="../mailto.html">www@FreeBSD.ORG</A>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#documentation">Documentation</a>
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<li><a href="#advocacy">Advocacy</a>
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<li><a href="#applications">Applications</a>
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<li><a href="#networking">Networking</a>
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<li><a href="#filesystem">Filesystem</a>
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<li><a href="#kernelandsecurity">Kernel and Security</a>
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<li><a href="#devicedrivers">Device drivers</a>
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<li><a href="#architecture">Architecture</a>
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<li><a href="#misc">Misc</a>
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</ul>
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<p>
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<a name="documentation"></a>
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<h3>Documentation</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="../docproj/docproj.html">FreeBSD Documentation Project</a>
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The FreeBSD Documentation Project is a group of people who maintain
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and write the documentation (such as the Handbook and FAQ) for the
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FreeBSD project. If you want to help with the documentation project,
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subscribe to the <a href="mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG</a>
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mailing list and partcipate.</li>
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<li><a name="newbies" href="newbies.html">FreeBSD Resources for Newbies</a>
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is a list of resources to help those new to FreeBSD and UNIX in
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general. There is also a <a href="mailto:freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG">
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freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG</a> mailing list.</li>
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<li><a name="retail" href="http://www.bafug.org/Retail.html">Retail Outlets for FreeBSD</a>
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is a list of worldwide retailers where FreeBSD can be purchased.</li>
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<li><a name="securityhowto" href="http://www.freebsd.org/~jkb/howto.html">
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FreeBSD Security How-To</a>
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FreeBSD is a very secure operating system. Since source code
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is freely available, the OS is constantly going through the
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review and audit. While FreeBSD comes very secure OOB
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(Out-Of-Box), there are many features that can make it more
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secure for those of you who are "paranoid". This How-To will
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go over some steps which will help you increase overall
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security of your machine.
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<li><a name="BSDsites" href="http://www.itworks.com.au/~gavin/FBSDsites.php3">
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RELEASE/SNAP finder for FreeBSD FTP servers</a>.
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A resource that would allow anyone to find a FTP server that contains
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particular releases and SNAP of FreeBSD. The database is updated daily
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at 3am Melbourne time (10 hours ahead of UTC).</li>
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<li><a name="diary" href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd/">
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The FreeBSD Diary</a> is a collection of how-to entries aimed at UNIX
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novices. The aim is to provide a set of step-by-step guides to
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installing and configuring various ports.</li>
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<li><a name="freebsduserguide" href="http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/freebsd/">
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The FreeBSD User Guide</a>
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This is a little document on how to start with the FreeBSD Operating
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System (OS), a Unix variant. It's made for people who never used a
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Unix OS. FreeBSD is a little hard to learn, so don't expect to be
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happy the first time you meet him alone. The main reason is that it's
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Command Line Interface (CLI), like MS-DOS.</li>
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<li><A HREF="http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/">A Comprehensive
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Guide to FreeBSD</A> - an attempt at a more readable,
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"book-like" tutorial explaining the FreeBSD Operating
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System. Intended for people new to both FreeBSD and
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UNIX. Currently a work in progress.</li>
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<li><A HREF="http://flag.blackened.net/freebsd/">FreeBSD
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How-To's for the Lazy and Hopeless</A> is another somewhat more
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light-hearted attempt to provide more readable "how-to" style
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information on setting up and configuring FreeBSD.</li>
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<li><A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Linux+FreeBSD-mini-HOWTO.html">The
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Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO</a> - this document describes how to
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use Linux and FreeBSD on the same system. It introduces FreeBSD
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and discusses how the two operating systems can cooperate,
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e.g. by sharing swap space.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~rpratt/227/index.html">
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Install Preview for FreeBSD 2.2.7</a>
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This is a guide illustrating the FreeBSD install program for
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those new to unix and/or FreeBSD.</li>
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<li><a href="http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai/pdp.html">The FreeBSD
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Programmer's Documentation Project</a></li>
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<li><a name="cookbook"
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href="http://home.austin.rr.com/aaweber/CookBook/cookbook.html">
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The FreeBSD Cook Book</a>
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Ok, you got FreeBSD installed, now what? Here are some suggested
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solutions to common problems you can implement with the knowledge
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you now have. This document is styled after the electronics cook
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books with some recipes for some common types of installations.
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Each "recipe" has some recommended minimum hardware, specific
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software to use, and most important the configuration information
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required to get the system running correctly.</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="advocacy"></a>
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<h3>Advocacy</h3>
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<ul>
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<Li><a name="advocacyproj" href="http://advocacy.freebsd.org/">
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The FreeBSD Advocacy Project</a>
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The FreeBSD Advocacy Project is the group of people responsible for
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the promotion of FreeBSD. Our main goal is to develop a competent
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marketing image for the FreeBSD Project, and increase the overall
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user-base of FreeBSD.
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</li>
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<li><a name="freebsdrocks" href="http://www.freebsdrocks.com/">FreeBSD Rocks</a>
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is an initiative designed to provide the FreeBSD community with the
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latest FreeBSD news, software and resources. All areas include search
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facilities, making keyword searching of historical posts a breeze.
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The pages are updated daily and everyone is invited to sign up an post
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an article. If it happened today, you'll see it on FreeBSDRocks.</li>
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<li><a name=bsdvlin href="http://www.futuresouth.com/~fullermd/freebsd/bsdvlin.html">
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FreeBSD vs. Linux</a>: a bunch of comparisons between FreeBSD and
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Linux, which is another publically-distributed free UNIX-like OS
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for PC's.</li>
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<li><a name="daemonnews" href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>
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is an electronic publication about the BSD operating system in general.
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It's aim is to be a resource for people in the FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and
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NetBSD communities.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.bafug.org/FbsdCounter.html">The FreeBSD Counter Page</a>
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page is the start of a project which will attempt to determine the
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world-wide installed base of FreeBSD users. The FreeBSD development
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community currently has only the vaguest idea as to how large our user
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base is, and this makes it all the more difficult to persuade hardware
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and software vendors to take it seriously.</li>
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<li><a name="giveaway" href="http://visar.csustan.edu">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.</li>
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<li><a name="softwarebazaar" href="http://visar.csustan.edu/bazaar/">
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The Free Software Bazaar</a> is a market place designed to increase
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the amount of free software, to support free software developers,
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and to more accurately measure the demand for free software.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">FreeBSD ezine</a>
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The FreeBSD 'zine is a monthly collection of easy to read (we hope)
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articles written by FreeBSD users and administrators just like you.</li>
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<li><a href="http://fbsdboard.lynxcom.net/" name="fbsdboard">The
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FreeBSD WebBoard</a> is a place where the FreeBSD community can
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help eachother out. They can leave postings and have them answered
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while at the same time, other FreeBSD users can view these
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problems and learn from them. Keep in mind that this WebBoard is
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very new and things are currently being added. If there are few or
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no messages posted, feel free to still post as it may still get
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answered.</li>
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<li><a href="http://dmoz.org/Computers/Operating_Systems/Unix/FreeBSD/" name="dmoz">
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The Open Directory Project's</a> goal is to produce the most
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comprehensive directory of the web, by relying on a vast army of
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volunteer editors.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.cdrom.com/~rab/bsd_chart.html" name="freebsdvslinuxvsnt">
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FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows NT</a>
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A comparison between the three operating systems which includes
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reliability, performance, Y2K issues, support, cost of ownership,
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and more.</li>
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<li><a href="http://leb.net/hzo/ioscount/" name="ioscount"> The
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Internet Operating System Counter</a> is a survey about operating
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system usage on the Internet. Host addresses are collected and
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queried for their operating system using queso.</li>
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<li><a name="cellphone"
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href="http://mygiea.heim8.tu-clausthal.de/projects/handy/">The BSD
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cellphone</a>. FreeBSD daemon covers for cellphones.
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</li>
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<li>Welcome to <a name="freebsdcon"
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href="http://www.FreeBSDCon.org/">FreeBSDCon '99</a>, the first
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annual FreeBSD Conference and Expo! This will be the number one
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event this year for FreeBSD users and developers. We will have it
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all: tutorials, demos, workshops, panels, presentations,
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discussions and exhibits. Many FreeBSD developers and vendors
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will be here. Meet most (possibly all) of the core team. Meet
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people using FreeBSD for several of the world's largest internet
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sites. Talk to researchers and application developers. Browse
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the products at the FreeBSD Mall. Try out the "hands-on" demos of
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the latest FreeBSD applications.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="applications"></a>
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<h3>Applications</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a name="java" href="http://www.freebsd.org/java/">Java on FreeBSD</a>
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This contains information on where to obtain the latest JDK for
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FreeBSD, how to install and run it, and a list of java software that
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you may find interesting. Please note that the JDK is unsupported on
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versions of FreeBSD prior to 2.2.</li>
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<li><a name="mozilla" href="mozilla.html">FreeBSD Mozilla Group</a>
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seeks to provide a focus for work on Netscape's Mozilla project for
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the FreeBSD world by providing centralized resources such as a CVS
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repository, a mailing list, and other tools for development.</li>
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<li><a name="multimedia" href="http://www.freebsd.org/~faulkner/multimedia/mm.html">MultiMedia</a>
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A resource of links to information and software pertaining to the world
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of multimedia in the UNIX world.</li>
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<li><a href="../ports/">FreeBSD Ports Collection</a>
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The FreeBSD Ports Collection provides an easy way to compile and
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install a wide range of applications with a minimum amount of effort.
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A list of current ports is available along with a search mechanism
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to see if a specific application exists in the Ports Collection.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/">FreeBSD Ports distfiles survey</a>
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is a list which checks the Ports Collection for unfetchable distfiles
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and provides a summary for each port.</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="networking"></a>
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<h3>Networking</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a name="altq" href="http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/kjc/kjc/software.html">ALTQ</a>: bandwidth management for applications</li>
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<li><a name="kame" href="http://www.kame.net/">KAME Project</a>, a free IPv6/IPsec stack for BSD</li>
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<li><a name="ppp" href="http://www.awfulhak.org/ppp.html">Point to Point Protocol (PPP)</a></li>
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<li><a name="smn" href="http://www.cs.pdx.edu/research/SMN/">Secure MobileIP via IP</a></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="filesystem"></a>
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<h3>File system</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a name="afs" href="http://www.stacken.kth.se/projekt/arla/">Arla</a>
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is a free AFS client implementation. The main goal is to
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make a fully functional client with all capabilities of normal AFS.
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Other planned and implemented things are all the normal management
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tools and a server.
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<li><a name="coda" href="http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/">Coda</a> is
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a distributed file system. Among its features are disconnected
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operation, good security model, server replication and persistent
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client side caching.
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<li><a name="devfs" href="http://www.freebsd.org/~julian/">DEVFS</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~terry/">Mode locking</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~terry/">Make the namei interface reflexive</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~terry/">NFS client and server locking</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://iclub.nsu.ru/~semen/ntfs/">NTFS Driver for FreeBSD</a>
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This driver allows Windows NTFS partitions to be mounted by FreeBSD.
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Currently NTFS partitions can only be accessed in read-only mode, but
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plans are in the works for read/write access.</li>
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<li><a name="rio" href="http://www.eecs.umich.edu/Rio/">Rio (RAM
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I/O)</a>: The Rio project is investigating how to implement and
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use reliable memory. Reliable memory enables dramatic
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improvements in reliability and performance.</li>
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<li><a name="softupdate" href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/sys/contrib/softupdates/README"> Soft Updates:</a>
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A Solution to the Metadata Update Problem in File Systems</li>
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<li><a name="tcfs" href="http://tcfs.dia.unisa.it/">TCFS</a>
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is a Transparent Cryptographic File System that is a suitable
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solution to the problem of privacy for distributed file system. By a
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deeper integration between the encryption service and the file system,
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it results in a complete trasparency of use to the user
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applications. Files are stored in encrypted form and are decrypted
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before they are read. The encryption/decryption process takes place on
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the client machine and thus the encryption/decryption key never
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travels on the network.</li>
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<li><a name="Tertiary" href="http://now.cs.berkeley.edu/Td/">Tertiary Disk</a>
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is a storage system architecture to create large disk storage systems
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that avoid the disadvantages of custom built disk arrays. The
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name comes from twin goals: to have the cost per megabyte and
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capacity of tape libraries and the performance of magnetic
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disks. We use commodity, off the shelf components to develop a
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scalable, low cost, terabyte capacity disk system. Our target is
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to build a complete storage system with about 30-50% extra to
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the cost of the raw disk. Tertiary Disk uses PCs connected by a
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switched network to host a large number of disks. Our prototype
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consists of 20 200MHz PC PCs, which host 370 8GB disks. The PCs
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are connected through a 100Mbps Ethernet switch.</li>
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<li><a name="vinum" href="http://www.lemis.com/vinum.html">Vinum</a>
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is a logical volume manager modeled after the VERITAS volume manager.
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However, it is not a clone of Veritas, and attempts to solve a
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number of problems more elegantly than Veritas. It also offers
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features that Veritas does not have.</li>
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<li><a name="PathConvert" href="http://www.tamacom.com/pathconvert/">
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The PathConvert project</a> is to develop utilities which make
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conversion between absolute path name and relative path name. It
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brings benefits mainly to the users of NFS and WWW.</li>
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<li><a name="v9fs" href="http://www.acl.lanl.gov/~rminnich/">
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V9FS: Memory-based file system for FreeBSD</a> It will (we hope)
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become the basis of private name spaces for FreeBSD in the
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future. It provides a file system that uses only memory for
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directories, inodes, and data. This is not at all like mfs,
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since mfs uses memory for "disk blocks", and essentially acts as
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the device for UFS. V9FS in contrast is a first-class citizen
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and is a full mountable file system. No writeup yet.</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="kernelandsecurity"></a>
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<h3>Kernel, security</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a name="drawbridge" href="http://drawbridge.tamu.edu/">Drawbridge</a>
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is a firewall package that was developed at Texax A&M University and
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was designed with a large academic environment in mind. It's greatest
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strength is the ability to perform high speed packet filtering for
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a larget number of individual hosts within an intranetwork.</li>
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<li><a name="hardening" href="http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/">FreeBSD Hardening Project</a>
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The goal of the FreeBSD Hardening Project is to develop a set of
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modifications to the base FreeBSD system that, when applied, allow
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for a far more secure environment. Services would, in general, be
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disabled until specifically enabled, much like modern firewall
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policies.</li>
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<li><a name="metacomputing" href="ftp://ftp.sarnoff.com/pub/mnfs/www/docs/metacomputing.html">Metacomputing</a></li>
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<li><a name="DHCP" href="http://home.san.rr.com/freebsd/dhcp.html">DHCP configuration</a>
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How to set up DHCP on FreeBSD systems for use with cable modems, etc.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/source/">Handling more than 32 signals</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~terry/">Working LDAP for FreeBSD</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.gsoft.com.au/pub/misc/splashkit-980202.tar.gz">Splashkit</a>
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Allows for display of a graphical image while booting.</li>
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<li><a name="SMP" href="http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html">Symmetric MultiProcessor Support</a>
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Documentation and other information about taking advantage of multiple
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processors under FreeBSD.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~terry/">A validation suite for testing for kernel memory leaks</a></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="devicedrivers"></a>
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<h3>Device drivers</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a name="deviceframework" href="http://www.freebsd.org/~dfr/devices.html">
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A New Device Framework for FreeBSD</a></li>
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<li><a name="atm" href="http://www.ccrc.wustl.edu/pub/chuck/tech/bsdatm/bsdatm.html"> BSD ATM: implementation of ATM internetworking under 4.4BSD</a>:
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New computer applications in areas such as multimedia, imaging,
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and distributed computing demand high levels of performance from
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computer networks. ATM-based networking solutions provide one
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possible alternative to meeting these performance needs.
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However, the complexity of ATM over traditional networks such as
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Ethernet has proven to be a barrier to its being used. In this
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paper we present the design and implementation of BSD ATM, a
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light-weight and efficient ATM software layer for BSD-based
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operating systems that requires minimal changes to the operating
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system. BSD ATM can be used both for IP-based networking traffic
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and for ``native'' ATM traffic.</li>
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<li><a name="timekeeping" href="http://phk.freebsd.dk/rover.html">High-precision timekeeping with FreeBSD</a>
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How to create a NTP stratum 1 server with state of the art
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performance.</li>
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<li><a name="homeauto" href="http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/HomeAuto/HomeAuto.html">Home Automation</a>
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with FreeBSD such as appliance controllers, infra-red controllers,
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automated telephone systems, and more.</li>
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<li><a name="isdn" href="http://www.hcs.de/users/hm/isdn4bsd/i4b-main.html">i4b: ISDN for FreeBSD</a>
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ISDN4BSD (or i4b for short) is a package for interfacing a computer
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running FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, or BSD/OS to ISDN. The only ISDN
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protocol currently supported is the BRI protocol. ISDN4BSD allows you
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to make IP network connections by using either IP packets sent in raw
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HDLC frames on the B channel, or by using sychronous PPP. For
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telephony, ISDN4BSD can answer incoming phone calls like an answering
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machine.</li>
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<li><a name="cam" href="http://www.freebsd.org/~gibbs/">CAM: New SCSI layer for FreeBSD</a>
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Details about what the new CAM SCSI layer is, and how it works.</li>
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<li><a name="tokenring" href="http://www.jurai.net/~winter/tr/tr.html">The FreeBSD Token-Ring Project</a>
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Information, files, patches, and documentation about adding Token Ring
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support to FreeBSD.</li>
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<li><a name="usb" href="http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/usb/usb.pl"> FreeBSD USB driver development</a>
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The NetBSD USB stack has been ported to FreeBSD. Together with them we
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have started developing the drivers for many devices using the USB bus.
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Have a look on the webpage if you want to join the effort or you want to
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have a look on the devices that are being supported.</li>
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<li><a name="awe64" href="http://members.tripod.com/~section001/bsdawe64.html">Soundblaster Awe64 configuration under FreeBSD 3.1</a></li>
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<li><a name="xircomcem"></a>A mailing list exists for further
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development of Scott Mitchell's Xircom CEM ethernet driver. Send
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<tt>subscribe freebsd-xircom</tt> to <a
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href="mailto:majordomo@lovett.com">majordomo@lovett.com</a> to
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join.</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="architecture"></a>
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<h3>Architecture</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a name="alpha" href="../alpha/alpha.html">Porting FreeBSD to Alpha systems</a>
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Contains information on the FreeBSD Alpha port such as the status,
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mailing list information, the hardware used, and other Alpha
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projects.</li>
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<li><a name="sparc" href="http://www.freebsd.org/~obrien/freebsd-sparc/">Porting FreeBSD to Sparc systems</a>
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Contains information on the FreeBSD Sparc port including an FAQ,
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some early boot code, information on Sparc processors and motherboards,
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and other Sparc projects.</li>
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<li><a name="sysvr4" href="http://slash.dotat.org/~newton/freebsd-svr4/">
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The SysVR4 Emulation</a> page describes an SysVR4 emulator for
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FreeBSD. It is currently capable of running (or walking, in some
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cases) a wide-ish variety of SysV executabls taken from Solaris/x86
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2.5.1 and 2.6 systems. I have reason to believe that it will also run
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SCO UnixWare and SCO OpenServer binaries.</li>
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<li><a name="oskit" href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/flexmach/oskit/">The OSKit</a>
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The OSKit is a framework and a set of 31 component libraries oriented
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to operating systems, together with extensive documentation. By
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providing in a modular way not only most of the infrastructure
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"grunge" needed by an OS, but also many higher-level components, the
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OSKit's goal is to lower the barrier to entry to OS R&D and to
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lower its costs. The OSKit makes it vastly easier to create a new OS,
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port an existing OS to the x86 (or in the future, to other
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architectures supported by the OSkit), or enhance an OS to support a
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wider range of devices, file system formats, executable formats, or
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network services. The OSKit also works well for constructing OS-related
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programs, such as boot loaders or OS-level servers atop a
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microkernel.</li>
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<li><a name="picobsd" href="http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/">Small and embedded FreeBSD (PicoBSD)</a>
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PicoBSD is a one floppy version of FreeBSD which in its different
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variations allows you to have secure dial-up access, small diskless
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router, or even a dial-in server. All of this on only one standard
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1.44MB floppy disk. It runs on a minimum 386SX CPU with 8MB of RAM,
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and no hard drive is required!</li>
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<li><a name="linuxthreads" href="http://lt.tar.com/">Linux Threads under FreeBSD</a>
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Create a port of Linux Threads that can be compiled and used as a
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kernel threads implementation under FreeBSD. Allow native Linux
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applications linked against the Linux Threads pthread library (either
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static or shared libs) to run under FreeBSD in Linux "emulation"
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mode.</li>
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<li><a name="buds" href="http://www.mozie.com/projects/buds/index.html">
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BUDS: BSD Unix Distributed Simple-ly</a>
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Provide a general purpose clustering system for further
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development into parallel-multi-processors. This system is
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intended to be generic in nature, but powerful. It is not intend
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for computensively intensive applications, nor is it intended
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for highly complex interdependent applications.</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="misc"></a>
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<h3>Misc</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a name="global" href="http://www.tamacom.com/global/">GLOBAL</a>
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is acommon source code tag system that works the same way across
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diverse environments. Currently, it supports the shell command line,
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the nvi editor, web browser, the emacs editor, and the elvis editor,
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and the supported languages are C, Yacc, and Java.</li>
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<li><a name="pao" href="http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/PAO/">PAO: Mobile Computing page, laptops running FreeBSD</a>
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PAO enables FreeBSD to drive many PCMCIA (PC-card) cards and also
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provides you with PC-card "hotplug" on your laptop machines running
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FreeBSD. It also contains some improvements and bug fixes for the
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APM BIOS driver.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/source/">Replacement of gnu awk with bwk's "one true awk"</a></li>
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<li><A name="freebsdxr" HREF="http://lxr.linux.no/freebsd/source">FreeBSD cross reference</A>.
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A hypertext cross referenced presentation of the FreeBSD kernel
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sourecode. The version indexed is -CURRENT, and it is updated every
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night.</li>
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