External Links

Official FreeBSD Sites

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

General FreeBSD

• [3] BSD.org
• [4] The BSD License
• [5] FreeBSD @ DistroWatch
• [6] BSD @ SlashDot
• [7] Great resource with BSD-specific articles, at O'Reilly Networks' website (ONLamp)
• [8] BSDNexus.com
• [9] BSDNexus Wallpapers
• [10] BSDFreaks.nl
• [11] BSD Pictures

3rd Party FreeBSD sites

• [12] FreshPorts - An up-to-date list of the status of every port in the ports collection, organised by category.
• [13] 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.
• [14] FreeBSD Hackers Net
• [15] FreeBSD @ UNIXGuide.net
• [16] FreeBSD @ OSdata.com
• [17] FreeBSD @ The Labs

Other BSD flavours

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

FreeBSD News

• [41] FreeBSD in the press - Contains many links to articles that have appeared which mention FreeBSD.
• [42] BSD news
• [43] BSDplanet
• [44] Slashdot BSD
• [45] Daemon News
• [46] BSDFreak.org
• [47] BSDnewsletter.com
• [48] BSDatwork.com
• [49] BSD Newsletter
• [50] OSNews.com

Forums (English)

• [51] BSD Forums - The most popular FreeBSD forum
• [52] BSD Nexus Forum
• [53] BSD Support Forum
• [54] BSD Vault Forum
• [55] FreeBSD Diary forum
• [56] BSDForen (German)

Encyclopaedia / Wiki

• [57] Encyclopedia: Berkeley Software Distribution - History of Unix at Berkeley.
• [58] - BSDWiki - dedicated to collecting information and resources for BSD operating systems.
• [59] FreeBSD Wiki - This wiki
• [60] BSD @ Wikipedia
• [61] 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

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

FreeBSD Usergroups

• [73] BSD User Groups
• [74] FreeBSD user groups

FreeBSD advocacy

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

Commercial Software for FreeBSD

• [89] TextMaker - A commercial word processing app for FreeBSD
• [90] Vexira Antivirus for FreeBSD Servers - Virus protection for Windows users.
• [91] Serenity Virtual Station - A commercial PC emulator for FreeBSD
• [92] TapeWare - Backup software by Yosemite Technologies
• [93] Plesk - Hosting control panel software for FreeBSD and other OSes

BSD Search

• [94] Google's BSD search
• [95] BSDSearch.com

FreeBSD Documentation

• [96] FreeBSD documentation provided and maintained by the FreeBSD Documentation Project
• [97] FreeBSD Handbook - FreeBSD support channels
• [98] Resources for newbies - Some useful resources for newbies
• [99] Nederlandstalig Handboek (Dutch)

FreeBSD Help sites

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

FreeBSD Tutorials / Guides

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

FreeBSD FAQ's

• [125] FreeBSD FAQ
• [126] FAQ FreeBSD @ unixguide.net
• [127] FreeBSD Mailing Lists
• [128] FreeBSD GNOME FAQ - Getting and keeping GNOME components and applications up-to-date.

FreeBSD Security

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

FreeBSD-related blogs and personal homepages

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

Miscelaneous

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