2.1. | What good books are there about FreeBSD? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The project produces a wide range of documentation, available online from this link: http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html. In addition, the Bibliography at the end of this FAQ, and the one in the Handbook reference other recommended books. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.2. | Is the documentation available in other formats, such as plain text (ASCII), or PostScript®? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yes. The documentation is available in a number of different formats and compression schemes on the FreeBSD FTP site, in the /pub/FreeBSD/doc/ directory. The documentation is categorized in a number of different ways. These include:
After choosing the format and compression mechanism that you want to download, you will have to download the compressed files yourself, uncompress them, and then copy the appropriate documents into place. For example, the split HTML version of the FAQ,
compressed using bzip2(1), can be found in
# fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html-split.tar.bz2
# tar xvf book.html-split.tar.bz2 If the file is compressed,
tar will automatically
detect the appropriate format and decompress it correctly.
You will be left with a collection of
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2.3. | Where do I find info on the FreeBSD mailing lists? What FreeBSD news groups are available? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
You can find full information in the Handbook entry on mailing-lists and the Handbook entry on newsgroups. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.4. | Are there FreeBSD IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channels? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yes, most major IRC networks host a FreeBSD chat channel:
The FreeBSD wiki has a good list of IRC channels. Each of these channels are distinct and are not connected to each other. Their chat styles also differ, so you may need to try each to find one suited to your chat style. As with all types of IRC traffic, if you are easily offended or cannot deal with lots of young people (and more than a few older ones) doing the verbal equivalent of jello wrestling, do not even bother with it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.5. | Are there any web based forums to discuss FreeBSD? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The official FreeBSD forums are located at http://forums.FreeBSD.org/. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.6. | Where can I get commercial FreeBSD training and support? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iXsystems, Inc., parent company of the FreeBSD Mall, provides commercial FreeBSD and PC-BSD software support, in addition to FreeBSD development and tuning solutions. BSD Certification Group, Inc. provides system administration certifications for DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD. If you are interested in them, visit their site. Any other organizations providing training and support should contact the Project to be listed here. |
This, and other documents, can be downloaded from http://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/
For questions about FreeBSD, read the
documentation before
contacting <questions@FreeBSD.org>.
For questions about this documentation, e-mail <doc@FreeBSD.org>.