The folks at ONLamp have put together a nice page of tips and other interesting things to note in recent FreeBSd builds.

The user comments at the bottom of the page contain even more helpful and interesting stuff!!

This is one of the authoritative sources of information for FreeBSD users and administrators. It covers a full range of topics including:

<ul>

<li> Installation </li>

<li> Basic Usage </li>

<li> FreeBSD's Ports </li>

<li> Getting Started with X/Windows </li>

<li> System Administration (Printing, Tuning, Kernel Compilation, etc.) </li>

</ul>

Amazingly, it is kept reasonably up to date and is well written.

The semi-official FAQ maintained on the FreeBSD.org website contains a tonne of useful information, particularly about hardware and compatibility. It should be one of the first places you look for answers to your questions.

This is one of the best descriptions I have seen in a long time on setting up a FreeBSD server to act as a NAT server and firewall. It goes through the processes of:

<ul>

<li> Setting up the operating system from scratch </li>

<li> Battening down the hatches for security </li>

<li> Setting up cvsup and other tools to build the latest kernel with the latest fixes. </li>

<li> Configuring the Firewall </li>

<li> Setting up an Intrusion Detection System (aide) </li>

</ul>

The tutorial is written for FreeBSD 5.x versions.