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<para>The basic requirements for using this &release.type are
technical proficiency with &os; and an understanding of the
ongoing development process of &os; &release.current; (as
ongoing development process of &os; &release.branch; (as
discussed on the &a.current;).</para>
<para>For those more interested in doing business with &os; than
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<para>For any questions or general technical support issues,
please send mail to the &a.questions;.</para>
<para>If you're tracking the -current development efforts, you
<para>If you're tracking the &release.branch; development efforts, you
<emphasis>must</emphasis> join the &a.current;, in order to
keep abreast of recent developments and changes that may
affect the way you use and maintain the system.
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</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>Most information is also available from the Documentation
menu during installation.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Books and Articles</title>
<para>Pointers to more documentation on &os; can be found in the
<ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html#BIBLIOGRAPHY-FREEBSD">Books
&amp; Magazines Specific to FreeBSD</ulink> section of the
&os; Handbook. Because of &os;'s strong UNIX heritage, many
other articles and books written for UNIX systems are
applicable as well. A selection of these documents can be
found in the Handbook's <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html">Bibliography</ulink>.
</para>
<para>If you're new to &os; then you should also read all of the
documentation files listed in <xref linkend="release-docs">,
all of which are available from the Documentation menu in the
installation program. It may seem like a lot to read, but
it's important to at least acquaint yourself with the types of
information available, should you run into problems later.
Once the system is installed, you can also revisit this menu
by running the &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para>
<para>On-line versions of the <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/">FAQ</ulink>
(Frequently Asked Questions document) and <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">Handbook</ulink>
are always available from the <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">FreeBSD Documentation
page</ulink> or its mirrors. If you install the
<filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a Web
browser to read the FAQ and Handbook locally.</para>
<para>Most of this information is also available from the
Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is
installed, you can revisit this menu by running the
&man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para>
<note>
<para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any
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location).</para>
</note>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Books and Articles</title>
<para>Two highly-useful collections of &os;-related information,
maintained by the &os; Project,
are the &os; Handbook and &os; FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions document). On-line versions of the <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">Handbook</ulink>
and <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/">FAQ</ulink>
are always available from the <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">FreeBSD Documentation
page</ulink> or its mirrors. If you install the
<filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a Web
browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally.</para>
<para>A listing of books and other documents about &os; can be
found in the <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html">bibliography</ulink>
of the &os; Handbook. Because of &os;'s strong UNIX heritage,
many other articles and books written for UNIX systems are
applicable as well, some of which are also listed in the
bibliography.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1>