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<p>FreeBSD is a rapidly developing operating system. Keeping up on
the latest developments can be a chore! To keep on top of things,
be sure and check this page periodically. Also, you may wish to
subscribe to the <a
href="../handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">freebsd-announce
mailing list</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="../news/qnewsletter.html">FreeBSD Real-Quick (TM)
Newsletter (RQN)</a> is a monthly (sometimes bi-weekly) newsletter
containing recent developments in the FreeBSD arena. Subscribe to
<a href="../handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">freebsd-announce</a>
to receive this newsletter via e-mail.</p>
<p>For a detailed description of past, present, and future releases,
see the <strong><a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release
Information</a></strong> page.</p>
<h2>July 2000</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>12-July-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:marko@FreeBSD.org">Mark Ovens</a>
</p></li>
<li><p><b>11-July-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:kbyanc@FreeBSD.org">Kelly Yancey</a>
</p></li>
<li><p><b>11-July-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:dwmalone@FreeBSD.org">David
Malone</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>11-July-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:non@FreeBSD.org">Noriaki
Mitsunaga</a> (PC-Card)</p></li>
<li><p><b>10-July-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:ben@FreeBSD.org">Ben Smithurst</a>
(Docs)</p></li>
<li><p><b>8-July-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:dannyboy@FreeBSD.org">Daniel
Harris</a> (Docs)</p></li>
<li><p><b>7-July-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:takawata@FreeBSD.org">Takanori
Watanabe</a> (ACPI)</p></li>
<li><p><b>6-July-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:hrs@FreeBSD.org">Hiroki
Sato</a> (Japanese Docs)</p></li>
<li><p><b>5-July-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:horikawa@FreeBSD.org">Kazuo
Horikawa (Japanese Online Manuals)</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>3-July-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:adrian@FreeBSD.org">Adrian
Chadd</a></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>June 2000</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>30-June-2000</b>
<a href="http://freshports.org/">http://freshports.org/</a> has
been upgraded to FreshPorts 1.1. The FreshPorts website contains
the latest details of which ports have been create/updated/removed.
This upgrade, the first since FreshPorts was release in early May,
gives you an improved home page, which together with a commit
history means you can find out about your ports faster and
easier.</p></li>
<li><p><b>29-June-2000</b>
<a href="http://www.tucows.com/">Tucows</a> has added a
<a href="http://bsd.tucows.com/">BSD section</a>.</p></li>
<li><p><b>26-June-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:akiyama@FreeBSD.org">Shunsuke
Akiyama</a> (Optical disk driver)</p></li>
<li><p><b>24-June-2000</b>
<a href="&base;/releases/3.5R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.5</a> has
been released. Please see the <a
href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
more details. Also be sure to check the <a
href="&base;/releases/3.5R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.5 that
occur.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>20-June-2000</b>
<p>A new committer: <a href="mailto:sanpei@FreeBSD.org">MIHIRA
Sanpei Yoshiro</a> (PC-Card)</p>
<p>A new committer: <a href="mailto:cokane@FreeBSD.org">Coleman
Kane</a> (3dfx voodoo for glide/Mesa)</p></li>
<li><p><b>19-June-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:cjh@FreeBSD.org">CHOI
Junho</a> (Ports)</p></li>
<li><p><b>08-June-2000</b>
Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh will be in Japan during the first
part of June 2000. They will be giving talks at: the BSD BOF at
Networld+Interop 2000 Tokyo (8th), the JUS seminor at Tokyo (9th),
the NBUG event at Nagoya (10th), and, the K*BUG seminor at Osaka
(10th). Please see
<a href="http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/">http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</p>
<p>A new article is available, explaining how to <a
href="&base;/tutorials/dialup-firewall/index.html">use PPP, natd,
and ipfw</a> to implement a firewall with a PPP dialup
connection.</p>
<p>A new committer: <a href="mailto:alex@FreeBSD.org">Alexander
Langer</a> (Ports, Docs)</p></li>
<li><p><b>06-Jun-2000</b>
The first <a href="&base;/conspectus/index.html">FreeBSD
Conspectus</a> has been added, providing a summary of events on
the <tt>-stable</tt> mailing list over the past week.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>May 2000</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>19-May-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:cp@FreeBSD.org">Chuck
Paterson</a> (SMP)</p></li>
<li><p><b>18-May-2000</b>
A hardcopy version of the <a href="../handbook/">FreeBSD
Handbook</a> is now available. If you would like to order a
copy, please visit the <a
href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">FreeBSDMall</a>, or <a
href="http://www.wccdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM's web
site</a>.</p></li>
<li><p><b>15-May-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:jake@FreeBSD.org">Jake
Burkholder</a> (legacy drivers)</p></li>
<li><p><b>14-May-2000</b>
Issue #04 of <a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">The FreeBSD
'zine</a> is now available.</p></li>
<li><p><b>09-May-2000</b>
<a href="http://freshports.org/">Freshports</a>: Similar in
nature to <a href="http://freshmeat.net/">Freshmeat</a>, this site
deals exclusively with FreeBSD ports, and allows you to create
your own ``watch lists'' for your favorite ports.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>April 2000</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>16-Apr-2000</b>
New mailing lists available: <strong>freebsd-i18n</strong>
(FreeBSD Internationalization) and <strong>freebsd-ppc</strong>
(Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC)</p></li>
<li><p><b>04-Apr-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:murray@FreeBSD.org">Murray
Stokely</a> (sysinstall)</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>March 2000</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>22-Mar-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:knu@FreeBSD.org">Akinori
MUSHA</a> (Ports)</p></li>
<li><p><b>21-Mar-2000</b>
<a href="mailto:unfurl@FreeBSD.org">Bill Swingle</a> has written
an <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200003/bsdports&amp;page=1">
article on the Ports and Packages System</a> for <a
href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/">32bitsonline.com</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>20-Mar-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:will@FreeBSD.org">Will
Andrews</a> (Ports)</p></li>
<li><p><b>15-Mar-2000</b>
Issue #2 of <a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">The FreeBSD
'zine</a> is now available.<p></p></li>
<li><b>13-Mar-2000</b>
<a href="&base;/releases/4.0R/announce.html">FreeBSD 4.0</a> has
been released. Please see the <a
href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
more details. Also be sure to check the <a
href="&base;/releases/4.0R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
installation for any late-breaking issues with 4.0 that
occur.<p></p></li>
<li><b>09-Mar-2000</b>
<a href="http://www.wccdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a> and <a
href="http://www.BSDI.com/">BSDI</a> merge! Read the official
<a href="&base;/news/press-rel-4.html">press release</a> for more
information.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>February 2000</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>26-Feb-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:ume@FreeBSD.org">Hajimu
UMEMOTO</a> (IPv6)</p></li>
<li><p><b>23-Feb-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:ps@FreeBSD.org">Paul
Saab</a></p></li>
<li><b>22-Feb-2000</b>
<a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/">32BitsOnline.com</a> has a
<a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&amp;page=1">review</a>
of FreeBSD 3.4 by <a href="mailto:csmith@medullas.com">Clifford
Smith</a> available on their web site. All in all, a good
review.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>18-Feb-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:bsd@FreeBSD.org">Brian S Dean</a>
(Kernel support for IA32 hardware debug registers, misc
fixes/feature enhancements in other areas)</p></li>
<li><b>17-Feb-2000</b>
A new issue of <a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">The FreeBSD
'zine</a> came out on the 15th. This is the first issue of the
'zine in 7 months; lots of changes have been made, and many new
features have been added. Be sure to check it out.<p></p></li>
<li><b>10-Feb-2000</b>
<a href="mailto:mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org">Michael Lucas</a>
has written an excellent <a
href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/20000210/282/">
article</a> on the differences between the BSD license and the
GPL. This article is definitely worth reading.<p></p>
<p>New committers: <a href="mailto:gsutter@FreeBSD.org">Greg
Sutter</a> and <a href="mailto:unfurl@FreeBSD.org">Bill
Swingle</a> (Docs)</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>January 2000</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>22-Jan-2000</b>
The <a href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/">FreeBSD Diary</a>, a
chronicle of what one guy is doing with FreeBSD, has been around
for almost two years. Until today, it was tucked away in a corner
of his site. Following significant growth, a new-look site was
launched today. The site contains a huge number of how-to guides
and the readership includes NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux
users.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>13-Jan-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:wilko@FreeBSD.org">Wilko
Bulte</a></p></li>
<li><b>04-Jan-2000</b>
The <a href="http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/">Compaq Testdrive
program</a> is now making testdrives available of the the latest
FreeBSD 4.0-20000101-CURRENT release running on an Alpha XP1000
EV6.7. running at 667MHz and loaded with two gigs of ram. To get
a free shell account as a participant in the testdrive program,
all you need to do is register at the site. These accounts aren't
for playing, the goal of the program is to make brand new systems
available to developers so they can test, build and port their
apps to the world's fastest computer. The testdrive program also
offers other systems running FreeBSD, including a Proliant 5500
dual Xeon 450MHz and a DPW500a.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>03-Jan-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:patrick@FreeBSD.org">Patrick
Gardella</a> (JDK/WWW)</p></li>
<li><p><b>02-Jan-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:ade@FreeBSD.org">Ade Lovett</a>
(Ports)</p></li>
<li><p><b>01-Jan-2000</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:reg@FreeBSD.org">Jeremy Lea</a>
(Ports)</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>December 1999</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>30-Dec-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:groudier@FreeBSD.org">Gerard
Roudier</a> (Symbios SCSI driver)</p></li>
<li><b>20-Dec-1999</b>
<a href="&base;/releases/3.4R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.4</a> has
been released. Please see the <a
href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
more details. Also be sure to check the <a
href="&base;/releases/3.4R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.4 that
occur.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>18-Dec-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:rwatson@FreeBSD.org">Robert
Watson</a> (Coda, POSIX.1e ACLs/Capabilities/Auditing/MAC, FFS
extended attributes, Jail code improvements/documentation,
IPFW/BPF cleanup)</p></li>
<li><p><b>16-Dec-1999</b>
Remove a committer: James Raynard, <i>"I have decided to resign as
a committer as it's been a very long time since I last had the
time to work on FreeBSD and things have now got to the point where
not even "speed reading" can help me keep up with the commit
mail."</i> Our thanks to James for the time and effort he has
contributed to FreeBSD.</p>
<p>A new committer: <a href="mailto:asmodai@FreeBSD.org">Jeroen
Ruigrok van der Werven</a> (Docs, in particular mdoc, low-level
interfaces, and other source tree related
documentation)</p></li>
<li><p><b>15-Dec-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:jedgar@FreeBSD.org">Chris D.
Faulhaber</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>14-Dec-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:nbm@FreeBSD.org">Neil
Blakey-Milner</a> (Docs)</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>October 1999</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>24-Oct-1999</b>
The <a href="http://www.freebsdcon.org/">FreeBSD Con</a> '99 event
this year was a big success! Over 350 people attended, and both
the vendors and attendees alike said they found the event to be
both entertaining and valuable. Many thanks to <a
href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a> for producing
this event and to <a href="http://www.mckusick.com/"> Dr. Marshall
Kirk McKusick</a> for teaching two kernel internals tutorials and
giving his <a
href="http://www.mckusick.com/history/index.html">History of
BSD</a> talk at the conference.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>10-Oct-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:joe@FreeBSD.org">Josef
Karthauser</a></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>September 1999</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>27-Sep-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:nakai@FreeBSD.org">Yukihiro
Nakai</a> (Ports)</p></li>
<li><p><b>26-Sep-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:dan@FreeBSD.org">Dan Moschuk</a>
(Ports)</p></li>
<li><b>17-Sep-1999</b>
<a href="&base/releases/3.3R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.3</a> has
been released. Please see the <a
href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
more details. Also be sure to check the <a
href="&base;/releases/3.3R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.3 that
occur.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>08-Sep-1999</b>
New committers: <a href="mailto:bp@FreeBSD.org">Boris Popov</a>
(Netware) and <a href="mailto:wsanchez@FreeBSD.org">Wilfredo
Sanchez</a> (FreeBSD/Apple Darwin collaboration)</p></li>
<li><p><b>05-Sep-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:jmas@FreeBSD.org">Jose M.
Alcaide</a> (Docs/Spanish translation)</p></li>
<li><p><b>03-Sep-1999</b>
New committers: <a href="mailto:imura@FreeBSD.org">R. Imura</a>
(Ports/KDE), <a href="mailto:andy@FreeBSD.org">Andrey
Zakhvatov</a> (Docs/Russian translation) and <a
href="mailto:gioria@FreeBSD.org">Sebastien Gioria</a> (Docs/French
translation)</p></li>
<li><p><b>02-Sep-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:phantom@FreeBSD.org">Alexey
Zelkin</a> (Localization/Docs/Russian translation)</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>August 1999</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>23-Aug-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org">John Baldwin</a>
(Docs)</p></li>
<li><p><b>11-Aug-1999</b> New committers: <a
href="mailto:alfred@FreeBSD.org">Alfred Perlstein</a> (SMP) and
<a href="mailto:jim@FreeBSD.org">Jim Mock</a> (Docs)</p></li>
<li><b>10-Aug-1999</b>
<a href="http://www.codeforge.com/">C-Forge</a>, an Integrated
Development Environment, has been released (beta) for FreeBSD,
supporting C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and many other
languages.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>06-Aug-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:chris@FreeBSD.org">Chris
Costello</a> (Docs)</p></li>
<li><p><b>04-Aug-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:pho@FreeBSD.org">Peter Holm</a>
(Docs)</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>July 1999</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>29-Jul-1999</b>
New committers: <a href="mailto:shin@FreeBSD.org">Yoshinobu
Inoue</a> and <a href="mailto:sumikawa@FreeBSD.org">Munechika
Sumikawa</a> (KAME/IPv6)</p></li>
<li><p><b>27-Jul-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:mdodd@FreeBSD.org">Matthew N.
Dodd</a> (EISA/PCI/newbus)</p></li>
<li><p><b>14-Jul-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:tanimura@FreeBSD.org">Seigo
Tanimura</a> (MIDI)</p></li>
<li><p><b>07-Jul-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:cg@FreeBSD.org">Cameron Grant</a>
(PCM)</p></li>
<li><p><b>03-Jul-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:marcel@FreeBSD.org">Marcel
Moolenaar</a> (Linux compat)</p></li>
<li><p><b>01-Jul-1999</b>
New committers: <a href="mailto:nyan@FreeBSD.org">Takahashi
Yoshihiro</a> (PC98) and <a
href="mailto:gehenna@FreeBSD.org">Masahide MAEKAWA</a></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>June 1999</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>30-Jun-1999</b>
New committers: <a href="mailto:lile@FreeBSD.org">Larry Lile</a>
(Token Ring), <a href="mailto:dbaker@FreeBSD.org">Daniel Baker</a>
(Ports), and <a href="mailto:deischen@FreeBSD.org">Daniel
Eischen</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>19-Jun-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:cpiazza@FreeBSD.org">Chris
Piazza</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>18-Jun-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:iwasaki@FreeBSD.org">Mitsuru
IWASAKI</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>17-Jun-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:green@FreeBSD.org">Brian
Feldman</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>14-Jun-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:sheldonh@FreeBSD.org">Sheldon
Hearn</a></p></li>
<li><b>10-Jun-1999</b>
FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE CDs are shipping. Subscribers who did not
make any special shipping arrangements should be receiving their
CDs soon. Anyone who wishes to order 3.2-RELEASE or to subscribe
may do so via <a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">The FreeBSD
Mall</a>.<p></p></li>
<li><b>08-Jun-1999</b>
A new <a href="http://freebsd.itworks.com.au/">Australian FreeBSD
Web Mirror</a> now exists. Thanks to <a
href="http://www.itworks.com.au/">ITworks Consulting</a> for
providing the host.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>May 1999</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>28-May-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:kevlo@FreeBSD.org">Kevin
Lo</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>27-May-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:ru@FreeBSD.org">Ruslan
Ermilov</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>26-May-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:mtaylor@FreeBSD.org">Mark J.
Taylor</a></p></li>
<li><b>18-May-1999</b>
<a href="&base/releases/3.2R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.2</a> has
been released. Please see the <a
href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
more details. Also be sure to check the <a
href="&base/releases/3.2R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.2 that you might
need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>April 1999</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>30-Apr-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:tom@FreeBSD.org">Tom Hukins</a>
(Docs)</p></li>
<li><b>22-Apr-1999</b>
The <a href="../tutorials/docproj-primer/">FreeBSD Documentation
Project Primer</a> is now available (in the <a
href="../tutorials/">tutorials section</a>) for people who want to
learn the technical details of the <a
href="../docproj/docproj.html">Documentation
Project</a>.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>15-Apr-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:dick@FreeBSD.org">Richard
Seaman</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>13-Apr-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:mharo@FreeBSD.org">Michael
Haro</a></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>March 1999</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>30-Mar-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:nsayer@FreeBSD.org">Nick
Sayer</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>10-Mar-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:jasone@FreeBSD.org">Jason
Evans</a></p></li>
<li><b>05-Mar-1999</b>
The <a href="http://www.usenix.org/">USENIX Association</a> has
announced the <a
href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/">1999 USENIX Annual
Technical Conference</a>, scheduled for 06-11 June 1999 in
Monterey, CA, USA. Our own Jordan Hubbard is chairing the FREENIX
Track, devoted to open source software's latest developments and
interesting applications.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>02-Mar-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:taoka@FreeBSD.org">Satoshi
TAOKA</a> (Ports)</p></li>
<li><b>01-Mar-1999</b>
A secure server has been set up to accept monetary donations to
the FreeBSD Project. For more information, see: <a
href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/">http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/</a>.<p></p></li>
<li><b>01-Mar-1999</b>
FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE CDs are now shipping. Subscribers should
receive their CDs soon. See <a
href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com/</a> to
order.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>February 1999</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>25-Feb-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:shige@FreeBSD.org">Shigeyuki
FUKUSHIMA</a></p></li>
<li><p><b>23-Feb-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:alc@FreeBSD.org">Alan Cox</a>
(VM)</p></li>
<li><p><b>19-Feb-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:kris@FreeBSD.org">Kris
Kennaway</a></p></li>
<li><b>17-Feb-1999</b>
The Gartner Group has released a report, <i>Divorcing Thin Server
Software from the Hardware</i>, examining the trend in the OEM
market of using software and hardware from different
vendors.<p></p></li>
<li><b>15-Feb-1999</b>
<a href="&base/releases/3.1R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.1</a> has
been released. Please see the <a
href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
more details. Also be sure to check the <a
href="&base/releases/3.1R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.1 that you might
need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
<li><b>04-Feb-1999</b>
The <a href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/">FreeBSD Diary</a>, a
collection of how-to entries aimed at Unix novices, is now
available.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>03-Feb-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:dcs@FreeBSD.org">Daniel
Sobral</a> (Bootloader)</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>January 1999</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><b>21-Jan-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:roger@FreeBSD.org">Roger
Hardiman</a> (bt8x8 driver)</p></li>
<li><b>20-Jan-1999</b> 3.0-STABLE has now departed the -CURRENT
branch. The next release on this branch will be 3.1-RELEASE,
in mid-February 1999.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>15-Jan-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:gallatin@FreeBSD.org">Andrew
Gallatin</a> (Alpha)</p></li>
<li><b>13-Jan-1999</b>
The <a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">FreeBSD ezine</a> is a
monthly collection of easy to read (we hope) articles written by
FreeBSD users and administrators just like you.<p></p></li>
<li><b>10-Jan-99</b>
Jordan Hubbard's "<a href="sou1999.html">State of the Union</a>",
a look back at 1998, and a look forward to the future.<p></p></li>
<li><p><b>02-Jan-1999</b>
A new committer: <a href="mailto:simokawa@FreeBSD.org">Hidetoshi
Shimokawa</a> (Alpha/Ports)</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>December 1998</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>28-Dec-98</b>
Unless circumstances dictate otherwise, FreeBSD 3.0 will depart
the -CURRENT branch late in the day on 15 January 1999. The 3.1
release will follow 30 days later, on 15 February 1999.
Developers should consider this as ADVANCE NOTICE of these
events.<p></p></li>
<li><b>13-Dec-98</b>
Walnut Creek CDROM has opened the <a
href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">FreeBSD Mall</a>, a site
devoted to the commercial aspects of FreeBSD, including add-ons,
hardware, and commercial tech-support. To advertise or sell your
products or services at the FreeBSD Mall, contact Walnut Creek
CDROM.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>November 1998</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>30-Nov-98</b>
<a href="&base/releases/2.2.8R/announce.html">FreeBSD 2.2.8</a>
has been released. Please see the <a
href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
more details. Also be sure to check the <a
href="&base/releases/2.2.8R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
installation for any late-breaking issues with 2.2.8 that you
might need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
<li><b>26-Nov-98</b>
<a href="http://www.freebsdrocks.com/">FreeBSD Rocks</a> is an
initiative designed to provide the FreeBSD community with the
latest FreeBSD news, software and resources. All areas include
search facilities, making keyword searching of historical posts
a breeze. The pages are updated daily and everyone is invited to
sign up an post an article. If it happened today, you'll see it
on FreeBSDRocks.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>October 1998</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>15-Oct-98</b>
<a href="&base/releases/3.0R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.0</a> 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="&base/releases/3.0R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.0 that you might
need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>September 1998</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>15-Sep-98</b>
September 15th is the scheduled date for entering BETA with the
3.0-CURRENT tree. As all of you already (should) know, 3.0 is
scheduled for release on October 15th so this gives us a nice 30
day BETA period. During this time, I don't expect anyone to drop
in significant new work or otherwise perturb the 3.0-CURRENT tree
in such a way that violates the general idea of a BETA (you're
supposed to test what you have, not move the goalposts every
couple of days :).<p></p></li>
<li><b>13-Sep-98</b>
After more than a year of development, the Common Access Method
SCSI layer for FreeBSD will be integrated into 3.0-CURRENT on
Sunday, September 13th. The CAM development team is currently
busy ensuring that the integration process goes as smoothly as
possible, so please understand that we may be slow to respond to
questions about CAM during that time.<p></p></li>
<li><b>09-Sep-98</b>
Perl5 is now imported into the 3.0-CURRENT source
tree.<p></p></li>
<li><b>05-Sep-98</b>
<a name="giveaway" href="http://visar.csustan.edu/">The BSD CD
Giveaway List</a>. If somebody has a CD to give away (recipient
pays for shipping) or to lend locally, they can put their email
address on the list. Hardware and literature can also be given
away. We encourage people to donate CDs to local libraries and
put them on the list as well.<p></p></li>
<li><b>01-Sep-98</b>
First issue of Daemon News arrives day earlier. This ezine is
by the BSD community for the BSD community. See <a
href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">http://www.daemonnews.org/</a><p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>August 1998</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>31-Aug-98</b>
FreeBSD -CURRENT branch (the future 3.0-RELEASE) has switched to
ELF from a.out format. People involved did a great job;
transition went smooth. Check the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/search.html">freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org</a>
mail archive for more information on the transition to
ELF.<p></p></li>
<li><b>23-Aug-98</b>
Suidcontrol-0.1 utility has been released. The suidcontrol is an
experimental utility for managing suid/sgid policy under FreeBSD.
You can get more information at <a
href="http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html">http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html</a><p></p></li>
<li><b>09-Aug-98</b>
FreeBSD Security How-To has been published. This work is
currently in beta and can be found at <a
href="http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt">http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt</a><p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>July 1998</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>22-Jul-98</b>
FreeBSD 2.2.7 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/2.2.7-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">release errata</a>
after installation for any late-breaking issues with 2.2.7 that you
should know about.<p></p></li>
<li><b>16-Jul-98</b>
A ``FreeBSD for Linux users'' documentation effort has
started. Please see the <a href="../docproj/current.html">list of
current documentation projects</a> for more
information.<p></p></li>
<li><b>13-Jul-98</b>
<a href="mailto:jkh@FreeBSD.org">Jordan Hubbard</a> writes an <a
href="http://editorials.freshmeat.net/jordan980713/">editorial</a>
on the past and future of the Unix community.<p></p></li>
<li><b>09-Jul-98</b>
A <a href="http://www.es.FreeBSD.org/es/FAQ/FAQ.html">Spanish
translation</a> of the <a href="../FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a> has been
completed by the <a href="http://www.es.FreeBSD.org/es/">Spanish
Documentation Project</a>. More information can be found at the <a
href="../docproj/translations.html">translations
page</a>.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>May 1998</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>30-May-98</b>
FreeBSD and Apache are used in <a
href="http://www.WebTechniques.com/features/1998/05/engelschall/engelschall.shtml">this
very useful article</a> on implementing a web farm using round-robin
DNS in <a
href="http://www.WebTechniques.com/">WEBTechniques.com</a>.<p></p></li>
<li><b>23-May-98</b>
The second issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue2.pdf">Adobe
PDF format</a> (also by <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue2.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></p></li>
<li><b>01-May-98</b>
The FreeBSD Project set up <a name="anoncvs"
href="../handbook/synching.html#ANONCVS">Anonymous CVS</a> for the
<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">FreeBSD CVS
tree</a>. Among other things, it allows users of FreeBSD to
perform, with no special privileges, read-only CVS operations
against one of the FreeBSD project's official anoncvs
servers.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>April 1998</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>16-Apr-98</b>
The new 4 CD set of FreeBSD 2.2.6 is now in stock and should start
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></p></li>
<li><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>.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>March 1998</h2>
<ul>
<li><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.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>February 1998</h2>
<ul>
<li><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.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>January 1998</h2>
<ul>
<li><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></p></li>
</ul>
<p>Previous announcements for <a href="1997/index.html">1997</a> and <a
href="1996/index.html">1996</a> are also available.</p>
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