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     <p>FreeBSD is a rapidly developing operating system.  Keeping up on
       the latest developments can be a chore!  To keep on top of things,
       be sure and check this page periodically.  Also, you may wish to
       subscribe to the <a
       href="../handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">freebsd-announce
       mailing list</a>.</p>
 
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       containing recent developments in the FreeBSD arena.  Subscribe to
       <a href="../handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">freebsd-announce</a>
       to receive this newsletter via e-mail.</p>
 
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+
     <p>For a detailed description of past, present, and future releases,
       see the <strong><a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release
       Information</a></strong> page.</p>
 
     <h2>October 2000</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>3-Oct-2000</b>
         The complete track <a
         href="http://www.bsdcon.com/schedule.php3">schedule</a> for <a
         href="http://www.bsdcon.com">BSDCon</a> has been released.
         BSDCon is the premiere annual technical conference for BSD
         users and will be held from October 14-20 in Monterey,
         CA.</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>2-Oct-2000</b> <a href="mailto:dfr@freebsd.org">Doug
         Rabson</a> has made a series of commits to -current with early
         IA64 support.  The kernel will now reach the mountroot prompt.
         Please follow the ia64 mailing list for more information.</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>1-Oct-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:trevor@FreeBSD.org">Trevor Johnson</a>
 	(sundry ports, mostly in the audio category)
 	</p></li>
 	
       <li><p><b>1-Oct-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:jeh@FreeBSD.org">James Housley</a>
 	(ports, especially RTEMS.  Side interest in IPv6)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>1-Oct-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:lioux@FreeBSD.org">M&aacute;rio S&eacute;rgio Fujikawa Ferreira</a>
 	</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>September 2000</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>29-Sep-2000</b>
 	<a href="http://www.terrasolutions.com/">TerraSolutions, Inc.</a>
 	and Lightning Internet Services <a
 	href="http://www.terasolutions.com/pr0929.html">announced</a>
 	today that a popular OpenSource software archive at
 	<a href="ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/"> ftp.freesoftware.com</a>
 	(also known as <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/">ftp.FreeBSD.org</a>)
 	has surpassed the two trillion bytes (<b>two terabytes</b>)
 	milestone of files downloaded per day from a single server machine.
 	</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>27-Sep-2000</b>
 	<a href="&base;/releases/4.1.1R/announce.html">FreeBSD 4.1.1</a> has
 	been released.  Please see the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/4.1.1R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
 	installation for any late-breaking issues with 4.1.1 that
 	occur.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>21-Sep-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:bmilekic@FreeBSD.org">Bosko Milekic</a>
 	</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>August 2000</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>22-Aug-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:bmah@FreeBSD.org">Bruce A. Mah</a>
 	(docs, pkg_version, assorted ports)</p></li>
       <li><p><b>15-Aug-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:rv@FreeBSD.org">Rajesh Vaidheeswarran</a>
 	(ports/devel/cons)</p></li>
       <li><p><b>5-Aug-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:onoe@FreeBSD.org">Atsushi Onoe</a>
 	(awi driver)</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>July 2000</h2>
 
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>27-July-2000</b>
 	<a href="&base;/releases/4.1R/announce.html">FreeBSD 4.1</a> has
 	been released.  Please see the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/4.1R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
 	installation for any late-breaking issues with 4.1 that
 	occur.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>12-July-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:marko@FreeBSD.org">Mark Ovens</a>
 	</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>11-July-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:kbyanc@FreeBSD.org">Kelly Yancey</a>
 	</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>11-July-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:dwmalone@FreeBSD.org">David
 	Malone</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>11-July-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:non@FreeBSD.org">Noriaki
 	Mitsunaga</a> (PC-Card)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>10-July-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:ben@FreeBSD.org">Ben Smithurst</a>
 	(Docs)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>8-July-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:dannyboy@FreeBSD.org">Daniel
 	Harris</a> (Docs)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>7-July-2000</b>
         A new committer: <a href="mailto:takawata@FreeBSD.org">Takanori
 	Watanabe</a> (ACPI)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>6-July-2000</b>
         A new committer: <a href="mailto:hrs@FreeBSD.org">Hiroki
         Sato</a> (Japanese Docs)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>5-July-2000</b>
         A new committer: <a href="mailto:horikawa@FreeBSD.org">Kazuo
         Horikawa (Japanese Online Manuals)</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>3-July-2000</b>
         A new committer: <a href="mailto:adrian@FreeBSD.org">Adrian
         Chadd</a></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>June 2000</h2>
     
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>30-June-2000</b>
         <a href="http://freshports.org/">http://freshports.org/</a> has
         been upgraded to FreshPorts 1.1.  The FreshPorts website contains 
         the latest details of which ports have been create/updated/removed.  
         This upgrade, the first since FreshPorts was release in early May,
         gives you an improved home page, which together with a commit 
         history means you can find out about your ports faster and 
         easier.</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>29-June-2000</b>
         <a href="http://www.tucows.com/">Tucows</a> has added a
         <a href="http://bsd.tucows.com/">BSD section</a>.</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>26-June-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:akiyama@FreeBSD.org">Shunsuke
 	Akiyama</a> (Optical disk driver)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>24-June-2000</b>
 	<a href="&base;/releases/3.5R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.5</a> has
 	been released.  Please see the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/3.5R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
 	installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.5 that
 	occur.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>20-June-2000</b>
         <p>A new committer: <a href="mailto:sanpei@FreeBSD.org">MIHIRA
 	  Sanpei Yoshiro</a> (PC-Card)</p>
 
         <p>A new committer: <a href="mailto:cokane@FreeBSD.org">Coleman 
           Kane</a> (3dfx voodoo for glide/Mesa)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>19-June-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:cjh@FreeBSD.org">CHOI
 	Junho</a> (Ports)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>08-June-2000</b>
 	Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh will be in Japan during the first 
 	part of June 2000.  They will be giving talks at: the BSD BOF at 
         Networld+Interop 2000 Tokyo (8th), the JUS seminor at Tokyo (9th),
 	the NBUG event at Nagoya (10th), and, the K*BUG seminor at Osaka 
 	(10th).  Please see 
 	<a href="http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/">http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</p>
 
         <p>A new article is available, explaining how to <a 
           href="&base;/tutorials/dialup-firewall/index.html">use PPP, natd,
           and ipfw</a> to implement a firewall with a PPP dialup
           connection.</p>
 	
         <p>A new committer: <a href="mailto:alex@FreeBSD.org">Alexander
 	  Langer</a> (Ports, Docs)</p></li>
       
       <li><p><b>06-Jun-2000</b>
 	  The first <a href="&base;/conspectus/index.html">FreeBSD
 	    Conspectus</a> has been added, providing a summary of events on
 	  the <tt>-stable</tt> mailing list over the past week.</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>May 2000</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>19-May-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:cp@FreeBSD.org">Chuck
 	Paterson</a> (SMP)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>18-May-2000</b>
 	A hardcopy version of the <a href="../handbook/">FreeBSD
 	Handbook</a> is now available.  If you would like to order a
 	copy, please visit the <a
 	href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">FreeBSDMall</a>, or <a
 	href="http://www.wccdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM's web
 	site</a>.</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>15-May-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:jake@FreeBSD.org">Jake
 	Burkholder</a> (legacy drivers)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>14-May-2000</b>
 	Issue #04 of <a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">The FreeBSD
 	'zine</a> is now available.</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>09-May-2000</b>
 	<a href="http://freshports.org/">Freshports</a>:  Similar in
 	nature to <a href="http://freshmeat.net/">Freshmeat</a>, this site
 	deals exclusively with FreeBSD ports, and allows you to create
 	your own ``watch lists'' for your favorite ports.</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>April 2000</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>16-Apr-2000</b>
 	New mailing lists available:  <strong>freebsd-i18n</strong>
 	(FreeBSD Internationalization) and <strong>freebsd-ppc</strong>
 	(Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>04-Apr-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:murray@FreeBSD.org">Murray
 	Stokely</a> (sysinstall)</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>March 2000</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>22-Mar-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:knu@FreeBSD.org">Akinori
 	MUSHA</a> (Ports)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>21-Mar-2000</b>
 	<a href="mailto:unfurl@FreeBSD.org">Bill Swingle</a> has written
 	an <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200003/bsdports&amp;page=1">
 	article on the Ports and Packages System</a> for <a
 	href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/">32bitsonline.com</a></p></li> 
 
       <li><p><b>20-Mar-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:will@FreeBSD.org">Will
 	Andrews</a> (Ports)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>15-Mar-2000</b>
 	Issue #2 of <a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">The FreeBSD
 	'zine</a> is now available.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>13-Mar-2000</b>
 	<a href="&base;/releases/4.0R/announce.html">FreeBSD 4.0</a> has
 	been released.  Please see the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/4.0R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
 	installation for any late-breaking issues with 4.0 that
 	occur.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>09-Mar-2000</b>
 	<a href="http://www.wccdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a> and <a
 	href="http://www.BSDI.com/">BSDI</a> merge!  Read the official
 	<a href="&base;/news/press-rel-4.html">press release</a> for more
 	information.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>February 2000</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>26-Feb-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:ume@FreeBSD.org">Hajimu
 	UMEMOTO</a> (IPv6)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>23-Feb-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:ps@FreeBSD.org">Paul
 	Saab</a></p></li>
 
       <li><b>22-Feb-2000</b>
 	<a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/">32BitsOnline.com</a> has a
 	<a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&amp;page=1">review</a>
 	of FreeBSD 3.4 by <a href="mailto:csmith@medullas.com">Clifford
 	Smith</a> available on their web site.  All in all, a good
 	review.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>18-Feb-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:bsd@FreeBSD.org">Brian S Dean</a>
 	(Kernel support for IA32 hardware debug registers, misc
 	fixes/feature enhancements in other areas)</p></li>
 
       <li><b>17-Feb-2000</b>
 	A new issue of <a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">The FreeBSD
 	'zine</a> came out on the 15th.  This is the first issue of the
 	'zine in 7 months; lots of changes have been made, and many new
 	features have been added.  Be sure to check it out.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>10-Feb-2000</b>
 	<a href="mailto:mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org">Michael Lucas</a>
 	has written an excellent <a
 	href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/20000210/282/">
 	article</a> on the differences between the BSD license and the
 	GPL.  This article is definitely worth reading.<p></p>
 
       <p>New committers:  <a href="mailto:gsutter@FreeBSD.org">Greg
 	Sutter</a> and <a href="mailto:unfurl@FreeBSD.org">Bill
 	Swingle</a> (Docs)</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>January 2000</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>22-Jan-2000</b>
 	The <a href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/">FreeBSD Diary</a>, a
 	chronicle of what one guy is doing with FreeBSD, has been around
 	for almost two years.  Until today, it was tucked away in a corner
 	of his site.  Following significant growth, a new-look site was
 	launched today.  The site contains a huge number of how-to guides
 	and the readership includes NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux
 	users.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>13-Jan-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:wilko@FreeBSD.org">Wilko
 	Bulte</a></p></li>
 
       <li><b>04-Jan-2000</b>
 	The <a href="http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/">Compaq Testdrive
 	program</a> is now making testdrives available of the the latest
 	FreeBSD 4.0-20000101-CURRENT release running on an Alpha XP1000
 	EV6.7. running at 667MHz and loaded with two gigs of ram.  To get
 	a free shell account as a participant in the testdrive program,
 	all you need to do is register at the site.  These accounts aren't
 	for playing, the goal of the program is to make brand new systems
 	available to developers so they can test, build and port their
 	apps to the world's fastest computer.  The testdrive program also
 	offers other systems running FreeBSD, including a Proliant 5500
 	dual Xeon 450MHz and a DPW500a.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>03-Jan-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:patrick@FreeBSD.org">Patrick
 	Gardella</a> (JDK/WWW)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>02-Jan-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:ade@FreeBSD.org">Ade Lovett</a>
 	(Ports)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>01-Jan-2000</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:reg@FreeBSD.org">Jeremy Lea</a>
 	(Ports)</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>December 1999</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>30-Dec-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:groudier@FreeBSD.org">Gerard
 	Roudier</a> (Symbios SCSI driver)</p></li>
 
       <li><b>20-Dec-1999</b>
 	<a href="&base;/releases/3.4R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.4</a> has
 	been released.  Please see the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/3.4R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
 	installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.4 that
 	occur.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>18-Dec-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:rwatson@FreeBSD.org">Robert
 	Watson</a> (Coda, POSIX.1e ACLs/Capabilities/Auditing/MAC, FFS
 	extended attributes, Jail code improvements/documentation,
 	IPFW/BPF cleanup)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>16-Dec-1999</b>
 	Remove a committer: James Raynard, <i>"I have decided to resign as
 	a committer as it's been a very long time since I last had the
 	time to work on FreeBSD and things have now got to the point where
 	not even "speed reading" can help me keep up with the commit
 	mail."</i>  Our thanks to James for the time and effort he has
 	contributed to FreeBSD.</p>
 
 	<p>A new committer: <a href="mailto:asmodai@FreeBSD.org">Jeroen
 	  Ruigrok van der Werven</a> (Docs, in particular mdoc, low-level
 	  interfaces, and other source tree related
 	  documentation)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>15-Dec-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:jedgar@FreeBSD.org">Chris D.
 	Faulhaber</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>14-Dec-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:nbm@FreeBSD.org">Neil
 	Blakey-Milner</a> (Docs)</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>October 1999</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>24-Oct-1999</b>
 	The <a href="http://www.freebsdcon.org/">FreeBSD Con</a> '99 event
 	this year was a big success!  Over 350 people attended, and both
 	the vendors and attendees alike said they found the event to be
 	both entertaining and valuable. Many thanks to <a
 	href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a> for producing
 	this event and to <a href="http://www.mckusick.com/"> Dr. Marshall
 	Kirk McKusick</a> for teaching two kernel internals tutorials and
 	giving his <a
 	href="http://www.mckusick.com/history/index.html">History of
 	BSD</a> talk at the conference.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>10-Oct-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:joe@FreeBSD.org">Josef
 	Karthauser</a></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>September 1999</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>27-Sep-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:nakai@FreeBSD.org">Yukihiro
 	Nakai</a> (Ports)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>26-Sep-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:dan@FreeBSD.org">Dan Moschuk</a>
 	(Ports)</p></li>
 
       <li><b>17-Sep-1999</b>
 	<a href="&base/releases/3.3R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.3</a> has
 	been released.  Please see the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="&base;/releases/3.3R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
 	installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.3 that
 	occur.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>08-Sep-1999</b>
 	New committers: <a href="mailto:bp@FreeBSD.org">Boris Popov</a>
 	(Netware) and <a href="mailto:wsanchez@FreeBSD.org">Wilfredo
 	Sanchez</a> (FreeBSD/Apple Darwin collaboration)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>05-Sep-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:jmas@FreeBSD.org">Jose M.
 	Alcaide</a> (Docs/Spanish translation)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>03-Sep-1999</b>
 	New committers: <a href="mailto:imura@FreeBSD.org">R. Imura</a>
 	(Ports/KDE), <a href="mailto:andy@FreeBSD.org">Andrey
 	Zakhvatov</a> (Docs/Russian translation) and <a
 	href="mailto:gioria@FreeBSD.org">Sebastien Gioria</a> (Docs/French
 	translation)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>02-Sep-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:phantom@FreeBSD.org">Alexey
 	Zelkin</a> (Localization/Docs/Russian translation)</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>August 1999</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>23-Aug-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org">John Baldwin</a>
 	(Docs)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>11-Aug-1999</b> New committers: <a
 	href="mailto:alfred@FreeBSD.org">Alfred Perlstein</a> (SMP) and
 	<a href="mailto:jim@FreeBSD.org">Jim Mock</a> (Docs)</p></li>
 
       <li><b>10-Aug-1999</b>
 	<a href="http://www.codeforge.com/">C-Forge</a>, an Integrated
 	Development Environment, has been released (beta) for FreeBSD,
 	supporting C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and many other
 	languages.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>06-Aug-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:chris@FreeBSD.org">Chris
 	Costello</a> (Docs)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>04-Aug-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:pho@FreeBSD.org">Peter Holm</a>
 	(Docs)</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>July 1999</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>29-Jul-1999</b>
 	New committers: <a href="mailto:shin@FreeBSD.org">Yoshinobu
 	Inoue</a> and <a href="mailto:sumikawa@FreeBSD.org">Munechika
 	Sumikawa</a> (KAME/IPv6)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>27-Jul-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:mdodd@FreeBSD.org">Matthew N.
 	Dodd</a> (EISA/PCI/newbus)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>14-Jul-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:tanimura@FreeBSD.org">Seigo
 	Tanimura</a> (MIDI)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>07-Jul-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:cg@FreeBSD.org">Cameron Grant</a>
 	(PCM)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>03-Jul-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:marcel@FreeBSD.org">Marcel
 	Moolenaar</a> (Linux compat)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>01-Jul-1999</b>
 	New committers: <a href="mailto:nyan@FreeBSD.org">Takahashi
 	Yoshihiro</a> (PC98) and <a
 	href="mailto:gehenna@FreeBSD.org">Masahide MAEKAWA</a></p></li>
     </ul>
 
 
     <h2>June 1999</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>30-Jun-1999</b>
 	New committers: <a href="mailto:lile@FreeBSD.org">Larry Lile</a>
 	(Token Ring), <a href="mailto:dbaker@FreeBSD.org">Daniel Baker</a>
 	(Ports), and <a href="mailto:deischen@FreeBSD.org">Daniel
 	Eischen</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>19-Jun-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:cpiazza@FreeBSD.org">Chris
 	Piazza</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>18-Jun-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:iwasaki@FreeBSD.org">Mitsuru
 	IWASAKI</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>17-Jun-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:green@FreeBSD.org">Brian
 	Feldman</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>14-Jun-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:sheldonh@FreeBSD.org">Sheldon
 	Hearn</a></p></li>
 
       <li><b>10-Jun-1999</b>
 	FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE CDs are shipping.  Subscribers who did not
 	make any special shipping arrangements should be receiving their
 	CDs soon.  Anyone who wishes to order 3.2-RELEASE or to subscribe
 	may do so via <a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">The FreeBSD
 	Mall</a>.<p></p></li>
  
       <li><b>08-Jun-1999</b>
 	A new <a href="http://freebsd.itworks.com.au/">Australian FreeBSD
 	Web Mirror</a> now exists.  Thanks to <a
 	href="http://www.itworks.com.au/">ITworks Consulting</a> for
 	providing the host.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>May 1999</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>28-May-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:kevlo@FreeBSD.org">Kevin
 	Lo</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>27-May-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:ru@FreeBSD.org">Ruslan
 	Ermilov</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>26-May-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:mtaylor@FreeBSD.org">Mark J.
 	Taylor</a></p></li>
 
       <li><b>18-May-1999</b>
 	<a href="&base/releases/3.2R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.2</a> has
 	been released.  Please see the <a
 	href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="&base/releases/3.2R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
 	installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.2 that you might
 	need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>April 1999</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>30-Apr-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:tom@FreeBSD.org">Tom Hukins</a>
 	(Docs)</p></li>
 
       <li><b>22-Apr-1999</b>
 	The <a href="../tutorials/docproj-primer/">FreeBSD Documentation
 	Project Primer</a> is now available (in the <a
 	href="../tutorials/">tutorials section</a>) for people who want to
 	learn the technical details of the <a
 	href="../docproj/docproj.html">Documentation
 	Project</a>.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>15-Apr-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:dick@FreeBSD.org">Richard
 	Seaman</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>13-Apr-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:mharo@FreeBSD.org">Michael
 	Haro</a></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>March 1999</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>30-Mar-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:nsayer@FreeBSD.org">Nick
 	Sayer</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>10-Mar-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:jasone@FreeBSD.org">Jason
 	Evans</a></p></li>
 
       <li><b>05-Mar-1999</b>
 	The <a href="http://www.usenix.org/">USENIX Association</a> has
 	announced the <a
 	href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/">1999 USENIX Annual
 	Technical Conference</a>, scheduled for 06-11 June 1999 in
 	Monterey, CA, USA.  Our own Jordan Hubbard is chairing the FREENIX
 	Track, devoted to open source software's latest developments and
 	interesting applications.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>02-Mar-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:taoka@FreeBSD.org">Satoshi
 	TAOKA</a> (Ports)</p></li>
 
       <li><b>01-Mar-1999</b>
 	A secure server has been set up to accept monetary donations to
 	the FreeBSD Project.  For more information, see: <a
 	href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/">http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/</a>.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>01-Mar-1999</b>
 	FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE CDs are now shipping.  Subscribers should
 	receive their CDs soon.  See <a
 	href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com/</a> to
 	order.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>February 1999</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>25-Feb-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:shige@FreeBSD.org">Shigeyuki
 	FUKUSHIMA</a></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>23-Feb-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:alc@FreeBSD.org">Alan Cox</a>
 	(VM)</p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>19-Feb-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:kris@FreeBSD.org">Kris
 	Kennaway</a></p></li>
 
       <li><b>17-Feb-1999</b>
 	The Gartner Group has released a report, <i>Divorcing Thin Server
 	Software from the Hardware</i>, examining the trend in the OEM
 	market of using software and hardware from different
 	vendors.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>15-Feb-1999</b>
 	<a href="&base/releases/3.1R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.1</a> has
 	been released.  Please see the <a
 	href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="&base/releases/3.1R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
 	installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.1 that you might
 	need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>04-Feb-1999</b>
 	The <a href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/">FreeBSD Diary</a>, a
 	collection of how-to entries aimed at Unix novices, is now
 	available.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>03-Feb-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:dcs@FreeBSD.org">Daniel
 	Sobral</a> (Bootloader)</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>January 1999</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><p><b>21-Jan-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:roger@FreeBSD.org">Roger
 	Hardiman</a> (bt8x8 driver)</p></li>
 
       <li><b>20-Jan-1999</b> 3.0-STABLE has now departed the -CURRENT
 	branch.  The next release on this branch will be 3.1-RELEASE,
 	in mid-February 1999.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>15-Jan-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:gallatin@FreeBSD.org">Andrew
 	Gallatin</a> (Alpha)</p></li>
 
       <li><b>13-Jan-1999</b>
 	The <a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">FreeBSD ezine</a> is a
 	monthly collection of easy to read (we hope) articles written by
 	FreeBSD users and administrators just like you.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>10-Jan-99</b>
 	Jordan Hubbard's "<a href="sou1999.html">State of the Union</a>",
 	a look back at 1998, and a look forward to the future.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><p><b>02-Jan-1999</b>
 	A new committer: <a href="mailto:simokawa@FreeBSD.org">Hidetoshi
 	Shimokawa</a> (Alpha/Ports)</p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>December 1998</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>28-Dec-98</b>
 	Unless circumstances dictate otherwise, FreeBSD 3.0 will depart
 	the -CURRENT branch late in the day on 15 January 1999. The 3.1
 	release will follow 30 days later, on 15 February 1999.
 	Developers should consider this as ADVANCE NOTICE of these
 	events.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>13-Dec-98</b>
 	Walnut Creek CDROM has opened the <a
 	href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">FreeBSD Mall</a>, a site
 	devoted to the commercial aspects of FreeBSD, including add-ons,
 	hardware, and commercial tech-support.  To advertise or sell your
 	products or services at the FreeBSD Mall, contact Walnut Creek
 	CDROM.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>November 1998</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>30-Nov-98</b>
 	<a href="&base/releases/2.2.8R/announce.html">FreeBSD 2.2.8</a>
 	has been released.  Please see the <a
 	href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="&base/releases/2.2.8R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
 	installation for any late-breaking issues with 2.2.8 that you
 	might need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>26-Nov-98</b>
 	<a href="http://www.freebsdrocks.com/">FreeBSD Rocks</a> is an
 	initiative designed to provide the FreeBSD community with the
 	latest FreeBSD news, software and resources.  All areas include
 	search facilities, making keyword searching of historical posts
 	a breeze.  The pages are updated daily and everyone is invited to
 	sign up an post an article.  If it happened today, you'll see it
 	on FreeBSDRocks.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>October 1998</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>15-Oct-98</b>
 	<a href="&base/releases/3.0R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.0</a> has
 	been released.  See the <a
 	href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="&base/releases/3.0R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
 	installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.0 that you might
 	need to be aware of.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>September 1998</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>15-Sep-98</b>
 	September 15th is the scheduled date for entering BETA with the
 	3.0-CURRENT tree.  As all of you already (should) know, 3.0 is
 	scheduled for release on October 15th so this gives us a nice 30
 	day BETA period.  During this time, I don't expect anyone to drop
 	in significant new work or otherwise perturb the 3.0-CURRENT tree
 	in such a way that violates the general idea of a BETA (you're
 	supposed to test what you have, not move the goalposts every
 	couple of days :).<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>13-Sep-98</b>
 	After more than a year of development, the Common Access Method
 	SCSI layer for FreeBSD will be integrated into 3.0-CURRENT on
 	Sunday, September 13th.  The CAM development team is currently
 	busy ensuring that the integration process goes as smoothly as
 	possible, so please understand that we may be slow to respond to
 	questions about CAM during that time.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>09-Sep-98</b>
 	Perl5 is now imported into the 3.0-CURRENT source
 	tree.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>05-Sep-98</b>
 	<a name="giveaway" href="http://visar.csustan.edu/">The BSD CD
 	Giveaway List</a>.  If somebody has a CD to give away (recipient
 	pays for shipping) or to lend locally, they can put their email
 	address on the list. Hardware and literature can also be given
 	away. We encourage people to donate CDs to local libraries and
 	put them on the list as well.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>01-Sep-98</b>
 	First issue of Daemon News arrives day earlier.  This ezine is
 	by the BSD community for the BSD community.  See <a
 	href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">http://www.daemonnews.org/</a><p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>August 1998</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>31-Aug-98</b>
 	FreeBSD -CURRENT branch (the future 3.0-RELEASE) has switched to
 	ELF from a.out format.  People involved did a great job;
 	transition went smooth.  Check the <a
 	href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/search.html">freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org</a>
 	mail archive for more information on the transition to
 	ELF.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>23-Aug-98</b>
 	Suidcontrol-0.1 utility has been released. The suidcontrol is an
 	experimental utility for managing suid/sgid policy under FreeBSD.
 	You can get more information at <a
 	href="http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html">http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html</a><p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>09-Aug-98</b>
 	FreeBSD Security How-To has been published. This work is
 	currently in beta and can be found at <a
 	href="http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt">http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt</a><p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>July 1998</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>22-Jul-98</b>
 	FreeBSD 2.2.7 has been released.  See the <a
 	href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">release errata</a>
 	after installation for any late-breaking issues with 2.2.7 that you
 	should know about.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>16-Jul-98</b>
 	A ``FreeBSD for Linux users'' documentation effort has
 	started.  Please see the <a href="../docproj/current.html">list of
 	current documentation projects</a> for more
 	information.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>13-Jul-98</b>
 	<a href="mailto:jkh@FreeBSD.org">Jordan Hubbard</a> writes an <a
 	href="http://editorials.freshmeat.net/jordan980713/">editorial</a>
 	on the past and future of the Unix community.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>09-Jul-98</b>
 	A <a href="http://www.es.FreeBSD.org/es/FAQ/FAQ.html">Spanish
 	translation</a> of the <a href="../FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a> has been
 	completed by the <a href="http://www.es.FreeBSD.org/es/">Spanish
 	Documentation Project</a>. More information can be found at the <a
 	href="../docproj/translations.html">translations
 	page</a>.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>May 1998</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>30-May-98</b>
 	FreeBSD and Apache are used in <a
 	href="http://www.WebTechniques.com/features/1998/05/engelschall/engelschall.shtml">this
 	very useful article</a> on implementing a web farm using round-robin
 	DNS in <a
 	href="http://www.WebTechniques.com/">WEBTechniques.com</a>.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>23-May-98</b>
 	The second issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in <a
 	href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue2.pdf">Adobe
 	PDF format</a> (also by <a
 	href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/issue2.pdf">FTP</a>).
 	A <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/README.TXT">help
 	file</a> is available to assist you in selecting and using a PDF
 	viewer.  Article submissions, advertisements, and letters to the
 	editor should be sent to <a
 	href="mailto:newsletter@FreeBSD.org">newsletter@FreeBSD.org</a>.<p></p></li>
 	
       <li><b>01-May-98</b>
 	The FreeBSD Project set up <a name="anoncvs"
 	href="../handbook/synching.html#ANONCVS">Anonymous CVS</a> for the
 	<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">FreeBSD CVS
 	tree</a>.  Among other things, it allows users of FreeBSD to
 	perform, with no special privileges, read-only CVS operations
 	against one of the FreeBSD project's official anoncvs
 	servers.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>April 1998</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>16-Apr-98</b>
 	The new 4 CD set of FreeBSD 2.2.6 is now in stock and should start
 	shipping to subscription and back-order customers tomorrow.  More
 	information on the CD contents are available from <a
 	href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com/</a>.<p></p></li>
 
       <li><b>11-Apr-98</b>
 	The new FreeBSD project <a href="../projects/mozilla.html">FreeBSD
 	Mozilla Group</a> is created. The FreeBSD Mozilla Group supports
 	and improves the free available Netscape web browser, otherwise
 	known as <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla</a>.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>March 1998</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>25-Mar-98</b>
 	FreeBSD 2.2.6 has been released.  See the <a
 	href="&base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
 	details.  Also be sure to check the <a
 	href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">release
 	errata</a> after installation for any late-breaking issues with
 	2.2.6 that you should know about.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>February 1998</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>08-Feb-98</b>
 	A page detailing the <a href="../y2kbug.html">FreeBSD Year 2000
 	compliance statement</a> is now available, linked through the <a
 	href="../docs.html">Documentation</a> page.<p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>January 1998</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><b>08-Jan-98</b>
 	Improved support for Plug-n-Play cards has now been integrated
 	into both 3.0-CURRENT and 2.2-STABLE branches now.  This is
 	available in source form via the <a
 	href="../handbook/synching.html#CVSUP">CVSup</a> utility or in
 	binary release snapshots from <a
 	href="ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD">current.FreeBSD.org</a><p></p></li>
     </ul>
 
     <p>Previous announcements for <a href="1997/index.html">1997</a> and <a
 	href="1996/index.html">1996</a> are also available.</p>
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