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1.6. What FreeBSD news groups are available?

There are two newsgroups currently dedicated to FreeBSD:

comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce

For announcements

comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc

General discussion

The following newsgroups may also be of interest to general BSD enthusiasts:

comp.unix.bsd

General BSD topics

/usr/ports/news contains a number of ready-ported programs not only for reading Usenet News, but even setting up and running your own News server! You'll find trn, TIN, Cnews, INN and others there.

For French-speaking people, the fr.comp.os.bsd group is for you; there is also a Japanese newsgroup, fj.os.bsd.freebsd. If you do not receive these newsgroups, ask your system administrator to get them for you.

Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X : Preface : What FreeBSD news groups are available?
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