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| 8<article> 9 <articleinfo> 10 <title>&os; &release.current; README</title> | 19 <author><orgname>The &os; Project</orgname></author> |
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| 12 <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor> | 21 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.xml 257814 2013-11-07 21:08:12Z gjb $</pubdate> |
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| 14 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.xml 250746 2013-05-17 18:53:29Z gabor $</pubdate> 15 | |
| 16 <copyright> 17 <year>2000</year> 18 <year>2001</year> 19 <year>2002</year> 20 <year>2003</year> 21 <year>2004</year> 22 <year>2005</year> 23 <year>2006</year> 24 <year>2007</year> 25 <year>2008</year> 26 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> 27 </copyright> 28 | 23 <copyright> 24 <year>2000</year> 25 <year>2001</year> 26 <year>2002</year> 27 <year>2003</year> 28 <year>2004</year> 29 <year>2005</year> 30 <year>2006</year> 31 <year>2007</year> 32 <year>2008</year> 33 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> 34 </copyright> 35 |
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| 37 38 <abstract> 39 <para>This document gives a brief introduction to &os; 40 &release.current;. It includes some information on how to 41 obtain &os;, a listing of various ways to contact the &os; 42 Project, and pointers to some other sources of 43 information.</para> 44 </abstract> | 43 44 <abstract> 45 <para>This document gives a brief introduction to &os; 46 &release.current;. It includes some information on how to 47 obtain &os;, a listing of various ways to contact the &os; 48 Project, and pointers to some other sources of 49 information.</para> 50 </abstract> |
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| 46 | 53 <sect1 xml:id="intro"> |
| 47 <title>Introduction</title> 48 49 <para>This distribution is a &release.type; of &os; &release.current;, the 50 latest point along the &release.branch; branch.</para> 51 52 <sect2> 53 <title>About &os;</title> 54 --- 73 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 128 129 <para releasetype="release">This &release.type; of &os; is suitable for all users. It 130 has undergone a period of testing and quality assurance 131 checking to ensure the highest reliability and 132 dependability.</para> 133 </sect2> 134 </sect1> 135 | 54 <title>Introduction</title> 55 56 <para>This distribution is a &release.type; of &os; &release.current;, the 57 latest point along the &release.branch; branch.</para> 58 59 <sect2> 60 <title>About &os;</title> 61 --- 73 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 135 136 <para releasetype="release">This &release.type; of &os; is suitable for all users. It 137 has undergone a period of testing and quality assurance 138 checking to ensure the highest reliability and 139 dependability.</para> 140 </sect2> 141 </sect1> 142 |
| 136 | 143 <sect1 xml:id="obtain"> |
| 137 <title>Obtaining &os;</title> 138 139 <para>&os; may be obtained in a variety of ways. This section 140 focuses on those ways that are primarily useful for obtaining a 141 complete &os; distribution, rather than updating an existing 142 installation.</para> 143 144 <sect2> 145 <title>CDROM and DVD</title> 146 147 <para>&os; -RELEASE distributions may be ordered on CDROM or DVD 148 from several publishers. This is frequently the most 149 convenient way to obtain &os; for new installations, as it 150 provides a convenient way to quickly reinstall the system if 151 necessary. Some distributions include some of the optional, 152 precompiled <quote>packages</quote> from the &os; Ports 153 Collection, or other extra material.</para> 154 155 <para>A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the | 144 <title>Obtaining &os;</title> 145 146 <para>&os; may be obtained in a variety of ways. This section 147 focuses on those ways that are primarily useful for obtaining a 148 complete &os; distribution, rather than updating an existing 149 installation.</para> 150 151 <sect2> 152 <title>CDROM and DVD</title> 153 154 <para>&os; -RELEASE distributions may be ordered on CDROM or DVD 155 from several publishers. This is frequently the most 156 convenient way to obtain &os; for new installations, as it 157 provides a convenient way to quickly reinstall the system if 158 necessary. Some distributions include some of the optional, 159 precompiled <quote>packages</quote> from the &os; Ports 160 Collection, or other extra material.</para> 161 162 <para>A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the |
| 156 project are listed in the <ulink 157 url="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining 158 &os;</quote></ulink> appendix to the Handbook.</para> | 163 project are listed in the <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining 164 &os;</quote></link> appendix to the Handbook.</para> |
| 159 </sect2> 160 161 <sect2> 162 <title>FTP</title> 163 164 <para>You can use FTP to retrieve &os; and any or all of its | 165 </sect2> 166 167 <sect2> 168 <title>FTP</title> 169 170 <para>You can use FTP to retrieve &os; and any or all of its |
| 165 optional packages from <ulink 166 url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/"></ulink>, which is the official | 171 optional packages from <uri xlink:href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</uri>, which is the official |
| 167 &os; release site, or any of its 168 <quote>mirrors</quote>.</para> 169 170 <para>Lists of locations that mirror &os; can be found in the | 172 &os; release site, or any of its 173 <quote>mirrors</quote>.</para> 174 175 <para>Lists of locations that mirror &os; can be found in the |
| 171 <ulink 172 url="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors-ftp.html">FTP 173 Sites</ulink> section of the Handbook. | 176 <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors-ftp.html">FTP 177 Sites</link> section of the Handbook. |
| 174 Finding a close (in networking terms) mirror from which to 175 download the distribution is highly recommended.</para> 176 177 <para>Additional mirror sites are always welcome. Contact 178 <email>freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org</email> for more details on 179 becoming an official mirror site. You can also find useful | 178 Finding a close (in networking terms) mirror from which to 179 download the distribution is highly recommended.</para> 180 181 <para>Additional mirror sites are always welcome. Contact 182 <email>freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org</email> for more details on 183 becoming an official mirror site. You can also find useful |
| 180 information for mirror sites at the <ulink 181 url="&url.articles.hubs;/">Mirroring 182 &os;</ulink> article.</para> | 184 information for mirror sites at the <link xlink:href="&url.articles.hubs;/">Mirroring 185 &os;</link> article.</para> |
| 183 184 <para>Mirrors generally contain the ISO images generally used to 185 create a CDROM of a &os; release. They usually also contain 186 floppy disk images (for applicable platforms), as well as the 187 files necessary to do an installation over the network. 188 Finally mirrors sites usually contain a set of packages for 189 the most current release.</para> 190 </sect2> 191 </sect1> 192 | 186 187 <para>Mirrors generally contain the ISO images generally used to 188 create a CDROM of a &os; release. They usually also contain 189 floppy disk images (for applicable platforms), as well as the 190 files necessary to do an installation over the network. 191 Finally mirrors sites usually contain a set of packages for 192 the most current release.</para> 193 </sect2> 194 </sect1> 195 |
| 193 | 196 <sect1 xml:id="contacting"> |
| 194 <title>Contacting the &os; Project</title> 195 196 <sect2> 197 <title>Email and Mailing Lists</title> 198 199 <para>For any questions or general technical support issues, 200 please send mail to the &a.questions;.</para> 201 --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 212 213 <para>Please note that these mailing lists can experience 214 <emphasis>significant</emphasis> amounts of traffic. If you 215 have slow or expensive mail access, or are only interested in 216 keeping up with major &os; events, you may find it 217 preferable to subscribe instead to the &a.announce;.</para> 218 219 <para>All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone | 197 <title>Contacting the &os; Project</title> 198 199 <sect2> 200 <title>Email and Mailing Lists</title> 201 202 <para>For any questions or general technical support issues, 203 please send mail to the &a.questions;.</para> 204 --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 215 216 <para>Please note that these mailing lists can experience 217 <emphasis>significant</emphasis> amounts of traffic. If you 218 have slow or expensive mail access, or are only interested in 219 keeping up with major &os; events, you may find it 220 preferable to subscribe instead to the &a.announce;.</para> 221 222 <para>All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone |
| 220 wishing to do so. Visit the <ulink url="&url.base;/mailman/listinfo"> 221 &os; Mailman Info Page</ulink>. This will give you more | 223 wishing to do so. Visit the <link xlink:href="&url.base;/mailman/listinfo"> 224 &os; Mailman Info Page. This will give you more |
| 222 information on joining the various lists, accessing archives, 223 etc. There are a number of mailing lists targeted at special 224 interest groups not mentioned here; more information can be | 225 information on joining the various lists, accessing archives, 226 etc. There are a number of mailing lists targeted at special 227 interest groups not mentioned here; more information can be |
| 225 obtained either from the Mailman pages or the <ulink 226 url="&url.base;/support.html#mailing-list">mailing 227 lists section</ulink> of the &os; Web site.</para> | 228 obtained either from the Mailman pages or the <link xlink:href="&url.base;/support.html#mailing-list">mailing 229 lists section</link> of the &os; Web site.</para> |
| 228 229 <important> 230 <para>Do <emphasis>not</emphasis> send email to the lists 231 asking to be subscribed. Use the Mailman interface 232 instead.</para> 233 </important> 234 </sect2> 235 --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 242 course even more welcome.</para> 243 244 <para>The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine 245 with Internet mail connectivity is to use the &man.send-pr.1; 246 command. 247 <quote>Problem Reports</quote> (PRs) submitted in this way 248 will be filed and their progress tracked; the &os; developers 249 will do their best to respond to all reported bugs as soon as | 230 231 <important> 232 <para>Do <emphasis>not</emphasis> send email to the lists 233 asking to be subscribed. Use the Mailman interface 234 instead.</para> 235 </important> 236 </sect2> 237 --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 244 course even more welcome.</para> 245 246 <para>The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine 247 with Internet mail connectivity is to use the &man.send-pr.1; 248 command. 249 <quote>Problem Reports</quote> (PRs) submitted in this way 250 will be filed and their progress tracked; the &os; developers 251 will do their best to respond to all reported bugs as soon as |
| 250 possible. <ulink 251 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi">A list 252 of all active PRs</ulink> is available on the &os; Web site; | 252 possible. <link xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi">A list 253 of all active PRs</link> is available on the &os; Web site; |
| 253 this list is useful to see what potential problems other users 254 have encountered.</para> 255 256 <para>Note that &man.send-pr.1; itself is a shell script that 257 should be easy to move even onto a non-&os; system. Using 258 this interface is highly preferred. If, for some reason, you 259 are unable to use &man.send-pr.1; to submit a bug report, you 260 can try to send it to the &a.bugs;.</para> 261 | 254 this list is useful to see what potential problems other users 255 have encountered.</para> 256 257 <para>Note that &man.send-pr.1; itself is a shell script that 258 should be easy to move even onto a non-&os; system. Using 259 this interface is highly preferred. If, for some reason, you 260 are unable to use &man.send-pr.1; to submit a bug report, you 261 can try to send it to the &a.bugs;.</para> 262 |
| 262 <para>For more information, <ulink 263 url="&url.articles.problem-reports;/"><quote>Writing 264 &os; Problem Reports</quote></ulink>, available on the &os; Web | 263 <para>For more information, <link xlink:href="&url.articles.problem-reports;/"><quote>Writing 264 &os; Problem Reports</quote></link>, available on the &os; Web |
| 265 site, has a number of helpful hints on writing and submitting 266 effective problem reports.</para> 267 </sect2> 268 </sect1> 269 | 265 site, has a number of helpful hints on writing and submitting 266 effective problem reports.</para> 267 </sect2> 268 </sect1> 269 |
| 270 | 270 <sect1 xml:id="seealso"> |
| 271 <title>Further Reading</title> 272 273 <para>There are many sources of information about &os;; some are 274 included with this distribution, while others are available 275 on-line or in print versions.</para> 276 | 271 <title>Further Reading</title> 272 273 <para>There are many sources of information about &os;; some are 274 included with this distribution, while others are available 275 on-line or in print versions.</para> 276 |
| 277 | 277 <sect2 xml:id="release-docs"> |
| 278 <title>Release Documentation</title> 279 280 <para>A number of other files provide more specific information 281 about this &release.type; distribution. These files are 282 provided in various formats. Most distributions will include 283 both ASCII text (<filename>.TXT</filename>) and HTML 284 (<filename>.HTM</filename>) renditions. Some distributions 285 may also include other formats such as Portable Document Format --- 43 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 329 <para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any 330 given release before installing it, to learn about any 331 <quote>late-breaking news</quote> or post-release problems. 332 The errata file accompanying each release (most likely right 333 next to this file) is already out of date by definition, but 334 other copies are kept updated on the Internet and should be 335 consulted as the <quote>current errata</quote> for this 336 release. These other copies of the errata are located at | 278 <title>Release Documentation</title> 279 280 <para>A number of other files provide more specific information 281 about this &release.type; distribution. These files are 282 provided in various formats. Most distributions will include 283 both ASCII text (<filename>.TXT</filename>) and HTML 284 (<filename>.HTM</filename>) renditions. Some distributions 285 may also include other formats such as Portable Document Format --- 43 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 329 <para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any 330 given release before installing it, to learn about any 331 <quote>late-breaking news</quote> or post-release problems. 332 The errata file accompanying each release (most likely right 333 next to this file) is already out of date by definition, but 334 other copies are kept updated on the Internet and should be 335 consulted as the <quote>current errata</quote> for this 336 release. These other copies of the errata are located at |
| 337 <ulink url="&url.base;/releases/"></ulink> (as | 337 <uri xlink:href="&url.base;/releases/">&url.base;/releases/</uri> (as |
| 338 well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this 339 location).</para> 340 </note> 341 </sect2> 342 343 <sect2> 344 <title>Manual Pages</title> 345 346 <para>As with almost all &unix; like operating systems, &os; comes 347 with a set of on-line manual pages, accessed through the | 338 well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this 339 location).</para> 340 </note> 341 </sect2> 342 343 <sect2> 344 <title>Manual Pages</title> 345 346 <para>As with almost all &unix; like operating systems, &os; comes 347 with a set of on-line manual pages, accessed through the |
| 348 &man.man.1; command or through the <ulink 349 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi">hypertext manual 350 pages gateway</ulink> on the &os; Web site. In general, the | 348 &man.man.1; command or through the <link xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi">hypertext manual 349 pages gateway</link> on the &os; Web site. In general, the |
| 351 manual pages provide information on the different commands and 352 APIs available to the &os; user.</para> 353 354 <para>In some cases, manual pages are written to give 355 information on particular topics. Notable examples of such 356 manual pages are &man.tuning.7; (a guide to performance tuning), 357 &man.security.7; (an introduction to &os; security), and 358 &man.style.9; (a style guide to kernel coding).</para> 359 </sect2> 360 361 <sect2> 362 <title>Books and Articles</title> 363 364 <para>Two highly-useful collections of &os;-related information, 365 maintained by the &os; Project, 366 are the &os; Handbook and &os; FAQ (Frequently Asked | 350 manual pages provide information on the different commands and 351 APIs available to the &os; user.</para> 352 353 <para>In some cases, manual pages are written to give 354 information on particular topics. Notable examples of such 355 manual pages are &man.tuning.7; (a guide to performance tuning), 356 &man.security.7; (an introduction to &os; security), and 357 &man.style.9; (a style guide to kernel coding).</para> 358 </sect2> 359 360 <sect2> 361 <title>Books and Articles</title> 362 363 <para>Two highly-useful collections of &os;-related information, 364 maintained by the &os; Project, 365 are the &os; Handbook and &os; FAQ (Frequently Asked |
| 367 Questions document). On-line versions of the <ulink 368 url="&url.books.handbook;/">Handbook</ulink> 369 and <ulink 370 url="&url.books.faq;/">FAQ</ulink> 371 are always available from the <ulink 372 url="&url.base;/docs.html">&os; Documentation 373 page</ulink> or its mirrors. If you install the | 366 Questions document). On-line versions of the <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">Handbook</link> 367 and <link xlink:href="&url.books.faq;/">FAQ</link> 368 are always available from the <link xlink:href="&url.base;/docs.html">&os; Documentation 369 page</link> or its mirrors. If you install the |
| 374 <filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a Web 375 browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally. In particular, 376 note that the Handbook contains a step-by-step guide to 377 installing &os;.</para> 378 379 <para>A number of on-line books and articles, also maintained by 380 the &os; Project, cover more-specialized, &os;-related topics. 381 This material spans a wide range of topics, from effective use 382 of the mailing lists, to dual-booting &os; with other 383 operating systems, to guidelines for new committers. Like the 384 Handbook and FAQ, these documents are available from the &os; 385 Documentation Page or in the <filename>doc</filename> 386 distribution set.</para> 387 388 <para>A listing of other books and documents about &os; can be | 370 <filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a Web 371 browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally. In particular, 372 note that the Handbook contains a step-by-step guide to 373 installing &os;.</para> 374 375 <para>A number of on-line books and articles, also maintained by 376 the &os; Project, cover more-specialized, &os;-related topics. 377 This material spans a wide range of topics, from effective use 378 of the mailing lists, to dual-booting &os; with other 379 operating systems, to guidelines for new committers. Like the 380 Handbook and FAQ, these documents are available from the &os; 381 Documentation Page or in the <filename>doc</filename> 382 distribution set.</para> 383 384 <para>A listing of other books and documents about &os; can be |
| 389 found in the <ulink 390 url="&url.books.handbook;/bibliography.html">bibliography</ulink> | 385 found in the <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/bibliography.html">bibliography</link> |
| 391 of the &os; Handbook. Because of &os;'s strong &unix; heritage, 392 many other articles and books written for &unix; systems are 393 applicable as well, some of which are also listed in the 394 bibliography.</para> 395 </sect2> 396 </sect1> 397 | 386 of the &os; Handbook. Because of &os;'s strong &unix; heritage, 387 many other articles and books written for &unix; systems are 388 applicable as well, some of which are also listed in the 389 bibliography.</para> 390 </sect2> 391 </sect1> 392 |
| 398 | 393 <sect1 xml:id="acknowledgements"> |
| 399 <title>Acknowledgments</title> 400 401 <para>&os; represents the cumulative work of many hundreds, if not 402 thousands, of individuals from around the world who have worked 403 countless hours to bring about this &release.type;. For a 404 complete list of &os; developers and contributors, please see | 394 <title>Acknowledgments</title> 395 396 <para>&os; represents the cumulative work of many hundreds, if not 397 thousands, of individuals from around the world who have worked 398 countless hours to bring about this &release.type;. For a 399 complete list of &os; developers and contributors, please see |
| 405 <ulink 406 url="&url.articles.contributors;/"><quote>Contributors 407 to &os;</quote></ulink> on the &os; Web site or any of its | 400 <link xlink:href="&url.articles.contributors;/"><quote>Contributors 401 to &os;</quote></link> on the &os; Web site or any of its |
| 408 mirrors.</para> 409 410 <para>Special thanks also go to the many thousands of &os; users 411 and testers all over the world, without whom this &release.type; 412 simply would not have been possible.</para> 413 </sect1> 414</article> | 402 mirrors.</para> 403 404 <para>Special thanks also go to the many thousands of &os; users 405 and testers all over the world, without whom this &release.type; 406 simply would not have been possible.</para> 407 </sect1> 408</article> |
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