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<!-- $FreeBSD: www/en/news/newsflash.sgml,v 1.142 2000/01/09 20:03:19 wosch Exp $ -->
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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.
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Keeping up on the latest developments can be a chore! To
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keep on top of things, be sure and check this page
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periodically. Also, you may wish to 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) Newsletter
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(RQN)</a> is a monthly (sometimes bi-weekly) newsletter containing
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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>January 2000</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>04-Jan-2000</b> The <a
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href="http://www.testdrive.compaq.com">Compaq Testdrive program</a>
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is now making testdrives available of the the latest FreeBSD
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4.0-20000101-CURRENT release running on an Alpha XP1000 EV6.7.
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running at 667MHz and loaded with two gigs of ram. To get a free
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shell account as a participant in the testdrive program, all you
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need to do is register at the site. These accounts aren't for
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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.</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> <a
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href="&base;/releases/3.4R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.4</a> has been
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released. Please see the <a href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release
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Information</a> page for 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 occur.
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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> The <a href="http://www.freebsdcon.com">
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FreeBSD Con</a> '99 event this year was a big success! Over
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350 people attended, and both the vendors and attendees alike
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said they found the event to be both entertaining and valuable.
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Many thanks to <a href="http://www.cdrom.com">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>
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for producing this event and to <a href="http://www.mckusick.com">
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Dr. Marshall Kirk McKusick</a> for teaching two kernel internals
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tutorials and giving his
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<a href="http://www.mckusick.com/history/index.html">History of BSD</a>
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talk at the conference.
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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> <a href="&base/releases/3.3R/announce.html">
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FreeBSD 3.3</a> has been released. Please see the
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<a href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
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page for more details. Also be sure to check the
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<a href="&base;/releases/3.3R/errata.html">release errata</a>
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after installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.3 that occur.
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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> <a href="http://www.codeforge.com/">C-Forge</a>,
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an Integrated Development Environment, has been released (beta) for
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FreeBSD, supporting C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and many other languages.</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> FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE CDs are shipping.
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Subscribers who did not make any special shipping arrangements should
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be receiving their CDs soon. Anyone who wishes to order 3.2-RELEASE or
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to subscribe may do so via <a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com">The
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FreeBSD Mall</a>.</li>
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<li><b>08-Jun-1999</b> A new <a
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href="http://freebsd.itworks.com.au/">Australian FreeBSD Web Mirror</a>
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now exists. Thanks to <a href="http://www.itworks.com.au/">ITworks
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Consulting</a> for providing the host.</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><a href="&base/releases/3.2R/announce.html">
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FreeBSD 3.2</a> has been released. Please see the
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<a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
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page for more details. Also be sure to check the
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<a href="&base/releases/3.2R/errata.html">release errata</a>
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after installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.2 that
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you might need to be aware of.</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> The <a
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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
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to learn the technical details of the <a
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href="../docproj/docproj.html">Documentation Project</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>March 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<!--
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<li><b>16-Mar-1999</b>The
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<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/projects/#fbsdboard">FreeBSD
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WebBoard</a> has been opened. It is a place where members of the
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FreeBSD community can help one another out.</li>
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-->
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<li><b>05-Mar-1999</b> The <a href="http://www.usenix.org">USENIX
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Association</a> has 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 Monterey,
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CA, USA. Our own Jordan Hubbard is chairing the FREENIX Track, devoted
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to open source software's latest developments and interesting
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applications.</li>
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<li><b>01-Mar-1999</b> A secure server has been set up to accept
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monetary donations to the FreeBSD Project. For more information, see:
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<a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/">
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http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/</a>.</li>
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<li><b>01-Mar-1999</b> FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE CDs are now shipping.
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Subscribers should receive their CDs soon. See
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<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com/</a> to
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order.</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> The Gartner Group has released a report,
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<i>Divorcing Thin Server Software from the Hardware</i>, examining the
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trend in the OEM market of using software and hardware from different
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vendors.</li>
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<li><b>15-Feb-1999</b><a href="&base/releases/3.1R/announce.html">
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FreeBSD 3.1</a> has been released. Please see the
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<a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
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page for more details. Also be sure to check the
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<a href="&base/releases/3.1R/errata.html">release errata</a>
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after installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.1 that
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you might need to be aware of.</li>
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<li><b>04-Feb-1999</b> The <a href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/">
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FreeBSD Diary</a>, a collection of how-to entries aimed at Unix
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novices, is now available.</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, in
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mid-February 1999.</li>
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<li><b>13-Jan-1999</b> The <a
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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.</li>
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<li><b>10-Jan-99</b> Jordan Hubbard's "<a href="sou1999.html">State of
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the Union</a>", a look back at 1998, and a look forward to the
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future.</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> Unless circumstances dictate otherwise,
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FreeBSD 3.0 will depart the -current branch late in the day
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on 15 January 1999. The 3.1 release will follow 30 days
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later, on 15 February 1999. Developers should consider this
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as ADVANCE NOTICE of these events.</li>
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<li><b>13-Dec-98</b> Walnut Creek CD-ROM has opened the <a href=
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"http://www.freebsdmall.com/">FreeBSD Mall</a>, a site devoted to the
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commercial aspects of FreeBSD, including add-ons, hardware, and
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commercial tech-support. To advertise or sell your products or
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services at the FreeBSD Mall, contact Walnut Creek CD-ROM.</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><a href="&base/releases/2.2.8R/announce.html">
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FreeBSD 2.2.8</a> has been released. Please see the
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<a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
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page for more details. Also be sure to check the
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<a href="&base/releases/2.2.8R/errata.html">release errata</a>
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after installation for any late-breaking issues with 2.2.8 that
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you might need to be aware of.</li>
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<li><b>26-Nov-98</b> <a href="http://www.freebsdrocks.com/">FreeBSD
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Rocks</a> is an initiative designed to provide the FreeBSD community
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with the latest FreeBSD news, software and resources. All areas
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include search facilities, making keyword searching of historical
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posts a breeze. The pages are updated daily and everyone is invited
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to sign up an post an article. If it happened today, you'll see it
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on FreeBSDRocks.</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><a href="&base/releases/3.0R/announce.html">
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FreeBSD 3.0</a> has been released. See the
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<a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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details. Also be sure to check the
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<a href="&base/releases/3.0R/errata.html">release errata</a>
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after installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.0 that you
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might need to be aware of.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>September 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>15-Sep-98</b> September 15th is the scheduled date
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for entering BETA with the 3.0-current tree. As all of you
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already (should) know, 3.0 is scheduled for release on October
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15th so this gives us a nice 30 day BETA period. During this
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time, I don't expect anyone to drop in significant new work or
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otherwise perturb the 3.0-current tree in such a way that
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violates the general idea of a BETA (you're supposed to test
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what you have, not move the goalposts every couple of days :).
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<p></p></li>
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<li><p><b>13-Sep-98</b>
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After more than a year of development, the Common Access
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Method SCSI layer for FreeBSD will be integrated into
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3.0-current on Sunday, September 13th. The CAM development
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team is currently busy ensuring that the integration process
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goes as smoothly as possible, so please understand that we may
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be slow to respond to questions about CAM in the days.
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<p></p></li>
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<li><p><b>9-Sep-98</b>
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Perl5 is now imported into the 3.0-CURRENT source tree.
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<p></p></li>
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<li><p><b>5-Sep-98</b>
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<a name="giveaway" href="http://visar.csustan.edu/">
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The BSD CD Giveaway List</a>.
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If somebody has a CD to give away (recipient pays for shipping) or to
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lend locally, they can put their email address on the list. Hardware
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and literature can also be given away. We encourage people to donate
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CDs to local libraries and put them on the list as well.
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</P></LI>
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<li><p><b>1-Sep-98</b>
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First issue of Daemon News arrives day earlier. This electronic
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ezine is by BSD community for BSD community. See
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<A HREF="http://www.daemonnews.org/">http://www.daemonnews.org</A>
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</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><P><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: transition
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went smooth. Check
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<A HREF="http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/search.html">
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freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org</A> mail archive for more information
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on the transition to ELF.
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</P></LI>
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<LI><P><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
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<A HREF="http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html">
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http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html</A>
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</P></LI>
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<LI><P><B>9-Aug-98</B>
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FreeBSD Security How-To has been published. This work is currently
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in beta and can be found at
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<A HREF="http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt">
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http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt</A>
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</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><p><b>22-Jul-98</b>
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FreeBSD 2.2.7 has been released.
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See the <a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release
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Information</a> page for details. Also be sure to
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check the
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<a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">
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release errata</a> after installation for any late-breaking issues
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with 2.2.7 that you should know about.
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</li>
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<li><p><b>16-Jul-98</b>
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A ``FreeBSD for Linux users'' documentation effort has started.
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Please see the <a
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href="../docproj/current.html">list of current
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documentation projects</a> for more information.</li>
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<li><p><b>13-Jul-98</b>
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<a href="mailto:jkh@FreeBSD.org">Jordan Hubbard</a> writes an
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<a href="http://editorials.freshmeat.net/jordan980713/">editorial</a>
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on the past and future of the Unix community.</li>
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<li><p><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
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href="../FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a> has been completed
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by the <a href="http://www.es.FreeBSD.org/es/">Spanish Documentation
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Project</a>. More information can be found at the
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<a
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href="../docproj/translations.html">translations
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page</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>June 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>24-Jun-98</b>
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The FreeBSD Project is sponsoring an
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<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/~xcontest/">FreeBSD Desktop Theme
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Contest</a>. Participants will design their own X11 configurations,
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and winners will have theirs distributed with future releases of
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FreeBSD.</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><P><B>30-May-98</b>
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FreeBSD and Apache are used in <a href="http://www.WebTechniques.com/features/1998/05/engelschall/engelschall.shtml">this very useful article</a>
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on implementing a web farm using round-robin DNS in
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<a href="http://www.WebTechniques.com/">WEBTechniques.com</a></p>
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</li>
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<LI><P><B>23-May-98</b>
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The second issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in
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<a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue2.pdf">
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Adobe PDF format</a> (also by
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<A href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue2.pdf">
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FTP</A>). A
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<a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/README.TXT">
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help file</a> is available to assist you in selecting and using
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a PDF viewer.
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Article submissions, advertisements, and letters
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to the editor should be sent to
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<a href="mailto:newsletter@FreeBSD.org">newsletter@FreeBSD.org</a>.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li><p><b>1-May-98</b>
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The FreeBSD Project set up
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<a name="anoncvs" href="../handbook/synching.html#ANONCVS">Anonymous CVS</a>
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for the <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">FreeBSD CVS tree</a>.
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Among other things, it allows users of FreeBSD to perform,
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with no special privileges, read-only CVS operations
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against one of the FreeBSD project's official anoncvs servers.
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</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><p><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
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<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com</a>.
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</p></li>
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<li><p><b>11-Apr-98</b>
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The new FreeBSD project <a href="../projects/mozilla.html">FreeBSD Mozilla
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Group</a> is created. The FreeBSD Mozilla Group supports and
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improves the free available Netscape web browser,
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otherwise known as <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla</a>.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>March 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>25-Mar-98</b>
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FreeBSD 2.2.6 has been released.
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See the <a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release
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Information</a> page for details. Also be sure to
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check the
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<a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">
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release errata</a> after installation for any late-breaking issues
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with 2.2.6 that you should know about.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>February 1998</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><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.</li>
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<h2>January 1998</h2>
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<li><p><b>08-Jan-98</b>
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Improved support for Plug-n-Play cards has now been integrated into
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both 3.0-current and 2.2-stable branches now. This is available
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in source form via the <a href="../handbook/synching.html#CVSUP">CVSup</a> utility
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or in binary release snapshots from
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<a href="ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD">current.FreeBSD.org</a>
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</p></li>
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