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FreeBSD Advocacy Project
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-  `About <../about.html>`__
-  `Features <../features.html>`__
-  `Applications <../applications.html>`__
-  `Advocacy <../advocacy/>`__
-  `Marketing <../marketing/>`__
-  `Administration <../administration.html>`__
-  `News <../news/newsflash.html>`__
-  `Events <../events/events.html>`__
-  `Press <../news/press.html>`__
-  `Multimedia <../multimedia/multimedia.html>`__
-  `Artwork <../art.html>`__
-  `Logo <../logo.html>`__
-  `Donations <../donations/>`__
-  `Legal Notices <../copyright/>`__
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FreeBSD Advocacy Project
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Much of the success which surrounds FreeBSD is due to people advocating
its use to their friends, colleagues, and employers.

This page provides links to more information to help you do this.

Mailing lists
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-  `FreeBSD advocacy mailing
   list <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy>`__

Web resources
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-  `FreeBSD quarterly status reports <../news/status/status.html>`__

   Quarterly status reports detailing activity within and surrounding
   FreeBSD.

-  `Why Use FreeBSD? <whyusefreebsd.html>`__

   Explanations given by existing users as to why FreeBSD should be
   used.

-  `\*BSD Myths <myths.html>`__

   Describes and debunks some of the myths that surround the \*BSD
   projects.

-  `FreeBSD in the Press <../news/press.html>`__

   Contains many links to articles that have appeared which mention
   FreeBSD.

Sites using FreeBSD
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-  `Hosting Providers
   Performance <http://uptime.netcraft.com/perf/reports/Hosters>`__ by
   Netcraft is tracking the reliability of major webhosting services,
   many of them are using FreeBSD.
-  `The Open Directory
   Project's <http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Unix/BSD/FreeBSD/>`__
   goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory of the web by
   relying on a vast army of volunteer editors.
-  A brief list of sites using FreeBSD is maintained `in the
   handbook <../handbook/nutshell.html#INTRODUCTION-NUTSHELL-USERS>`__.

FreeBSD conferences
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-  `BSDCan <http://www.bsdcan.org/>`__, the annual BSD Conference held
   in Ottawa, Canada.
-  `EuroBSDCon <http://www.eurobsdcon.org/>`__, the annual BSD
   Conference in Europe.
-  `AsiaBSDCon <http://asiabsdcon.org/>`__, the annual BSD Conference
   held in Asia.

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