Like Linux®, FreeBSD offers many venues for support, both freely available and commercial.
FreeBSD is one of the best documented operating systems, and the documentation is available both as part of the operating system and on the Internet. Manual pages are clear, concise and provide working examples. The FreeBSD Handbook provides background information and configuration examples for nearly every task one would wish to complete using FreeBSD.
FreeBSD provides many support mailing
lists.
where answers are archived and fully searchable. If you have
a question that wasn't addressed by the Handbook, it most
likely has already been answered on a mailing list. The
Handbook and mailing lists are also available in several
languages, all of which are easily accessible from
http://www.FreeBSD.org
.
There are many FreeBSD IRC channels, forums
and user groups. See http://www.FreeBSD.org/support.html
for a
selection.
If you're looking for a FreeBSD administrator, developer
or support personnel, send a job description which includes
geographic location to <freebsd-jobs@FreeBSD.org>
.
There are many vendors who provide commercial FreeBSD support. Resources for finding a vendor near you include:
The Commercial Vendors page at the FreeBSD
site: http://www.FreeBSD.org/commercial/
FreeBSDMall, who have been selling support contracts
for nearly 10 years.
http://www.freebsdmall.com
The BSDTracker Database at: http://www.nycbug.org/index.php?NAV=BSDTracker
There is also an initiative to provide certification of BSD
system administrators. http://www.bsdcertification.org
.
If your project requires Common Criteria certification, FreeBSD includes the TrustedBSD MAC framework to ease the certification process.
All FreeBSD documents are available for download at http://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/
Questions that are not answered by the
documentation may be
sent to <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>.
Send questions about this document to <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org>.