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Jim Mock 850e09a9a7 Added Jogja FreeBSD Users Group and updated links for the French 
mailing lists.

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Submitted by:	10084 - manyar <manyar@indosat.net.id>
		12625 - Sebastien GIORIA <eagle@freebsd-fr.org>
1999-08-22 04:29:02 +00:00

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&header;
<ul>
<li><a href="#mailing-list">Mailing lists</a></li>
<li><a href="#newsgroups">Newsgroups</a></li>
<li><a href="#web">WEB Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="#gnats">GNATS Problem Report Database</a></li>
<li><a href="#cvs">CVS Repository</a></li>
<li><a href="#user">User Groups</a></li>
<li><a href="#development">FreeBSD Development Projects</a></li>
<li><a href="#security">FreeBSD Security Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="#consulting">Commercial Consulting Services</a></li>
<li><a href="#general">General UNIX Information</a></li>
<li><a href="#xwin">The X Window System</a></li>
<li><a href="#hardware">Hardware</a></li>
<li><a href="#related">Related Operating System Projects</a></li>
</ul>
<a name="mailing-list"></a>
<h2>Mailing lists</h2>
<p><a href="&base/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">Mailing
lists</a> are the primary support channel for FreeBSD users, with
numerous mailing lists covering different topic areas. When in doubt
about what list to post a question to, post to <a
href="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a>. You can <strong><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/mail/">browse</a></strong> or
<strong><a href="&base/search/search.html">search</a></strong> the
mailing list archives at <a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/">www.freebsd.org.</a></p>
<p>Several non-English mailing lists are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Traditional Chinese</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@maillist.tw.freebsd.org">majordomo@maillist.tw.freebsd.org</a>, Big5 encoding.</li>
<li><strong>Simplified Chinese</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@cn.FreeBSD.org">majordomo@cn.FreeBSD.org</a>,
GB2312 encoding.</li>
<li><strong>Czech</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@freebsd.cz">majordomo@freebsd.cz</a></li>
<li><strong>German</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@de.freebsd.org">majordomo@de.freebsd.org</a>
or <a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/de/mailinglists.html">WWW</a>.</li>
<li><strong>French</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:listserver@freebsd-fr.org">listserver@freebsd-fr.org</a>
or <a href="http://www.freebsd-fr.org/">WWW</a>.</li>
<li><strong>French</strong> -- <a
href="http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/bsd.html">BSD.fr</a>. Please
contact <a href="mailto:malartre@aei.ca">Malartre</a> for more
information.</li>
<li><strong>Hungarian</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@hu.freebsd.org">majordomo@hu.freebsd.org</a></li>
<li><strong>Indonesian</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:id-freebsd-subscribe@freebsd.or.id">id-freebsd-subscribe@freebsd.or.id</a></li>
<li><strong>Japanese</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@jp.freebsd.org">majordomo@jp.freebsd.org</a></li>
<li><strong>Korean</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@kr.freebsd.org">majordomo@kr.freebsd.org</a>
or <a
href="http://www.kr.freebsd.org/support.shtml#mailing-list">WWW</a></li>
<li><strong>Polish</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@pap.waw.pl">majordomo@pap.waw.pl</a></li>
<li><strong>Portuguese</strong> -- <a
href="http://www.br.freebsd.org/list.html">WWW</a> or <a
href="mailto:listproc@br.freebsd.org">listproc@br.freebsd.org</a></li>
<li><strong>Slovakian</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@sk.freebsd.org">majordomo@sk.freebsd.org</a></li>
<li><strong>Spanish</strong> -- <a
href="mailto:majordomo@es.freebsd.org">majordomo@es.freebsd.org</a></li>
</ul>
<p>If you create other freebsd mailing lists, <a
href="&base/mailto.html">let us know about them</a>.</p>
<a name="newsgroups"></a>
<h2>Newsgroups</h2>
<p>There are a few FreeBSD specific <a
href="&base/handbook/eresources-news.html">newsgroups</a>, along with
numerous other newsgroups on topics of interest to FreeBSD users, though
the mailing lists remain the most reliable way to get in touch with the
FreeBSD developers. For miscellaneous FreeBSD discussion, see <a
href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</a>.
For important announcements, see <a
href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au/BSD-info/bsdnews_search.html">The
BSD Usenet News Searcher</a> have archives of all
BSD-related Usenet newsgroups from June 1992 onwards.</p>
<a name="web"></a>
<h2>WEB Resources</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Our WEB pages remain one of the best sources of information, and
are also mirrored at many sites around the world. Try connecting to
www.<b>yourcountry</b>.freebsd.org (e.g. <a
href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/">www.de.freebsd.org</a> for
Germany or <a
href="http://www.au.freebsd.org/">www.au.freebsd.org</a> for
Australia), or select a mirror from the list on the <a
href="&base/index.html">home page</>. The same naming convention
is also used for <b>FTP</b> servers.</p>
<p>In addition to the mirrors, several non-English web resources
are available:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.cz.freebsd.org/">Czech</a></>
<li><a href="zh/FAQ/FAQ.html">Chinese FAQ</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/de/">German</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.hu.freebsd.org/hu/">Hungarian</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.or.id">Indonesian</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/">Japanese</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.kr.freebsd.org/">Korean</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org.pl">Polish</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.br.freebsd.org/">Portuguese</a> (<a
href="http://www2.br.freebsd.org/">mirror</a>)</>
<li><a href="http://www.sk.freebsd.org/">Slovakian</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.es.freebsd.org/es/">Spanish</a>, <a
href="es/FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a></>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org.ru/">Russian</a>, <a
href="ru/FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a></>
</ul>
<p></p>
</li>
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<li><p>For information on recent FreeBSD progress and releases, see the
<a href="news/newsflash.html">Newsflash</a> page.</p></li>
<li><p>To register to receive the FreeBSD Newsletter and/or subscribe to
the announcement mailing list, please see the <a
href="./register.html">Registration</a> page.</p>
<a name="pr"></a></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="gnats"
href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/csinfo/texinfo/gnats/gnats.html">GNATS</a>
Problem Report Database</h2>
<p>Current FreeBSD problem reports are tracked using the GNATS database.<p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi">View the
open problem reports</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi">View a problem
report by tracker id</a>.</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?query">Formulate
a specific query</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">Submit a Problem
Report</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Problem reports may also be submitted to the development team using the
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">send-pr(1)</a> command on
a FreeBSD system or by sending an email message to <a
href="mailto:freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
Please note that <a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">send-pr</a> is preferred
since messages sent to the mailing list are <em>not</em> tracked as
official problem reports!
<a name="cvs"></a>
<h2><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">CVS Repository</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?cvs">CVS</a> (the
Concurrent Version System) is the tool we use for keeping our sources
under control. Every change (with accompanying log message explaining
its purpose) from FreeBSD 2.0 to the present is stored here, and can be
easily viewed from here (click on the link). To obtain a complete copy
of the FreeBSD CVS repository or any of the development branches inside
it, you may choose any one of following options:
<ul>
<li><a href="handbook/synching.html#CVSUP">cvsup</a> if you're looking
for on-demand, low overhead access using a custom utility (written in
Modula-3 no less).</li>
<li><a name="anoncvs" href="handbook/synching.html#ANONCVS">anoncvs</a>
if you're looking for on-demand access that has higher overhead than
cvsup (in terms of wall time and bytes xferred) but is easier to use
for checking out small pieces of the tree and requires nothing more
than the cvs tools already bundled with FreeBSD.</li>
<li><a href="handbook/synching.html#CTM">CTM</a> if you're looking for
very low overhead, batch-mode access (basically, patches through
email) access.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">web interface</a>
if you're looking to simply browse the repository in search of a
specific change or file revision.</li>
<li>Finally, if you've got bandwidth to burn or you prefer / are forced
to use FTP, you can simply mirror the CVS repository from <a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/FreeBSD-CVS">ftp.freebsd.org</a>.
</li>
</ul>
<p>Mirrors of the CVS Repository cgi script are available in <a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">California</a>, <a
href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">Germany</a>, <a
href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">
Japan</a> and Spain (<a
href="http://www.es.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">English</a>, <a
href="http://www.es.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb-es.cgi">Spanish</a>).</p>
<a name="user"></a>
<h2>User Groups</h2>
<p>FreeBSD's widespread popularity has spawned a number of user groups
around the world. If you know of a FreeBSD user group not listed here,
<a href="mailto:www@freebsd.org">let us know</a> about it.</p>
<h3>Australia</h3>
<ul>
<li><font color="blue">Brisbane, Queensland.</font> <a
href="http://www.humbug.org.au/">HUMBUG (Home Unix Machine -
Brisbane User Group)</a> Mailing lists are handled by <a
href="mailto:majordomo@humbug.org.au">majordomo@humbug.org.au</a> -
announce, general and chat.. More information at the web page.
Meetings are held fortnightly at the University of Queensland.
Contact <a
href="mailto:president@humbug.org.au">president@humbug.org.au</a>
for further information.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">South Australia.</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.knfpub.com/safug/">South Australian FreeBSD Users
Group</a> (SAFUG) was formed in April 1999 and has yet to have an
inaugural meeting. If you're in the Adelaide area, or just plain
curious, check out the web site!
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Sydney, NSW.</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.bugs.au.freebsd.org/">BSD Users Group, Sydney</a>
(BUGS) meets in Sydney every two months and has mailing list members
from all over NSW. To join the mailing list send a message to <a
href="mailto:majordomo@bugs.au.freebsd.org">majordomo@bugs.au.freebsd.org</a> with <code>subscribe bugs</code> in the body of the message.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Victoria.</font> <A
HREF="http://www.vicfug.au.freebsd.org/">Victoria's FreeBSD Users
Group</a> (VicFUG) is a new user group based in Melbourne. You can
join the mailing list by sending a message to <A
HREF="mailto:majordomo@itworks.com.au">majordomo@itworks.com.au</a>
with <code>subscribe vicfug</code> in the body of the message.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Europe</h3>
<ul>
<li><font color="blue">Denmark</font> The Danish *BSD user group, <A
HREF="http://hotel.prosa.dk/bsd-dk/">BSD/DK</a>, is being created.
Send mail subscription request to <A
href="mailto:bsd-dk-request@hotel.prosa.dk">bsd-dk-request@hotel.prosa.dk</a>.
No initial meeting planned yet.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Duisburg, Germany</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.cosmo-project.de/">Cosmo-Project</a> is a user
group with a difference. Instead of just meeting, they actively
develop projects such as robots. Most users use FreeBSD, but it isn't
a specifically FreeBSD-related group.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">France</font> The <a href="http://www.freebsd-fr.org/">
French FreeBSD UG</a>. Please follow the link for details.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Hamburg, Germany</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.bsdhh.org/bsdhh-faq.en.html">BSDHH</a> (BSD User
Group Hamburg) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm in
the Chinese restaurant <em>Lotosbl<62>te</em>, L<>wenstra<72>e 22 in
Hamburg-Eppendorf. Most members are FreeBSD users, although users of
all BSD flavors are welcome.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">United Kingdom</font> The <a
href="http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD UKUG</a> (FreeBSD UK
User's Group) exists for the benefit of FreeBSD users in the United
Kingdom. Please follow the link for details.
<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h3>North America</h3>
<ul>
<li><font color="blue">Chicago IL</font> The <a
href="http://pages.ripco.com/~aphor/ChiFUG.html"> Chicago FreeBSD
Users Group</a> (ChiFUG).
<p></p></li>
<li>The <font color=blue>Connecticut Free Unix user's Group</font>
(CFUG) is devoted to free unix, but has resources for almost all
Unixen. Their area of operation is Connecticut and Western
Massachusetts. More information can be found at <a
href="http://www.cfug.org/">http://www.cfug.org</a>.
<p></p></li>
<li>The <font color=blue>Houston TX</font> (Houston FreeBSD Users Group)
formed March 1999. Our goal is to promote and educate Houston
computer users on FreeBSD Unix. We meet on the fourth Thursday of the
month. The group operates a mailing list at <a
href="http://www.houfug.org/mailman/listinfo/hou-freebsd">http://www.houfug.org/mailman/listinfo/hou-freebsd</a>
Contact Ingrid Kast Fuller for more information.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Kansas</font> <a
href="http://kulua.org/">KULUA</a> (Kansas Unix & Linux Users
Association) is a Free Unix user group based in Lawrence, Kansas, but
with users throughout eastern Kansas and western Missouri. We have
about 120 members and meet biweekly. Visit the web site or email <a
href="mailto://kulua@kulua.org">kulua@kulua.org</a> for more
information.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Los Angeles CA</font> The <a
href="http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/bsdusersoflosangeles">Yahoo
Club</a> group is a foundation for a Los Angeles based BSD user
group.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">New Mexico</font> FUUNM (Free Unix Users of New
Mexico) meets on the 2nd Saturday of the month from 4:30-6:00pm at the
Farris Engineering Center, room 141, University of new Mexico. This
is not specifically a FreeBSD user group, but if you are in the area,
your presence is welcome. The group operates a mailing list (<a
href="mailto:fuunm@astro.phys.unm.edu">fuunm@astro.phys.unm.edu</a>).
Contact <a href="mailto:alan@lundin.abq.nm.us">Alan Lundin</a> for
more information.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">New York NY</font> <a
href="http://www.erols.com/dan13/freebsd/">D'Artagnan's FreeBSD
Users Group</a>.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">New York NY</font> FUNY (<a
href="http://www.funy.org">FreeBSD Users of New York</a>) had its
inaugural meeting in February 1999. It is based in NYC and serves the
surrounding metropolitan area.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Northern Arizona</font> Yavapai Free Unix Users
Group is now forming for *BSD/Linux, etc., users in Northern Arizona.
Please contact Russell Carter (<a href="mailto:rcarter@consys.com">
rcarter@consys.com</a>) for details.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Orlando, FL</font> BUGO (BSD Users Group of
Orlando) is a group based in Orlando, FL that aims to bring a
<i>friendly</i> forum to all UNIX users in the central Florida area,
and hopefully beyond. See the <a href="http://bugo.zepa.net">BUGO web
page</a> for further details.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Phoenix AZ</font> The Phoenix BSD Users group is
fully open for business. Anyone from the Phoenix area please feel
free to join in <a
href="http://bsd.phoenix.az.us">http://bsd.phoenix.az.us</a>.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Portland, OR</font> The Portland (Oregon) FreeBSD
Users group meets on the third Thursday of each month. Mail <a
href="mailto:hamellr@hpc1.com">Rick Hamell</a>.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Reno NV</font> RUUG (Reno Unix Users Group) meets
monthly in Reno Nevada and discusses the use of FreeBSD and Linux.
Contact <a href="mailto:eblood@cs.unr.edu">Eric Blood</a> or <a
href="mailto:todd@crenshaw.reno.nv.us">Todd Crenshaw</a> for more
information.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Rhode Island</font> The Rhode Island Free Unix
Group supports every form of UNIX that can be obtained freely. They
can be contacted at: <A
HREF="http://users.tmok.com/~rifug">http://users.tmok.com/~rifug
</a> or by e-mail at: <a
href="mailto:rifug@entropy.tmok.com">rifug@entropy.tmok.com</a>
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">San Francisco Bay Area</font> <A
HREF="http://www.bafug.org"> BAFUG</a> (Bay Area FreeBSD Users
Group) meets semi-monthly at <a href="http://www.reef.com/">Silicon
Reef</a>. Those interested in attending should visit the web site
or send mail to <a href="mailto:freebsd-sf@arachna.com">the mailing
list</a>
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Seattle WA</font> The <A
HREF="http://www.seafug.org/"> Seattle FreeBSD Users Group </a>
(SeaFUG) meets on a monthly basis. Those interested in attending
should vist the web site or contact <a
href="MAILTO:unfurl@seafug.org">Bill Swingle </a> for more
info.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">The Tampa Florida</font> users group is now being
formed. Interested parties can join the mailing list by sending mail
to <a
href="mailto:bsd-tug-request@bangheadhere.org">bsd-tug-request@bangheadhere.org</a>
with <tt>subscribe</tt> in the body. The first meeting was planned
for mid May 1999.
<p></p></li>
<li>Greater <font color="blue">Toronto Area, Ontario</font>: <a
href="http://www.gtafug.org">GTAFUG</a>, a new group with majordomo
mailing list and regular meetings planned.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Tucson AZ</font> <a
href="http://www.tfug.org/">TFUG</a>: Tucson Free Unix Group,
Arizona.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Washington DC</font> (DC Metropolitan Area)
FreeBSD User Group is now forming. Please contact Richard Cramer,
Sytex Access Ltd. at 703-425-2515, or preferred, email at <a
href="mailto:rcramer@sytex.net">rcramer@sytex.net</a> to be put on a
member distribution list. Initial meeting to be held in May.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Wichita, Kansas</font>: A new FreeBSD user's
group has been created in Wichita, Ks. We are fairly new and working
on our site, but I wanted to get it up as soon as we had it availble.
We do not currently meet. Visit our site <a
href="http://wafug.dynip.com">http://wafug.dynip.com</a> or E-mail
the group organizer (<a
href="mailto:ben177@yahoo.com">ben177@yahoo.com</a>) for more
information!
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Windsor, Ontario</font> The Windsor Unix Users
Group (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is now forming for *BSD, Solaris,
SCO, etc. This is not specifically a FreeBSD user group, but we do
already have members running FreeBSD. The group operates a mailing
list (wuug-list@unixpower.org). More information can be found by
going to the web site for WUUG, which is located at <a
href="http://unix.windsor.on.ca/">http://unix.windsor.on.ca/</a>
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Wisconsin</font> <a
href="http://www.sol.net/freebsd-mke/">FreeBSD-Milwaukee</a>
Wisconsin meets occasionally and has a mailing list: <a
href="mailto:freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net">freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net</a>.
send mail to <a
href="mailto:freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net">freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net</a>
to subscribe.
<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h3>Rest of the world</h3>
<ul>
<li><font color="blue">Israel</font> The Israeli BSD Users Group is an
effort to promote the use of *BSD throught the country, and to act as
a center of information for all BSD users. It is currently run by
FreeBSD users, but all users of bsd Variants are welcome aboard. We
have a mailing list, hosted at <a
href="mailto:bsd-il@osem.co.il">bsd-il@osem.co.il</a>. To
subscribe, simply send mail to <a
href="mailto:majordomo@osem.co.il">majordomo@osem.co.il</a>, with
the line "subscribe bsd-il" as the message body.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">New Zealand</font> The <a
href="http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org">New Zealand FreeBSD User's
group</a> is located in Wellington. No meetings have been scheduled
yet.
<p></p></li>
<li><font color="blue">Indonesia</font> The Jogja FreeBSD Users' Group
is based in Yogyakarta City, Indonesia. Send email to
<a href="mailto:22961476@students.ukdw.ac.id">22961476@students.ukdw.ac.id</a>
for more information.
<p></p></li>
</ul>
<a name="development"></a>
<h2><a href="projects/projects.html">FreeBSD Development Projects</a></h2>
<p>In addition to the mainstream development path of FreeBSD, a number of
developer groups are working on the cutting edge to expand FreeBSD's
range of applications in new directions.
<h2><a name="security" href="security/security.html">FreeBSD Security
Guide</a></h2>
Security resources available to FreeBSD users:
PGP Key for Security Officers, advisories, patches and mailing lists.
<h2><a name="consulting" href="commercial/consulting.html">
Commercial Consulting Services</a></h2>
Whether you are just starting out with FreeBSD, or need to
complete a large project, a consultant or two might be your answer.
<p></p>
<a name="general"></a>
<h2>General UNIX Information</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/unix.html">The UNIX Reference
Desk</a> at Northwestern University</li>
<li><a href="http://www2.shore.net/~jblaine/vault/">Jeff's Unix
Vault</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ugu.com/">Unix Guru Universe</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ora.com/">O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unixpower.org">Unix Power</a></li>
</ul>
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<h2>The X Window System</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.xfree86.org/">The XFree86 Project</a> provides
users of a variety of Intel based Unix systems, including FreeBSD,
with an excellent X Window system.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.winehq.com/">WINE</a> project is working to
provide the ability to run MS-Windows software on Intel based Unix
systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD and Linux.
</ul>
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<h2>Hardware</h2>
<ul>
<li>The <em>comp.answers</em> <a
href="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/answers/pc-hardware-faq">pc-hardware-faq</a>
is a great reference for people building their own machines.</li>
<li>Laptop users looking for PCCARD (aka PCMCIA) support not already
provided in the FreeBSD base distribution should see the <a
href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO/">PAO</a> distribution page for
the latest and greatest experimental laptop support.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.x86.org/">Intel Secrets -- What Intel Doesn't
Want You To Know</a> - lots of information about Intel chips.</li>
<li><a href="http://einstein.et.tudelft.nl/~offerman/chiplist.html">Aad
Offerman's Chip List</a> - reference material on chips used in PC
clones.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.asus.com.tw/">ASUS</a> makes motherboards that
work well with FreeBSD.</li>
<li>The FreeBSD <a href="handbook/hw.html">hardware guide</a> makes
some specific recommendations for hardware that's known to work well
with FreeBSD.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Related Operating System Projects</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.netbsd.org/"><strong>NetBSD</strong></a> is
another free 4.4BSD-Lite based operating system which runs on several
different architectures.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/"><strong>OpenBSD</strong></a>
is another 4.4BSD derivative.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.linux.org/"><strong>Linux</strong></a> is
another free Unix-like system.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cs.hut.fi/~jvh/lites.html"><strong>Lites</strong></a>
is a 4.4 BSD Lite based server and emulation library that provides
free unix functionality to a Mach based system.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html"><strong>GNU
HURD</strong></a> project is another effort to develop a free
Unix-like operating system.</li>
</ul>
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