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FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible, DEC Alpha, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC® architectures. It is derived from BSD, the version of developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. Additional platforms are in various stages of development.

Cutting edge features

FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security and compatibility features today which are still missing in other operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones.

Powerful Internet solutions

FreeBSD makes an ideal Internet or Intranet server. It provides robust network services under the heaviest loads and uses memory efficiently to maintain good response times for thousands of simultaneous user processes. Visit our gallery for examples of FreeBSD powered applications and services.

Run a huge number of applications

The quality of FreeBSD combined with today's low-cost, high-speed PC hardware makes FreeBSD a very economical alternative to commercial workstations. It is well-suited for a great number of both desktop and server applications.

Easy to install

FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of media including CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, floppy disk, magnetic tape, an MS-DOS® partition, or if you have a network connection, you can install it directly over anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need is a pair of blank, 1.44MB floppies and these directions.

FreeBSD is free

While you might expect an operating system with these features to sell for a high price, FreeBSD is available free of charge and comes with full source code. If you would like to try it out, more information is available.

Contributing to FreeBSD

It is easy to contribute to FreeBSD. All you need to do is find a part of FreeBSD which you think could be improved and make those changes (carefully and cleanly) and submit that back to the Project by means of send-pr or a committer, if you know one. This could be anything from documentation to artwork to source code. See the Contributing to FreeBSD article for more information.

Even if you are not a programmer, there are other ways to contribute to FreeBSD. The FreeBSD Foundation is a non-profit organization for which direct contributions are fully tax deductible. Please contact bod@FreeBSDFoundation.org for more information or write to: The FreeBSD Foundation, 7321 Brockway Dr. Boulder, CO 80303. USA

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Mailing lists

Mailing lists are the primary support channel for FreeBSD users, with numerous mailing lists covering different topic areas. When in doubt about what list to post a question to, post to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG. To get an up to the minute view of the mailing lists available or to subscribe to a mailing list, use FreeBSD.org's Mailman web interface. All mailman lists are available in a digest format and have threaded archives available. See the individual list's web page for details.

You can search or browse the mailing list archives at www.FreeBSD.org.

Several non-English mailing lists are also available:

Brazilian Portuguese -- listproc@br.FreeBSD.org
Traditional Chinese -- WWW, Big5 encoding.
Simplified Chinese -- majordomo@cn.FreeBSD.org, GB2312 encoding.
Czech -- users-l-request@FreeBSD.cz or WWW.
German -- majordomo@de.FreeBSD.org or WWW.
French -- listserver@FreeBSD-fr.org or WWW.
Hungarian -- majordomo@hu.FreeBSD.org
Indonesian -- id-freebsd-subscribe@egroups.com
Italian -- minimalist@gufi.org or WWW.
Japanese -- majordomo@jp.FreeBSD.org or WWW.
Korean -- majordomo@kr.FreeBSD.org or WWW.
Netherlands -- majordomo@nl.FreeBSD.org.
Polish -- majordomo@bsdguru.org or WWW.
Russian -- maillist@opennet.ru
Slovakian -- majordomo@sk.FreeBSD.org
Spanish -- majordomo@es.FreeBSD.org
Turkish -- freebsd@lists.enderunix.org or WWW.

If you create other FreeBSD mailing lists, let us know about them.

Newsgroups

There are a few FreeBSD specific newsgroups, along with numerous other newsgroups on topics of interest to FreeBSD users, though the mailing lists remain the most reliable way to get in touch with the FreeBSD developers. For miscellaneous FreeBSD discussion, see comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. For important announcements, see comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce.

The BSD Usenet News Searcher have archives of all BSD-related Usenet newsgroups from June 1992 onwards.

IRC

While #freebsd channels exist on various IRC networks, the FreeBSD project does not control them or endorse IRC as a support medium. You may be ignored, insulted, or kicked out if you ask questions on any channel in IRC, though you may have slightly better luck in channels named #freebsdhelp where such exist. If you want to try these or any other channels on IRC, it is nonetheless at your own risk and any complaints about conduct on those channels should not be directed to the FreeBSD project. See also the FAQ entry for more information.

Web Resources

Our web pages remain one of the best sources of information, and are also mirrored at many sites around the world. Try connecting to www.yourcountry.FreeBSD.org (e.g. www.de.FreeBSD.org for Germany or www.au.FreeBSD.org for - Australia), or select a mirror from the list below. - The same naming convention - is also used for FTP servers.
+ Australia), or select a mirror from the drop-down list on the + front page.
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- For information on recent FreeBSD progress and releases, see the Newsflash page.
Problem Report Database

Current FreeBSD problem reports are tracked using the GNATS database.

A FreeBSD problem report (PR) is not necessarily a bug with FreeBSD itself. In some cases it may be reporting a mistake in the documentation (which could be a simple typo). In other cases it may be a 'wishlist' item that the submitter would like to see incorporated in to FreeBSD. In many cases a PR contains a port which has been prepared for inclusion in the FreeBSD Ports and Packages collection.

Problem reports start 'open', and are closed as the issue they report is resolved. In addition, each PR is assigned a unique tracking ID to ensure that it is not lost. Many FreeBSD changes include the tracking ID of the PR that prompted the change.
Problem reports may also be submitted to the development team using the send-pr(1) command on a FreeBSD system, or by sending an email message to freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG. Please note that send-pr is preferred since messages sent to the mailing list are not tracked as official problem reports, and may get lost in the noise!

Before submitting a problem report, you might find it useful to read the Writing FreeBSD Problem Reports article. This article describes when you should submit a problem report, what you are expected to include in one, and what the best way to submit your problem report is. Some useful background information is also contained in the Problem Report Handling Guidelines article.

CVS Repository

CVS (the Concurrent Version System) is the tool we use for keeping our sources under control. Every change (with accompanying log message explaining its purpose) from FreeBSD 2.0 to the present is stored here. It can be easily viewed from the web interface mentioned below. To obtain a complete copy of the FreeBSD CVS repository or any of the development branches inside it, you may choose any one of following options:
- cvsup if you are looking for on-demand, low overhead access using a custom utility (written in Modula-3 no less).
- anoncvs if you are looking for on-demand access that has higher overhead than cvsup (in terms of wall time and bytes transferred) but is easier to use for checking out small pieces of the tree and requires nothing more than the cvs tools already bundled with FreeBSD.
- CTM if you are looking for very low overhead, batch-mode access (basically, patches through email).
- The web interface if you are looking to simply browse the repository in search of a specific change or file revision.
- Finally, if you have got bandwidth to burn or you prefer / are forced to use FTP, you can simply mirror the CVS repository from ftp.FreeBSD.org.
Mirrors of the CVS Repository cgi script are available in Germany, Japan, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, USA/California and Ukraine.

User Groups

FreeBSD's widespread popularity has spawned a number of user groups around the world. If you know of a FreeBSD user group not listed here, let us know about it.

Australia
- New South Wales. The BSD Users Group, Sydney (BUGS) meets in Sydney every two months and has mailing list members from all over NSW. To join the mailing list send a message to majordomo@bugs.au.FreeBSD.org with subscribe bugs in the body of the message.
- Queensland. The Home Unix Users Group for Brisbane meets fortnightly at meeting rooms provided by the University of Queensland. More information, including how to join the mailing lists, is available at http://www.humbug.org.au
- South Australia. BUGA, the BSD User Group of Adelaide, meets at irregular intervals. Join the mailing list by sending a message to majordomo@lemis.com with the text subscribe BUGA in the body.
- Victoria. Victoria's FreeBSD Users Group (VicFUG) is based in Melbourne. You can join the mailing list by sending an empty message to general-subscribe@vicfug.au.FreeBSD.org
- West Australia. Pandaemonium, the BSD Users Group for Western Australia.
Europe
- Aachen, Germany The Aachener BSD Stammtisch is meeting infrequently to discuss BSD and related matters over a glass of beer. Meetings are coordinated through our mailing list.
- Austria The BSD User Group Austria (BUGAT) is a german-language oriented user group. Visit our server for more information.
- Berlin, Germany BSD Berlin is a new formed BSD user group in Berlin, Germany. There are no regular meetings yet, please contact Danny Koenig for more information.
- Denmark BSD-DK. The Danish BSD user group. Promotion and support of BSD derived Operating Systems in Denmark. Mailing lists, lectures and workshops. Send mail subscription requests to bsd-dk-request@bsd-dk.dk.
- Duisburg, Germany The Cosmo-Project is a user group with a difference. Instead of just meeting, they actively develop projects such as robots. Most users use FreeBSD, but it is not a specifically FreeBSD-related group.
- France The French FreeBSD UG. Please follow the link for details.
- Frankfurt, Germany FrankfurtBSD is a user group for the Rhein-Main area. We are currently looking for new members. As soon as we have grown larger, we would like to meet monthly and maintain minor projects.
- Hamburg, Germany The BSDHH (BSD User Group Hamburg) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm in the Chinese restaurant Lotosbl�te, L�wenstra�e 22 in Hamburg-Eppendorf. Most members are FreeBSD users, although users of all BSD flavors are welcome.
- Ireland The BUGI (BSD User Group Ireland) is currently a rather grandiose term for a mailing list and super-minimal web page. All BSD users and enthusiasts are welcome.
- Italia The GUFI (Gruppo Utenti FreeBSD Italia) is an "italian powered" FreeBSD User Group. It is intended to help Italian FreeBSD users to find support and articles on/about FreeBSD in the Italian language. Please follow this link to know more about us.
- Köln (Cologne), Germany The CBUG (Cologne BSD Usergroup) caters to BSD users in the Köln area. At the moment, there are no regular meetings. Please check the website for news.
- Latvia To learn more about the BSD user group Latvia, please visit our site and our forums.
- Lublin, Poland The Lublin BSD Users Group. Please follow the link for details.
- Lund, Sweden The Lund Linux User Group (LFUG) has nearly 50 members and covers FreeBSD and Solaris in addition to Linux. To join, contact Omar Dedovic
- Manchester, UK The Manchester BSD Users Group meets reasonably often in the Lass O'Gowrie, on Charles Street, Manchester. Contact Sam Smith for more information.
- Mannheim, Germany The UUGRN eV (Unix Users Group Rhein-Neckar eV) provides a regional forum for users of all Unix flavors, with a stress on Linux and BSD. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at the "Hafenschenke" in Mannheim and the fourth Wednesday of each month at the "Vater Rhein" in Heidelberg.
- M�nchen (Munich), Germany The BIM (Berkeley In Munich) group caters for users of BSD-based systems in Oberbayern.
- The Netherlands. The Dutch FreeBSD User Group (NLFUG) has had its first meeting on oct 2, 1999. On this day 30 years before that, the second IMP was installed in Doug Englebart's lab at SRI. This, as you all know, was the start of something that grew to be the Internet (thanks to Edwin Kremer for bringing this under our attention).
- Norway The Norwegian BSD User Group (NOBUG) is a usergroup for BSD users and enthusiasts in Norway. Meetings are currently held in Oslo and Bergen. Visit our website for more information. There is also a UNIX User Group (NUUG) with more regular meetings, sometimes even with a BSD subject.
- Amadora, Portugal The Portuguese *BSD Users Group is a user group for Portuguese users of BSD operating systems. Contact Rui Pereira ptbsd@yahoo.com for more information.
- Regensburg, Germany The Unix and Linux User Group is a general Unix users group for anyone in Regensburg (Bavaria, Germany). We meet on every first Monday of the month in the Pub ``Filmb�hne'' in Regensburg. Visit the web site or send a message to m.suess@2use.org.
- Romania The ROFUG (Romanian FreeBSD Users Group/Free Unix Group) is a user group for the Romanian users of FreeBSD and open-source in general, promoting and supporting FreeBSD and open source usage. To join the mailing lists, send an email to listar@rofug.ro with subscribe rofug and/or subscribe rofug-announce in the body of the message.
- Sweden The BSD Users Sweden (BUS) maintains a mailing list. To join, send mail to majordomo@stacken.kth.se with subscribe bus in the message.
- Ukraine The Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group (UAFUG) is Russian/Ukrainian languages oriented user group for the Ukrainian users of BSD-derivatives, promoting and supporting BSD flavours and open source usage. The UAFUG has had its first meeting on 2 June 2002 and meets every 2-3 weeks. We also provide an open forum for all BSD-related things in the Russian and Ukrainian languages (though we can read/write in English as well). To join the mailing list send a message to majordomo@FreeBSDDiary.org.ua with subscribe freebsd in the body of the message. Check the link above for more information.
- United Kingdom The FreeBSD UKUG (FreeBSD UK User's Group) exists for the benefit of FreeBSD users in the United Kingdom. Please follow the link for details.
- Yugoslavia The Yugoslavia BSD Users Group provides an open forum for all things BSD-related in the Serbian language. To join the mailing list, send an email to majordomo@bsd.org.yu with subscribe bsdyu in the body of the message.
North America
- Ames, Iowa The Ames Free-Unix Group aims to promote the use of Free Unix. We meet on the campus of Iowa State University once a month and hold a presentation with an open question and answer session afterwards. You can join our mailing list by sending a blank email to aafugit-subscribe@aafugit.org.
- Berkeley, CA The Berkeley Unix User Group is a general Unix users group for anyone in the San Francisco Bay Area. We meet on a weekly basis in downtown Berkeley. Visit the web site or send a message to buug-request@weak.org with subscribe in the body.
- Chicago IL The Chicago FreeBSD Users Group (ChiFUG).
- The Connecticut Free Unix user's Group (CFUG) is devoted to free Unix, but has resources for almost all Unixen. Their area of operation is Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. More information can be found at http://www.cfug.org.
- The Houston TX Houston FreeBSD Users Group was formed March 1999. Our goal is to promote and educate Houston area computer users on FreeBSD Unix. We meet on the third Saturday of the month. The group operates a mailing list at http://www.houfug.org/mailman/listinfo/hou-freebsd Visit our website at http://www.houfug.org for more information.
- Indianapolis IN Free Unix for Indianapolis is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the use of Free Unix variants in and around Indianapolis. Essentially, we are a bunch of geeks who share a common passion: Unix. Visit the web site or send a message to info@fufin.org for additional information.
- Kansas KULUA (Kansas Unix & Linux Users Association) is a Free Unix user group based in Lawrence, Kansas, but with users throughout eastern Kansas and western Missouri. We have about 120 members and meet biweekly. Visit the web site or email kulua@kulua.org for more information.
- Kansas Wichita Area FreeBSD Users Group (WAFUG) is a free users group provided to anyone in the Wichita area for support with FreeBSD and other Unix and Unix-like operating systems. We meet twice a month, usually in a restaraunt where you can smoke or drink if you like. Please send us Email for more information or to find out how to get free shell account, www or ftp space on our system.
- Los Angeles CA The Yahoo Club group is a foundation for a Los Angeles based BSD user group.
- Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN TCBUG: The Twin Cities BSD User Group meets once a month to discuss issues important to the BSD community. The website carries our major announcements, while you are encouraged to join the mailing list tcbug@tcbug.org to keep up with general group discussion. Look at the site, join the mailing list, come to a meeting. We look forward to learning from you and with you about BSD UNIX.
- New Mexico The NMLUG in Albuquerque meets once a month and supports both BSD and Linux users. To join the mailing list, send a message to majordomo@swcp.com with subscribe nmlug in the body.
- New Orleans LA The New Orleans *BSD User Group meets twice a month. Contact Konrad Rzeszutek for more details. A web page will be posted soon.
- New York NY D'Artagnan's FreeBSD Users Group.
- Northern Arizona Yavapai Free Unix Users Group is now forming for *BSD/Linux, etc., users in Northern Arizona. Please contact Russell Carter ( rcarter@consys.com) for details.
- Orlando, FL BUGO (BSD Users Group of Orlando) is a group based in Orlando, FL that aims to bring a friendly forum to all Unix users in the central Florida area, and hopefully beyond. See the BUGO web page for further details.
- Phoenix AZ The Phoenix BSD Users group is fully open for business. Anyone from the Phoenix area please feel free to join in http://bsd.phoenix.az.us.
- Portland, OR The Portland (Oregon) FreeBSD Users group meets on the third Thursday of each month. Mail Rick Hamell.
- Reno NV The RUUG (Reno Unix Users Group) meets monthly in Reno Nevada and discusses the use of FreeBSD and Linux. Contact Eric Blood or Todd Crenshaw for more information.
- Research Triangle, NC The Triangle Area BSD Users Group is a users group for BSD users in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina, including the surrounding metropolitan areas of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. People interested in this group may subscribe to the mailing list by sending a message to majordomo@tribug.org with subscribe tribug-members in the body.
- Rhode Island The Rhode Island Free Unix Group supports every form of Unix that can be obtained freely. They can be contacted at: http://users.tmok.com/~rifug or by e-mail at: rifug@entropy.tmok.com
- St. Louis, MO The St. Louis BSD User Group (STLBSD) has just formed on July 20, 2000 to promote BSD operating systems in the St. Louis area. We have strong ties to the 10 year old St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG) and expect to be a positive force within our community. Our membership is open to anyone interested in learning more about BSD, several mailing lists are available through our website.
- San Diego, California San Diego BSD Users Group for users of FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. The meeting is first Thursday of every month at Boll Weevil off Clairemont Mesa Blvd., near the intersection with Ruffin Road. More information can be found here
- North San Francisco Bay Area The BABUG (Bay Area BSD Users Group) has monthly meetings, alternating between San Francisco and Berkeley. Those interested in attending should visit the web site or send mail to the BABUG Web Master
- Silicon Valley, CA The SVBUG (Silicon Valley BSD User Group), a forum for BSD and BSD embedded systems, meets on the First Thursday of the month. Meetings are held at the Carl's Jr. on First Street and Trimble Road in San Jose, California. For details on event or what is going on visit the website or send a message to webmaster@svbug.com.
- Southern Illinois *BSD Group The Southern Illinois *BSD Group is a meeting place for BSD users to experiment with networks and provide help with installs. Emphasis is on FreeBSD and its KDE and Gnome desktops.
- East Texas The Unix Users of Deep East Texas is dedicated to all things Unix. This group is open to users of all flavors of Unix. We meet on the last Saturday of the month at the Angelina County Court House. See the web page for details, or send email to admin@uudet.org.
- The Tampa Florida users group is now being formed. Interested parties can join the mailing list by sending mail to bsd-tug-request@bangheadhere.org with subscribe in the body.
- Greater Toronto Area, Ontario: The GTABUG usergroup welcomes all BSD users. Monthly meetings give attendees a chance to share ideas, discussion, and information. Installathons and other events help preach the good news of BSD to the community. Come drop by for a meeting!
- Tucson AZ TFUG: Tucson Free Unix Group, Arizona.
- Utah SLLUG-BUG is a BSD Unix User Group affiliated with the Salt Lake Linux User Group (SLLUG). We meet in concert with SLLUG, since the BSD and Linux communities have so much in common. We meet on the third Wednesday of each month, check the web page for details.
- Vancouver, BC The VanBUG (Vancouver BSD Users Group) is a group of volunteers who are passionate about FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. Their current goal is to raise awareness and also provide local assistance as much as we can.
- Washington DC (DC Metropolitan Area) FreeBSD User Group. Please contact Richard Cramer, Sytex Access Ltd. at 703-425-2515, or preferred, email at rcramer@sytex.net to be put on a member distribution list.
- Wichita, Kansas: A new FreeBSD users group has been created in Wichita, Ks. We are fairly new and working on our site, but we wanted to get it up as soon as we had it available. We do not currently meet. Visit our site http://wafug.dynip.com or E-mail the group organizer (ben177@yahoo.com) for more information!
- Windsor, Ontario The Windsor Unix Users Group (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) covers BSD, Solaris, SCO, and others. This is not specifically a FreeBSD user group, but we do already have members running FreeBSD. The group operates a mailing list (wuug-list@unixpower.org). More information can be found at http://www.wuug.org/.
- Wisconsin FreeBSD-Milwaukee Wisconsin meets occasionally and has a mailing list: freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net. send mail to freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net to subscribe.
Rest of the world
- China The China FreeBSD User Group (CNFUG) was formed May 2003. It publishes the CNFUG Journal (A FreeBSD Technical Journal in Simplified Chinese) monthly. In addition, we offer a BSD UNIX Support Forum, IRC and several mailing lists in Chinese.
- Colombia Visit http://www.bsdcolombia.org for the FreeBSD User Group Colombia.
- Ibaraki, Japan The Daibou East *BSD Users Group (DEBUG) is now forming for *BSD users in Tsukuba area.
- Indonesia The Jogja FreeBSD Users' Group is based in Yogyakarta City, Indonesia. Send email to 22961476@students.ukdw.ac.id for more information.
- Israel The Israeli BSD Users Group is an effort to promote the use of *BSD throughout the country, and to act as a center of information for all BSD users. It is currently run by FreeBSD users, but all users of BSD variants are welcome aboard. We have a mailing list, hosted at bsd-il@osem.co.il. To subscribe, simply send mail to majordomo@osem.co.il, with the line "subscribe bsd-il" as the message body.
- Kansai, Japan The Kansai *BSD User's Group, K*BUG (in Japanese), was established on November 13, 1999. It is expected to promote communication of any of the BSD variants' users. Some of its activities are to hold friendly parties of the members, and to hold seminars covering wide variety of topics. Please mail here ( kbug-admin@kbug.gr.jp ).
- Malaysia The MyBSD Malaysia Project is a Kuala Lumpur based usergroup for BSD users and open-source in general, promoting and supporting FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and open source usage. We meet once a month, usually at Universiti Malaya or Restaurant Bahadur Shah. One of our projects is to develop a Unix file manager. Visit our website or contact info@MyBSD.org.my for more information.
- Malaysia/2 The BSD Malaysia web pages aim to be a central site for users of *BSD UNIX variants (including FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD). BSD support forums, technical BSD-related articles, and recent news items are published online. Both English and Malaysian can be used as the language on this site.
- Mexico FreeBSD Mexico is a spanish oriented user group not only for people in Mexico but also in other spanish speaking countries. Please contact Alejandro Acosta for more information.
- New Zealand The New Zealand FreeBSD User's group is located in Wellington. No meetings have been scheduled yet.
- Niigata, Japan The Echigo BSD Users Group (EBUG) is the users group for BSD users around Echigo (aka Niigata). For more information on our events and mailing lists, please check the EBUG web site.
- Brazil The FUG-BR (Brazilian FreeBSD User Group) is a Portuguese language oriented user group intended to help Brazilian FreeBSD users to find support and articles on and about FreeBSD in the Portuguese language. We keeps some projects such as the "FreeBSD LiveCD". Currently the group has 600 members and our maillist has an average traffic of 80 messages per day. To join FUG-BR mailing list, visit http://www2.fugspbr.org/mailman/listinfo/fugspbr.
FreeBSD Development Projects

In addition to the mainstream development path of FreeBSD, a number of developer groups are working on the cutting edge to expand FreeBSD's range of applications in new directions.

FreeBSD Security Guide
Security resources available to FreeBSD users: PGP Key for Security Officers, advisories, patches and mailing lists.
Commercial Consulting Services
Whether you are just starting out with FreeBSD, or need to complete a large project, a consultant or two might be your answer.

General &unix; Information
- The Unix Reference Desk by Jennifer Myers
- Unix Guru Universe
- O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
- Unix Power
The X Window System
- The XFree86™ Project provides users of a variety of Intel based UNIX systems, including FreeBSD, with an excellent X Window system.
- The NVIDIA®/FreeBSD FAQ provides a collection of frequently asked questions and tips regarding the NVIDIA® FreeBSD graphics drivers.
- The WINE project is working to provide the ability to run Microsoft Windows® software on Intel based UNIX systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD and Linux.
Hardware
- The comp.answers pc-hardware-faq is a great reference for people building their own machines.
- Laptop users looking for PC Card (aka PCMCIA) support under FreeBSD 2.2.X and 3.X should see the PAO distribution page for laptop support (FreeBSD 4.X and higher are provided with laptop support).
- Intel Secrets -- What Intel Doesn't Want You To Know - lots of information about Intel chips.
- Aad Offerman's Chip List - reference material on chips used in PC clones.
Related Operating System Projects
- NetBSD is another free 4.4BSD-Lite based operating system which runs on several different architectures.
- OpenBSD is another 4.4BSD derivative.
- Linux is another free UNIX like system.
- Lites is a 4.4 BSD Lite based server and emulation library that provides free UNIX functionality to a Mach based system.
- The GNU HURD project is another effort to develop a free UNIX like operating system.
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Mailing lists

Mailing lists are the primary support channel for FreeBSD users, with numerous mailing lists covering different topic areas. When in doubt about what list to post a question to, post to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG. To get an up to the minute view of the mailing lists available or to subscribe to a mailing list, use FreeBSD.org's Mailman web interface. All mailman lists are available in a digest format and have threaded archives available. See the individual list's web page for details.

You can search or browse the mailing list archives at www.FreeBSD.org.

Several non-English mailing lists are also available:
- Brazilian Portuguese -- listproc@br.FreeBSD.org
- Traditional Chinese -- WWW, Big5 encoding.
- Simplified Chinese -- majordomo@cn.FreeBSD.org, GB2312 encoding.
- Czech -- users-l-request@FreeBSD.cz or WWW.
- German -- majordomo@de.FreeBSD.org or WWW.
- French -- listserver@FreeBSD-fr.org or WWW.
- Hungarian -- majordomo@hu.FreeBSD.org
- Indonesian -- id-freebsd-subscribe@egroups.com
- Italian -- minimalist@gufi.org or WWW.
- Japanese -- majordomo@jp.FreeBSD.org or WWW.
- Korean -- majordomo@kr.FreeBSD.org or WWW.
- Netherlands -- majordomo@nl.FreeBSD.org.
- Polish -- majordomo@bsdguru.org or WWW.
- Russian -- maillist@opennet.ru
- Slovakian -- majordomo@sk.FreeBSD.org
- Spanish -- majordomo@es.FreeBSD.org
- Turkish -- freebsd@lists.enderunix.org or WWW.
If you create other FreeBSD mailing lists, let us know about them.

Newsgroups

There are a few FreeBSD specific newsgroups, along with numerous other newsgroups on topics of interest to FreeBSD users, though the mailing lists remain the most reliable way to get in touch with the FreeBSD developers. For miscellaneous FreeBSD discussion, see comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. For important announcements, see comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce.

The BSD Usenet News Searcher have archives of all BSD-related Usenet newsgroups from June 1992 onwards.

IRC

While #freebsd channels exist on various IRC networks, the FreeBSD project does not control them or endorse IRC as a support medium. You may be ignored, insulted, or kicked out if you ask questions on any channel in IRC, though you may have slightly better luck in channels named #freebsdhelp where such exist. If you want to try these or any other channels on IRC, it is nonetheless at your own risk and any complaints about conduct on those channels should not be directed to the FreeBSD project. See also the FAQ entry for more information.

Web Resources
- Our web pages remain one of the best sources of information, and are also mirrored at many sites around the world. Try connecting to www.yourcountry.FreeBSD.org (e.g. www.de.FreeBSD.org for Germany or www.au.FreeBSD.org for - Australia), or select a mirror from the list below. - The same naming convention - is also used for FTP servers.
  + Australia), or select a mirror from the drop-down list on the + front page.
  -
  - Brazilian - Portuguese (mirror) +
    The FreeBSD web pages are translated into several + languages. Links to the translated versions of these web + pages can be found on the front + page.
    +
  - Several other non-English resource exists:
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    - Brazilian Portuguese FAQ -
    - Czech -
    - Chinese FAQ -
    - French - -
    - German +
    - French
    - Hungarian -
    - India -
    - Indonesian
    - Italian
    - Japanese
    - Korean -
    - Slovakian - -
    - Spanish, FAQ - -
    - Romania -
    - Russian, FAQ
    - -
  - For information on recent FreeBSD progress and releases, see the Newsflash page.
  Problem Report Database
  
  Current FreeBSD problem reports are tracked using the GNATS database.
  
  A FreeBSD problem report (PR) is not necessarily a bug with FreeBSD itself. In some cases it may be reporting a mistake in the documentation (which could be a simple typo). In other cases it may be a 'wishlist' item that the submitter would like to see incorporated in to FreeBSD. In many cases a PR contains a port which has been prepared for inclusion in the FreeBSD Ports and Packages collection.
  
  Problem reports start 'open', and are closed as the issue they report is resolved. In addition, each PR is assigned a unique tracking ID to ensure that it is not lost. Many FreeBSD changes include the tracking ID of the PR that prompted the change.
  Problem reports may also be submitted to the development team using the send-pr(1) command on a FreeBSD system, or by sending an email message to freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG. Please note that send-pr is preferred since messages sent to the mailing list are not tracked as official problem reports, and may get lost in the noise!
  
  Before submitting a problem report, you might find it useful to read the Writing FreeBSD Problem Reports article. This article describes when you should submit a problem report, what you are expected to include in one, and what the best way to submit your problem report is. Some useful background information is also contained in the Problem Report Handling Guidelines article.
  
  CVS Repository
  
  CVS (the Concurrent Version System) is the tool we use for keeping our sources under control. Every change (with accompanying log message explaining its purpose) from FreeBSD 2.0 to the present is stored here. It can be easily viewed from the web interface mentioned below. To obtain a complete copy of the FreeBSD CVS repository or any of the development branches inside it, you may choose any one of following options:
  - cvsup if you are looking for on-demand, low overhead access using a custom utility (written in Modula-3 no less).
  - anoncvs if you are looking for on-demand access that has higher overhead than cvsup (in terms of wall time and bytes transferred) but is easier to use for checking out small pieces of the tree and requires nothing more than the cvs tools already bundled with FreeBSD.
  - CTM if you are looking for very low overhead, batch-mode access (basically, patches through email).
  - The web interface if you are looking to simply browse the repository in search of a specific change or file revision.
  - Finally, if you have got bandwidth to burn or you prefer / are forced to use FTP, you can simply mirror the CVS repository from ftp.FreeBSD.org.
  Mirrors of the CVS Repository cgi script are available in Germany, Japan, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, USA/California and Ukraine.
  
  User Groups
  
  FreeBSD's widespread popularity has spawned a number of user groups around the world. If you know of a FreeBSD user group not listed here, let us know about it.
  
  Australia
  - New South Wales. The BSD Users Group, Sydney (BUGS) meets in Sydney every two months and has mailing list members from all over NSW. To join the mailing list send a message to majordomo@bugs.au.FreeBSD.org with subscribe bugs in the body of the message.
  - Queensland. The Home Unix Users Group for Brisbane meets fortnightly at meeting rooms provided by the University of Queensland. More information, including how to join the mailing lists, is available at http://www.humbug.org.au
  - South Australia. BUGA, the BSD User Group of Adelaide, meets at irregular intervals. Join the mailing list by sending a message to majordomo@lemis.com with the text subscribe BUGA in the body.
  - Victoria. Victoria's FreeBSD Users Group (VicFUG) is based in Melbourne. You can join the mailing list by sending an empty message to general-subscribe@vicfug.au.FreeBSD.org
  - West Australia. Pandaemonium, the BSD Users Group for Western Australia.
  Europe
  - Aachen, Germany The Aachener BSD Stammtisch is meeting infrequently to discuss BSD and related matters over a glass of beer. Meetings are coordinated through our mailing list.
  - Austria The BSD User Group Austria (BUGAT) is a german-language oriented user group. Visit our server for more information.
  - Berlin, Germany BSD Berlin is a new formed BSD user group in Berlin, Germany. There are no regular meetings yet, please contact Danny Koenig for more information.
  - Denmark BSD-DK. The Danish BSD user group. Promotion and support of BSD derived Operating Systems in Denmark. Mailing lists, lectures and workshops. Send mail subscription requests to bsd-dk-request@bsd-dk.dk.
  - Duisburg, Germany The Cosmo-Project is a user group with a difference. Instead of just meeting, they actively develop projects such as robots. Most users use FreeBSD, but it is not a specifically FreeBSD-related group.
  - France The French FreeBSD UG. Please follow the link for details.
  - Frankfurt, Germany FrankfurtBSD is a user group for the Rhein-Main area. We are currently looking for new members. As soon as we have grown larger, we would like to meet monthly and maintain minor projects.
  - Hamburg, Germany The BSDHH (BSD User Group Hamburg) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm in the Chinese restaurant Lotosbl�te, L�wenstra�e 22 in Hamburg-Eppendorf. Most members are FreeBSD users, although users of all BSD flavors are welcome.
  - Ireland The BUGI (BSD User Group Ireland) is currently a rather grandiose term for a mailing list and super-minimal web page. All BSD users and enthusiasts are welcome.
  - Italia The GUFI (Gruppo Utenti FreeBSD Italia) is an "italian powered" FreeBSD User Group. It is intended to help Italian FreeBSD users to find support and articles on/about FreeBSD in the Italian language. Please follow this link to know more about us.
  - Köln (Cologne), Germany The CBUG (Cologne BSD Usergroup) caters to BSD users in the Köln area. At the moment, there are no regular meetings. Please check the website for news.
  - Latvia To learn more about the BSD user group Latvia, please visit our site and our forums.
  - Lublin, Poland The Lublin BSD Users Group. Please follow the link for details.
  - Lund, Sweden The Lund Linux User Group (LFUG) has nearly 50 members and covers FreeBSD and Solaris in addition to Linux. To join, contact Omar Dedovic
  - Manchester, UK The Manchester BSD Users Group meets reasonably often in the Lass O'Gowrie, on Charles Street, Manchester. Contact Sam Smith for more information.
  - Mannheim, Germany The UUGRN eV (Unix Users Group Rhein-Neckar eV) provides a regional forum for users of all Unix flavors, with a stress on Linux and BSD. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at the "Hafenschenke" in Mannheim and the fourth Wednesday of each month at the "Vater Rhein" in Heidelberg.
  - M�nchen (Munich), Germany The BIM (Berkeley In Munich) group caters for users of BSD-based systems in Oberbayern.
  - The Netherlands. The Dutch FreeBSD User Group (NLFUG) has had its first meeting on oct 2, 1999. On this day 30 years before that, the second IMP was installed in Doug Englebart's lab at SRI. This, as you all know, was the start of something that grew to be the Internet (thanks to Edwin Kremer for bringing this under our attention).
  - Norway The Norwegian BSD User Group (NOBUG) is a usergroup for BSD users and enthusiasts in Norway. Meetings are currently held in Oslo and Bergen. Visit our website for more information. There is also a UNIX User Group (NUUG) with more regular meetings, sometimes even with a BSD subject.
  - Amadora, Portugal The Portuguese *BSD Users Group is a user group for Portuguese users of BSD operating systems. Contact Rui Pereira ptbsd@yahoo.com for more information.
  - Regensburg, Germany The Unix and Linux User Group is a general Unix users group for anyone in Regensburg (Bavaria, Germany). We meet on every first Monday of the month in the Pub ``Filmb�hne'' in Regensburg. Visit the web site or send a message to m.suess@2use.org.
  - Romania The ROFUG (Romanian FreeBSD Users Group/Free Unix Group) is a user group for the Romanian users of FreeBSD and open-source in general, promoting and supporting FreeBSD and open source usage. To join the mailing lists, send an email to listar@rofug.ro with subscribe rofug and/or subscribe rofug-announce in the body of the message.
  - Sweden The BSD Users Sweden (BUS) maintains a mailing list. To join, send mail to majordomo@stacken.kth.se with subscribe bus in the message.
  - Ukraine The Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group (UAFUG) is Russian/Ukrainian languages oriented user group for the Ukrainian users of BSD-derivatives, promoting and supporting BSD flavours and open source usage. The UAFUG has had its first meeting on 2 June 2002 and meets every 2-3 weeks. We also provide an open forum for all BSD-related things in the Russian and Ukrainian languages (though we can read/write in English as well). To join the mailing list send a message to majordomo@FreeBSDDiary.org.ua with subscribe freebsd in the body of the message. Check the link above for more information.
  - United Kingdom The FreeBSD UKUG (FreeBSD UK User's Group) exists for the benefit of FreeBSD users in the United Kingdom. Please follow the link for details.
  - Yugoslavia The Yugoslavia BSD Users Group provides an open forum for all things BSD-related in the Serbian language. To join the mailing list, send an email to majordomo@bsd.org.yu with subscribe bsdyu in the body of the message.
  North America
  - Ames, Iowa The Ames Free-Unix Group aims to promote the use of Free Unix. We meet on the campus of Iowa State University once a month and hold a presentation with an open question and answer session afterwards. You can join our mailing list by sending a blank email to aafugit-subscribe@aafugit.org.
  - Berkeley, CA The Berkeley Unix User Group is a general Unix users group for anyone in the San Francisco Bay Area. We meet on a weekly basis in downtown Berkeley. Visit the web site or send a message to buug-request@weak.org with subscribe in the body.
  - Chicago IL The Chicago FreeBSD Users Group (ChiFUG).
  - The Connecticut Free Unix user's Group (CFUG) is devoted to free Unix, but has resources for almost all Unixen. Their area of operation is Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. More information can be found at http://www.cfug.org.
  - The Houston TX Houston FreeBSD Users Group was formed March 1999. Our goal is to promote and educate Houston area computer users on FreeBSD Unix. We meet on the third Saturday of the month. The group operates a mailing list at http://www.houfug.org/mailman/listinfo/hou-freebsd Visit our website at http://www.houfug.org for more information.
  - Indianapolis IN Free Unix for Indianapolis is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the use of Free Unix variants in and around Indianapolis. Essentially, we are a bunch of geeks who share a common passion: Unix. Visit the web site or send a message to info@fufin.org for additional information.
  - Kansas KULUA (Kansas Unix & Linux Users Association) is a Free Unix user group based in Lawrence, Kansas, but with users throughout eastern Kansas and western Missouri. We have about 120 members and meet biweekly. Visit the web site or email kulua@kulua.org for more information.
  - Kansas Wichita Area FreeBSD Users Group (WAFUG) is a free users group provided to anyone in the Wichita area for support with FreeBSD and other Unix and Unix-like operating systems. We meet twice a month, usually in a restaraunt where you can smoke or drink if you like. Please send us Email for more information or to find out how to get free shell account, www or ftp space on our system.
  - Los Angeles CA The Yahoo Club group is a foundation for a Los Angeles based BSD user group.
  - Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN TCBUG: The Twin Cities BSD User Group meets once a month to discuss issues important to the BSD community. The website carries our major announcements, while you are encouraged to join the mailing list tcbug@tcbug.org to keep up with general group discussion. Look at the site, join the mailing list, come to a meeting. We look forward to learning from you and with you about BSD UNIX.
  - New Mexico The NMLUG in Albuquerque meets once a month and supports both BSD and Linux users. To join the mailing list, send a message to majordomo@swcp.com with subscribe nmlug in the body.
  - New Orleans LA The New Orleans *BSD User Group meets twice a month. Contact Konrad Rzeszutek for more details. A web page will be posted soon.
  - New York NY D'Artagnan's FreeBSD Users Group.
  - Northern Arizona Yavapai Free Unix Users Group is now forming for *BSD/Linux, etc., users in Northern Arizona. Please contact Russell Carter ( rcarter@consys.com) for details.
  - Orlando, FL BUGO (BSD Users Group of Orlando) is a group based in Orlando, FL that aims to bring a friendly forum to all Unix users in the central Florida area, and hopefully beyond. See the BUGO web page for further details.
  - Phoenix AZ The Phoenix BSD Users group is fully open for business. Anyone from the Phoenix area please feel free to join in http://bsd.phoenix.az.us.
  - Portland, OR The Portland (Oregon) FreeBSD Users group meets on the third Thursday of each month. Mail Rick Hamell.
  - Reno NV The RUUG (Reno Unix Users Group) meets monthly in Reno Nevada and discusses the use of FreeBSD and Linux. Contact Eric Blood or Todd Crenshaw for more information.
  - Research Triangle, NC The Triangle Area BSD Users Group is a users group for BSD users in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina, including the surrounding metropolitan areas of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. People interested in this group may subscribe to the mailing list by sending a message to majordomo@tribug.org with subscribe tribug-members in the body.
  - Rhode Island The Rhode Island Free Unix Group supports every form of Unix that can be obtained freely. They can be contacted at: http://users.tmok.com/~rifug or by e-mail at: rifug@entropy.tmok.com
  - St. Louis, MO The St. Louis BSD User Group (STLBSD) has just formed on July 20, 2000 to promote BSD operating systems in the St. Louis area. We have strong ties to the 10 year old St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG) and expect to be a positive force within our community. Our membership is open to anyone interested in learning more about BSD, several mailing lists are available through our website.
  - San Diego, California San Diego BSD Users Group for users of FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. The meeting is first Thursday of every month at Boll Weevil off Clairemont Mesa Blvd., near the intersection with Ruffin Road. More information can be found here
  - North San Francisco Bay Area The BABUG (Bay Area BSD Users Group) has monthly meetings, alternating between San Francisco and Berkeley. Those interested in attending should visit the web site or send mail to the BABUG Web Master
  - Silicon Valley, CA The SVBUG (Silicon Valley BSD User Group), a forum for BSD and BSD embedded systems, meets on the First Thursday of the month. Meetings are held at the Carl's Jr. on First Street and Trimble Road in San Jose, California. For details on event or what is going on visit the website or send a message to webmaster@svbug.com.
  - Southern Illinois *BSD Group The Southern Illinois *BSD Group is a meeting place for BSD users to experiment with networks and provide help with installs. Emphasis is on FreeBSD and its KDE and Gnome desktops.
  - East Texas The Unix Users of Deep East Texas is dedicated to all things Unix. This group is open to users of all flavors of Unix. We meet on the last Saturday of the month at the Angelina County Court House. See the web page for details, or send email to admin@uudet.org.
  - The Tampa Florida users group is now being formed. Interested parties can join the mailing list by sending mail to bsd-tug-request@bangheadhere.org with subscribe in the body.
  - Greater Toronto Area, Ontario: The GTABUG usergroup welcomes all BSD users. Monthly meetings give attendees a chance to share ideas, discussion, and information. Installathons and other events help preach the good news of BSD to the community. Come drop by for a meeting!
  - Tucson AZ TFUG: Tucson Free Unix Group, Arizona.
  - Utah SLLUG-BUG is a BSD Unix User Group affiliated with the Salt Lake Linux User Group (SLLUG). We meet in concert with SLLUG, since the BSD and Linux communities have so much in common. We meet on the third Wednesday of each month, check the web page for details.
  - Vancouver, BC The VanBUG (Vancouver BSD Users Group) is a group of volunteers who are passionate about FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. Their current goal is to raise awareness and also provide local assistance as much as we can.
  - Washington DC (DC Metropolitan Area) FreeBSD User Group. Please contact Richard Cramer, Sytex Access Ltd. at 703-425-2515, or preferred, email at rcramer@sytex.net to be put on a member distribution list.
  - Wichita, Kansas: A new FreeBSD users group has been created in Wichita, Ks. We are fairly new and working on our site, but we wanted to get it up as soon as we had it available. We do not currently meet. Visit our site http://wafug.dynip.com or E-mail the group organizer (ben177@yahoo.com) for more information!
  - Windsor, Ontario The Windsor Unix Users Group (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) covers BSD, Solaris, SCO, and others. This is not specifically a FreeBSD user group, but we do already have members running FreeBSD. The group operates a mailing list (wuug-list@unixpower.org). More information can be found at http://www.wuug.org/.
  - Wisconsin FreeBSD-Milwaukee Wisconsin meets occasionally and has a mailing list: freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net. send mail to freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net to subscribe.
  Rest of the world
  - China The China FreeBSD User Group (CNFUG) was formed May 2003. It publishes the CNFUG Journal (A FreeBSD Technical Journal in Simplified Chinese) monthly. In addition, we offer a BSD UNIX Support Forum, IRC and several mailing lists in Chinese.
  - Colombia Visit http://www.bsdcolombia.org for the FreeBSD User Group Colombia.
  - Ibaraki, Japan The Daibou East *BSD Users Group (DEBUG) is now forming for *BSD users in Tsukuba area.
  - Indonesia The Jogja FreeBSD Users' Group is based in Yogyakarta City, Indonesia. Send email to 22961476@students.ukdw.ac.id for more information.
  - Israel The Israeli BSD Users Group is an effort to promote the use of *BSD throughout the country, and to act as a center of information for all BSD users. It is currently run by FreeBSD users, but all users of BSD variants are welcome aboard. We have a mailing list, hosted at bsd-il@osem.co.il. To subscribe, simply send mail to majordomo@osem.co.il, with the line "subscribe bsd-il" as the message body.
  - Kansai, Japan The Kansai *BSD User's Group, K*BUG (in Japanese), was established on November 13, 1999. It is expected to promote communication of any of the BSD variants' users. Some of its activities are to hold friendly parties of the members, and to hold seminars covering wide variety of topics. Please mail here ( kbug-admin@kbug.gr.jp ).
  - Malaysia The MyBSD Malaysia Project is a Kuala Lumpur based usergroup for BSD users and open-source in general, promoting and supporting FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and open source usage. We meet once a month, usually at Universiti Malaya or Restaurant Bahadur Shah. One of our projects is to develop a Unix file manager. Visit our website or contact info@MyBSD.org.my for more information.
  - Malaysia/2 The BSD Malaysia web pages aim to be a central site for users of *BSD UNIX variants (including FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD). BSD support forums, technical BSD-related articles, and recent news items are published online. Both English and Malaysian can be used as the language on this site.
  - Mexico FreeBSD Mexico is a spanish oriented user group not only for people in Mexico but also in other spanish speaking countries. Please contact Alejandro Acosta for more information.
  - New Zealand The New Zealand FreeBSD User's group is located in Wellington. No meetings have been scheduled yet.
  - Niigata, Japan The Echigo BSD Users Group (EBUG) is the users group for BSD users around Echigo (aka Niigata). For more information on our events and mailing lists, please check the EBUG web site.
  - Brazil The FUG-BR (Brazilian FreeBSD User Group) is a Portuguese language oriented user group intended to help Brazilian FreeBSD users to find support and articles on and about FreeBSD in the Portuguese language. We keeps some projects such as the "FreeBSD LiveCD". Currently the group has 600 members and our maillist has an average traffic of 80 messages per day. To join FUG-BR mailing list, visit http://www2.fugspbr.org/mailman/listinfo/fugspbr.
  FreeBSD Development Projects
  
  In addition to the mainstream development path of FreeBSD, a number of developer groups are working on the cutting edge to expand FreeBSD's range of applications in new directions.
  
  FreeBSD Security Guide
  Security resources available to FreeBSD users: PGP Key for Security Officers, advisories, patches and mailing lists.
  Commercial Consulting Services
  Whether you are just starting out with FreeBSD, or need to complete a large project, a consultant or two might be your answer.
  
  General &unix; Information
  - The Unix Reference Desk by Jennifer Myers
  - Unix Guru Universe
  - O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
  - Unix Power
  The X Window System
  - The XFree86™ Project provides users of a variety of Intel based UNIX systems, including FreeBSD, with an excellent X Window system.
  - The NVIDIA®/FreeBSD FAQ provides a collection of frequently asked questions and tips regarding the NVIDIA® FreeBSD graphics drivers.
  - The WINE project is working to provide the ability to run Microsoft Windows® software on Intel based UNIX systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD and Linux.
  Hardware
  - The comp.answers pc-hardware-faq is a great reference for people building their own machines.
  - Laptop users looking for PC Card (aka PCMCIA) support under FreeBSD 2.2.X and 3.X should see the PAO distribution page for laptop support (FreeBSD 4.X and higher are provided with laptop support).
  - Intel Secrets -- What Intel Doesn't Want You To Know - lots of information about Intel chips.
  - Aad Offerman's Chip List - reference material on chips used in PC clones.
  Related Operating System Projects
  - NetBSD is another free 4.4BSD-Lite based operating system which runs on several different architectures.
  - OpenBSD is another 4.4BSD derivative.
  - Linux is another free UNIX like system.
  - Lites is a 4.4 BSD Lite based server and emulation library that provides free UNIX functionality to a Mach based system.
  - The GNU HURD project is another effort to develop a free UNIX like operating system.
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