External Links
From FreeBSDwiki
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
Encyclopaedia / Wiki
- [41] Encyclopedia: Berkeley Software Distribution - History of Unix at Berkeley.
- [42] BSDWiki - dedicated to collecting information and resources for BSD operating systems.
- [43] BSD @ Wikipedia
- [44] 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
- [45] FreeBSD Ports - The FreeBSD ports and packages collection (10000+)
- [46] FreshPorts - An up-to-date list of the status of every port in the ports collection
- [47] The FreeBSD Ports Archive - A simple way to see the ports tree
- [48] BPM - A graphical (GTK-based) ports collection manager for FreeBSD
- [49] Barry - A Qt-based package manager for the FreeBSD operating system
- [50] GNOME on FreeBSD - The FreeBSD GNOME Website
- [51] KDE on FreeBSD - FreeBSD on KDE Website
- [52] GNOME packages - GNOME binary packages for FreeBSD
- [53] OpenOffice on FreeBSD - The OpenOffice on FreeBSD Website
- [54] BSD# - The BSD# Project is devoted to porting and maintaining the Mono .NET framework for FreeBSD. It's available in the FreeBSD ports
- [55] OpenPKG - Cross-platform RPM-based Unix software packaging available for FreeBSD
FreeBSD advocacy
- [56] *BSD myths - Describes and debunks some of the myths that surround the *BSD projects
- [57] FreeBSD Advocacy - 3 Reasons Why FreeBSD Is Better Than Your OS
- [58] BSD Advocacy Forum
- [59] About the FreeBSD Project - A Brief History of FreeBSD
- [60] Unsinkable FreeBSD rising by Nancy Cohen
- [61] Computerworld - Australian company develops FreeBSD-based radars
- [62] FreeBSD, Stealth-Growth Open Source Project By Sean Michael Kerner
- [63] Netcraft: Nearly 2.5 Million Active Sites running FreeBSD - A Netcraft report
- [64] BSD vs Linux - BSD for Linux users
- [65] UNIX vs LINUX by Artis Caune
- [66] The BSDs: Sophisticated, Powerful, and (Mostly) Free by Brett Glass
- [67] And what about BSD? By Brett Glass
- [68] Is FreeBSD a Superior Server Platform to Linux? By Nathan Boeger
- [69] FreeBSD vs Linux vs Windows - Is FreeBSD better than other OSes?
Commercial Software for FreeBSD
- [70] TextMaker - A commercial word processing app for FreeBSD
- [71] Vexira Antivirus for FreeBSD Servers - Virus protection for Windows users.
- [72] Serenity Virtual Station - A commercial PC emulator for FreeBSD
- [73] TapeWare - Backup software by Yosemite Technologies
- [74] Plesk - Hosting control panel software for FreeBSD and other OSes
BSD Search
FreeBSD Documentation
- [77] FreeBSD documentation provided and maintained by the FreeBSD Documentation Project
- [78] FreeBSD Handbook - FreeBSD support channels
- [79] Resources for newbies - Some useful resources for newbies
- [80] Nederlandstalig Handboek (Dutch)
FreeBSD Tutorials / Guides / Howto's
- [81] FBSD-book - A comprehensive guide to FreeBSD
- [82] FreeBSD Open Documentation Library
- [83] FreeBSDhowtos.com - More FreeBSD HOWTOs
- [84] Defcon1.org - How-to articles and scripts
- [85] Chucktips - Another FreeBSD site for newbies (tips and how-to's)
- [86] The FreeBSD Diary - Collection of how-to guides for FreeBSD and forum
- [87] ezUnix.org - Unix and Unix-like How-to's
- [88] UnixCities - FreeBSD and Linux tutorials
- [89] The Clueless Computer User's Help Site - FreeBSD tutorials
- [90] Screaming Electron's How-To's
- [91] BSD Vault How-to's
- [92] The Labs: FreeBSD mini howtos - Topics: make world, ports & packages, tuning, adding swap space without repartition your hd, virtual domains, jails, etc.
- [93] FreeBSD cheat sheets
- [94] For People New to Both FreeBSD and Unix - This introduction is for people new to both FreeBSD and Unix--so it starts with basics.
- [95] BSD Guides - FreeBSD
- [96] Explaining BSD
- [97] Michael & Mary's PC-BSD tips
- [98] FreeBSD how-to's at O'Reilly Networks' website (ONLamp)
- [99] Scottro's guides
- [100] FreeBSD mail archives
- [101] Unixguide's FreeBSD 6.0 install guide
- [102] BSD Freak (Dutch)
- [103] Essetee's How-To's (Dutch)
FreeBSD FAQ's
- [104] FreeBSD FAQ
- [105] FreeBSD Mailing Lists
- [106] FreeBSD GNOME FAQ - Getting and keeping GNOME components and applications up-to-date.
FreeBSD Security
- [107] FreeBSD security advisories and related topics
- [108] FreeBSD VuXML - Documenting security issues in FreeBSD and the FreeBSD Ports Collection
- [109] BSD Updates - Free binary security updates for all the latest BSD operating systems
- [110] BSD Planet - Syndicates feeds from all major BSD sites and some BSD-related blogs
- [111] TaoSecurity - Topics: network security, FreeBSD, book reviews and more
- [112] Notes/FreeBSD - Configuring a FreeBSD server
- [113] MostlyGeek - Topics: FreeBSD, Security, Sys Admin, etc.
- [114] EnergyHQ - Miguel's weblog: *BSD, cats and more
- [115] Deamon dancing in the Dark - Wherein one man comments upon his journey to FreeBSD nirvana
- [116] FreeBSD @ OSdata.com
- [117] FreeBSD @ The Labs
- [118] Martin Cracauer's FreeBSD Page
- [119] BSD Podcast
Miscellaneous
- [120] Free Software Magazine
- [121] The BSD License
- [122] Meaning of different device letters
- [123] Project Kamel (Stripped-down KDE project)
- [124] BSD-Systems.co.uk - Worldwide delivery of BSD-based and Linux-based operating systems
- [125] FreeBSD mirror sites - A database of FreeBSD mirrors
- [126] How to install Linux Oracle on FreeBSD
- [127] How to run Oracle for Linux on FreeBSD
- [128] Running Oracle Application Server for Linux on FreeBSD
- [129] FreeBSD Hackers Net
- [130] FreeBSD Mall - Support the FreeBSD Project; buy FreeBSD CDs/DVD, bundles, t-shirts, stickers, ...
- [131] BSD Mall - Another Website where you can buy FreeBSD stuff.
- [132] BSDNexus Wallpapers
- [133] BSD Pictures