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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 739d6adc18..0000000000 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1454 +0,0 @@ -<!-- - The FreeBSD Documentation Project - - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml,v 1.44 2000/06/08 01:56:07 jim Exp $ ---> - -<appendix 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 <quote>technical support department</quote> 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-arch</entry> - <entry>Architecture and design discussions</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-policy</entry> - <entry>FreeBSD Core team policy decisions. Low volume, and - read-only</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-database</entry> - <entry>Discussing database use and development under - FreeBSD</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-doc</entry> - <entry>Creating FreeBSD related documents</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-i18n</entry> - <entry>FreeBSD Internationalization</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-ipfw</entry> - <entry>Technical discussion concerning the redesign of the IP - firewall code</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-ppc</entry> - <entry>Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC</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-security-notifications</entry> - <entry>Security notifications</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 are for - more specialized (and demanding) audiences and are probably not of - interest to the general public. It is also a good idea to establish a - presence in the technical lists before joining one of these limited - lists so that you'll understand the communications etiquette involved.</para> - - <informaltable frame="none"> - <tgroup cols="2"> - <thead> - <row> - <entry>List</entry> - <entry>Purpose</entry> - </row> - </thead> - - <tbody> - <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-user-groups</entry> - <entry>User group coordination</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>freebsd-www</entry> - <entry>Maintainers of <ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org">www.freebsd.org</ulink></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 - <<replaceable>listname</replaceable>@FreeBSD.org>. 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 important announcements 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-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 - &man.send-pr.1; - 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 <quote>current</quote> - 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 documentation for FreeBSD. - The members of this mailing list are collectively referred to as - <quote>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</quote>. 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-IPFW</term> - - <listitem> - <para>IP Firewall</para> - - <para>This is the forum for technical discussions concerning the - redesign of the IP firewall code in FreeBSD. 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-HUBS</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Mirror sites</emphasis></para> - - <para>Announcements and discussion for people who run FreeBSD - mirror sites.</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.</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-POLICY</term> - - <listitem> - <para>Core team policy decisions</para> - - <para>This is a low volume, read-only mailing list for FreeBSD - Core Team Policy decisions.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>FREEBSD-PORTS</term> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Discussion of - <quote>ports</quote></emphasis></para> - - <para>Discussions concerning FreeBSD's <quote>ports - collection</quote> (<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 <quote>how to</quote> 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> - 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 unusually 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 <quote>stable</quote> - 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.</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.edu.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.edu.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/">http://www.au.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Australia/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www2.au.FreeBSD.org/">http://www2.au.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Australia/2.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www3.au.FreeBSD.org/">http://www3.au.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Australia/3.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://freebsd.itworks.com.au/">http://freebsd.itworks.com.au/</ulink> — Australia/4.</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://www2.br.FreeBSD.org/www.freebsd.org/">http://www2.br.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://www2.ca.FreeBSD.org/">http://www2.ca.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Canada/2.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www3.ca.FreeBSD.org/">http://www3.ca.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Canada/3.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www.cn.FreeBSD.org/">http://www.cn.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — China.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www.cz.FreeBSD.org/">http://www.cz.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Czech Republic/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www2.cz.FreeBSD.org/">http://www2.cz.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Czech Republic/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://www2.de.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Germany/3.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www.gr.FreeBSD.org/">http://www.gr.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Greece.</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/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www2.kr.FreeBSD.org/">http://www2.kr.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Korea/2.</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/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www2.nl.FreeBSD.org/">http://www2.nl.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Netherlands/2.</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.nz.FreeBSD.org/">http://www.nz.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — New Zealand.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www.pl.FreeBSD.org/">http://www.pl.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Poland/1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www2.pl.FreeBSD.org/">http://www2.pl.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Poland/2.</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://www4.ru.FreeBSD.org/">http://www4.ru.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Russia/4.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://freebsd.s1web.com/">http://freebsd.s1web.com/</ulink> — Singapore.</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/">http://www.se.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Sweden.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www.ch.FreeBSD.org/">http://www.ch.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Switzerland.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www.tw.FreeBSD.org/www.freebsd.org/data/">http://www.tw.FreeBSD.org/www.freebsd.org/data/</ulink> — Taiwan.</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/www.freebsd.org/">http://www.ua.FreeBSD.org/www.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://www4.ua.FreeBSD.org/">http://www4.ua.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — Ukraine/Crimea.</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://www6.FreeBSD.org/">http://www6.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — USA/Oregon.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink - url="http://www2.FreeBSD.org/">http://www2.FreeBSD.org/</ulink> — USA/Texas.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="eresources-email"> - <title>Email Addresses</title> - - <para>The following user groups provide FreeBSD related email addresses - for their members. The listed administrator reserves the right to - revoke the address if it is abused in any way.</para> - - <informaltable> - <tgroup cols="3"> - <thead> - <row> - <entry>Domain</entry> - <entry>Facilities</entry> - <entry>User Group</entry> - <entry>Administrator</entry> - </row> - </thead> - - <tbody> - <row> - <entry>ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org</entry> - <entry>Forwarding only</entry> - <entry><email>freebsd-users@uk.FreeBSD.org</email></entry> - <entry>Lee Johnston - <email>lee@uk.FreeBSD.org</email></entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </informaltable> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="eresources-shell"> - <title>Shell Accounts</title> - - <para>The following user groups provide shell accounts for people who are - actively supporting the FreeBSD project. The listed administrator - reserves the right to cancel the account if it is abused in any - way.</para> - - <informaltable> - <tgroup cols="4"> - <thead> - <row> - <entry>Host</entry> - <entry>Access</entry> - <entry>Facilities</entry> - <entry>Administrator</entry> - </row> - </thead> - - <tbody> - <row> - <entry>storm.uk.FreeBSD.org</entry> - <entry>SSH only</entry> - <entry>Read-only cvs, personal web space, email</entry> - <entry>&a.brian</entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org</entry> - <entry>Telnet/FTP/SSH</entry> - <entry>E-Mail, Web space, Anonymous FTP</entry> - <entry>Lee Johnston - <email>lee@uk.FreeBSD.org</email></entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </informaltable> - </sect1> -</appendix> - -<!-- - Local Variables: - mode: sgml - sgml-declaration: "../appendix.decl" - sgml-indent-data: t - sgml-omittag: nil - sgml-always-quote-attributes: t - sgml-parent-document: ("../book.sgml" "part" "appendix") - End: ---> - |