External Links

Official FreeBSD Sites

• [1] FreeBSD Project's homepage
• [2] The FreeBSD Foundation - Non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the FreeBSD Project

Other BSD systems

• [3] OpenBSD - Project concentrating and focusing on security. "Secure by default"
• [4] NetBSD - Project concentrating on portability. "Of course it runs NetBSD"
• [5] DragonFly BSD - A FreeBSD 4.x fork
• [6] PicoBSD - One floppy disk FreeBSD version. Great for routing, firewalls, etc.
• [7] ClosedBSD - A firewall and NAT utility. Boots off of a single floppy disk or CDROM. HD not required
• [8] FireFly BSD - A commercial DragonFly BSD-based OS
• [9] BSD/OS - BSDI Internet Server
• [10] Mac OS X - Most of the userland and some kernel parts are based on FreeBSD.
• [11] PC-BSD - A FreeBSD-based desktop OS
• [12] DesktopBSD - A FreeBSD-based desktop OS
• [13] m0n0wall - FreeBSD based Firewall
• [14] pfSense - m0n0wall based Firewall
• [15] MirOS - Secure operating system derived from OpenBSD
• [16] The FreeBSD LiveCD Project - ISO image and generation toolset
• [17] FreeSBIE -The most popular FreeBSD-based live CD OS
• [18] Frenzy ("portable system administrator toolkit")
• [19] LiveBSD - Another FreeBSD-based Live CD
• [20] FreeBSD for the Xbox
• [21] TrustedBSD (formerly the FreeBSD Hardening Project), a Trusted operating system
• [22] FreeBSD Assembly Language Programming

FreeBSD News

• [23] FreeBSD in the press
• [24] BSD news
• [25] BSDplanet
• [26] Slashdot BSD
• [27] Daemon News
• [28] BSDFreak.org
• [29] BSDnewsletter.com
• [30] BSDatwork.com
• [31] BSD Newsletter
• [32] OSNews.com

Forums / Usergroups

• [33] BSD Forums (Most Popular BSD forum)
• [34] BSD Nexus Forum
• [35] Daemonnews Forum
• [36] BSD Vault Forum
• [37] FreeBSD Diary forum
• [38] BSDForen (German)
• [39] BSD User Groups
• [40] FreeBSD user groups
• [41] BSD Forum (Romanian)

Encyclopaedia / Wiki

• [42] Encyclopedia: Berkeley Software Distribution - History of Unix at Berkeley.
• [43] BSDWiki - dedicated to collecting information and resources for BSD operating systems.
• [44] BSD @ Wikipedia
• [45] 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

• [46] FreeBSD Ports - The FreeBSD ports and packages collection (10000+)
• [47] FreshPorts - An up-to-date list of the status of every port in the ports collection
• [48] The FreeBSD Ports Archive - A simple way to see the ports tree
• [49] BPM - A graphical (GTK-based) ports collection manager for FreeBSD
• [50] Barry - A Qt-based package manager for the FreeBSD operating system
• [51] GNOME on FreeBSD - The FreeBSD GNOME Website
• [52] KDE on FreeBSD - FreeBSD on KDE Website
• [53] GNOME packages - GNOME binary packages for FreeBSD
• [54] OpenOffice on FreeBSD - The OpenOffice on FreeBSD Website
• [55] BSD# - The BSD# Project is devoted to porting and maintaining the Mono .NET framework for FreeBSD. It's available in the FreeBSD ports
• [56] OpenPKG - Cross-platform RPM-based Unix software packaging available for FreeBSD

FreeBSD advocacy

• [57] *BSD myths - Describes and debunks some of the myths that surround the *BSD projects
• [58] FreeBSD Advocacy - 3 Reasons Why FreeBSD Is Better Than Your OS
• [59] BSD Advocacy Forum
• [60] About the FreeBSD Project - A Brief History of FreeBSD
• [61] Unsinkable FreeBSD rising by Nancy Cohen
• [62] Computerworld - Australian company develops FreeBSD-based radars
• [63] FreeBSD, Stealth-Growth Open Source Project By Sean Michael Kerner
• [64] Netcraft: Nearly 2.5 Million Active Sites running FreeBSD - A Netcraft report
• [65] BSD vs Linux - BSD for Linux users
• [66] UNIX vs LINUX by Artis Caune
• [67] The BSDs: Sophisticated, Powerful, and (Mostly) Free by Brett Glass
• [68] And what about BSD? By Brett Glass
• [69] Is FreeBSD a Superior Server Platform to Linux? By Nathan Boeger
• [70] FreeBSD vs Linux vs Windows - Is FreeBSD better than other OSes?

Commercial Software for FreeBSD

• [71] TextMaker - A commercial word processing app for FreeBSD
• [72] Vexira Antivirus for FreeBSD Servers - Virus protection for Windows users.
• [73] Serenity Virtual Station - A commercial PC emulator for FreeBSD
• [74] TapeWare - Backup software by Yosemite Technologies
• [75] Plesk - Hosting control panel software for FreeBSD and other OSes

BSD Search

• [76] Google's BSD search
• [77] BSDSearch.com

FreeBSD Documentation

• [78] FreeBSD documentation provided and maintained by the FreeBSD Documentation Project
• [79] FreeBSD Handbook - FreeBSD support channels
• [80] Resources for newbies - Some useful resources for newbies
• [81] Nederlandstalig Handboek (Dutch)

FreeBSD Tutorials / Guides / Howto's

• [82] FBSD-book - A comprehensive guide to FreeBSD
• [83] FreeBSD Open Documentation Library
• [84] FreeBSDhowtos.com - More FreeBSD HOWTOs
• [85] Defcon1.org - How-to articles and scripts
• [86] Chucktips - Another FreeBSD site for newbies (tips and how-to's)
• [87] The FreeBSD Diary - Collection of how-to guides for FreeBSD and forum
• [88] ezUnix.org - Unix and Unix-like How-to's
• [89] UnixCities - FreeBSD and Linux tutorials
• [90] The Clueless Computer User's Help Site - FreeBSD tutorials
• [91] Screaming Electron's How-To's
• [92] BSD Vault How-to's
• [93] The Labs: FreeBSD mini howtos - Topics: make world, ports & packages, tuning, adding swap space without repartition your hd, virtual domains, jails, etc.
• [94] FreeBSD cheat sheets
• [95] For People New to Both FreeBSD and Unix - This introduction is for people new to both FreeBSD and Unix--so it starts with basics.
• [96] BSD Guides - FreeBSD
• [97] Explaining BSD
• [98] Michael & Mary's PC-BSD tips
• [99] FreeBSD how-to's at O'Reilly Networks' website (ONLamp)
• [100] Scottro's guides
• [101] FreeBSD mail archives
• [102] Unixguide's FreeBSD 6.0 install guide
• [103] BSD Freak (Dutch)
• [104] Essetee's How-To's (Dutch)
• [105] Gerk Nation's FreeBSD Experimentation

FreeBSD FAQ's

• [106] FreeBSD FAQ
• [107] FreeBSD Mailing Lists
• [108] FreeBSD GNOME FAQ - Getting and keeping GNOME components and applications up-to-date.

FreeBSD Security

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

FreeBSD-related blogs and personal homepages

• [112] BSD Planet - Syndicates feeds from all major BSD sites and some BSD-related blogs
• [113] TaoSecurity - Topics: network security, FreeBSD, book reviews and more
• [114] Notes/FreeBSD - Configuring a FreeBSD server
• [115] MostlyGeek - Topics: FreeBSD, Security, Sys Admin, etc.
• [116] EnergyHQ - Miguel's weblog: *BSD, cats and more
• [117] Deamon dancing in the Dark - Wherein one man comments upon his journey to FreeBSD nirvana
• [118] FreeBSD @ OSdata.com
• [119] FreeBSD @ The Labs
• [120] Martin Cracauer's FreeBSD Page
• [121] BSD Podcast

Miscellaneous

• [122] Free Software Magazine
• [123] The BSD License
• [124] Meaning of different device letters
• [125] Project Kamel (Stripped-down KDE project)
• [126] BSD-Systems.co.uk - Worldwide delivery of BSD-based and Linux-based operating systems
• [127] FreeBSD mirror sites - A database of FreeBSD mirrors
• [128] How to install Linux Oracle on FreeBSD
• [129] How to run Oracle for Linux on FreeBSD
• [130] Running Oracle Application Server for Linux on FreeBSD
• [131] FreeBSD Hackers Net
• [132] FreeBSD Mall - Support the FreeBSD Project; buy FreeBSD CDs/DVD, bundles, t-shirts, stickers, ...
• [133] BSD Mall - Another Website where you can buy FreeBSD stuff.
• [134] BSDNexus Wallpapers
• [135] BSD Pictures