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&header;
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<img src="../gifs/news.jpg" align="right" border="0" width="193" height="144">
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<p>FreeBSD is a rapidly developing operating system. Keeping up on
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the latest developments can be a chore! To keep on top of things,
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be sure and check this page periodically. Also, you may wish to
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subscribe to the <a
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href="../handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">freebsd-announce
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mailing list</a>.</p>
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<p>The <a href="../news/qnewsletter.html">FreeBSD Real-Quick (TM)
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Newsletter (RQN)</a> is a monthly (sometimes bi-weekly) newsletter
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containing recent developments in the FreeBSD arena. Subscribe to
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<a href="../handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">freebsd-announce</a>
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to receive this newsletter via e-mail.</p>
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<p>For a detailed description of past, present, and future releases,
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see the <strong><a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release
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Information</a></strong> page.</p>
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<h2>February 2000</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>10-Feb-2000</b>
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<a href="mailto:mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org">Michael Lucas</a>
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has written an excellent <a
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href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/20000210/282/">
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article</a> on the differences between the BSD license and the
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GPL. This article is definitely worth reading.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>January 2000</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>22-Jan-2000</b>
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The <a href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/">FreeBSD Diary</a>, a
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chronicle of what one guy is doing with FreeBSD, has been around
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for almost two years. Until today, it was tucked away in a corner
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of his site. Following significant growth, a new-look site was
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launched today. The site contains a huge number of how-to guides
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and the readership includes NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux
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users.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>04-Jan-2000</b>
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The <a href="http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/">Compaq Testdrive
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program</a> is now making testdrives available of the the latest
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FreeBSD 4.0-20000101-CURRENT release running on an Alpha XP1000
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EV6.7. running at 667MHz and loaded with two gigs of ram. To get
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a free shell account as a participant in the testdrive program,
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all you need to do is register at the site. These accounts aren't
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for playing, the goal of the program is to make brand new systems
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available to developers so they can test, build and port their
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apps to the world's fastest computer. The testdrive program also
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offers other systems running FreeBSD, including a Proliant 5500
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dual Xeon 450MHz and a DPW500a.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>December 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>20-Dec-1999</b>
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<a href="&base;/releases/3.4R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.4</a> has
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been released. Please see the <a
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href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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more details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="&base;/releases/3.4R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
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installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.4 that
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occur.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>October 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>24-Oct-1999</b>
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The <a href="http://www.freebsdcon.org/">FreeBSD Con</a> '99 event
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this year was a big success! Over 350 people attended, and both
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the vendors and attendees alike said they found the event to be
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both entertaining and valuable. Many thanks to <a
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href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a> for producing
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this event and to <a href="http://www.mckusick.com/"> Dr. Marshall
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Kirk McKusick</a> for teaching two kernel internals tutorials and
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giving his <a
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href="http://www.mckusick.com/history/index.html">History of
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BSD</a> talk at the conference.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>September 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>17-Sep-1999</b>
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<a href="&base/releases/3.3R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.3</a> has
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been released. Please see the <a
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href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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more details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="&base;/releases/3.3R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
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installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.3 that
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occur.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>August 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>10-Aug-1999</b>
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<a href="http://www.codeforge.com/">C-Forge</a>, an Integrated
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Development Environment, has been released (beta) for FreeBSD,
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supporting C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and many other
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languages.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>June 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>10-Jun-1999</b>
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FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE CDs are shipping. Subscribers who did not
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make any special shipping arrangements should be receiving their
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CDs soon. Anyone who wishes to order 3.2-RELEASE or to subscribe
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may do so via <a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">The FreeBSD
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Mall</a>.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>08-Jun-1999</b>
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A new <a href="http://freebsd.itworks.com.au/">Australian FreeBSD
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Web Mirror</a> now exists. Thanks to <a
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href="http://www.itworks.com.au/">ITworks Consulting</a> for
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providing the host.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>May 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>18-May-1999</b>
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<a href="&base/releases/3.2R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.2</a> has
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been released. Please see the <a
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href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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more details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="&base/releases/3.2R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
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installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.2 that you might
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need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>April 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>22-Apr-1999</b>
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The <a href="../tutorials/docproj-primer/">FreeBSD Documentation
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Project Primer</a> is now available (in the <a
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href="../tutorials/">tutorials section</a>) for people who want to
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learn the technical details of the <a
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href="../docproj/docproj.html">Documentation
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Project</a>.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>March 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>05-Mar-1999</b>
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The <a href="http://www.usenix.org/">USENIX Association</a> has
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announced the <a
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href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/">1999 USENIX Annual
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Technical Conference</a>, scheduled for 06-11 June 1999 in
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Monterey, CA, USA. Our own Jordan Hubbard is chairing the FREENIX
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Track, devoted to open source software's latest developments and
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interesting applications.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>01-Mar-1999</b>
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A secure server has been set up to accept monetary donations to
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the FreeBSD Project. For more information, see: <a
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href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/">http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/</a>.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>01-Mar-1999</b>
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FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE CDs are now shipping. Subscribers should
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receive their CDs soon. See <a
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href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com/</a> to
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order.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>February 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>17-Feb-1999</b>
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The Gartner Group has released a report, <i>Divorcing Thin Server
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Software from the Hardware</i>, examining the trend in the OEM
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market of using software and hardware from different
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vendors.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>15-Feb-1999</b>
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<a href="&base/releases/3.1R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.1</a> has
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been released. Please see the <a
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href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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more details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="&base/releases/3.1R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
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installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.1 that you might
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need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>04-Feb-1999</b>
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The <a href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/">FreeBSD Diary</a>, a
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collection of how-to entries aimed at Unix novices, is now
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available.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>January 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>20-Jan-1999</b> 3.0-STABLE has now departed the -CURRENT
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branch. The next release on this branch will be 3.1-RELEASE,
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in mid-February 1999.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>13-Jan-1999</b>
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The <a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">FreeBSD ezine</a> is a
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monthly collection of easy to read (we hope) articles written by
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FreeBSD users and administrators just like you.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>10-Jan-99</b>
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Jordan Hubbard's "<a href="sou1999.html">State of the Union</a>",
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a look back at 1998, and a look forward to the future.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>December 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>28-Dec-98</b>
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Unless circumstances dictate otherwise, FreeBSD 3.0 will depart
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the -CURRENT branch late in the day on 15 January 1999. The 3.1
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release will follow 30 days later, on 15 February 1999.
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Developers should consider this as ADVANCE NOTICE of these
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events.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>13-Dec-98</b>
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Walnut Creek CDROM has opened the <a
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href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">FreeBSD Mall</a>, a site
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devoted to the commercial aspects of FreeBSD, including add-ons,
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hardware, and commercial tech-support. To advertise or sell your
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products or services at the FreeBSD Mall, contact Walnut Creek
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CDROM.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>November 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>30-Nov-98</b>
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<a href="&base/releases/2.2.8R/announce.html">FreeBSD 2.2.8</a>
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has been released. Please see the <a
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href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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more details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="&base/releases/2.2.8R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
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installation for any late-breaking issues with 2.2.8 that you
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might need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>26-Nov-98</b>
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<a href="http://www.freebsdrocks.com/">FreeBSD Rocks</a> is an
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initiative designed to provide the FreeBSD community with the
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latest FreeBSD news, software and resources. All areas include
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search facilities, making keyword searching of historical posts
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a breeze. The pages are updated daily and everyone is invited to
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sign up an post an article. If it happened today, you'll see it
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on FreeBSDRocks.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>October 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>15-Oct-98</b>
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<a href="&base/releases/3.0R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.0</a> has
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been released. See the <a
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href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="&base/releases/3.0R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
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installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.0 that you might
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need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>September 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>15-Sep-98</b>
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September 15th is the scheduled date for entering BETA with the
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3.0-CURRENT tree. As all of you already (should) know, 3.0 is
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scheduled for release on October 15th so this gives us a nice 30
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day BETA period. During this time, I don't expect anyone to drop
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in significant new work or otherwise perturb the 3.0-CURRENT tree
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in such a way that violates the general idea of a BETA (you're
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supposed to test what you have, not move the goalposts every
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couple of days :).<p></p></li>
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<li><b>13-Sep-98</b>
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After more than a year of development, the Common Access Method
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SCSI layer for FreeBSD will be integrated into 3.0-CURRENT on
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Sunday, September 13th. The CAM development team is currently
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busy ensuring that the integration process goes as smoothly as
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possible, so please understand that we may be slow to respond to
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questions about CAM during that time.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>9-Sep-98</b>
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Perl5 is now imported into the 3.0-CURRENT source
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tree.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>5-Sep-98</b>
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<a name="giveaway" href="http://visar.csustan.edu/">The BSD CD
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Giveaway List</a>. If somebody has a CD to give away (recipient
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pays for shipping) or to lend locally, they can put their email
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address on the list. Hardware and literature can also be given
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away. We encourage people to donate CDs to local libraries and
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put them on the list as well.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>1-Sep-98</b>
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First issue of Daemon News arrives day earlier. This ezine is
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by the BSD community for the BSD community. See <a
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href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">http://www.daemonnews.org/</a><p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>August 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>31-Aug-98</b>
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FreeBSD -CURRENT branch (the future 3.0-RELEASE) has switched to
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ELF from a.out format. People involved did a great job;
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transition went smooth. Check the <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/search.html">freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org</a>
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mail archive for more information on the transition to
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ELF.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>23-Aug-98</b>
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Suidcontrol-0.1 utility has been released. The suidcontrol is an
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experimental utility for managing suid/sgid policy under FreeBSD.
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You can get more information at <a
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href="http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html">http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html</a><p></p></li>
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<li><b>9-Aug-98</b>
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FreeBSD Security How-To has been published. This work is
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currently in beta and can be found at <a
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href="http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt">http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt</a><p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>July 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>22-Jul-98</b>
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FreeBSD 2.2.7 has been released. See the <a
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href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">release errata</a>
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after installation for any late-breaking issues with 2.2.7 that you
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should know about.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>16-Jul-98</b>
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A ``FreeBSD for Linux users'' documentation effort has
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started. Please see the <a href="../docproj/current.html">list of
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current documentation projects</a> for more
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information.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>13-Jul-98</b>
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<a href="mailto:jkh@FreeBSD.org">Jordan Hubbard</a> writes an <a
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href="http://editorials.freshmeat.net/jordan980713/">editorial</a>
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on the past and future of the Unix community.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>9-Jul-98</b>
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A <a href="http://www.es.FreeBSD.org/es/FAQ/FAQ.html">Spanish
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translation</a> of the <a href="../FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a> has been
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completed by the <a href="http://www.es.FreeBSD.org/es/">Spanish
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Documentation Project</a>. More information can be found at the <a
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href="../docproj/translations.html">translations
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page</a>.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>May 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>30-May-98</b>
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FreeBSD and Apache are used in <a
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href="http://www.WebTechniques.com/features/1998/05/engelschall/engelschall.shtml">this
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very useful article</a> on implementing a web farm using round-robin
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DNS in <a
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href="http://www.WebTechniques.com/">WEBTechniques.com</a>.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>23-May-98</b>
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The second issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in <a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue2.pdf">Adobe
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PDF format</a> (also by <a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue2.pdf">FTP</a>).
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A <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/README.TXT">help
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file</a> is available to assist you in selecting and using a PDF
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viewer. Article submissions, advertisements, and letters to the
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editor should be sent to <a
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href="mailto:newsletter@FreeBSD.org">newsletter@FreeBSD.org</a>.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>1-May-98</b>
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The FreeBSD Project set up <a name="anoncvs"
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href="../handbook/synching.html#ANONCVS">Anonymous CVS</a> for the
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<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">FreeBSD CVS
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tree</a>. Among other things, it allows users of FreeBSD to
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perform, with no special privileges, read-only CVS operations
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against one of the FreeBSD project's official anoncvs
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servers.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>April 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>16-Apr-98</b>
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The new 4 CD set of FreeBSD 2.2.6 is now in stock and should start
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shipping to subscription and back-order customers tomorrow. More
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information on the CD contents are available from <a
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href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com/</a>.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>11-Apr-98</b>
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The new FreeBSD project <a href="../projects/mozilla.html">FreeBSD
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Mozilla Group</a> is created. The FreeBSD Mozilla Group supports
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and improves the free available Netscape web browser, otherwise
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known as <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla</a>.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>March 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>25-Mar-98</b>
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FreeBSD 2.2.6 has been released. See the <a
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href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">release
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errata</a> after installation for any late-breaking issues with
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2.2.6 that you should know about.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>February 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>08-Feb-98</b>
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A page detailing the <a href="../y2kbug.html">FreeBSD Year 2000
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compliance statement</a> is now available, linked through the <a
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href="../docs.html">Documentation</a> page.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>January 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>08-Jan-98</b>
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Improved support for Plug-n-Play cards has now been integrated
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into both 3.0-CURRENT and 2.2-STABLE branches now. This is
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available in source form via the <a
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href="../handbook/synching.html#CVSUP">CVSup</a> utility or in
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binary release snapshots from <a
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href="ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD">current.FreeBSD.org</a><p></p></li>
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