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&header;
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<a name="mailing-list"></a>
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<h2>Mailing lists</h2>
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<p><a href="&base/handbook/eresources:mail.html">Mailing lists</a>
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are the primary support channel for FreeBSD
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users, with numerous mailing lists covering different
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topic areas. When in doubt about what list to post a
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question to, post to <a
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href="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
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You can <strong><a href="&base/search.html">search</a></strong> the mailing list
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archives at <a href="http://www.freebsd.org">www.freebsd.org.</a></p>
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<p>Several non-English mailing lists are also available:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Czech</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@freebsd.cz">majordomo@freebsd.cz</a></>
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<li><strong>German</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@de.freebsd.org">majordomo@de.freebsd.org</a>.</>
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<li><strong>Hungarian</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@hu.freebsd.org">majordomo@hu.freebsd.org</a></>
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<li><strong>Japanese</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@jp.freebsd.org">majordomo@jp.freebsd.org</a></>
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<li><strong>Polish</> -- <a href="mailto:majordomo@pap.waw.pl">majordomo@pap.waw.pl</a></>
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<li><strong>Portuguese</> -- <a href="http://www.br.freebsd.org/list.html">WWW</a>
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or <a href="mailto:listproc@br.freebsd.org">listproc@br.freebsd.org</a></>
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</ul>
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<p>If you create other freebsd mailing lists,
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<a href="&base/mailto.html">let us know about them</a>.</p>
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<a name="newsgroups"></a>
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<h2>Newsgroups</h2>
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<p>There are a few FreeBSD specific <a
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href="&base/handbook/eresources:news.html">newsgroups</a>, along with
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numerous other newsgroups on topics of interest to FreeBSD
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users, though the mailing lists remain the most reliable way to
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get in touch with the FreeBSD developers. For miscellaneous
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FreeBSD discussion, see <a href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">
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comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</a>. For important announcements,
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see <a href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">
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comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</a>.
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<a name="web"></a>
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<h2>WEB Resources</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p>Our WEB pages remain one of the best sources of information,
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and are also mirrored at many sites around the world. Try connecting to
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www.<b>yourcountry</b>.freebsd.org (e.g.
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<a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/">www.de.freebsd.org</a> for
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Germany or <a href="http://www.au.freebsd.org/">www.au.freebsd.org</a>
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for Australia), or select a mirror from the list on the <a
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href="&base/index.html">home page</>. The same naming convention is
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also used for <b>FTP</b> servers.</p>
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<p>In addition to the mirrors, several non-English web resources
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are available:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.cz.freebsd.org/">Czech</a></>
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<li><a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/de/">German</a></>
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<li><a href="http://www.hu.freebsd.org/hu/">Hungarian</a></>
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<li><a href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/">Japanese</a></>
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<li><a href="http://www.br.freebsd.org/">Portuguese</a> (<a
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href="http://www2.br.freebsd.org/">mirror</a>)</>
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</ul>
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<p></p>
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</li>
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<!--
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http://www.tw.freebsd.org/ Local language
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<li><p>For information on recent FreeBSD progress and releases,
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see the <a href="newsflash.html">Newsflash</a> page.</p></li>
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<li><p>To register to receive the FreeBSD Newsletter and/or subscribe to
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the announcement mailing list, please see the
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<a href="./register.html">Registration</a> page.</p>
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<a name="pr"></a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a
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href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/csinfo/texinfo/gnats/gnats.html">GNATS</a>
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Problem Report Database</h2>
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<p>Current FreeBSD problem reports are tracked using the GNATS database.<p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi">View
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the open problem reports</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">Submit a Problem
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Report</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Problem reports may also be submitted to the
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development team using the <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">
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send-pr(1)</a> command on a FreeBSD system or by sending an email
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message to <a href="mailto:freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
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Please note that <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">
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send-pr</a> is preferred since messages sent to the mailing list are
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<em>not</em> tracked as official problem reports!
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<a name="cvs"></a>
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<h2><a
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href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">CVS Repository</a></h2>
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<p><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?cvs">CVS</a>
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(the Concurrent Version System) is the tool we use for
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keeping our sources under control. Every change (with
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accompanying log message explaining its purpose) from
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FreeBSD 2.0 to the present is stored here, and can be
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easily viewed from here (click on the link). To obtain a
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complete copy of the FreeBSD CVS repository, please use
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either the <a href="handbook/cvsup.html">cvsup</a> or <a
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href="handbook/ctm.html">CTM</a> tools or simply <a
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href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-CVS">FTP it</a>.</p>
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<p>Mirrors of the CVS Repository cgi script are available in
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<a href="http://www.de.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">Germany</a>
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and <a href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">
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Japan</a>.</p>
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<a name="user"></a>
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<h2>User Groups</h2>
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<p>FreeBSD's widespread popularity has spawned a number of user
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groups around the world. If you know of a FreeBSD user group
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not listed here, <a href="mailto:www@freebsd.org">let us know</a>
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about it.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><A HREF="http://www.arachna.com/freebsd/freebsd-sf.html">
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FreeBSD-SF</A> (San Francisco FreeBSD User Group) meets semi-monthly
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at <A HREF="http://www.reef.com/">Silicon Reef</A>. Those interested
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in attending should visit the web site or send mail to
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<A HREF="mailto:freebsd-sf@arachna.com">the mailing list</A><p></p></li>
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<li>The Danish *BSD user group,
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<A HREF="http://hotel.prosa.dk/bsd-dk/">BSD/DK</A>, is being
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created. Send mail subscription request to <A
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href="mailto:bsd-dk-request@hotel.prosa.dk"
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>bsd-dk-request@hotel.prosa.dk</A>. No initial meeting planned yet.
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<p></p></li>
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<li><A HREF="http://www.bsdhh.org/bsdhh-faq.en.html">BSDHH</a>
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(BSD User Group Hamburg) meets on the first
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Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm in the Chinese restaurant
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<em>Lotosbluete</em>, Loewenstrasse 22 in Hamburg-Eppendorf/Germany.
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Most members are FreeBSD users, although users of all BSD flavors
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are welcome. Interested people should send mail to
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<A HREF="mailto:bsdhh@bsdhh.org">bsdhh@bsdhh.org</A>.
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<p></p></li>
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<li>The <a href="http://www.wuerzburg.de/brainstorm">Brainstorm</a>
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users group meets in Wuerzburg, Germany and welcomes all users of
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Unix, with some emphasis on helping new users of FreeBSD. They
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meet every Monday at 8.00pm in the "Cafe Klug", Muenzstrasse,
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Wuerzburg. Mail
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<a href="mailto:bs@rak.franken.de">bs@rak.franken.de</a>
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for more information or follow the Brainstorm link.
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<p></p></li>
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<li>FUUNM (Free Unix Users of New Mexico) meets on the 2nd
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Saturday of the month from 4:30-6:00pm at the Farris
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Engineering Center, room 141, University of new Mexico.
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This is not specifically a FreeBSD user group, but if you
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are in the area, your presence is welcome. The group
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operates a mailing list (<a
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href="mailto:fuunm@astro.phys.unm.edu">fuunm@astro.phys.unm.edu</a>).
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Contact <a href="mailto:alan@lundin.abq.nm.us">Alan
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Lundin</a> for more information.<p></p></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.sol.net/freebsd-mke/">FreeBSD-Milwaukee</a>
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Wisconsin meets occasionally and has a mailing list: <a
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href="mailto:freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net">freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net</a>. send
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mail to <a
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href="mailto:freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net">freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net</a>
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to subscribe.<p></p></li>
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<li>RUUG (Reno Unix Users Group) meets monthly in Reno
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Nevada and discusses the use of FreeBSD and Linux.
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Contact <a href="mailto:eblood@cs.unr.edu">Eric Blood</a>
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or <a href="mailto:todd@crenshaw.reno.nv.us">Todd
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Crenshaw</a> for more information.<p></p></li>
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<li>Washington DC (DC Metropolitan Area) FreeBSD User Group is now
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forming. Please contact Richard Cramer, Sytex Access Ltd. at
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703-425-2515, or preferred, email at <a
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href="mailto:rcramer@sytex.net">rcramer@sytex.net</a> to be put on a
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member distribution list. Initial meeting to be held in
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May.<p></p></li>
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<li>
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The North East of England BSD Users group will specilize in FreeBSD, and
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are looking for new members. For more information contact
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<a href="mailto:ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk">
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ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk</a>. The launch date is aimed for March
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1998.
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<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="general"></a>
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<h2>General UNIX Information</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/unix.html">The UNIX
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Reference Desk</a> at Northwestern University</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www2.shore.net/~jblaine/vault/">Jeff's
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Unix Vault</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.polaris.net/ugu/">Unix Guru
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Universe</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.ora.com/">O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.</a></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="xwin"></a>
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<h2>The X Window System</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.xfree86.org/">The XFree86
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Project</a> provides users of a variety of Intel based
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Unix systems, including FreeBSD, with an excellent X
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Window system.</li>
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<li>The WINE project is working to provide the ability to
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run MS-Windows software on Intel based Unix systems such
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as FreeBSD, NetBSD and Linux. More information is
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available from the <a href="http://www.asgardpro.com/wine/">WINE FAQ</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="hardware"></a>
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<h2>Hardware</h2>
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<ul>
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<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
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reference for people building their own machines.</li>
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<li>Laptop users looking for PCCARD (aka PCMCIA) support not already
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provided in the FreeBSD base distribution should see the
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<a href="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO">PAO</a> distribution
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page for the latest and greatest experimental laptop support.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.x86.org">Intel Secrets -- What
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Intel Doesn't Want You To Know</a> - lots of information
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about Intel chips.</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://einstein.et.tudelft.nl/~offerman/chiplist.html">Aad
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Offerman's Chip List</a> - reference material on chips
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used in PC clones.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.asus.com.tw">ASUS</a> makes
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motherboards that work well with FreeBSD.</li>
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<li>The FreeBSD <a href="handbook/hw.html">hardware guide</a> makes
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some specific recommendations for hardware that's known to work well
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with FreeBSD.</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="multimedia"></a>
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<a name="homeauto"></a>
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<a name="SMP"></a>
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<a name="sparc"></a>
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<a name="alpha"></a>
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<a name="java"></a>
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<h2>FreeBSD Development Projects</h2>
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<p>In addition to the mainstream development path of FreeBSD, a number
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of developer groups are working on the cutting edge to expand
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FreeBSD's range of applications in new directions. Follow the links
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below to learn more about these exciting projects.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~faulkner/multimedia/mm.html">MultiMedia</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/HomeAuto/HomeAuto.html">Home Automation</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html">Symmetric MultiProcessor Support</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~jseger/freebsd-sparc/">Porting FreeBSD to Sparc systems</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~wosch/freebsd-alpha/">Porting FreeBSD to Alpha systems</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/java/">Java on FreeBSD</a></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="related"></a>
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<h2>Related Operating System Projects</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.netbsd.org/"><strong>NetBSD</strong></a>
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is another free 4.4BSD-Lite based operating system which
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runs on several different architectures.</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.openbsd.org/"><strong>OpenBSD</strong></a>
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is another 4.4BSD derivative.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.linux.org/"><strong>Linux</strong></a> is
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another free Unix-like system.</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.cs.hut.fi/lites.html"><strong>Lites</strong></a>
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is a 4.4 BSD Lite based server and emulation library that
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provides free unix functionality to a Mach based
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system.</li>
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<li>The <a
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href="http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html"><strong>GNU
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HURD</strong></a> project is another effort to develop a free
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Unix-like operating system.</li>
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