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<p>Detailed descriptions of past, present, and future releases. Look here |
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<p>The <a href="&base;/releases/index.html">release information</a> page |
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Look here first to determine what the lastest version of FreeBSD is.</p> |
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<h2><a href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html">Installing FreeBSD</a></h2> |
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from CDROM, floppy disk, an MS-DOS partition, magnetic tape, anonymous |
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install.html">installing FreeBSD</a>, including installation from CDROM, |
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ftp, and NFS. Please read through the <a |
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href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html">installation guide</a> before downloading |
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connected to the Internet, you may only need to download a single |
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<p>The official sources for FreeBSD are:</p> |
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<p>If you're interested in a purely experimental <strong>snapshot</strong> |
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release of FreeBSD-CURRENT (AKA &rel.current;-CURRENT), aimed at developers and |
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<h3>The Packages collection</h3> |
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pre-compiled binaries ready to drop into your system and run.</p> |
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pre-compiled binaries ready to drop into your system and run.</p> |
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the article <em><a href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/index.html">Contributing to |
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