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<!ENTITY date "$Date: 1997-10-23 03:12:19 $">
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<!ENTITY title "Getting FreeBSD">
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<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "includes.sgml"> %includes;
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]>
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<!-- $Id: where.sgml,v 1.23 1997-10-23 03:12:19 jkh Exp $ -->
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<html>
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&header;
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<a name="releases"></a>
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<h2><a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a></h2>
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<p>Detailed descriptions of past, present, and future releases. Look here
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first to determine what the latest version of FreeBSD is.</p>
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<a name="install"></a>
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<h2><a href="handbook/install.html">Installing FreeBSD</a></h2>
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<p>There are many options for installing FreeBSD, including
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installation from CDROM, floppy disk, an MS-DOS partition,
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magnetic tape, anonymous ftp, and NFS. Please read through
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the <a href="handbook/install.html">installation guide</a>
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before downloading the entire FreeBSD distribution. If you
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are installing on a machine connected to the Internet, you
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may only need to download a single installation disk image!</p>
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<a name="distribution"></a>
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<h2>Distribution Sites</h2>
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<p>The official sources for FreeBSD are:
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<ul>
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<li>Anonymous ftp from <a
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href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD</a>:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE">FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7.1-RELEASE">FreeBSD 2.1.7.1-RELEASE</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Anonymous ftp from one of the numerous <a
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href="handbook/mirrors.html"><strong>mirror
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sites</strong></a></li>
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<li>On <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/freebsd.htm">CD-ROM</a> from <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek
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CDROM</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>If you plan on getting FreeBSD via ftp, please check the
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listing of <a href="handbook/mirrors.html"><strong>mirror
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sites</strong></a> in the handbook to see if there is a site closer
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to you. For more information about past, present and
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future releases in general, please visit the <a
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href="releases/">release information page</a>.
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<p>If you're interesting in a purely experimental <strong>snapshot</strong>
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release of FreeBSD-current (AKA 3.0-current), aimed at developers
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and bleeding-edge testers only, then please see the
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<a href="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">daily snapshot
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server</A> FTP site. This site also contains daily snapshots of
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the 2.2-stable branch.</p>
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<a name="apps"></a>
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<h2>Applications and Utility Software</h2>
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<h3>The Packages collection</h3>
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<p>The FreeBSD packages are a diverse collection of utility
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and application software that has been ported to FreeBSD.
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The packages are pre-compiled binaries ready to drop into
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your system and run.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-current">Packages
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for FreeBSD-current</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2.5">Packages
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for FreeBSD 2.2.5</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.1.7">Packages
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for FreeBSD versions 2.1.5 - 2.1.7</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3>The Ports collection</h3>
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<p>The Ports collection is like the packages collection but
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instead of compiled binaries, the necessary patches and
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makefiles to compile the source code are provided. For
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software with important configuration that must be done at
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compile time, the "port" version may be more useful than
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the "package" version.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports-current">Ports
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for FreeBSD-current</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/ports">Ports
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for FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports-2.1.7">Ports
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for FreeBSD versions 2.1.5 - 2.1.7</a></li>
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<li><a href="ports/index.html">Alternative WWW interface
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to Ports for FreeBSD-current</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>For information about how <em>you</em> can contribute
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<em>your</em> favorite piece of software to the port
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collection, have a look at <em><a
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href="handbook/porting.html">Porting
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applications</a></em> and <em><a
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href="handbook/contrib.html">Contributing to
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FreeBSD</a></em> in the <a
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href="handbook"><em>FreeBSD handbook</em></a>.
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<h3>Commercial software</h3>
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<p>Beginning with FreeBSD <a href="releases">Release
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2.0.5</a>, FreeBSD includes demo versions of some
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commercial as well as some shareware products. In
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addition to the demos available in the FreeBSD
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distribution, a number of other commercial vendors offer
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software products specifically for FreeBSD.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7.1-RELEASE/commerce">Commercial
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products for FreeBSD 2.1.5 - 2.1.7</a></li>
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<li><a href="commercial.html">Commercial vendors supporting
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FreeBSD</a></li>
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</ul>
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&footer;
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</body>
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</html>
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