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| 1<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V4.1-Based Extension//EN" [ 2<!ENTITY % man PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook Manual Page Entities//EN"> 3%man; 4<!ENTITY % authors PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook Author Entities//EN"> 5%authors; 6<!ENTITY % mlists PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook Mailing List Entities//EN"> 7%mlists; 8<!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN"> 9%release; 10<!ENTITY % misc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook Miscellaneous FreeBSD Entities//EN"> 11%misc; 12]> 13 14<article> 15 <articleinfo> 16 <title>&os; &release.current; README</title> 17 18 <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor> 19 | 1<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V4.1-Based Extension//EN" [ 2<!ENTITY % man PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook Manual Page Entities//EN"> 3%man; 4<!ENTITY % authors PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook Author Entities//EN"> 5%authors; 6<!ENTITY % mlists PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook Mailing List Entities//EN"> 7%mlists; 8<!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN"> 9%release; 10<!ENTITY % misc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook Miscellaneous FreeBSD Entities//EN"> 11%misc; 12]> 13 14<article> 15 <articleinfo> 16 <title>&os; &release.current; README</title> 17 18 <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor> 19 |
| 20 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml 114236 2003-04-29 18:27:38Z hrs $</pubdate> | 20 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml 114787 2003-05-06 20:01:07Z bmah $</pubdate> |
| 21 22 <copyright> 23 <year>2000</year> 24 <year>2001</year> 25 <year>2002</year> 26 <year>2003</year> 27 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The FreeBSD Documentation Project</holder> 28 </copyright> --- 13 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 42 <para>This distribution is a &release.type; of &os; &release.current;, the 43 latest point along the &release.branch; branch.</para> 44 45 <sect2> 46 <title>About &os;</title> 47 48 <para>&os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for 49 Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC | 21 22 <copyright> 23 <year>2000</year> 24 <year>2001</year> 25 <year>2002</year> 26 <year>2003</year> 27 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The FreeBSD Documentation Project</holder> 28 </copyright> --- 13 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 42 <para>This distribution is a &release.type; of &os; &release.current;, the 43 latest point along the &release.branch; branch.</para> 44 45 <sect2> 46 <title>About &os;</title> 47 48 <para>&os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for 49 Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC |
| 50 hardware, Compaq (formerly DEC) Alpha computers, and UltraSPARC machines. Versions 51 for the IA64 and PowerPC architectures are currently under | 50 hardware (i386), NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles 51 (pc98), DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha computers (alpha), 52 and UltraSPARC machines (sparc64). Versions 53 for the IA64 (ia64), PowerPC (powerpc), and AMD 54 <quote>Hammer</quote> (amd64) architectures are currently under |
| 52 development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of 53 peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything 54 from software development to games to Internet Service 55 Provision.</para> 56 57 <para>This release of &os; contains everything you need to run 58 such a system, including full source code for the kernel and 59 all utilities in the base distribution. With the source 60 distribution installed, you can literally recompile the entire 61 system from scratch with one command, making it ideal for 62 students, researchers, or users who simply want to see how it 63 all works.</para> 64 65 <para>A large collection of third-party ported software (the 66 <quote>Ports Collection</quote>) is also provided to make it | 55 development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of 56 peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything 57 from software development to games to Internet Service 58 Provision.</para> 59 60 <para>This release of &os; contains everything you need to run 61 such a system, including full source code for the kernel and 62 all utilities in the base distribution. With the source 63 distribution installed, you can literally recompile the entire 64 system from scratch with one command, making it ideal for 65 students, researchers, or users who simply want to see how it 66 all works.</para> 67 68 <para>A large collection of third-party ported software (the 69 <quote>Ports Collection</quote>) is also provided to make it |
| 67 easy to obtain and install all your favorite traditional UNIX | 70 easy to obtain and install all your favorite traditional &unix; |
| 68 utilities for &os;. Each <quote>port</quote> consists of a 69 set of scripts to retrieve, configure, build, and install a 70 piece of software, with a single command. Over &os.numports; 71 ports, from editors to programming languages to graphical 72 applications, make &os; a powerful and comprehensive operating 73 environment that extends far beyond what's provided by many | 71 utilities for &os;. Each <quote>port</quote> consists of a 72 set of scripts to retrieve, configure, build, and install a 73 piece of software, with a single command. Over &os.numports; 74 ports, from editors to programming languages to graphical 75 applications, make &os; a powerful and comprehensive operating 76 environment that extends far beyond what's provided by many |
| 74 commercial versions of UNIX. Most ports are also available as | 77 commercial versions of &unix;. Most ports are also available as |
| 75 pre-compiled <quote>packages</quote>, which can be quickly 76 installed from the installation program.</para> 77 </sect2> 78 79 <sect2> 80 <title>Target Audience</title> 81 82<![ %release.type.snapshot; [ --- 110 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 193 194 <para>Please note that these mailing lists can experience 195 <emphasis>significant</emphasis> amounts of traffic. If you 196 have slow or expensive mail access, or are only interested in 197 keeping up with major &os; events, you may find it 198 preferable to subscribe instead to the &a.announce;.</para> 199 200 <para>All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone | 78 pre-compiled <quote>packages</quote>, which can be quickly 79 installed from the installation program.</para> 80 </sect2> 81 82 <sect2> 83 <title>Target Audience</title> 84 85<![ %release.type.snapshot; [ --- 110 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 196 197 <para>Please note that these mailing lists can experience 198 <emphasis>significant</emphasis> amounts of traffic. If you 199 have slow or expensive mail access, or are only interested in 200 keeping up with major &os; events, you may find it 201 preferable to subscribe instead to the &a.announce;.</para> 202 203 <para>All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone |
| 201 wishing to do so. Visit | 204 wishing to do so. Visit the <ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo"> |
| 202 FreeBSD Mailman Info Page</ulink>. This will give you more 203 information on joining the various lists, accessing archives, 204 etc. There are a number of mailing lists targeted at special 205 interest groups not mentioned here; more information can be | 205 FreeBSD Mailman Info Page</ulink>. This will give you more 206 information on joining the various lists, accessing archives, 207 etc. There are a number of mailing lists targeted at special 208 interest groups not mentioned here; more information can be |
| 206 obtained either through majordomo or the <ulink | 209 obtained either from the Mailman pages or the <ulink |
| 207 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/support.html#mailing-list">mailing 208 lists section</ulink> of the &os; Web site.</para> 209 210 <important> 211 <para>Do <emphasis>not</emphasis> send email to the lists | 210 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/support.html#mailing-list">mailing 211 lists section</ulink> of the &os; Web site.</para> 212 213 <important> 214 <para>Do <emphasis>not</emphasis> send email to the lists |
| 212 asking to be subscribed. Use the &a.majordomo; address | 215 asking to be subscribed. Use the Mailman interface |
| 213 instead.</para> 214 </important> 215 </sect2> 216 217 <sect2> 218 <title>Submitting Problem Reports</title> 219 220 <para>Suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are 221 always valued—please do not hesitate to report any 222 problems you may find. Bug reports with attached fixes are of 223 course even more welcome.</para> 224 225 <para>The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine 226 with Internet mail connectivity is to use the &man.send-pr.1; | 216 instead.</para> 217 </important> 218 </sect2> 219 220 <sect2> 221 <title>Submitting Problem Reports</title> 222 223 <para>Suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are 224 always valued—please do not hesitate to report any 225 problems you may find. Bug reports with attached fixes are of 226 course even more welcome.</para> 227 228 <para>The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine 229 with Internet mail connectivity is to use the &man.send-pr.1; |
| 227 command or use the Web form at <ulink 228 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html</ulink>. | 230 command. |
| 229 <quote>Problem Reports</quote> (PRs) submitted in this way 230 will be filed and their progress tracked; the &os; developers 231 will do their best to respond to all reported bugs as soon as 232 possible. <ulink 233 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi">A list 234 of all active PRs</ulink> is available on the &os; Web site; 235 this list is useful to see what potential problems other users 236 have encountered.</para> --- 36 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 273 <para><filename>README.TXT</filename>: This file, which 274 gives some general information about &os; as well as 275 some cursory notes about obtaining a 276 distribution.</para> 277 </listitem> 278 279 <listitem> 280 <para><filename>EARLY.TXT</filename>: A guide for early | 231 <quote>Problem Reports</quote> (PRs) submitted in this way 232 will be filed and their progress tracked; the &os; developers 233 will do their best to respond to all reported bugs as soon as 234 possible. <ulink 235 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi">A list 236 of all active PRs</ulink> is available on the &os; Web site; 237 this list is useful to see what potential problems other users 238 have encountered.</para> --- 36 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 275 <para><filename>README.TXT</filename>: This file, which 276 gives some general information about &os; as well as 277 some cursory notes about obtaining a 278 distribution.</para> 279 </listitem> 280 281 <listitem> 282 <para><filename>EARLY.TXT</filename>: A guide for early |
| 281 adopters of &os; 5.0-RELEASE. Highly recommended | 283 adopters of &os; &release.current;. Highly recommended |
| 282 reading for users new to &os; &release.branch; and/or the 283 5.<replaceable>X</replaceable> series of releases.</para> 284 </listitem> 285 286 <listitem> 287 <para><filename>RELNOTES.TXT</filename>: The release 288 notes, showing what's new and different in &os; 289 &release.current; compared to the previous release (&os; --- 34 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 324 applicable to the i386, and vice versa. The architecture 325 for which each document applies will be listed in that 326 document's title.</para> 327 </note> 328 329 </para> 330 331 <para>On platforms that support &man.sysinstall.8; (currently | 284 reading for users new to &os; &release.branch; and/or the 285 5.<replaceable>X</replaceable> series of releases.</para> 286 </listitem> 287 288 <listitem> 289 <para><filename>RELNOTES.TXT</filename>: The release 290 notes, showing what's new and different in &os; 291 &release.current; compared to the previous release (&os; --- 34 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 326 applicable to the i386, and vice versa. The architecture 327 for which each document applies will be listed in that 328 document's title.</para> 329 </note> 330 331 </para> 332 333 <para>On platforms that support &man.sysinstall.8; (currently |
| 332 the i386 and alpha), these documents are generally available via the | 334 alpha, i386, ia64, pc98, and sparc64), these documents are generally available via the |
| 333 Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is 334 installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the 335 &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para> 336 337 <note> 338 <para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any 339 given release before installing it, to learn about any 340 <quote>late-breaking news</quote> or post-release problems. --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 347 well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this 348 location).</para> 349 </note> 350 </sect2> 351 352 <sect2> 353 <title>Manual Pages</title> 354 | 335 Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is 336 installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the 337 &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para> 338 339 <note> 340 <para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any 341 given release before installing it, to learn about any 342 <quote>late-breaking news</quote> or post-release problems. --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 349 well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this 350 location).</para> 351 </note> 352 </sect2> 353 354 <sect2> 355 <title>Manual Pages</title> 356 |
| 355 <para>As with almost all UNIX-like operating systems, &os; comes | 357 <para>As with almost all &unix;-like operating systems, &os; comes |
| 356 with a set of on-line manual pages, accessed through the 357 &man.man.1; command or through the <ulink 358 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi">hypertext manual 359 pages gateway</ulink> on the &os; Web site. In general, the 360 manual pages provide information on the different commands and 361 APIs available to the &os; user.</para> 362 363 <para>In some cases, manual pages are written to give --- 26 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 390 operating systems, to guidelines for new committers. Like the 391 Handbook and FAQ, these documents are available from the &os; 392 Documentation Page or in the <filename>doc</filename> 393 distribution set.</para> 394 395 <para>A listing of other books and documents about &os; can be 396 found in the <ulink 397 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html">bibliography</ulink> | 358 with a set of on-line manual pages, accessed through the 359 &man.man.1; command or through the <ulink 360 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi">hypertext manual 361 pages gateway</ulink> on the &os; Web site. In general, the 362 manual pages provide information on the different commands and 363 APIs available to the &os; user.</para> 364 365 <para>In some cases, manual pages are written to give --- 26 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 392 operating systems, to guidelines for new committers. Like the 393 Handbook and FAQ, these documents are available from the &os; 394 Documentation Page or in the <filename>doc</filename> 395 distribution set.</para> 396 397 <para>A listing of other books and documents about &os; can be 398 found in the <ulink 399 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html">bibliography</ulink> |
| 398 of the &os; Handbook. Because of &os;'s strong UNIX heritage, 399 many other articles and books written for UNIX systems are | 400 of the &os; Handbook. Because of &os;'s strong &unix; heritage, 401 many other articles and books written for &unix; systems are |
| 400 applicable as well, some of which are also listed in the 401 bibliography.</para> 402 </sect2> 403 </sect1> 404 405 <sect1 id="acknowledgements"> 406 <title>Acknowledgments</title> 407 --- 23 unchanged lines hidden --- | 402 applicable as well, some of which are also listed in the 403 bibliography.</para> 404 </sect2> 405 </sect1> 406 407 <sect1 id="acknowledgements"> 408 <title>Acknowledgments</title> 409 --- 23 unchanged lines hidden --- |