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Chinese FreeBSD Community (CFC)

Chinese FreeBSD Community (CFC) URL: https://bsdcn.org/

The community currently comprises 316 members in the QQ group and 175 members in the WeChat group.

Documentation Project

Links:
FreeBSD-Ask Documentation Project on GitHub URL: https://github.com/FreeBSD-Ask/
FreeBSD-Ask Documentation Project URL: https://book.bsdcn.org/

It is noteworthy that all prior FreeBSD documentation has been fully translated into Chinese, including but not limited to the following materials:

  • FreeBSD Release Notes (i386 or amd64)

  • FreeBSD Status Reports

  • FreeBSD Handbook

  • FreeBSD Porters Handbook

  • FreeBSD Articles

  • FreeBSD Architecture Handbook

  • Developers' Handbook

In addition, two classic works have been translated.

  • A Quarter Century of Unix

  • The UNIX-HATERS Handbook, an humoristic book written in 1994 about issues that some users found in the UNIX operating system. It includes an anti-foreword from Dennis Ritchie, one of the authors of UNIX, which he wrote in a style similar to the one used in the handbook itself.

FreeBSD-Ask

Links:
FreeBSD-Ask on GitHub URL: https://github.com/FreeBSD-Ask/FreeBSD-Ask
FreeBSD-Ask on Website URL: https://book.bsdcn.org/

Contact: ykla <yklaxds@gmail.com>
Contact: Voosk <roisfrank@icloud.com>

The FreeBSD-Ask was initiated on 14 March 2021 by ykla from the Chinese FreeBSD Community (CFC). It is an open-source publication written in Simplified Chinese that aims to provide introductory knowledge about the FreeBSD operating system.

Quarterly Updates

  • Documentation Additions:

    • Overview of FreeBSD Desktop Distributions

    • Installing databases/postgresql17-server with pgAdmin4

    • Migration Guide for Windows Users

    • FreeBSD as a Host with VirtualBox

  • Rewritten Documentation:

  • Miscellaneous:

    • The tutorials pertaining to DragonFly BSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD have undergone comprehensive translation, updating and rewriting.

    • Several GitHub Actions have been added to verify that images are referenced correctly.

    • We now support exporting FreeBSD-Ask to the EPUB format.

    • A tutorial about the security/py-fail2ban port (utilizing ipfw(4), pf(4), and ipf(4)) has been submitted to the FreeBSD Journal for review.

It is hoped that an increasing number of contributors will join the documentation efforts. The primary objective of this project is to undertake a comprehensive modernisation and rewrite of the FreeBSD Handbook with a view to promoting the development and adoption of FreeBSD.

Ports

QQ Port on GitHub URL: https://github.com/FreeBSD-Ask/QQ-Port/
Bug 287292 - [NEW PORT] net-im/qq: consider restoring QQ port due to resumed upstream development URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=287292

In the current quarter, a port was created for QQ, one of the most popular instant messaging applications currently in use in mainland China. The bug report remains open and has not yet been assigned any reviewers.

Sponsors: Chinese FreeBSD Community (CFC)

Last modified on: June 24, 2025 by ykla