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expansions and minor edits in addition to linimon's patch. PR: 213519 Submitted by: linimon
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123 lines
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<title>&title;</title>
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<cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">$FreeBSD$</cvs:keyword>
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</head>
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<body class="navinclude.docs">
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<h2><a>Getting &os;</a></h2>
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<p>The latest &os; releases are available <a
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href="&enbase;/where.html">here</a>. Before you begin,
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please carefully read the <a
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href="&url.books;/handbook/bsdinstall.html">installation
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instructions</a>.</p>
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<h2><a>Learning about &os;</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p>The <a href="&url.books;/handbook/index.html">&os;
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Handbook</a> and <a
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href="&url.books;/faq/index.html">Frequently Asked Questions
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(FAQ)</a> are the main documents for &os;. Essential reading,
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they contain a lot of material for newbies as well as advanced
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users. For users interested in installing a GUI, see the <a
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href="&url.books;/handbook/x11.html">X Windows</a> chapter.
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</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="&cgibase;/man.cgi">Manual pages</a> are good for
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reference but not always the best introduction for a novice.
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They generally provide information on a specific command,
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driver or service.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a>Questions and Support</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p>Join the &os;-Questions mailing list to see the questions
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you were too afraid to ask, and their answers. Subscribe by
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filling out the following form: <a
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href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions">http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions</a>.
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You can look up old questions and answers via the <a
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href="&base;/search/search.html#mailinglists">search</a>
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page.</p></li>
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<li><p>The &os; <a href="https://forums.freebsd.org">Forums</a>
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offer another support channel. Many users have written various
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tutorials and lots of new users receive help there.</p></li>
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<li><p>You can <a href="&base;/search/search.html">search</a> the
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Handbook and FAQ, the whole web site, or the &os; mailing list
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archives.</p></li>
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<li><p>The <a href="&base;/support.html">Support</a> page
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contains a wealth of information about &os;, including mailing
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lists, user groups, web and FTP sites, release information,
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and links to some sources of &unix; information.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a>Learning about &os;-derived projects</a></h2>
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<p>&os; is widely used as a building block for other commercial
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and open-source operating systems. Some of the most widely used
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and publicly available systems are listed below.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.freenas.org">FreeNAS</a> is a storage
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solution that can be installed on virtually any hardware
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platform to share data over a network. It uses ZFS to protect,
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store, backup, all of your data.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="https://www.trueos.org">TrueOS</a> is a &os;
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derivative with a graphical installer and impressive desktop
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tools aimed at ease of use for the casual computer
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user.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.pfsense.org">pfSense</a> is a &os;
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based network security solution. pfSense
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software, with the help of the package system, is able to
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provide the same functionality or more of common commercial
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firewalls, without any of the artificial limitations. It has
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successfully replaced every big name commercial firewall you can
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imagine in numerous installations around the world.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a>How to Contribute</a></h2>
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<p>Everyone has something to contribute to the &os; community,
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even newbies! Some are busy working with the new advocacy group
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and some have become involved with the <a
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href="&base;/docproj/docproj.html">Documentation Project</a> as
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reviewers. Other &os; newbies might have particular skills and
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experiences to share, either computer related or not, or just
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want to meet new newbies and make them feel welcome. There are
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always people around who help others simply because they like
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to.</p>
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<p>Friends who run &os; are a great resource. No book can replace
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chatting on the phone or across a pizza with someone who has the
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same interests, enjoys similar accomplishments, and faces the
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same challenges. If you do not have many friends who use &os;,
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consider using your old &os; CDs to create some more.</p>
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<p><a href="&base;/usergroups.html">User groups</a> are good
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places to meet other &os; users. If there is no one nearby, you
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might consider starting one!</p>
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<p>For more information on getting involved in the community, see
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the <a
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href="&enbase;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/index.html">Contributing
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to &os;</a> article.</p>
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