Mailing lists

Mailing list are the primary support channel for FreeBSD users, with numerous mailing list covering different topic areas. When in doubt about what list to post a question to, post to questions@freebsd.org.

You can search the mailing list archives at www.freebsd.org.

For speakers of German, there are some german language mailing lists available. See http://www.de.freebsd.org/de/ or send mail to majordomo@de.freebsd.org to join or find out more information about the lists.

For speakers of Portuguese, there are some portuguese language mailing lists available. See http://www.br.freebsd.org/list.html or send mail to listproc@br.freebsd.org to join or find out more information about the list.

For speakers of Japanese, there are some japanese language mailing lists available. See http://www.jp.freebsd.org/ or send mail to majordomo@jp.freebsd.org to join or find out more information about the lists.

Newsgroups

There are a few FreeBSD specific newsgroups, along with numerous other newsgroups on topics of interest to FreeBSD users, though the mailing lists remain the most reliable way to get in touch with the FreeBSD developers. For miscellaneous FreeBSD discussion, see comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. For important announcements, see comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce.

WEB Resources

Our WEB pages remain one of the best sources of information, and are also mirrored at many sites around the world. Most countries also now have subdomains set up under freebsd.org to make such local resources easier to find - when in doubt, try connecting to www.yourcountry.freebsd.org (e.g. www.de.freebsd.org for Germany or www.au.freebsd.org for Australia). The same is also true for FTP servers, by the way.

For information on recent FreeBSD progress and releases, see the Newsflash page.

GNATS Problem Report Database

Problem reports may also be submitted to the development team using the send-pr(1) command on a FreeBSD system or by sending an email message to bugs@freebsd.org. Please note that send-pr is preferred since messages sent to the mailing list are not tracked as official problem reports!

CVS Repository

CVS (the Concurrent Version System) is the tool we use for keeping our sources under control. Every change (with accompanying log message explaining its purpose) from FreeBSD 2.0 to the present is stored here, and can be easily viewed from here (click on the link). To obtain a complete copy of the FreeBSD CVS respository, please use either the sup or CTM tools or simply FTP it from here.

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