# 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="/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/nrelease/root/README">README</a>
file for more information.   To activate the installer, boot the CD and
login as 'installer'.
See the 'Download Site' list below for a list of download locations. 

## 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.

## Other Sites


Daily DragonFly events and news are reported at the 
<a href="http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/">DragonFly BSD Digest</a>.


## Current Working Set


DragonFly is under major development so while we do have a release cycle
there are often better choices.  We have daily snapshots and we have
preview snapshots of current development.  First-time DragonFly users are
probably best served using a preview snapshot.  These snapshots can be
located at <a href="ftp://ftp.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/">ftp://ftp.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images</a>. 
Daily snapshots are available at <a href="http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/snapshots/">http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/snapshots/</a>.




DragonFly systems based on current development are labeled PREVIEW or
DEVELOPMENT.  People who want to keep up with recent developments but who
do not want the absolute bleeding-edge-likely-to-crash-in-bad-ways work
should use PREVIEW.  People who want the bleeding edge should use the
HEAD of the git tree which are marked DEVELOPMENT.  <i>We used to have
something called STABLE and CURRENT.  Those no longer exist.  STABLE has
been renamed to PREVIEW and CURRENT has been renamed to DEVELOPMENT.</i>


## 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.



The current release is <a href="release2_0.shtml">DragonFly 2.0.X-RELEASE</a>.



DragonFly systems based on releases are labeled RELEASE.  For example,
you might be running <b>DragonFly X.Y.Z-RELEASE</b>.  The subversion is
bumped on a daily basis when commits have been made to the release branch
that day and can become quite large.  For example, 1.4.75.


## Download Sites

<TABLE BORDER="0">
<TR>

<TH>Organization</TH>
<TH>Mirrored Data</TH>
<TH>Access methods</TH>
</TR>

<TR><TD CLASS="mirrorsection" COLSPAN="3">Snapshots and ISO images</TD></TR>

<TR>
<TD>DragonFlyBSD.org (California)</TD>
<TD>Code, ISO master site (<B>NOTE: Use this site as a last resort!)</B>)</TD>

<TD><a href="ftp://ftp.dragonflybsd.org/">FTP</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de (Germany)</TD>
<TD>Snapshots master site, official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
<a href="ftp://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>,
<a href="http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/services/#rsync">rsync</a>

</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>AllBSD.org (Japan)</TD>
<TD>Daily snapshots, official ISOs</TD>
<TD><a href="http://pub.allbsd.org/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
<a href="ftp://ftp.allbsd.org/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>, 
rsync
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>Starkast.net (Sweden)</TD>
<TD>Daily snapshots, official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://ftp.starkast.net/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>, 
<a href="ftp://ftp.starkast.net/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>
</TD>
</TR>


<TR>
<TD>Providence University (Taiwan)</TD>
<TD>Daily snapshots, official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://dragonflybsd.cs.pu.edu.tw/">HTTP</a>,
<a href="ftp://dragonflybsd.cs.pu.edu.tw/DragonFLYBSD">FTP</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) (Ishikawa, Japan)</TD>
<TD>Daily snapshots, official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
<a href="ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>,
<a href="rsync://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/DragonFly/">rsync</a>
</TD>
</TR>


<TR>
<TD>TheShell.com (Ashburn, VA, USA)</TD>
<TD>Code, official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://www.theshell.com/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
<a href="ftp://ftp.theshell.com/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>, 
<a href="rsync://rsync.theshell.com/pub/DragonFly/">rsync</a> (IPv4 and IPv6)
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>

<TD>mirror.macomnet.net (Moscow, Russia)</TD>
<TD>Daily snapshots, official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://mirror.macomnet.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">HTTP</a>,
<a href="ftp://mirror.macomnet.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">FTP</a>, and
<a href="rsync://mirror.macomnet.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">rsync</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>ftp.tu-clausthal.de (Germany)</TD>

<TD>Official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
<a href="ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>Demokritos University of Thrace (Greece)</TD>
<TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://ftp.duth.gr/pub/DragonflyBSD/">HTTP</a>,

<a href="ftp://ftp.duth.gr/pub/DragonflyBSD/">FTP</a>,
<a href="rsync://ftp.duth.gr/DragonflyBSD/">rsync</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>High5.net (Amsterdam)</TD>
<TD>Official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://high5.net/mirrors/DragonFly/iso-images/">HTTP</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>Elion Enterprises Ltd (Estonia)</TD>
<TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/DragonFly">HTTP</a>,
<a href="ftp://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/DragonFly">FTP</a>,
<a href="rsync://ftp.estpak.ee/DragonFly">rsync</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>

<TD>TWAREN FTP (Taiwan)</TD>
<TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://ftp.twaren.net/BSD/DragonFlyBSD/">HTTP</a>,
<a href="ftp://ftp.twaren.net/BSD/DragonFlyBSD/">FTP</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>dragonflybsd.kiev.ua (Ukraine)</TD>
<TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>

<TD>
<a href="http://www.dragonflybsd.kiev.ua/">HTTP</a>,
<a href="ftp://ftp.dragonflybsd.kiev.ua/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">FTP</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>boulder.tele.dk (Denmark)</TD>
<TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://mirror03.inet.tele.dk/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
<a href="ftp://mirror03.inet.tele.dk/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>

</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>Philipps-University Marburg (Germany)</TD>
<TD>Official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/pub/mirror/dragonfly/">FTP</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>Flixn, Inc. (Texas, United States)</TD>

<TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://mirror.evilprojects.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">HTTP</a>
<a href="ftp://mirror.evilprojects.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">FTP</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (California)</TD>
<TD>Official ISOs</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>

<a href="ftp://mirrors.isc.org/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>
</TD>
</TR>

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<TR>
<TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD CLASS="mirrorsection" COLSPAN="3">pkgsrc binary mirrors</TD></TR>

<TR>
<TD>www.pkgsrc-box.org (Germany)</TD>
<TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>

<TD><a href="http://www.pkgsrc-box.org/packages/stable/">i386 packages</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de (Germany)</TD>
<TD>binary pkgsrc packages<br>(mirror from here)</TD>
<TD><a href="http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/packages/">i386 packages</a> 
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>

<TD>TheShell.com (Ashburn, VA, USA)</TD>
<TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
<TD><a href="http://www.theshell.com/pub/DragonFly/packages/">i386 packages</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>TWAREN FTP (Taiwan)</TD>
<TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
<TD>

<a href="http://ftp.twaren.net/BSD/DragonFlyBSD/packages/">i386 packages</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>dragonflybsd.kiev.ua (Ukraine)</TD>
<TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
<TD>
<a href="ftp://ftp.dragonflybsd.kiev.ua/pub/DragonFlyBSD/packages/">i386 packages</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>

<TD>boulder.tele.dk (Denmark)</TD>
<TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://mirror03.inet.tele.dk/pub/DragonFly/packages/">i386
packages</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>Philipps-University Marburg (Germany)</TD>
<TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
<TD><a href="ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/pub/mirror/dragonfly/packages/">i386 packages</a>

</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>Flixn, Inc. (Texas, United States)</TD>
<TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
<TD>
<a href="http://mirror.evilprojects.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/packages/">HTTP</a>
<a href="ftp://mirror.evilprojects.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/packages/">FTP</a>
</TD>
</TR>
<!-- source only after this -->

<TR>
<TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD CLASS="mirrorsection" COLSPAN="3">Git source mirrors</TD></TR>

<TR>
<TD>DragonFlyBSD.org (California)</TD>
<TD>Code master site (<B>NOTE: Use other sites if possible!</B>)</TD>
<TD> 
<a href="git://crater.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git">git repo</a>

<a href="http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/">gitweb</a>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de (Germany)</TD>
<TD>Code</TD>
<TD>
<a href="git://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/dragonfly.git">git repo</a>,
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

## Commercial Sites

<TABLE BORDER="0">

<TR>
<TD COLSPAN="2">Any commercial site selling DragonFly related material can be listed in
this section.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD COLSPAN="2">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TH>Organization</TH>
<TH>Access methods</TH>
</TR>

<TR>
<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>
</TR>

<TR>

<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>
</TR>

<TR>
<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>

</TR>

<TR>
<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>
</TR>

<tr>
<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>

</tr>

<tr>
<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>
</tr>


<tr>
<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>
</tr>

</table>