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diff --git a/en/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml b/en/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 93d21fbb15..0000000000 --- a/en/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1289 +0,0 @@ - <chapter id="eresources"> - <title>Resources on the Internet</title> - - <para><emphasis>Contributed by &a.jkh;.</emphasis></para> - - <para>The rapid pace of FreeBSD progress makes print media impractical - as a means of following the latest developments. Electronic resources - are the best, if not often the only, way stay informed of the latest - advances. Since FreeBSD is a volunteer effort, the user community - itself also generally serves as a “technical support department” of - sorts, with electronic mail and USENET news being the most effective - way of reaching that community.</para> - - <para>The most important points of contact with the FreeBSD user - community are outlined below. If you are aware of other resources not - mentioned here, please send them to the &a.doc;so that they may also - be included.</para> - - - <sect1 id="eresources-mail"> - <title>Mailing lists</title> - - <para>Though many of the FreeBSD development members read USENET, we - cannot always guarantee that we will get to your questions in a - timely fashion (or at all) if you post them only to one of the - <literal>comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.*</literal> groups. By addressing your questions to the - appropriate mailing list you will reach both us and a concentrated - FreeBSD audience, invariably assuring a better (or at least faster) - response.</para> - - <para>The charters for the various lists are given at the bottom of - this document. <emphasis>Please read the charter before - joining or sending mail to any list</emphasis>. Most of our list - subscribers now receive many hundreds of FreeBSD related messages - every day, and by setting down charters and rules for proper use we - are striving to keep the signal-to-noise ratio of the lists high. - To do less would see the mailing lists ultimately fail as an - effective communications medium for the project.</para> - - <para>Archives are kept for all of the mailing lists and can be - searched using the <ulink - URL="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/search.html">FreeBSD World Wide Web - server</ulink>. The keyword searchable archive offers an - excellent way of finding answers to frequently asked questions and - should be consulted before posting a question.</para> - - - <sect2 id="eresources-summary"> - <title>List summary</title> - - <para><emphasis>General lists:</emphasis> The following are - general lists which anyone is free (and encouraged) to join:</para> - - <informaltable frame="none"> - <tgroup cols="2"> - <thead> - <row> - <entry>List</entry> - <entry>Purpose</entry> - </row> - </thead> - - <tbody> - <row> - <entry>freebsd-advocacy</entry> - <entry>FreeBSD Evangelism</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-announce</entry> - <entry>Important events and project milestones</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-bugs</entry> - <entry>Bug reports</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-chat</entry> - <entry>Non-technical items related to the FreeBSD - community</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-current</entry> - <entry>Discussion concerning the use of - FreeBSD-current</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-isp</entry> - <entry>Issues for Internet Service Providers using - FreeBSD</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-jobs</entry> - <entry>FreeBSD employment and consulting - opportunities</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-newbies</entry> - <entry>New FreeBSD users activities and discussions</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-questions</entry> - <entry>User questions and technical support</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-stable</entry> - <entry>Discussion concerning the use of - FreeBSD-stable</entry> - </row> - - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </informaltable> - - <para><emphasis>Technical lists:</emphasis> The following - lists are for technical discussion. You should read the charter - for each list carefully before joining or sending mail to one as - there are firm guidelines for their use and content.</para> - - <informaltable frame="none"> - <tgroup cols="2"> - <thead> - <row> - <entry>List</entry> - <entry>Purpose</entry> - </row> - </thead> - - <tbody> - <row> - <entry>freebsd-afs</entry> - <entry>Porting AFS to FreeBSD</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-alpha</entry> - <entry>Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-doc</entry> - <entry>Creating FreeBSD related documents</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-database</entry> - <entry>Discussing database use and development under - FreeBSD</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-emulation</entry> - <entry>Emulation of other systems such as - Linux/DOS/Windows</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-fs</entry> - <entry>Filesystems</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-hackers</entry> - <entry>General technical discussion</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-hardware</entry> - <entry>General discussion of hardware for running - FreeBSD</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-isdn</entry> - <entry>ISDN developers</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-java</entry> - <entry>Java developers and people porting JDKs to - FreeBSD</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-mobile</entry> - <entry>Discussions about mobile computing</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-mozilla</entry> - <entry>Porting mozilla to FreeBSD</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-net</entry> - <entry>Networking discussion and TCP/IP/source code</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-platforms</entry> - <entry>Concerning ports to non-Intel architecture - platforms</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-ports</entry> - <entry>Discussion of the ports collection</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-scsi</entry> - <entry>The SCSI subsystem</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-security</entry> - <entry>Security issues</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-small</entry> - <entry>Using FreeBSD in embedded applications</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-smp</entry> - <entry>Design discussions for [A]Symmetric - MultiProcessing</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-sparc</entry> - <entry>Porting FreeBSD to Sparc systems</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-tokenring</entry> - <entry>Support Token Ring in FreeBSD</entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </informaltable> - - <para><emphasis>Limited lists:</emphasis> The following - lists require approval from <email>core@FreeBSD.ORG</email> to join, - though anyone is free to send messages to them which fall within - the scope of their charters. It is also a good idea establish a - presence in the technical lists before asking to join one of these - limited lists.</para> - - <informaltable frame="none"> - <tgroup cols="2"> - <thead> - <row> - <entry>List</entry> - <entry>Purpose</entry> - </row> - </thead> - - <tbody> - <row> - <entry>freebsd-admin</entry> - <entry>Administrative issues</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-arch</entry> - <entry>Architecture and design discussions</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-core</entry> - <entry>FreeBSD core team</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-hubs</entry> - <entry>People running mirror sites (infrastructural - support)</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-install</entry> - <entry>Installation development</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-security-notifications</entry> - <entry>Security notifications</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-user-groups</entry> - <entry>User group coordination</entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </informaltable> - - <para><emphasis>CVS lists:</emphasis> The following lists - are for people interested in seeing the log messages for changes - to various areas of the source tree. They are <emphasis>Read-Only</emphasis> lists and should not have mail - sent to them.</para> - - <informaltable frame="none"> - <tgroup cols="3"> - <thead> - <row> - <entry>List</entry> - <entry>Source area</entry> - <entry>Area Description (source for)</entry> - </row> - </thead> - - <tbody> - <row> - <entry>cvs-all</entry> - <entry>/usr/src</entry> - <entry>All changes to the tree (superset)</entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </informaltable> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="eresources-subscribe"> - <title>How to subscribe</title> - - <para>All mailing lists live on <hostid role="fqdn">FreeBSD.ORG</hostid>, so - to post to a given list you simply mail to - <email><replaceable>listname</replaceable>@FreeBSD.ORG</email>. It will - then be redistributed to mailing list members world-wide.</para> - - <para>To subscribe to a list, send mail to &a.majordomo; and include - - <programlisting> -subscribe <listname> [<optional address>]</programlisting> - - in the body of your message. For example, to - subscribe yourself to <literal>freebsd-announce</literal>, you'd do:</para> - - - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG</userinput> -subscribe freebsd-announce -^D</screen> - - - <para>If you want to subscribe yourself under a - different name, or submit a subscription request for a local - mailing list (this is more efficient if you have several - interested parties at one site, and highly appreciated by us!), - you would do something like:</para> - - - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG</userinput> -subscribe freebsd-announce local-announce@somesite.com -^D</screen> - - - <para>Finally, it is also possible to unsubscribe - yourself from a list, get a list of other list members or see the - list of mailing lists again by sending other types of control - messages to majordomo. For a complete list of available commands, - do this:</para> - - - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG</userinput> -help -^D</screen> - - - <para>Again, we would like to request that you keep - discussion in the technical mailing lists on a technical track. - If you are only interested in the “high points” then it is - suggested that you join freebsd-announce, which is intended only - for infrequent traffic.</para> - - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="eresources-charters"> - <title>List charters</title> - - <para><emphasis>All</emphasis>FreeBSD mailing lists have - certain basic rules which must be adhered to by anyone using them. - Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in two (2) - written warnings from the FreeBSD Postmaster <email>postmaster@freebsd.org</email>, after - which, on a third offense, the poster will removed from all - FreeBSD mailing lists and filtered from further posting to them. - We regret that such rules and measures are necessary at all, but - today's Internet is a pretty harsh environment, it would seem, and - many fail to appreciate just how fragile some of its mechanisms - are.</para> - - <para>Rules of the road:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>The topic of any posting should adhere to the basic - charter of the list it is posted to, e.g. if the list is - about technical issues then your posting should contain - technical discussion. Ongoing irrelevant chatter or flaming - only detracts from the value of the mailing list for - everyone on it and will not be tolerated. For free-form - discussion on no particular topic, the freebsd-chat <email>freebsd-chat@freebsd.org</email> - mailing list is freely available and should be used - instead.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>No posting should be made to more than 2 mailing lists, - and only to 2 when a clear and obvious need to post to both - lists exists. For most lists, there is already a great deal - of subscriber overlap and except for the most esoteric mixes - (say "-stable & -scsi"), there really is no reason to - post to more than one list at a time. If a message is sent - to you in such a way that multiple mailing lists appear on - the Cc line then the cc line should also be trimmed before - sending it out again. <emphasis>You are <emphasis>still</emphasis> responsible for your own - cross-postings, no matter who the originator might have - been.</emphasis></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Personal attacks and profanity (in the context of an - argument) are not allowed, and that includes users and - developers alike. Gross breaches of netiquette, like - excerpting or reposting private mail when permission to do - so was not and would not be forthcoming, are frowned upon - but not specifically enforced. <emphasis>However</emphasis>, there are also very few cases - where such content would fit within the charter of a list - and it would therefore probably rate a warning (or ban) on - that basis alone.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Advertising of non-FreeBSD related products or services - is strictly prohibited and will result in an immediate ban - if it is clear that the offender is advertising by - spam.</para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - <para><emphasis>Individual list charters:</emphasis></para> - - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-AFS</term> - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Andrew File System</emphasis></para> - - <para>This list is for discussion on porting and using AFS from - CMU/Transarc</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-ADMIN</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Administrative issues</emphasis></para> - - <para>This list is purely for discussion of <hostid role="domainname">freebsd.org</hostid> - related issues and to report problems or abuse of project - resources. It is a closed list, though anyone may report - a problem (with our systems!) to it.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-ANNOUNCE</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Important events / - milestones</emphasis></para> - - <para>This is the mailing list for people interested only - in occasional announcements of significant FreeBSD events. - This includes announcements about snapshots and other - releases. It contains announcements of new FreeBSD - capabilities. It may contain calls for volunteers etc. - This is a low volume, strictly moderated mailing - list.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-ARCH</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Architecture and design - discussions</emphasis></para> - - <para>This is a moderated list for discussion of FreeBSD - architecture. Messages will mostly be kept technical in - nature, with (rare) exceptions for other messages the - moderator deems need to reach all the subscribers of the - list. Examples of suitable topics;</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>How to re-vamp the build system to have several - customized builds running at the same time.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>What needs to be fixed with VFS to make Heidemann - layers work.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>How do we change the device driver interface to be - able to use the ame drivers cleanly on many buses and - architectures?</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>How do I write a network driver?</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para>The moderator reserves the right to do minor editing - (spell-checking, grammar correction, trimming) of messages - that are posted to the list. The volume of the list will be - kept low, which may involve having to delay topics until an - active discussion has been resolved.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-BUGS</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Bug reports</emphasis></para> - - <para>This is - the mailing list for reporting bugs in FreeBSD Whenever - possible, bugs should be submitted using the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>send-pr</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> - command or the <ulink - URL="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html">WEB - interface</ulink> to it.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-CHAT</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Non technical items related to the FreeBSD - community</emphasis></para> - - <para>This list contains the - overflow from the other lists about non-technical, social - information. It includes discussion about whether Jordan - looks like a toon ferret or not, whether or not to type in - capitals, who is drinking too much coffee, where the best - beer is brewed, who is brewing beer in their basement, and - so on. Occasional announcements of important events (such - as upcoming parties, weddings, births, new jobs, etc) can - be made to the technical lists, but the follow ups should - be directed to this -chat list.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-CORE</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>FreeBSD core team</emphasis></para> - - <para>This is an internal mailing list for use by the core - members. Messages can be sent to it when a serious - FreeBSD-related matter requires arbitration or high-level - scrutiny.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-CURRENT</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Discussions about the use of - FreeBSD-current</emphasis></para> - - <para>This is the - mailing list for users of freebsd-current. It includes - warnings about new features coming out in -current that - will affect the users, and instructions on steps that must - be taken to remain -current. Anyone running “current” must - subscribe to this list. This is a technical mailing list - for which strictly technical content is expected.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-CURRENT-DIGEST</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Discussions about the use of - FreeBSD-current</emphasis></para> - - <para>This is the - digest version of the freebsd-current mailing list. The - digest consists of all messages sent to freebsd-current - bundled together and mailed out as a single message. The - average digest size is about 40kB. This list is <emphasis>Read-Only</emphasis> and should not be posted - to.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-DOC</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Documentation project</emphasis></para> - - <para>This mailing list is for the discussion of issues and - projects related to the creation of documenation for - FreeBSD. The members of this mailing list are collectively - referred to as “The FreeBSD Documentation - Project”. It is an open list; feel free to join and - contribute!</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-FS</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Filesystems</emphasis></para> - - <para>Discussions concerning FreeBSD filesystems. This is a - technical mailing list for which strictly technical - content is expected.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-ISDN</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>ISDN Communications</emphasis></para> - - <para>This is the mailing list for people discussing the - development of ISDN support for FreeBSD.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-JAVA</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Java Development</emphasis></para> - - <para> - This is the mailing list for people discussing the - development of significant Java applications for FreeBSD - and the porting and maintenance of JDKs.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-HACKERS</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Technical discussions</emphasis></para> - - <para>This is a forum for technical discussions related to - FreeBSD. This is the primary technical mailing list. It - is for individuals actively working on FreeBSD, to bring - up problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals - interested in following the technical discussion are also - welcome. This is a technical mailing list for which - strictly technical content is expected.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-HACKERS-DIGEST</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Technical discussions</emphasis></para> - - <para>This is the digest version of the freebsd-hackers - mailing list. The digest consists of all messages sent to - freebsd-hackers bundled together and mailed out as a - single message. The average digest size is about 40kB. - This list is <emphasis>Read-Only</emphasis> and - should not be posted to.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-HARDWARE</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>General discussion of FreeBSD - hardware</emphasis></para> - - <para>General discussion - about the types of hardware that FreeBSD runs on, various - problems and suggestions concerning what to buy or - avoid.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-INSTALL</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Installation discussion</emphasis></para> - - <para>This mailing list is for discussing FreeBSD - installation development for the future releases and is - closed.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-ISP</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Issues for Internet Service - Providers</emphasis></para> - - <para>This mailing list is - for discussing topics relevant to Internet Service - Providers (ISPs) using FreeBSD. This is a technical - mailing list for which strictly technical content is - expected.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-NEWBIES</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Newbies activities - discussion</emphasis></para> - - <para>We cover any of the activities of newbies that are not - already dealt with elsewhere, including: independent learning - and problem solving techniques, finding and using resources - and asking for help elsewhere, how to use mailing lists and - which lists to use, general chat, making mistakes, boasting, - sharing ideas, stories, moral (but not technical) support, and - taking an active part in the FreeBSD community. We take our - problems and support questions to freebsd-questions, and use - freebsd-newbies to meet others who are doing the same things - that we do as newbies.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-PLATFORMS</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Porting to Non-Intel - platforms</emphasis></para> - - <para>Cross-platform freebsd - issues, general discussion and proposals for non-Intel - FreeBSD ports. This is a technical mailing list for which - strictly technical content is expected.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-PORTS</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Discussion of - “ports”</emphasis></para> - - <para>Discussions concerning FreeBSD's “ports collection” - (<filename>/usr/ports</filename>), proposed ports, modifications to ports - collection infrastructure and general coordination - efforts. This is a technical mailing list for which - strictly technical content is expected.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-QUESTIONS</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>User questions</emphasis></para> - - <para>This - is the mailing list for questions about FreeBSD. You - should not send “how to” questions to the technical lists - unless you consider the question to be pretty - technical.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-QUESTIONS-DIGEST</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>User questions</emphasis></para> - - <para>This - is the digest version of the freebsd-questions mailing - list. The digest consists of all messages sent to - freebsd-questions bundled together and mailed out as a - single message. The average digest size is about - 40kB.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-SCSI</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>SCSI subsystem</emphasis></para> - - <para>This - is the mailing list for people working on the scsi - subsystem for FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing list - for which strictly technical content is expected.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-SECURITY</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Security issues</emphasis></para> - - <para>FreeBSD computer security issues (DES, Kerberos, known - security holes and fixes, etc). This is a technical - mailing list for which strictly technical content is - expected.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-SECURITY-NOTIFICATIONS</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Security Notifications</emphasis><!-- <br> - --> Notifications of FreeBSD security problems and fixes. - This is not a discussion list. The discussion list is - FreeBSD-security.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>FREEBSD-SMALL</term> - - <listitem> - <para>This list discusses topics related to unsually small and - embedded FreeBSD installations. This is a technical mailing - list for which strictly technical content is expected.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-STABLE</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Discussions about the use of - FreeBSD-stable</emphasis></para> - - <para>This is the - mailing list for users of freebsd-stable. It includes - warnings about new features coming out in -stable that - will affect the users, and instructions on steps that must - be taken to remain -stable. Anyone running “stable” - should subscribe to this list. This is a technical mailing - list for which strictly technical content is - expected.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>FREEBSD-USER-GROUPS</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>User Group Coordination - List</emphasis></para> - - <para>This is the mailing list for the coordinators from - each of the local area Users Groups to discuss matters - with each other and a designated individual from the Core - Team. This mail list should be limited to meeting - synopsis and coordination of projects that span User - Groups. It is a closed list.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - - - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="eresources-news"> - <title>Usenet newsgroups</title> - - <para>In addition to two FreeBSD specific newsgroups, there are many - others in which FreeBSD is discussed or are otherwise relevant to - FreeBSD users. <ulink - URL="http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/BSD-info/bsdnews_search.html">Keyword searchable archives</ulink> are available for some of these newsgroups from courtesy of Warren Toomey <email>wkt@cs.adfa.oz.au</email>.</para> - - - <sect2> - <title>BSD specific newsgroups</title> - - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>Other Unix newsgroups of interest</title> - - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink URL="news:comp.unix">comp.unix</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.unix.questions">comp.unix.questions</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.unix.admin">comp.unix.admin</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.unix.programmer">comp.unix.programmer</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.unix.shell">comp.unix.shell</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.unix.user-friendly">comp.unix.user-friendly</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.security.unix">comp.security.unix</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.sources.unix">comp.sources.unix</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.unix.advocacy">comp.unix.advocacy</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.unix.misc">comp.unix.misc</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.bugs.4bsd">comp.bugs.4bsd</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes">comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.unix.bsd">comp.unix.bsd</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>X Window System</title> - - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.windows.x.i386unix">comp.windows.x.i386unix</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.windows.x">comp.windows.x</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.windows.x.apps">comp.windows.x.apps</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.windows.x.announce">comp.windows.x.announce</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.windows.x.intrinsics">comp.windows.x.intrinsics</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.windows.x.motif">comp.windows.x.motif</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.windows.x.pex">comp.windows.x.pex</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="news:comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine">comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine</ulink></para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="eresources-web"> - <title>World Wide Web servers</title> - - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/">http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/</ulink> — Central Server.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.au.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/">http://www.au.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/</ulink> — Australia/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www2.au.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/">http://www2.au.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/</ulink> — Australia/2.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www3.au.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/">http://www3.au.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/</ulink> — Australia/3.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.br.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/">http://www.br.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Brazil/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.br2.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/">http://www.br2.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Brazil/2.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www3.br.freebsd.org/">http://www3.br.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Brazil/3.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.bg.freebsd.org/">http://www.bg.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Bulgaria.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.ca.freebsd.org/">http://www.ca.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Canada/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://freebsd.kawartha.com/">http://freebsd.kawartha.com/</ulink> — Canada/2.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.dk.freebsd.org/">http://www.dk.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Denmark.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.ee.freebsd.org/">http://www.ee.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Estonia.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.fi.freebsd.org/">http://www.fi.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Finland.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.fr.freebsd.org/">http://www.fr.freebsd.org/</ulink> — France.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.de.freebsd.org/">http://www.de.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Germany/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www1.de.freebsd.org/">http://www1.de.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Germany/2.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www2.de.freebsd.org/">http://www.de.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Germany/3.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.hu.freebsd.org/">http://www.hu.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Hungary.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.is.freebsd.org/">http://www.is.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Iceland.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.ie.freebsd.org/">http://www.ie.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Ireland.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.jp.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/">http://www.jp.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Japan.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.kr.freebsd.org/">http://www.kr.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Korea.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.lv.freebsd.org/">http://www.lv.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Latvia.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://rama.asiapac.net/freebsd/">http://rama.asiapac.net/freebsd/</ulink> — Malaysia.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.nl.freebsd.org/">http://www.nl.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Netherlands.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.no.freebsd.org/">http://www.no.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Norway.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.pt.freebsd.org/">http://www.pt.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Portugal/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www2.pt.freebsd.org/">http://www2.pt.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Portugal/2.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www3.pt.freebsd.org/">http://www3.pt.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Portugal/3.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.ro.freebsd.org/">http://www.ro.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Romania.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.ru.freebsd.org/">http://www.ru.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Russia/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www2.ru.freebsd.org/">http://www2.ru.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Russia/2.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www3.ru.freebsd.org/">http://www3.ru.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Russia/3.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.sk.freebsd.org/">http://www.sk.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Slovak Republic.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.si.freebsd.org/">http://www.si.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Slovenia.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.es.freebsd.org/">http://www.es.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Spain.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.za.freebsd.org/">http://www.za.freebsd.org/</ulink> — South Africa/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www2.za.freebsd.org/">http://www2.za.freebsd.org/</ulink> — South Africa/2.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.se.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/">http://www.se.freebsd.org/www.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Sweden.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.tr.freebsd.org/">http://www.tr.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Turkey.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.ua.freebsd.org/">http://www.ua.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Ukraine/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www2.ua.freebsd.org/">http://www2.ua.freebsd.org/</ulink> — Ukraine/2.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www.uk.freebsd.org/">http://www.uk.freebsd.org/</ulink> — United Kingdom.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://freebsd.advansys.net/">http://freebsd.advansys.net/</ulink> — USA/Indiana.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www6.freebsd.org/">http://www6.freebsd.org/</ulink> — USA/Oregon.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - URL="http://www2freebsd.org/">http://www2.freebsd.org/</ulink> — USA/Texas.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - - </sect1> - </chapter> - - -<!-- - Local Variables: - mode: sgml - sgml-declaration: "../chapter.decl" - sgml-indent-data: t - sgml-omittag: nil - sgml-always-quote-attributes: t - sgml-parent-document: ("../handbook.sgml" "part" "chapter") - End: ---> - |