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<!-- $Id: eresources.sgml,v 1.17 1995/12/11 15:09:12 jkh Exp $ -->
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<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
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<chapt>
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<heading>Resources on the Internet<label id="eresources"></heading>
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<p><em>Contributed by &a.jkh;.</em>
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<p>The rapid pace of FreeBSD progress makes print media
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impractical as a means for following the latest
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developments. Electronic resources are the best, if not often the
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only way stay informed of the latest advances. Since
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FreeBSD is a volunteer effort, the user community itself also generally
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serves as a `technical support department' of sorts, with electronic mail
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and Usenet news being the most effective way of reaching that community.
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The most important points of contact with the FreeBSD
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user community are outlined below. If you are aware of other
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resources not mentioned here, please send them to
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<tt>doc@freebsd.org</tt> so that they may also be included.
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<sect>
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<heading>Mailing lists<label id="eresources:mail"></heading>
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<p>Though many of the FreeBSD development members read USENET, we cannot
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always guarantee that we'll get to your questions in a timely fashion
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(or at all) if you post them only to one of the comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.*
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groups. By addressing your questions to the appropriate mailing list
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you will reach both us and a concentrated FreeBSD audience, invariably
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assuring a better (or at least faster) response.
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<p>The charters for the various lists are given at the bottom of this
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document. Please read the charter before joining a list since we must
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strive to keep the signal to noise ratio of the lists high, especially
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in the technical ones.
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Archives are kept for all of the mailing lists and can be searched
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using the the <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/search.html"
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name="FreeBSD World Wide Web server">. The keyword searchable archive
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offers an excellent way of finding answers to frequently asked
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questions and should be consulted before posting a question.
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<sect1><heading>List summary</heading>
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<p><bf>General lists:</bf> The following are general lists which
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anyone is free to join:
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<verb>
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List Purpose
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freebsd-announce Important events and project milestones
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freebsd-bugs Bug reports
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freebsd-chat Non-technical items related to the FreeBSD community
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freebsd-current Discussion concerning the use of FreeBSD-current
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freebsd-stable Discussion concerning the use of FreeBSD-stable
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freebsd-isp Issues for Internet Service Providers using FreeBSD
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freebsd-policy General policy issues and suggestions
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freebsd-questions User questions
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</verb>
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<bf>Technical lists:</bf> The following lists are for technical discussion.
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You should read the charter carefully before joining one, keeping any
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messages sent to a list within the scope of the guidelines.
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<verb>
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List Purpose
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----------------------------------------------------------------------
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freebsd-doc The FreeBSD Documentation project
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freebsd-fs Filesystems
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freebsd-hackers General technical discussion
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freebsd-hardware General discussion of hardware for running FreeBSD
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freebsd-multimedia Multimedia discussion
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freebsd-platforms Concerning ports to non-Intel architecture platforms
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freebsd-ports Discussion of the ports collection
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freebsd-security Security issues
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freebsd-scsi The SCSI subsystem
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</verb>
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<bf>Limited lists:</bf> The following lists require approval to join,
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though anyone is free to send suggestions and comments to them. It is a
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good idea establish a presence in the technical lists before asking
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to join one of these limited lists.
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<verb>
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List Purpose
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freebsd-admin Administrative issues
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freebsd-arch Architecture and design discussions
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freebsd-core FreeBSD core team
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freebsd-install Installation development
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freebsd-user-groups User group coordination
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</verb>
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<bf>CVS lists:</bf> The following lists are for people interested in
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seeing the log messages for changes to various areas of the source tree.
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<verb>
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List name Source area Area Description (source for)
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cvs-CVSROOT /usr/src/[A-Z]* Top level /usr/src file changes
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cvs-all /usr/src All changes to the tree (superset)
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cvs-bin /usr/src/bin System binaries
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cvs-etc /usr/src/etc System files
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cvs-games /usr/src/games Games
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cvs-gnu /usr/src/gnu GPL'd utilities
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cvs-include /usr/src/include Include files
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cvs-kerberosIV /usr/src/kerberosIV Kerberos encryption code
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cvs-lib /usr/src/lib System libraries
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cvs-libexec /usr/src/libexec System binaries
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cvs-ports /usr/ports Ported software
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cvs-sbin /usr/src/sbin System binaries
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cvs-share /usr/src/share System shared files
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cvs-sys /usr/src/sys Kernel
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cvs-usrbin /usr/src/usr.bin Use binaries
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cvs-usrsbin /usr/src/usr.sbin System binaries
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</verb>
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<sect1><heading>How to subscribe</heading>
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<p>All mailing lists live on <tt>FreeBSD.ORG</tt>, so to post to a
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given list you simply mail to <em>listname</em><tt>@FreeBSD.ORG</tt>. It
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will then be redistributed to mailing list members world-wide.
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To subscribe to a list, send mail to:
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<tscreen><verb>
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majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG
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</verb></tscreen>
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And include the keyword
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<tscreen><verb>
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subscribe <listname> [<optional address>]
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</verb></tscreen>
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In the body of your message. For example, to subscribe yourself to
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freebsd-announce, you'd do:
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<tscreen><verb>
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% mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG
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subscribe freebsd-announce
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^D
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</verb></tscreen>
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If you want to subscribe yourself under a different name, or submit a
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subscription request for a local mailing list (note: this is more efficient
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if you have several interested parties at one site, and highly appreciated by
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us!), you would do something like:
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<tscreen><verb>
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% mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG
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subscribe freebsd-announce local-announce@somesite.com
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^D
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</verb></tscreen>
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Finally, it is also possible to unsubscribe yourself from a list, get a
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list of other list members or see the list of mailing lists again by
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sending other types of control messages to majordomo. For a complete
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list of available commands, do this:
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<tscreen><verb>
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% mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG
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help
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^D
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</verb></tscreen>
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Again, we'd like to request that you keep discussion in the technical mailing
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lists on a technical track. If you're only interested in the "high points"
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then it's suggested that you join freebsd-announce, which is intended only
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for infrequent traffic.
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<sect1><heading>List charters</heading>
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<p>
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<descrip>
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<tag/FREEBSD-ADMIN/ <em>Administrative issues</em><newline>
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<!-- XXX -->
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<tag/FREEBSD-ANNOUNCE/ <em>Important events / milestones</em><newline>
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This is the mailing list for people interested only in occasional
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announcements of significant freebsd events. This includes
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announcements about snapshots and other releases. It contains
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announcements of new FreeBSD capabilities. It may contain calls
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for volunteers etc. This is a low volume list.
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<tag/FREEBSD-ARCH/ <em>Architecture and design discussions</em><newline>
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This is the mailing list for people discussing FreeBSD architectural
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issues. It is a closed list, and not for general subscription.
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<tag/FREEBSD-BUGS/ <em>Bug reports</em><newline>
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This is the mailing list for reporting bugs in FreeBSD
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Whenever possible, bugs should be
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submitted using "send-pr".
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<tag/FREEBSD-CHAT/ <em>Non technical items related to the
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community</em><newline>
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This list contains the overflow from the other lists about
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non-technical, social information. It includes discussion about
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whether Jordan looks like a toon ferret or not, whether or not to
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type in capitals, who is drinking too much coffee, where the best
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beer is brewed, who is brewing beer in their basement, and so on.
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Occasional announcements of important events (such as upcoming
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parties, weddings, births, new jobs, etc) can be made to the
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technical lists, but the follow ups should be directed to this
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-chat list.
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<tag/FREEBSD-CORE/ <em>FreeBSD core team</em><newline>
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This is an internal mailing list for use by the core members.
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<tag/FREEBSD-CURRENT/ <em>Discussions about the use of
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FreeBSD-current</em><newline> This is the mailing list for users
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of freebsd-current. It includes warnings about new features
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coming out in -current that will affect the users, and
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instructions on steps that must be taken to remain -current.
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Anyone running "current" must subscribe to this list.
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<tag/FREEBSD-CURRENT-DIGEST/ <em>Discussions about the use of
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FreeBSD-current</em><newline> This is the digest version of the
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freebsd-current mailing list. The digest consists of all
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messages sent to freebsd-current bundled together and mailed out
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as a single message. The average digest size is about 40kB.
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<tag/FREEBSD-STABLE/ <em>Discussions about the use of
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FreeBSD-stable</em><newline> This is the mailing list for users
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of freebsd-stable. It includes warnings about new features
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coming out in -stable that will affect the users, and
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instructions on steps that must be taken to remain -stable.
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Anyone running ``stable'' should subscribe to this list.
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<tag/FREEBSD-DOC/ <em>Documentation project</em><newline>
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This mailing list belongs to the FreeBSD Doc Project and is for
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the discussion of documentation related issues and projects.
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<tag/FREEBSD-FS/ <em>Filesystems</em><newline>
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Discussions concerning FreeBSD filesystems.
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<tag/FREEBSD-HACKERS/ <em>Technical discussions</em><newline>
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This is a forum for technical discussions related to FreeBSD. This
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is the primary technical mailing list. It
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is for individuals actively working on FreeBSD, to bring up problems
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or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals interested in
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following the technical discussion are also welcome.
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<tag/FREEBSD-HACKERS-DIGEST/ <em>Technical
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discussions</em><newline> This is the digest version of the
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freebsd-hackers mailing list. The digest consists of all
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messages sent to freebsd-hackers bundled together and mailed out
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as a single message. The average digest size is about 40kB.
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<tag/FREEBSD-HARDWARE/ <em>General discussion of FreeBSD
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hardware</em><newline> General discussion about the types of
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hardware that FreeBSD runs on, various problems and suggestions
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concerning what to buy or avoid.
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<tag/FREEBSD-INSTALL/ <em>Installation discussion</em><newline>
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This mailing list is for discussing FreeBSD installation
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development for the future releases.
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<tag/FREEBSD-ISP/ <em>Issues for Internet Service Providers</em><newline>
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This mailing list is for discussing topics relevant to Internet
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Serivce Providers (ISPs) using FreeBSD.
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<tag/FREEBSD-MULTIMEDIA/ <em>Multimedia discussions</em><newline>
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This is a forum about multimedia applications using FreeBSD.
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Discussion center around multimedia applications, their installation, their
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development and their support within FreeBSD
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<tag/FREEBSD-PLATFORMS/ <em>Porting to Non-Intel
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platforms</em><newline> Cross-platform freebsd issues, general
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discussion and proposals for non-Intel FreeBSD ports.
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<tag/FREEBSD-POLICY/ <em>Policy issues and
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suggestions</em><newline> This is a forum for policy discussions
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related to FreeBSD. This includes where FreeBSD is going, how to
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set up a consortium, whether or not and how to make FreeBSD pay
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for itself, how to attract more users, and so on. When a topic
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relates directly to FreeBSD but has little or no technical
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content then it should be sent to this list.
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<tag/FREEBSD-PORTS/ <em>Discussion of "ports"</em><newline>
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Discussions concerning FreeBSD's "ports collection" (/usr/ports), proposed
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ports, modifications to ports collection infrastructure and general
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coordination efforts.
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<tag/FREEBSD-QUESTIONS/ <em>User questions</em><newline>
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This is the mailing list for questions about FreeBSD. You should not
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send "how to" questions to the technical lists unless you consider the
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question to be pretty technical.
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<tag/FREEBSD-QUESTIONS-DIGEST/ <em>User questions</em><newline>
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This is the digest version of the freebsd-questions mailing list.
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The digest consists of all messages sent to freebsd-questions
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bundled together and mailed out as a single message. The average
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digest size is about 40kB.
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<tag/FREEBSD-SCSI/ <em>SCSI subsystem</em><newline>
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This is the mailing list for people working on the scsi subsystem
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for FreeBSD.
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<tag/FREEBSD-SECURITY/ <em>Security issues</em><newline>
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FreeBSD computer security issues (DES, Kerberos, known security holes and
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fixes, etc).
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<tag/FREEBSD-USER-GROUPS/ <em>User Group Coordination List</em><newline>
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This is the mailing list for the coordinators from each of the
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local area Users Groups to discuss matters with each other and a
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designated individual from the Core Team. This mail list should
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be limited to meeting synopsis and coordination of projects that span
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User Groups.
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</descrip>
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<sect>
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<heading>Usenet newsgroups<label id="eresources:news"></heading>
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<p>In addition to two FreeBSD specific newsgroups, there
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are many others in which FreeBSD is discussed or are
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otherwise relevant to FreeBSD users. <url
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url="http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/BSD-info/bsdnews_search.html"
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name="Keyword searchable archives"> are available for
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some of these newsgroups from courtesy of Warren Toomey
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<tt><wkt@cs.adfa.oz.au></tt>.
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<sect1>
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<heading>BSD specific newsgroups</heading>
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<p><itemize>
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<item>comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce
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<item>comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
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</itemize>
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<sect1>
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<heading>Other Unix newsgroups of interest</heading>
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<p><itemize>
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<item>comp.unix
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<item>comp.unix.questions
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<item>comp.unix.admin
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<item>comp.unix.programmer
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<item>comp.unix.shell
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<item>comp.unix.user-friendly
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<item>comp.security.unix
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<item>comp.sources.unix
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<item>comp.unix.advocacy
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<item>comp.unix.misc
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<item>comp.os.386bsd.announce
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<item>comp.os.386bsd.apps
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<item>comp.os.386bsd.bugs
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<item>comp.os.386bsd.development
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<item>comp.os.386bsd.misc
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<item>comp.os.386bsd.questions
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<item>comp.bugs.4bsd
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<item>comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
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<item>comp.unix.bsd
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</itemize>
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<sect1>
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<heading>X-Window system</heading>
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<p><itemize>
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<item>comp.windows.x.i386unix
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<item>comp.windows.x
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<item>comp.windows.x.apps
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<item>comp.windows.x.announce
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<item>comp.windows.x.intrinsics
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<item>comp.windows.x.motif
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<item>comp.windows.x.pex
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<item>comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
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</itemize>
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<sect>
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<heading>World Wide Web servers<label id="eresources:web"></heading>
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<p><itemize>
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<item><url url="http://www.freebsd.org/"></item>
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</itemize>
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</sect>
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