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title: "FreeBSD 3.2 Announcement"
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= FreeBSD 3.2 Announcement

*Date:* Mon May 17 19:28:17 PDT 1999 +
*From:* "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freebsd.org> +
**Subject:**FreeBSD 3.2 is released!

It is my usual pleasure to announce the availability of 3.2-RELEASE, our follow-on to release to FreeBSD 3.1 (released February, 1999). Many bug fixes and general enhancements have been made to the system and a number of new features added, so please see the link:notes.html[release notes] for more information.

FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE is available at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD[ftp.freebsd.org] and various https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/mirrors.html[FTP mirror sites] throughout the world. It can also be ordered on CD from http://www.freebsdmall.com/[The FreeBSD Mall], from where it will be shipping soon on a 4 CD set containing installation bits for both the x86 and Alpha architectures as well a lot of other material of general interest to programmers and end-users alike.

*NOTE*: All of the profits from the sales of this CD set go to support the FreeBSD Project!

The official FTP distribution site for FreeBSD is:

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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD
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Or via the WEB page at:

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http://www.freebsdmall.com
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and

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http://www.cdrom.com
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And directly from Walnut Creek CDROM:

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Walnut Creek CDROM +
4041 Pike Lane, #F +
Concord CA, 94520 USA +
Phone: +1 925 674-0783 +
Fax: +1 925 674-0821 +
Tech Support: +1 925 603-1234 +
Email: info@cdrom.com +
WWW: http://www.cdrom.com/
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Additionally, FreeBSD is available via anonymous FTP from https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/mirrors.html[mirror sites] in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, the Ukraine and the United Kingdom (and quite possibly several others which I've never even heard of :).

Before trying the central FTP site, please check your regional mirror(s) first by going to:

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ftp://ftp.<yourdomain>.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD
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Any additional mirror sites will be labeled ftp2, ftp3 and so on.

The latest versions of export-restricted code for FreeBSD (2.0C or later) (eBones and secure) are also being made available at the following locations. If you are outside the U.S. or Canada, please get secure (DES) and eBones (Kerberos) from one of the following foreign distribution sites:

South Africa::
  ftp://ftp.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD +
  ftp://ftp2.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD
Brazil::
  ftp://ftp.br.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD
Finland::
  ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/unix/FreeBSD/eurocrypt

link:../../[Release Home]
