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<ul>
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<li><a href="#mailing-list">Mailing lists</a></li>
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<li><a href="#newsgroups">Newsgroups</a></li>
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<li><a href="#irc">IRC</a></li>
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<li><a href="#web">Web Resources</a></li>
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<li><a href="#gnats">Problem Report Database</a></li>
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<li><a href="#cvs">CVS Repository</a></li>
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<li><a href="#user">User Groups</a></li>
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<li><a href="#development">FreeBSD Development Projects</a></li>
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<li><a href="#security">FreeBSD Security Guide</a></li>
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<li><a href="#consulting">Commercial Consulting Services</a></li>
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<li><a href="#general">General &unix; Information</a></li>
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<li><a href="#xwin">The X Window System</a></li>
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<li><a href="#hardware">Hardware</a></li>
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<li><a href="#related">Related Operating System Projects</a></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="mailing-list"></a>
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<h2><a href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">
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Mailing lists</a></h2>
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<p>Mailing lists are the primary communication channels for the FreeBSD
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community, and cover many topic areas.</p>
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<a name="mailing-list-archives"></a>
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<h3>Mailing list archives</h3>
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<p>You can
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<a href="&base;/search/search.html#mailinglists">search</a>
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or <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/mail/">browse</a>
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the mailing list archives at
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<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/">www.FreeBSD.org.</a>
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It is also possible to
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<a href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo">browse</a>
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the mailing lists via Mailman webinterface.</p>
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<a name="mailing-list-languages"></a>
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<h3>Non-English Mailing lists</h3>
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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>Brazilian Portuguese</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:listproc@br.FreeBSD.org">listproc@br.FreeBSD.org</a></li>
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<li><strong>Simplified Chinese</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:majordomo@cn.FreeBSD.org">majordomo@cn.FreeBSD.org</a>,
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GB2312 encoding.</li>
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<li><strong>Traditional Chinese</strong> -- <a
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href="http://freebsd.sinica.edu.tw/mailman/listinfo">WWW</a>, Big5 encoding.</li>
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<li><strong>Czech</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:users-l-request@FreeBSD.cz">users-l-request@FreeBSD.cz</a>
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or <a href="http://www.cz.FreeBSD.org/listserv/listinfo/users-l/">WWW</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>German</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:majordomo@de.FreeBSD.org">majordomo@de.FreeBSD.org</a>
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or <a href="http://www.de.FreeBSD.org/de/mailinglists.html">WWW</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>French</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:listserver@FreeBSD-fr.org">listserver@FreeBSD-fr.org</a>
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or <a href="http://www.FreeBSD-fr.org/">WWW</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>Hungarian</strong> -- <a
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href="http://www.hu.FreeBSD.org/hu/mailman/listinfo/bsd">WWW</a></li>
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<li><strong>Indonesian</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:id-freebsd-subscribe@egroups.com">id-freebsd-subscribe@egroups.com</a></li>
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<li><strong>Italian</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:mailman-owner@gufi.org">mailman-owner@gufi.org</a>
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or <a href="http://liste.gufi.org/">WWW</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>Japanese</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:majordomo@jp.FreeBSD.org">majordomo@jp.FreeBSD.org</a>
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or <a href="http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/ml.html">WWW</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>Korean</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:majordomo@kr.FreeBSD.org">majordomo@kr.FreeBSD.org</a>
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or <a
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href="http://www.kr.FreeBSD.org/support.shtml#mailing-list">WWW</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>Netherlands</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:majordomo@nl.FreeBSD.org">majordomo@nl.FreeBSD.org</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>Polish</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:majordomo@bsdguru.org">majordomo@bsdguru.org</a>
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or <a href="http://www.bsdguru.org/indeX.php?f=1080001">WWW</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>Portuguese</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:freebsd@npf.pt.freebsd.org">
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freebsd@npf.pt.freebsd.org</a> or <a
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href="http://npf.pt.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd">
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http://npf.pt.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>Russian</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:maillist@opennet.ru">maillist@opennet.ru</a></li>
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<li><strong>Slovakian</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:majordomo@sk.FreeBSD.org">majordomo@sk.FreeBSD.org</a></li>
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<li><strong>Spanish</strong> -- <a
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href="https://listas.es.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo">WWW</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>Turkish</strong> -- <a
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href="mailto:freebsd@lists.enderunix.org">freebsd@lists.enderunix.org</a>
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or <a
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href="http://lists.enderunix.org">WWW</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>If you create other FreeBSD mailing lists, <a
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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="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources-news.html">newsgroups</a>, along with
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numerous other newsgroups on topics of interest to FreeBSD users, though
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the mailing lists remain the most reliable way to get in touch with the
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FreeBSD developers. For miscellaneous FreeBSD discussion, see <a
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href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</a>.
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For important announcements, see <a
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href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="http://minnie.tuhs.org/BSD-info/bsdnews_search.html">The
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BSD Usenet News Searcher</a> have archives of all
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BSD-related Usenet newsgroups from June 1992 onwards.</p>
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<a name="irc"></a>
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<h2>IRC</h2>
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<p>While #freebsd channels exist on various IRC networks, the FreeBSD
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project does not control them or endorse IRC as a support medium.
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You may be ignored, insulted, or kicked out if you ask questions on
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any channel in IRC, though you may have slightly better luck
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in channels named #freebsdhelp where such exist. If you
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want to try these or any other channels on IRC, it is nonetheless
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at your own risk and any complaints about conduct on those channels
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should not be directed to the FreeBSD project. See also
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<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/support.html#IRC">the FAQ entry</a> for
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more information.</p>
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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, and
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are also mirrored at many sites around the world. Try connecting to
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www.<b>yourcountry</b>.FreeBSD.org (e.g. <a
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href="http://www.de.FreeBSD.org/">www.de.FreeBSD.org</a> for
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Germany or <a
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href="http://www.au.FreeBSD.org/">www.au.FreeBSD.org</a> for
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Australia), or select a mirror from the drop-down list on the
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<a href="&base;/index.html">front page</a>.</p>
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<p>The FreeBSD web pages are translated into several
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languages. Links to the translated versions of these web
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pages can be found on the <a href="&base;/index.html">front
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page</a>.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p>Several other non-English resources exist:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="doc/pt_BR.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html">Brazilian
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Portuguese FAQ</a></li>
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<li><a href="zh/FAQ/FAQ.html">Chinese FAQ</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.FreeBSD-fr.org/">French</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.hu.FreeBSD.org/hu/">Hungarian</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.or.id">Indonesian</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.gufi.org/">Italian</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/">Japanese</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.kr.FreeBSD.org/">Korean</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://npf.pt.FreeBSD.org/">Portuguese</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org.ru/">Russian</a>, <a
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href="doc/ru_RU.KOI8-R/books/faq/index.html">FAQ</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><p>For information on recent FreeBSD progress and releases, see the
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<a href="news/newsflash.html">Newsflash</a> page.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="gnats">Problem Report Database</a></h2>
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<p>Current FreeBSD problem reports are tracked using the <a
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href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnats/">GNATS</a>
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database.</p>
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<p>A FreeBSD problem report (PR) is not necessarily a bug with FreeBSD
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itself. In some cases it may be reporting a mistake in the
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documentation (which could be a simple typo). In other cases it may
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be a 'wishlist' item that the submitter would like to see incorporated
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in to FreeBSD. In many cases a PR contains a port which has been
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prepared for inclusion in the FreeBSD
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<a href="../ports/index.html">Ports and Packages</a> collection.</p>
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<p>Problem reports start 'open', and are closed as the issue they report
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is resolved. In addition, each PR is assigned a unique tracking ID
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to ensure that it is not lost. Many FreeBSD changes include the
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tracking ID of the PR that prompted the change.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi">View the
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open problem reports</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi">View a problem
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report by tracker id</a>.</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?query">Search
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problem reports</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="send-pr.html">Submit a Problem Report</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="prstats/index.html">View PR Statistics</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Problem reports may also be submitted to the development team using the
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<a href="send-pr.html">send-pr(1)</a> command on a FreeBSD system,
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or by sending an email message to <a
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href="mailto:freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org</a>.
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Please note that <a href="send-pr.html">send-pr</a> is preferred
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since messages sent to the mailing list are <em>not</em> tracked as
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official problem reports, and may get lost in the noise!</p>
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<p>Before submitting a problem report, you might find it useful to
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read the <a
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href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/">Writing
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FreeBSD Problem Reports</a> article. This article describes
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when you should submit a problem report, what you are expected
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to include in one, and what the best way to submit your problem
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report is. Some useful background information is also contained
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in the <a href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pr-guidelines/">Problem
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Report Handling Guidelines</a> article.</p>
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<a name="cvs"></a>
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<h2><a href="http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/">CVS Repository</a></h2>
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<p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?cvs">CVS</a> (the
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Concurrent Version System) is the tool we use for keeping our sources
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under control. Every change (with accompanying log message explaining
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its purpose) from FreeBSD 2.0 to the present is stored here. It can be
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easily viewed from the web interface mentioned below. To obtain a complete copy
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of the FreeBSD CVS repository or any of the development branches inside
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it, you may choose any one of following options:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html">cvsup</a> if you are looking
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for on-demand, low overhead access using a custom utility (written in
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Modula-3 no less).</li>
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<li><a name="anoncvs" href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/anoncvs.html">anoncvs</a>
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if you are looking for on-demand access that has higher overhead than
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cvsup (in terms of wall time and bytes transferred) but is easier to use
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for checking out small pieces of the tree and requires nothing more
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than the cvs tools already bundled with FreeBSD.</li>
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<li><a href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ctm.html">CTM</a> if you are looking for
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very low overhead, batch-mode access (basically, patches through
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email).</li>
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<li>The <a href="http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/">web interface</a>
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if you are looking to simply browse the repository in search of a
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specific change or file revision.</li>
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<li>Finally, if you have got bandwidth to burn or you prefer / are forced
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to use FTP, you can simply mirror the CVS repository from <a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/FreeBSD-CVS">ftp.FreeBSD.org</a>.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Mirrors of the CVS Repository cgi script are available in
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<a href="http://cvsup3.de.FreeBSD.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi">Germany</a>,
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<a href="http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">Japan</a>,
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<a href="http://cvsup.pt.FreeBSD.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi">Portugal</a>,
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<a href="http://cvsweb.sm.FreeBSD.org/">San Marino</a>,
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<a href="http://www.es.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">Spain</a>,
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<a href="http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/">USA/California</a> and
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<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org.ua/cgi/cvsweb.cgi?cvsroot=freebsd">Ukraine</a>.</p>
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<p>A public Subversion mirror of the FreeBSD src/ CVS repository is
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provided at svn://svn.clkao.org/freebsd/. A <a
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href="http://svn.clkao.org/svnweb/freebsd/">web interface</a> is
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also available. This is intended for people who would like to
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try the svk distributed version control system.</p>
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<a name="user"></a>
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<h2><a href="usergroups.html">FreeBSD User Groups</a></h2>
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<p>FreeBSD's widespread popularity has spawned a number of user groups
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around the world. If you know of a FreeBSD user group not listed here,
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<a href="mailto:www@FreeBSD.org">let us know</a> about it.</p>
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<a name="development"></a>
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<h2><a href="projects/projects.html">FreeBSD Development Projects</a></h2>
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<p>In addition to the mainstream development path of FreeBSD, a number of
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developer groups are working on the cutting edge to expand FreeBSD's
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range of applications in new directions.</p>
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<h2><a name="security" href="security/security.html">FreeBSD Security
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Guide</a></h2>
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Security resources available to FreeBSD users:
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PGP Key for Security Officers, advisories, patches and mailing lists.
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<h2><a name="consulting" href="commercial/consult.html">
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Commercial Consulting Services</a></h2>
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Whether you are just starting out with FreeBSD, or need to
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complete a large project, a consultant or two might be your answer.
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<p></p>
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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.geek-girl.com/unix.html">The Unix Reference
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Desk</a> by Jennifer Myers</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.ugu.com/">Unix Guru Universe</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.ora.com/">O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.unixpower.org">Unix Power</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>The <a href="http://www.x.org/">X.Org</a> and <a
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href="http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86™</a> projects provide
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users of a variety of Intel based UNIX systems, including FreeBSD,
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with an excellent X Window system.</li>
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<li>The <a href="http://www.winehq.com/">WINE</a> project is working to
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provide the ability to run Microsoft Windows® software on Intel based UNIX
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systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD and Linux.</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
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href="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/answers/pc-hardware-faq">pc-hardware-faq</a>
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is a great reference for people building their own machines.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.x86.org/">Intel Secrets -- What Intel Doesn't
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Want You To Know</a> - lots of information about Intel chips.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/faqs/pc-hardware-faq/chiplist/">Aad
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Offerman's Chip List</a> - reference material on chips used in PC
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clones.</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 href="http://www.netbsd.org/"><strong>NetBSD</strong></a> is
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another free 4.4BSD-Lite based operating system which runs on several
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different architectures.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/"><strong>OpenBSD</strong></a>
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is another 4.4BSD derivative with focus on security.</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 href="http://www.opendarwin.org/"><strong>Darwin</strong></a>
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is the free system that forms the core of Apple's
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<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">Mac OS X</a> system.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/lites/html/"><strong>Lites</strong></a>
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