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Why is BSD not better known? This white paper " +"addresses these and other questions." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:50 +msgid "" +"Throughout this paper, differences between BSD and Linux will be noted " +"__like this__." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:52 +msgid "'''" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title == +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:56 +#, no-wrap +msgid "What is BSD?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:63 +msgid "" +"BSD stands for \"Berkeley Software Distribution\". It is the name of " +"distributions of source code from the University of California, Berkeley, " +"which were originally extensions to AT&T's Research UNIX(R) operating " +"system. Several open source operating system projects are based on a " +"release of this source code known as 4.4BSD-Lite. In addition, they " +"comprise a number of packages from other Open Source projects, including " +"notably the GNU project. The overall operating system comprises:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:65 +msgid "" +"The BSD kernel, which handles process scheduling, memory management, " +"symmetric multi-processing (SMP), device drivers, etc." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:66 +msgid "The C library, the base API for the system." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:68 +msgid "" +"__The BSD C library is based on code from Berkeley, not the GNU project.__" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:69 +msgid "Utilities such as shells, file utilities, compilers and linkers." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:71 +msgid "" +"__Some of the utilities are derived from the GNU project, others are not.__" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:72 +msgid "The X Window system, which handles graphical display." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:75 +msgid "" +"The X Window system used in most versions of BSD is maintained by the http://" +"www.X.org/[X.Org project]. FreeBSD allows the user to choose from a variety " +"of desktop environments, such as Gnome, KDE, or Xfce; and lightweight window " +"managers like Openbox, Fluxbox, or Awesome." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:76 +msgid "Many other programs and utilities." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title == +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:78 +#, no-wrap +msgid "What, a real UNIX(R)?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:83 +msgid "" +"The BSD operating systems are not clones, but open source derivatives of " +"AT&T's Research UNIX(R) operating system, which is also the ancestor of the " +"modern UNIX(R) System V. This may surprise you. How could that happen when " +"AT&T has never released its code as open source?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:85 +msgid "" +"It is true that AT&T UNIX(R) is not open source, and in a copyright sense " +"BSD is very definitely _not_ UNIX(R), but on the other hand, AT&T has " +"imported sources from other projects, noticeably the Computer Sciences " +"Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California in Berkeley, CA. " +"Starting in 1976, the CSRG started releasing tapes of their software, " +"calling them _Berkeley Software Distribution_ or __BSD__." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:89 +msgid "" +"Initial BSD releases consisted mainly of user programs, but that changed " +"dramatically when the CSRG landed a contract with the Defense Advanced " +"Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to upgrade the communications protocols on " +"their network, ARPANET. The new protocols were known as the __Internet " +"Protocols__, later _TCP/IP_ after the most important protocols. The first " +"widely distributed implementation was part of 4.2BSD, in 1982." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:96 +msgid "" +"In the course of the 1980s, a number of new workstation companies sprang " +"up. Many preferred to license UNIX(R) rather than developing operating " +"systems for themselves. In particular, Sun Microsystems licensed UNIX(R) " +"and implemented a version of 4.2BSD, which they called SunOS(TM). When AT&T " +"themselves were allowed to sell UNIX(R) commercially, they started with a " +"somewhat bare-bones implementation called System III, to be quickly followed " +"by System V. The System V code base did not include networking, so all " +"implementations included additional software from the BSD, including the TCP/" +"IP software, but also utilities such as the _csh_ shell and the _vi_ " +"editor. Collectively, these enhancements were known as the __Berkeley " +"Extensions__." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:105 +msgid "" +"The BSD tapes contained AT&T source code and thus required a UNIX(R) source " +"license. By 1990, the CSRG's funding was running out, and it faced " +"closure. Some members of the group decided to release the BSD code, which " +"was Open Source, without the AT&T proprietary code. This finally happened " +"with the __Networking Tape 2__, usually known as __Net/2__. Net/2 was not a " +"complete operating system: about 20% of the kernel code was missing. One of " +"the CSRG members, William F. Jolitz, wrote the remaining code and released " +"it in early 1992 as __386BSD__. At the same time, another group of ex-CSRG " +"members formed a commercial company called http://www.bsdi.com/[Berkeley " +"Software Design Inc.] and released a beta version of an operating system " +"called http://www.bsdi.com/[BSD/386], which was based on the same sources. " +"The name of the operating system was later changed to BSD/OS." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:111 +msgid "" +"386BSD never became a stable operating system. Instead, two other projects " +"split off from it in 1993: http://www.NetBSD.org/[NetBSD] and link:https://" +"www.FreeBSD.org/[FreeBSD]. The two projects originally diverged due to " +"differences in patience waiting for improvements to 386BSD: the NetBSD " +"people started early in the year, and the first version of FreeBSD was not " +"ready until the end of the year. In the meantime, the code base had " +"diverged sufficiently to make it difficult to merge. In addition, the " +"projects had different aims, as we will see below. In 1996, http://www." +"OpenBSD.org/[OpenBSD] split off from NetBSD, and in 2003, http://www." +"dragonflybsd.org/[DragonFlyBSD] split off from FreeBSD." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title == +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:113 +#, no-wrap +msgid "Why is BSD not better known?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:116 +msgid "For a number of reasons, BSD is relatively unknown:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:118 +msgid "" +"The BSD developers are often more interested in polishing their code than " +"marketing it." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:119 +msgid "" +"Much of Linux's popularity is due to factors external to the Linux projects, " +"such as the press, and to companies formed to provide Linux services. Until " +"recently, the open source BSDs had no such proponents." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:120 +msgid "" +"In 1992, AT&T sued http://www.bsdi.com/[BSDI], the vendor of BSD/386, " +"alleging that the product contained AT&T-copyrighted code. The case was " +"settled out of court in 1994, but the spectre of the litigation continues to " +"haunt people. In March 2000 an article published on the web claimed that the " +"court case had been \"recently settled\"." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:124 +msgid "" +"One detail that the lawsuit did clarify is the naming: in the 1980s, BSD was " +"known as \"BSD UNIX(R)\". With the elimination of the last vestige of AT&T " +"code from BSD, it also lost the right to the name UNIX(R). Thus you will " +"see references in book titles to \"the 4.3BSD UNIX(R) operating system\" and " +"\"the 4.4BSD operating system\"." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title == +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:126 +#, no-wrap +msgid "Comparing BSD and Linux" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:132 +msgid "" +"So what is really the difference between, say, Debian Linux and FreeBSD? For " +"the average user, the difference is surprisingly small: Both are UNIX(R) " +"like operating systems. Both are developed by non-commercial projects (this " +"does not apply to many other Linux distributions, of course). In the " +"following section, we will look at BSD and compare it to Linux. The " +"description applies most closely to FreeBSD, which accounts for an estimated " +"80% of the BSD installations, but the differences from NetBSD, OpenBSD and " +"DragonFlyBSD are small." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title === +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:133 +#, no-wrap +msgid "Who owns BSD?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:138 +msgid "" +"No one person or corporation owns BSD. It is created and distributed by a " +"community of highly technical and committed contributors all over the " +"world. Some of the components of BSD are Open Source projects in their own " +"right and managed by different project maintainers." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title === +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:139 +#, no-wrap +msgid "How is BSD developed and updated?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:144 +msgid "" +"The BSD kernels are developed and updated following the Open Source " +"development model. Each project maintains a publicly accessible _source " +"tree_ which contains all source files for the project, including " +"documentation and other incidental files. Users can obtain a complete copy " +"of any version." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:147 +msgid "" +"A large number of developers worldwide contribute to improvements to BSD. " +"They are divided into three kinds:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:149 +msgid "" +"_Contributors_ write code or documentation. They are not permitted to commit " +"(add code) directly to the source tree. For their code to be included in the " +"system, it must be reviewed and checked in by a registered developer, known " +"as a __committer__." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:150 +msgid "" +"_Committers_ are developers with write access to the source tree. To become " +"a committer, an individual must show ability in the area in which they are " +"active." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:157 +msgid "" +"It is at the individual committer's discretion whether they should obtain " +"authority before committing changes to the source tree. In general, an " +"experienced committer may make changes which are obviously correct without " +"obtaining consensus. For example, a documentation project committer may " +"correct typographical or grammatical errors without review. On the other " +"hand, developers making far-reaching or complicated changes are expected to " +"submit their changes for review before committing them. In extreme cases, a " +"core team member with a function such as Principal Architect may order that " +"changes be removed from the tree, a process known as _backing out_. All " +"committers receive mail describing each individual commit, so it is not " +"possible to commit secretly." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:158 +msgid "" +"The _Core team_. FreeBSD and NetBSD each have a core team which manages the " +"project. The core teams developed in the course of the projects, and their " +"role is not always well-defined. It is not necessary to be a developer to be " +"a core team member, though it is normal. The rules for the core team vary " +"from one project to the other, but in general they have more say in the " +"direction of the project than non-core team members have." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:160 +msgid "This arrangement differs from Linux in a number of ways:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:162 +msgid "" +"No one person controls the content of the system. In practice, this " +"difference is overrated, since the Principal Architect can require that code " +"be backed out, and even in the Linux project several people are permitted to " +"make changes." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:163 +msgid "" +"On the other hand, there _is_ a central repository, a single place where you " +"can find the entire operating system sources, including all older versions." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:164 +msgid "" +"BSD projects maintain the entire \"Operating System\", not only the kernel. " +"This distinction is only marginally useful: neither BSD nor Linux is useful " +"without applications. The applications used under BSD are frequently the " +"same as the applications used under Linux." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:165 +msgid "" +"As a result of the formalized maintenance of a single Git source tree, BSD " +"development is clear, and it is possible to access any version of the system " +"by release number or by date. Git also allows incremental updates to the " +"system: for example, the FreeBSD repository is updated about 100 times a " +"day. Most of these changes are small." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title === +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:166 +#, no-wrap +msgid "BSD releases" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:171 +msgid "" +"FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD provide the system in three different " +"\"releases\". As with Linux, releases are assigned a number such as 1.4.1 " +"or 3.5. In addition, the version number has a suffix indicating its purpose:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:173 +msgid "" +"The development version of the system is called _CURRENT_. FreeBSD assigns a " +"number to CURRENT, for example FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT. NetBSD uses a slightly " +"different naming scheme and appends a single-letter suffix which indicates " +"changes in the internal interfaces, for example NetBSD 1.4.3G. OpenBSD does " +"not assign a number (\"OpenBSD-current\"). All new development on the system " +"goes into this branch." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:174 +msgid "" +"At regular intervals, between two and four times a year, the projects bring " +"out a _RELEASE_ version of the system, which is available on CD-ROM and for " +"free download from FTP sites, for example OpenBSD 2.6-RELEASE or NetBSD 1.4-" +"RELEASE. The RELEASE version is intended for end users and is the normal " +"version of the system. NetBSD also provides _patch releases_ with a third " +"digit, for example NetBSD 1.4.2." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:175 +msgid "" +"As bugs are found in a RELEASE version, they are fixed, and the fixes are " +"added to the Git tree. In FreeBSD, the resultant version is called the " +"_STABLE_ version, while in NetBSD and OpenBSD it continues to be called the " +"RELEASE version. Smaller new features can also be added to this branch after " +"a period of test in the CURRENT branch. Security and other important bug " +"fixes are also applied to all supported RELEASE versions." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:182 +msgid "" +"_By contrast, Linux maintains two separate code trees: the stable version " +"and the development version. Stable versions have an even minor version " +"number, such as 2.0, 2.2 or 2.4. Development versions have an odd minor " +"version number, such as 2.1, 2.3 or 2.5. In each case, the number is " +"followed by a further number designating the exact release. In addition, " +"each vendor adds their own userland programs and utilities, so the name of " +"the distribution is also important. Each distribution vendor also assigns " +"version numbers to the distribution, so a complete description might be " +"something like \"TurboLinux 6.0 with kernel 2.2.14\"_" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title === +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:183 +#, no-wrap +msgid "What versions of BSD are available?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:186 +msgid "" +"In contrast to the numerous Linux distributions, there are only four major " +"open source BSDs. Each BSD project maintains its own source tree and its own " +"kernel. In practice, though, there appear to be fewer divergences between " +"the userland code of the projects than there is in Linux." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:188 +msgid "" +"It is difficult to categorize the goals of each project: the differences are " +"very subjective. Basically," +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:190 +msgid "" +"FreeBSD aims for high performance and ease of use by end users, and is a " +"favourite of web content providers. It runs on a link:https://www.FreeBSD." +"org/platforms/[number of platforms] and has significantly more users than " +"the other projects." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:191 +msgid "" +"NetBSD aims for maximum portability: \"of course it runs NetBSD\". It runs " +"on machines from palmtops to large servers, and has even been used on NASA " +"space missions. It is a particularly good choice for running on old non-" +"Intel(R) hardware." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:192 +msgid "" +"OpenBSD aims for security and code purity: it uses a combination of the open " +"source concept and rigorous code reviews to create a system which is " +"demonstrably correct, making it the choice of security-conscious " +"organizations such as banks, stock exchanges and US Government departments. " +"Like NetBSD, it runs on a number of platforms." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:193 +msgid "" +"DragonFlyBSD aims for high performance and scalability under everything from " +"a single-node UP system to a massively clustered system. DragonFlyBSD has " +"several long-range technical goals, but focus lies on providing a SMP-" +"capable infrastructure that is easy to understand, maintain and develop for." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:195 +msgid "" +"There are also two additional BSD UNIX(R) operating systems which are not " +"open source, BSD/OS and Apple's Mac OS(R) X:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:197 +msgid "" +"BSD/OS was the oldest of the 4.4BSD derivatives. It was not open source, " +"though source code licenses were available at relatively low cost. It " +"resembled FreeBSD in many ways. Two years after the acquisition of BSDi by " +"Wind River Systems, BSD/OS failed to survive as an independent product. " +"Support and source code may still be available from Wind River, but all new " +"development is focused on the VxWorks embedded operating system." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:198 +msgid "" +"http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/[Mac OS(R) X] is the latest version of " +"the operating system for Apple(R)'s Mac(R) line. The BSD core of this " +"operating system, http://developer.apple.com/darwin/[Darwin], is available " +"as a fully functional open source operating system for x86 and PPC " +"computers. The Aqua/Quartz graphics system and many other proprietary " +"aspects of Mac OS(R) X remain closed-source, however. Several Darwin " +"developers are also FreeBSD committers, and vice-versa." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title === +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:199 +#, no-wrap +msgid "How does the BSD license differ from the GNU Public license?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:205 +msgid "" +"Linux is available under the http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html[GNU " +"General Public License] (GPL), which is designed to eliminate closed source " +"software. In particular, any derivative work of a product released under " +"the GPL must also be supplied with source code if requested. By contrast, " +"the http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.html[BSD license] is less " +"restrictive: binary-only distributions are allowed. This is particularly " +"attractive for embedded applications." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title === +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:206 +#, no-wrap +msgid "What else should I know?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:211 +msgid "" +"Since fewer applications are available for BSD than Linux, the BSD " +"developers created a Linux compatibility package, which allows Linux " +"programs to run under BSD. The package includes both kernel modifications, " +"to correctly perform Linux system calls, and Linux compatibility files such " +"as the C library. There is no noticeable difference in execution speed " +"between a Linux application running on a Linux machine and a Linux " +"application running on a BSD machine of the same speed." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:214 +msgid "" +"The \"all from one supplier\" nature of BSD means that upgrades are much " +"easier to handle than is frequently the case with Linux. BSD handles " +"library version upgrades by providing compatibility modules for earlier " +"library versions, so it is possible to run binaries which are several years " +"old with no problems." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title === +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:215 +#, no-wrap +msgid "Which should I use, BSD or Linux?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:218 +msgid "" +"What does this all mean in practice? Who should use BSD, who should use " +"Linux?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:221 +msgid "This is a very difficult question to answer. Here are some guidelines:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:223 +msgid "" +"\"If it ain't broke, don't fix it\": If you already use an open source " +"operating system, and you are happy with it, there is probably no good " +"reason to change." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:224 +msgid "" +"BSD systems, in particular FreeBSD, can have notably higher performance than " +"Linux. But this is not across the board. In many cases, there is little or " +"no difference in performance. In some cases, Linux may perform better than " +"FreeBSD." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:225 +msgid "" +"In general, BSD systems have a better reputation for reliability, mainly as " +"a result of the more mature code base." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:226 +msgid "" +"BSD projects have a better reputation for the quality and completeness of " +"their documentation. The various documentation projects aim to provide " +"actively updated documentation, in many languages, and covering all aspects " +"of the system." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:227 +msgid "The BSD license may be more attractive than the GPL." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:228 +msgid "" +"BSD can execute most Linux binaries, while Linux can not execute BSD " +"binaries. Many BSD implementations can also execute binaries from other " +"UNIX(R) like systems. As a result, BSD may present an easier migration route " +"from other systems than Linux would." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Title === +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:229 +#, no-wrap +msgid "Who provides support, service, and training for BSD?" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:232 +msgid "" +"http://www.ixsystems.com/[iXsystems, Inc.] provides support contracts for " +"FreeBSD." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Plain text +#: documentation/content/en/articles/explaining-bsd/_index.adoc:233 +msgid "" +"In addition, each of the projects has a list of consultants for hire: link:" +"https://www.FreeBSD.org/commercial/consult_bycat/[FreeBSD], http://www." +"netbsd.org/gallery/consultants.html[NetBSD], and http://www.openbsd.org/" +"support.html[OpenBSD]." +msgstr "" |