# Obtaining DragonFly for your system

## CD Images


DragonFly CDs are 'live', meaning these CDs will boot your system and let you log in as root (no password).  You can use this feature to check for hardware compatibility and play with DragonFly a little before actually installing it on your hard drive.  The CD includes an installer that can be run at the console, or (experimentally) via a web browser. Make sure you read the <a href="http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/blob/HEAD:/nrelease/root/README">README</a> file for more information. To activate the installer, boot the CD and login as 'installer'.

* Current **RELEASE**: <a href="ftp://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/iso-images/dfly-2.0.1_REL.iso.gz">2.0.1</a>
* Daily **SNAPSHOT**: <a href="http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/snapshots/i386/">here</a>

**NOTE**: Look [[here|/mirrors]] for a list of worldwide mirrors offering DragonFly ISO images and binary pkgsrc packages.

## Obtaining source via git

Since DragonFly 2.1 the source repository is maintained with git instead of CVS. See <a href="http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=development&section=ANY">development(7)</a> for instructions how to clone the repository.

## DragonFly Releases

Releases occur approximately twice a year.  DragonFly release branches <b>only contain bug and security fixes</b> and are designed for people running production systems who don't want any surprises.  Brand-new features often discussed on the mailing lists are typically not in release branches.

DragonFly systems based on releases are labeled RELEASE.  For example, you might be running <b>DragonFly X.Y.Z-RELEASE</b>.

## Commercial Sites

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<TD COLSPAN="2">Any commercial site selling DragonFly related material can be listed in
this section.</TD>
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<TH>Organization</TH>
<TH>Access methods</TH>
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<TD><B>BSD-Systems</B><br>
BSD-Systems.co.uk offers high quality Open Source Operating Systems 
available for purchase on CD, and will ship to UK or international 
addresses.
</TD>
<TD><A HREF="http://bsd-systems.co.uk/">http://bsd-systems.co.uk/</A></TD>
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<TD><B>Ikarios</B><br>
Ikarios is a low-cost supplier (mail-order only) of CDs, shipping in most
European countries.<br>
Each industrially-produced and tested CD costs at most 1.99 euro (decreasing rate).<br>
</TD>
<TD><A HREF="http://www.ikarios.com/form#dfbsd">http://www.ikarios.com/</A></TD>
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<TD><B>Lehmanns</B><br>
Lehmanns is a bookshop located in Germany, offering various
BSD and Linux distributions.  Their FreeBSD DVDs also
contain the latest version of DragonFly BSD, which can
be started straight from the boot menu of the DVD.
</TD>
<TD><A HREF="http://www.lob.de/">http://www.lob.de/</A></TD>

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<TD><B>Linux Bazar</B><br>
Linux Bazar is a low-cost supplier of software CDs.  Shipping is only to 
addresses within India.
</TD>
<TD><A HREF="http://www.LinuxBazar.com/">http://www.LinuxBazar.com/</A></TD>
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<td><b>Linux CD Mall</b><br/>
Linux CD Mall, a family business operating from Auckland, NZ, is run by
Chris Hope and The Electric Toolbox Ltd to distribute Linux and BSD
distributions on CD and DVD to New Zealand and the rest of the world.
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.linuxcdmall.com/dragonfly.html">http://www.linuxcdmall.com/dragonfly.html</a></td>

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<td><b>LinuxDownloads.co.uk</b><br />
LinuxDownload.co.uk provides Linux, BSD and Open Source software on CD and
DVD. We aim to dispatch orders within 24 hours and offer free delivery to
the UK and worldwide shipping is available too.
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.linuxdownload.co.uk">http://www.linuxdownload.co.uk</a><br/>
sales@linuxdownload.co.uk</td>
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<td><b>Tetrad Digital Integrity</b><br/>

TDI is an information assurance company in the Washington DC area, which
can provide consulting services for deploying DragonFly BSD in all areas of
enterprise use - desktop, server and infrastructure (router/firewall
etc)</td>
<td><a href="http://www.tdisecurity.com/">http://www.tdisecurity.com</a><br/>
dfbsd@tdisecurity.com</td>
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