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b) Put in names and email addresses of people who have claimed empty sections as their own. c) Incorporated MIRROR.SITES as the first section in the appendix titled "Obtaining FreeBSD". When adding, removing or otherwize twiddling with the mirror site info, do it in mirrors.sgml! d) A couple other odds and ends. e) NOTE: You must update your your /usr/bin/sgmlfmt and /usr/share/sgml to process this edition of the handbook!
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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>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 the
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only way stay informed of the latest advances. Also, since
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FreeBSD is a volunteer effort, the user community also serves
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as the technical support department and invariably,
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electronic mail and Usenet news are the most effective way of
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getting technical problems resolved.
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Below, the most important points of contact with the FreeBSD
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user community are outlined. If you are aware of other
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resources not included, please send them to
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<tt>doc@freebsd.org</tt> so they may be included.
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<sect>
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<heading>Mailing lists<label id="eresources:mail"></heading>
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<p><em>Contributed by &a.dufalt;.<newline>
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20 Jun 1995.</em>
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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.*
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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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There are list charters at the bottom of this document. Please read
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the list charter before joining a list. We must strive to
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keep the signal to noise ratio of the lists high, especially in
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the technical lists.
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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/How/mail-archive.html"
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name="FreeBSD World Wide Web server">. The keyword searchable archive
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offers an excellent way to find answers to frequently asked questions
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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 that
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anyone is free to join:
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<verb>
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List Purpose
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----------------------------------------------------------------------
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freebsd-announce Important events / milestones
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freebsd-bugs Bug reports
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freebsd-chat Non technical items related to the community
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freebsd-policy Policy issues and suggestions
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freebsd-questions User questions
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freebsd-current Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
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</verb>
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<bf>Technical lists:</bf> The following are the technical lists. You should
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read the charter carefully before joining them, and you should keep
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your e-mail 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 Documentation project
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freebsd-fs Filesystems
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freebsd-hackers General Technical discussions
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freebsd-hardware General discussion of FreeBSD hardware
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freebsd-multimedia Multimedia discussions
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freebsd-platforms Porting to Non-Intel platforms
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freebsd-ports Discussion of "ports"
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freebsd-security Security issues
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freebsd-scsi SCSI subsystem
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</verb>
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<bf>Limited lists:</bf> The following are limited lists that you will need
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approval to join. Even though access to these lists is controled,
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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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----------------------------------------------------------------------
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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 seeing the log messages
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for source changes in specific areas:
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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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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 throughout the
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world.
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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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Finally, we again request that you keep the technical mailing lists on
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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 will contain
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only 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 tune 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-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 is the mailing list for people discussing FreeBSD installation
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development for the 2.0 release.
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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 dicuss 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>Word 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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