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cvsup
	Staying current with FreeBSD - using CVSup to upgrade FreeBSD 14 Jan 1999 Updating the ports collection 17 Jan 1999 Restarting cvsup 29 Jan 1999 Setting up a FreeBSD mirror site has been completed. 14 Feb 1999 Installing cvsupd 6 Aug 1999 When cvsup'ing your ports, remember the base distribution 20 Jan 2000 How to refuse stuff using cvsup 28 Jan 2000 FreeBSD 4.0-stable crypto is fuggered for international users 4 Jul 2000 Crypto problem fixed 11 Jul 2000 The make-world script 30 Jul 2000 Upgrading to 4.1-STABLE - things to watch out for 30 Jul 2000 How long does it take to upgrade via cvsup? 15 Aug 2000 Creating your own cvsupd server 17 Dec 2000 cvsup bug fix and upgrading to 4.4 21 Sep 2001 ERROR: version of config(8) does not match kernel! 16 Feb 2002 stunnel - encryption and security 10 Mar 2002


FreeBSD
	Why I wanted FreeBSD before I knew it existed 11 Feb 1998 How I found FreeBSD 11 May 1998 The installation 11 Jun 1998 upgrading from 2.2.5 to 2.2.7 6 Aug 1998 a new hard drive 14 Aug 1998 Screen savers - and how to load stuff after changing rc.conf` 14 Oct 1998 Upgrading FreeBSD - installing a new version 7 Jan 1999 Staying current with FreeBSD - using CVSup to upgrade FreeBSD 14 Jan 1999 Before the disaster 14 Jan 1999 Updating the ports collection 17 Jan 1999 Restarting cvsup 29 Jan 1999 Setting up a FreeBSD mirror site has been completed. 14 Feb 1999 User Friendly - a cartoon strip 24 Mar 1999 System tools - toys I have found - the z-tools 20 Nov 1999 FreeBSD Diary news feeds 8 Mar 2000 BSDCon 2000 15 Mar 2000 USB Mouse support under 4.0 Release 20 Mar 2000 Directing mail to a program 20 Apr 2000 FreeBSD Virtual Memory 24 Apr 2000 Tips for Linux users (by Liz) 2 May 2000 New server - installing FreeBSD 6 May 2000 FreeBSD 3.5-stable is born 20 Jun 2000 FreshPorts 1.1 30 Jun 2000 FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE schedule 22 Feb 2001 FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 - yes, I know this is late 28 Dec 2005 PC-BSD 17 Dec 2007


Ports
	All the ports - how to save time if you have the disk space 22 Aug 1998 Building a port - background info on make 4 Oct 1998 fetch - and how to use it behind a firewall 4 Jan 1999 Updating the ports collection 17 Jan 1999 Ports or Packages? 6 Jun 1999 What is installed? 6 Jun 1999 using make to upgrade your ports 19 Nov 1999 Installing a port without installing the ports 14 Jan 2000 When cvsup'ing your ports, remember the base distribution 20 Jan 2000 distfile sharing via anonymous FTP 25 Feb 2000 Have you seen FreshPorts yet? 14 May 2000 Changing the owner of your ports tree 21 Jun 2000 FreshPorts 1.1 30 Jun 2000 FreshPorts goes offline 5 Jul 2000 Keeping up with the ports - pkg_version 5 Aug 2000 Diary update 1 Feb 2001 installing bind8 from ports 28 Mar 2001 Specifying alternative port download sites 5 Jun 2001 Got ports? Here is THE way to upgrade them! 11 Dec 2001 pkgdb - packages database tool 28 Dec 2001 And one port to install them all! 14 Jan 2002 Removing Firefox 2 19 Oct 2009