Books - English
- FreeBSD Handbook
A constantly evolving, comprehensive resource for FreeBSD users
- Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 11.X, 12.X, and 13.X
Frequently Asked Questions, and answers, covering all aspects of FreeBSD
- FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for New Contributors
Everything you need to know in order to start contributing to the FreeBSD Documentation Project
- FreeBSD Porter's Handbook
Essential reading if you plan on providing a port of a third party piece of software
- FreeBSD Developers' Handbook
For people who want to develop software for FreeBSD (and not just people who are developing FreeBSD itself)
- A project model for the FreeBSD Project
A formal study of the organization of the FreeBSD project
- FreeBSD Architecture Handbook
For FreeBSD system developers. This book covers the architectural details of many important FreeBSD kernel subsystems
- The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System
Donated by Addison-Wesley, provides a design overview of 4.4BSD, from which FreeBSD was originally derived
Articles - English
- Contributing to FreeBSD
How to contribute to the FreeBSD Project
- Committer's Guide
Introductory information for FreeBSD committers
- Build Your Own FreeBSD Update Server
Building your own freebsd-update server allows a system administrator to perform fast updates for a number of machines from a local mirror
- Building Products with FreeBSD
How FreeBSD can help you build a better product
- Contributors to FreeBSD
A list of organizations and individuals who have contributed to FreeBSD
- CUPS on FreeBSD
How to install and use CUPS on FreeBSD
- Design elements of the FreeBSD VM system
An easy to follow description of the design of the FreeBSD virtual memory system
- Explaining BSD
Brief explanation about BSD
- Filtering Bridges
Configuring firewalls and filtering on FreeBSD hosts acting as bridges rather than routers
- Fonts and FreeBSD
A description of the various font technologies in FreeBSD, and how to use them with different programs
- For People New to Both FreeBSD and UNIX®
Introduction for people new to both FreeBSD and UNIX®
- FreeBSD and Solid State Devices
The use of solid state disk devices in FreeBSD
- FreeBSD Quickstart Guide for Linux® Users
This document is intended to quickly familiarize intermediate to advanced Linux® users with the basics of FreeBSD.
- FreeBSD Release Engineering
Describes the approach used by the FreeBSD release engineering team to make production quality releases of the FreeBSD Operating System. It describes the tools available for those interested in producing customized FreeBSD releases for corporate rollouts or commercial productization
- FreeBSD Support for Leap Seconds
A short description of how leap seconds are handled on FreeBSD
- Frequently Asked Questions About The FreeBSD Mailing Lists
How to best use the mailing lists, such as how to help avoid frequently-repeated discussions
- How to get Best Results from the FreeBSD-questions Mailing List
How to get Best Results from the FreeBSD-questions Mailing List
- Implementing UFS Journaling on a Desktop PC
Implementing UFS Journaling on a Desktop PC
- Independent Verification of IPsec Functionality in FreeBSD
Independent Verification of IPsec Functionality in FreeBSD
- Introduction to NanoBSD
This document provides information about the NanoBSD tools, which can be used to create FreeBSD system images for embedded applications, suitable for use on a USB key, memory card or other mass storage media.
- LDAP Authentication
Guide for the configuration of an LDAP server for authentication on FreeBSD
- Legacy FreeBSD Release Engineering
This paper describes the approach used by past the FreeBSD release engineering team to make production quality releases of the FreeBSD Operating System
- Linux® emulation in FreeBSD
A technical description about the internals of the Linux emulation layer in FreeBSD
- Mirroring FreeBSD
The all in one guide for mirroring the FreeBSD website, FTP servers, and more
- OpenPGP Keys
List of OpenPGP keys that can be used to verify a signature or send encrypted email to FreeBSD.org officers or developers.
- Pluggable Authentication Modules
A guide to the PAM system and modules under FreeBSD
- Port Mentor Guidelines
Port Mentor Guidelines for FreeBSD Mentors
- Practical rc.d scripting in BSD
A guide to writing new rc.d scripts and understanding those already written
- Problem Report Handling Guidelines
These guidelines describe recommended handling practices for FreeBSD Problem Reports (PRs).
- Remote Installation of the FreeBSD Operating System Without a Remote Console
Describes the remote installation of the FreeBSD operating system when the console of the remote system is unavailable
- Serial and UART Tutorial
Detailed information about the use of serial ports and UART with FreeBSD
- The vinum Volume Manager
The vinum Volume Manager in FreeBSD
- Why you should use a BSD style license for your Open Source Project
Why you should use a BSD style license for your Open Source Project
- Writing a GEOM Class
A guide to GEOM internals, and writing your own GEOM class
- Writing FreeBSD Problem Reports
How to best formulate and submit a problem report to the FreeBSD Project