External Links

Revision as of 06:43, 17 May 2006

Official FreeBSD Sites

• [1] FreeBSD Project's homepage
• [2] FreeBSD Development Projects - Docs, advocacy, apps (such as Java DK)
• [3] CVS repository - CVS repository in a Web-browsable format
• [4] FreeBSD Support
• [5] The Official FreeBSD FAQ
• [6] The FreeBSD Handbook
• [7] FreeBSD Ports
• [8] FreeBSD Tutorials
• [9] The FreeBSD Foundation - Non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the FreeBSD Project

General FreeBSD

• [10] BSD.org
• [11] The BSD License
• [12] BSD Newsletter
• [13] FreeBSD @ DistroWatch
• [14] BSD @ SlashDot
• [15] Great resource with BSD-specific articles, at O'Reilly Networks' website (ONLamp)
• [16] BSDNexus.com
• [17] BSDNexus Wallpapers
• [18] BSDFreaks.nl
• [19] BSD Pictures

3rd Party FreeBSD sites

• [20] FreshPorts - An up-to-date list of the status of every port in the ports collection, organised by category.
• [21] The FreeBSD Diary - a page intended to allow people to post their day-to-day trials and tribulations with FreeBSD. Some good info there, but very scattershot in organization and indifferently moderated.
• [22] FreeBSD Hackers Net
• [23] FreeBSD @ UNIXGuide.net
• [24] FreeBSD @ OSdata.com
• [25] FreeBSD @ The Labs

Other BSD flavours

• [26] FreeBSD
• [27] OpenBSD
• [28] NetBSD
• [29] DragonFly BSD - A FreeBSD 4.x fork
• [30] PicoBSD - One floppy disk FreeBSD version. Great for routing, firewalls, etc.
• [31] ClosedBSD - A firewall and NAT utility. Boots off of a single floppy disk or CDROM. HD not required
• [32] FireFly BSD - A commercial DragonFly BSD-based OS
• [33] BSD/OS - BSDI Internet Server
• [34] Mac OS X - Most of the userland and some kernel parts are based on FreeBSD.
• [35] PC-BSD - A FreeBSD-based desktop OS
• [36] DesktopBSD - A FreeBSD-based desktop OS
• [37] GNUstep
• [38] m0n0wall - FreeBSD based Firewall
• [39] pfSense - m0n0wall based Firewall
• [40] MirOS
• [41] The FreeBSD LiveCD Project - ISO image and generation toolset
• [42] FreeSBIE -The most popular FreeBSD-based live CD OS
• [43] Frenzy ("portable system administrator toolkit")
• [44] LiveBSD - Another FreeBSD-based Live CD
• [45] TrustedBSD
• [46] FreeBSD for the Xbox
• [47] FreeBSD Hardening Project
• [48] FreeBSD Assembly Language Programming

FreeBSD News

• [49] FreeBSD in the press - Contains many links to articles that have appeared which mention FreeBSD.
• [50] BSD news
• [51] BSDplanet
• [52] Slashdot BSD
• [53] Daemon News
• [54] BSDFreak.org
• [55] BSDnewsletter.com
• [56] BSDatwork.com
• [57] OSNews.com

Forums (English)

• [58] BSD Forums - The most popular FreeBSD forum
• [59] BSD Nexus Forum
• [60] BSD Support Forum
• [61] BSD Vault Forum
• [62] FreeBSD Diary forum
• [63] BSDForen (German)

Encyclopaedia / Wiki

• [64] Encyclopedia: Berkeley Software Distribution - History of Unix at Berkeley.
• [65] - BSDWiki - dedicated to collecting information and resources for BSD operating systems.
• [66] FreeBSD Wiki - This wiki
• [67] BSD @ Wikipedia
• [68] Wikitest @ Freebsd.org - Seems to be a brand new FreeBSD developer wiki. They have a restrictive policy that you must be added by a developer to be allowed to edit it

FreeBSD Software

• [69] FreeBSD Ports - The FreeBSD ports and packages collection (10000+)
• [70] FreshPorts - The latest information on your favorite ports
• [71] The FreeBSD Ports Archive - A simple way to see the ports tree
• [72] BPM - A graphical (GTK-based) ports collection manager for FreeBSD
• [73] Barry - A Qt-based package manager for the FreeBSD operating system
• [74] GNOME on FreeBSD - The FreeBSD GNOME Website
• [75] KDE on FreeBSD - FreeBSD on KDE Website
• [76] GNOME packages - GNOME binary packages for FreeBSD
• [77] OpenOffice on FreeBSD - The OpenOffice on FreeBSD Website
• [78] BSD# - The BSD# Project is devoted to porting and maintaining the Mono .NET framework for FreeBSD. It's available in the FreeBSD ports
• [79] OpenPKG - Cross-platform RPM-based Unix software packaging available for FreeBSD

FreeBSD Usergroups

• [80] BSD User Groups
• [81] FreeBSD user groups

FreeBSD advocacy

• [82] *BSD myths - Describes and debunks some of the myths that surround the *BSD projects
• [83] FreeBSD Advocacy - 3 Reasons Why FreeBSD Is Better Than Your OS
• [84] BSD Advocacy Forum
• [85] About the FreeBSD Project - A Brief History of FreeBSD
• [86] Unsinkable FreeBSD rising by Nancy Cohen
• [87] Computerworld - Australian company develops FreeBSD-based radars
• [88] FreeBSD, Stealth-Growth Open Source Project By Sean Michael Kerner
• [89] Netcraft: Nearly 2.5 Million Active Sites running FreeBSD - A Netcraft report
• [90] BSD vs Linux - BSD for Linux users
• [91] UNIX vs LINUX by Artis Caune
• [92] The BSDs: Sophisticated, Powerful, and (Mostly) Free by Brett Glass
• [93] And what about BSD? By Brett Glass
• [94] Is FreeBSD a Superior Server Platform to Linux? By Nathan Boeger
• [95] FreeBSD vs Linux vs Windows - Is FreeBSD better than other OSes?

Commercial Software for FreeBSD

• [96] TextMaker - A commercial word processing app for FreeBSD
• [97] Vexira Antivirus for FreeBSD Servers - Virus protection for Windows users.
• [98] Serenity Virtual Station - A commercial PC emulator for FreeBSD
• [99] TapeWare - Backup software by Yosemite Technologies
• [100] Plesk - Hosting control panel software for FreeBSD and other OSes

BSD Search

• [101] Google's BSD search
• [102] BSDSearch.com

FreeBSD Documentation

• [103] FreeBSD documentation provided and maintained by the FreeBSD Documentation Project
• [104] FreeBSD Handbook - FreeBSD support channels
• [105] Resources for newbies - Some useful resources for newbies
• [106] Nederlandstalig Handboek (Dutch)

FreeBSD Help sites

• [107] FBSD-book - A comprehensive guide to FreeBSD
• [108] FreeBSD Open Documentation Library
• [109] FreeBSDhowtos.com - More FreeBSD HOWTOs
• [110] Defcon1.org - How-to articles and scripts
• [111] Chucktips - Another FreeBSD site for newbies (tips and how-to's)
• [112] The FreeBSD Diary - Collection of how-to guides for FreeBSD and forum
• [113] ezUnix.org - Unix and Unix-like How-to's
• [114] UnixCities - FreeBSD and Linux tutorials
• [115] The Clueless Computer User's Help Site - FreeBSD tutorials
• [116] Screaming Electron's How-To's
• [117] Essetee's How-To's (Dutch)
• [118] BSD Vault How-to's
• [119] O'Reilly Onlamp DevCentre How-to articles
• [120] The Labs: FreeBSD mini howtos - Topics: make world, ports & packages, tuning, adding swap space without repartition your hd, virtual domains, jails, etc.
• [121] FreeBSD cheat sheets

FreeBSD Tutorials / Guides

• [122] For People New to Both FreeBSD and Unix - This introduction is for people new to both FreeBSD and Unix--so it starts with basics.
• [123] BSD Guides - FreeBSD
• [124] Explaining BSD
• [125] Michael & Mary's PC-BSD tips -
• [126] Dru Lavigne's tutorials
• [127] Scottro's guides
• [128] FreeBSD mail archives
• [129] Unixguide's FreeBSD installguide
• [130] BSD Freak (Dutch)
• [131] OnLamp.com: FreeBSD basics - Dru Lavigne provides practical advice for completing common tasks under FreeBSD.

FreeBSD FAQ's

• [132] FreeBSD FAQ
• [133] FAQ FreeBSD @ unixguide.net
• [134] FreeBSD Mailing Lists
• [135] FreeBSD GNOME FAQ - Getting and keeping GNOME components and applications up-to-date.

FreeBSD Security

• [136] FreeBSD security advisories and related topics
• [137] FreeBSD VuXML - Documenting security issues in FreeBSD and the FreeBSD Ports Collection
• [138] BSD Updates - Free binary security updates for all the latest BSD operating systems

FreeBSD-related blogs and personal homepages

• [139] BSD Planet - Syndicates feeds from all major BSD sites and some BSD-related blogs
• [140] TaoSecurity - Topics: network security, FreeBSD, book reviews and more
• [141] Notes/FreeBSD - Configuring a FreeBSD server
• [142] MostlyGeek - Topics: FreeBSD, Security, Sys Admin, etc.
• [143] EnergyHQ - Miguel's weblog: *BSD, cats and more
• [144] Deamon dancing in the Dark - Wherein one man comments upon his journey to FreeBSD nirvana
• [145] Martin Cracauer's FreeBSD Page
• [146] BSDPodcast</font>

Miscelaneous

• [147] Free Software Magazine
• [148] Meaning of different device letters
• [149] Project Kamel (Stripped-down KDE project)
• [150] BSD-Systems.co.uk - Worldwide delivery of BSD-based and Linux-based operating systems
• [151] FreeBSD mirror sites - A database of FreeBSD mirrors
• [152] How to install Linux Oracle on FreeBSD
• [153] How to run Oracle for Linux on FreeBSD
• [154] Running Oracle Application Server for Linux on FreeBSD
• [155] FreeBSD Mall - Support the FreeBSD Project; buy FreeBSD CDs/DVD, bundles, t-shirts, stickers, ...
• [156] BSD Mall - Another Website where you can buy FreeBSD stuff.