What are the various FreeBSD news groups?

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1.5. What are the various FreeBSD news groups?

There are two newsgroups currently dedicated to FreeBSD:

comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce: For announcements
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc: General discussion

The following newsgroups may also be of interest to general BSD enthusiasts:

comp.unix.bsd: General BSD topics

To setup/run your own News server or just reading Usenet News, you may have a look at various packages already ported for FreeBSD 2.X in /usr/ports/news. You'll find Cnews, INN, Trn, TIN and others there.