This issue has a good article on FreeBSD and why it's worth a look + by Linux folks.
+A brief, business oriented introduction to the open source + community.
+There is a good report on the Walnut Creek booth and FreeBSD at + the Linux Today website. The first half of the report is on + Slackware Linux, the second half is on FreeBSD.
+Larry Ellison talking about their new dedicated Oracle servers, + mentions FreeBSD as one of a list of candidate OSes for the + platform.
+Continuation of an earlier column reviewing freely available + Unix like operating systems.
+An introduction to FreeBSD, and where it stands with respect to + the other free OSes.
+An article touting the stability and power of the Unix platform + over NT.
+Ryan Snedegar reviews FreeBSD 2.2.7 and finds its web-serving + performance to be better than Windows NT.
+About why customers prefer open source software like Linux, FreeBSD, + Perl and TCL to proprietary alternatives.
+Briefly reviews the BSD Unix heritage.
+On how to use FreeBSD's + select(2) + and + poll(2) + system calls.
+A short introduction to FreeBSD 2.2.7.
+Desire for better security has led some ISPs to deploy FreeBSD on + their servers.
+Jordan compares the past of Unix with the future of Linux, outlining + possible similarities and describing faults that could be + prevented.
+Consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader mentions FreeBSD by name.
+Practical approaches to distributing HTTP traffic at your site. + Includes a section on performance tuning Apache under FreeBSD.
+For smaller companies and web sites, a FreeBSD and Apache on an + Intel (PC) architecture machine is more than sufficient.
+Note: the article is not available online.
+A collection of tips and tricks to secure your internal + network.
+Freei.Net is purchasing hundreds of Intel's LB440GX 2U Rack Server + Platforms as the Internet service provider continues to experience + explosive growth in its subscriber base. ``The LB440GX flawlessly + supports our FreeBSD operating system,'' said Steve Bourg, + Freei.Net's Chief Technical Officer.
+Linux administrator turns to FreeBSD and finds it impressive.
+Brett Glass sent this message + to the FreeBSD -chat mailing list, about his experiences and + perceptions at COMDEX. Of particular interest are the problems he + had trying to get vendors to support the BSDs and Linux.
+Discusses RedHat's acquisition + of Cygnus, quotes + Jordan Hubbard at length, and + mentions FreeBSD.
+A report on Wilfredo Sanchez's session on FreeBSD and the Apple + Darwin project at the first FreeBSDCon.
+In an interview with CBS MarketWatch, Bob Frankenberg, ex-CEO of + Novell, praises + FreeBSD for doing ``an exceptionally good job''. FreeBSD is + used in his current company, + Encanto.
+Walnut Creek will distribute Applixware Office v4.4.2 in their + FreeBSD 3.3 Power Desktop product. In addition, Walnut Creek will + bundle Applix'SHELF, a + visual open-source application development toolset and runtime + environment with FreeBSD.
+October 17, 1999 marked a milestone in the history of FreeBSD -- the + first FreeBSD conference was held in the city where it all began.
+Repost of IDG article about FreeBSDCon '99.
+FreeBSD v3.2 is as close to the perfect Internet server operating + system as it comes.
+A report from the first annual FreeBSDCon held in Berkeley, + California.
+Entera announces a free, + standards-based RTSP/RTP server to stream QuickTime from a + FreeBSD platform.
+This paper tries to explore links between open source software + development and academic research as a better paradigm for OSS + development.
+Claims that the operating systems based on BSD are more reliable + and secure. (requires registration with The Boston Globe prior to + viewing)
+An introduction to the BSD family of free operating systems.
+Focusses on the BSD development model and the ease of keeping + upto-date with tools like sup and CVSup.
+A short (but not very accurate) introduction to FreeBSD for people + who have heard about Linux.
+CNN reports that the winner during the "Linux Death + Match" at the Chaos Computer Camp in Germany used FreeBSD tools + to win out over Linux attackers. More details are available at + http://www.42.org/~sec/Berichte/199908Camp/index.en.html#match.
+Said to be the largest search engine on the Internet, + FAST Web Search + + uses the FreeBSD operating system.
+Using FreeBSD, Duke University computer science researchers have + developed a system for communication at speeds higher than one + billion bits per second in a local area network of personal + computers. More details can be found at the + Trapeze project web + site.
+pair Networks, Inc., the World's largest independently owned and + operated paid hosting service, today announced that it has surpassed + the 60,000 Web site milestone. Their web servers in their + state-of-the-art data center house more than 2 Terabytes of storage, + and deliver up to 100 million hits per day to site visitors. pair + uses FreeBSD in order to ensure maximum uptime and reliability.
+Network manager Peter McGarvey writes about his experience with + a number of varieties of Unix. He sums up: FreeBSD is the + greatest.
+BSD is the software behind the world's most popular Web site and the + world's most popular FTP site.
+BSD powers some of the biggest sites, and its users are among + the most jealous of Linux.
+Underlines the advantages of BSD for the embedded device market. + Mentions picoBSD.
+Chris DiBona of VA Research and Jordan Hubbard of the FreeBSD + Project give their views on Linux and FreeBSD.
+A survey of thin servers, featuring products using FreeBSD as + their internal operating system.
+Michael Doyle, system administrator for + Co-operation + Ireland roots for FreeBSD in this interview. Michael is using + FreeBSD and PostgreSQL as + a cost-effective and ultra-reliable solution for his + organization's I.T. needs.
+An article comparing BSD and GPL style licenses.
+In an interview with Wired News, Rob Malda, founder of + Slashdot, says that he would now + like to spend some more time reporting on FreeBSD.
+FreeBSD: Is it the perfect Internet server operating system? As + close as it comes.
+It looks like Unix, it tastes like Unix but it isn't Unix. It's + FreeBSD!
+Rich Morin explains why FreeBSD is the superior OS for him.
+Walnut Creek CDROM, Inc. announces that their popular software + archive at ftp://ftp.cdrom.com has surpassed the one trillion bytes + (one terabyte) milestone of files downloaded per day from a single + server machine.
+Reviews alternative PC operating systems. Includes a + review of FreeBSD 3.2.
+Article on Gnome and the Open Source movement. Mentions + FreeBSD.
+A short article introducing a few alternative OSes, including + FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Aimed at the general public.
+During its first full day of operation, the new NetFRAME 9201 server + set a new all-time one day download record of 969GB + of files, surpassing the previous record set last year of + 873GB/day.
+Examples of FreeBSD deployment in the real world and why some + technology officers find it attractive.
+Linux and BSD Unix are starting to show up on more and more + corporate servers, running alongside or even replacing Netware + and Windows NT.
+Included with FreeBSD 3.1 is a complete, integrated SGML/XML + development system that installs with a simple, easy to use + command sequence.
+FreeBSD is a supported operating system for a new version of + Inktomi's carrier-class network cache platform.
+Dual-Processor FreeBSD systems were used to generate a large + number of special effects in the cutting edge Warner Brothers film, + The Matrix.
+A system administrator shares his views on FreeBSD.
+What are the oldest free operating systems around? The answer is + the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix variants.
+Introduces FreeBSD to Linux users.
+Outside technical circles, many remain unaware of viable choices + for internet servers---like the FreeBSD operating system that drives + Web servers for such high-profile names as Yahoo and Best Internet + Communications (now part of Verio).
+A description of the Walnut Creek CDROM setup. + The article is also available from + + SunWorld.
+Discusses thin-servers, including six built using an embedded + FreeBSD kernel.
+See also the serial from the + 22nd, + 23rd, + 24th, + 25th, + 26th, and + 27th of March, 1999.
+Columnist Nathan Cochrane talks about the BSD family of open + source operating systems.
+An article on the open-source / free-software debate. Mentions + Berkeley Unix as one of the early successes of shared source code + collaboration.
+There is a small but interesting FreeBSD mention in LWN in an + interview with Linux's Alan Cox.
+Software that has been developed by thousands of volunteers and is + given away is often better than the stuff for sale. Note: The + article is no longer available online without registration.
+A short history of Berkeley Unix.
+Here is how to set up a web server using another freely available + operating system, FreeBSD, a high performance, mature, Unix-like + system.
+Introduces the modern BSD OSes to the general public.
+While finished thin servers should be optimized in both hardware + and software for the task at hand, who says the software and hardware + must come from the same developer? This Perspective examines the + emerging trend in the OEM market of divorcing the software layer from + the hardware layer. Many operating systems are vying to be the OS of + choice for thin servers. This document examines this issue in detail, + particularly the differences between Linux and FreeBSD, the current + de facto leaders in the market. Note: The article is no + longer available online without registration.
+The article describes a network management tool built on FreeBSD + that has even used network connections to www.FreeBSD.org for + performing network research.
+How the FreeBSD Ports collection works.
+How to recover files off of FreeBSD system.
+A geek's appraisal of the Apple OS X from Jordan Hubbard, one + of the lead developers on the FreeBSD project.
+Using a Linux install under FreeBSD's Linux compatibility mode.
+Using FreeBSD on a laptop.
+Using RCS for file revision control.
+This column gives an overview of the different versions of BSD, + with links for more information.
+TeraSolutions, Inc. and Lightning Internet Services announce that + the OpenSource archive at + ftp.freesoftware.com has surpassed the download milestone of + two trillion bytes per day from a single server machine.
+A short article on using the FreeBSD Memory Filesystem.
+An interview with Robert Watson, one of the lead developers in the + TrustedBSD project.
+See also the comics for the + 8th, + 9th, + 10th, + 11th, + and 12th.
+An early review of FreeBSD's SMB support.
+An article on a developers experience porting software from + Linux to FreeBSD.
+An informative article on BSD, and where it is going.
+An article evaluating various commercial OSes that contains a + blurb about BSDI and FreeBSD.
+With the recent hype surrounding open source software, an + important project has gone unnoticed in the media. This project, + FreeBSD, aims to create a rock-solid UNIX clone based on the 4BSD + work from the University of California at Berkeley.
+FreeBSD, a relatively unknown operating system is playing a big + role on the Internet.
+How Berkeley hackers built the Net's most fabled free operating + system on the ashes of the '60s---and then lost the lead to + Linux.
+A short guide to installing FreeBSD 4.0.
+Compares the merged Walnut Creek/BSDI OS offering to Linux.
+Open-source software sometimes provides a better solution than + expensive commerical, closed software.
+PolyServe, a provider of software-based, distributed server + clustering technology, announced co-marketing agreement with FreeBSD, + Inc. to ship PolyServe's Understudy (TM) software program with all + new versions of FreeBSD 4.0 operating system software.
+Talks of the lack of awareness in the market of the strengths of + the BSD operating system and of the plans afoot to change this.
+BSDi will be offering technical support contracts for FreeBSD + beginning in May 2000.
+Commentary on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger.
+The second part of a review of FreeBSD v3.4.
+An interview with three BSD veterans on the past and future of + BSD.
+An interview with BSD veteran Keith Bostic on the BSDI/FreeBSD + merger. ``BSD has always had the best technology'', says Keith.
+Michael Lucas presents a guide to customizing the FreeBSD kernel, + written for the Linux oriented.
+This article attempts to give a System V or Linux administrator + a basic grounding in FreeBSD configuration and usage.
+A good description of the FreeBSD Ports collection.
+Praise for FreeBSD from this article: ``FreeBSD is the system of + choice because it is fast, stable, and can handle large volumes of + traffic.''
+An article on the BSD License.
+Promotes the BSD OSes as better alternatives to Linux + in the areas of performance, reliability and security.
+A Linux user writes about his experiences with the FreeBSD ports + system.
+A review of FreeBSD 3.4.
+A Jordan Hubbard Interview on Improvements, New Platforms and + What's to Come.
+A Linux user writes about his experiences with FreeBSD.
+A report that looks at and debunks some of the myths associated with + Open Source development.
+About 17 percent of enterprises plan to deploy FreeBSD or Linux + as a primary platform for e-commerce within two years.
+Steve Jobs' Macworld Expo keynote speech mentions FreeBSD as one of + the components in the new Darwin OS from Apple.
+In an article on the next generation Darwin OS, Apple Inc., refers + to FreeBSD as one of the ``most acclaimed OS projects of the modern + era.''
+FreeBSD has several options for using software from other platforms + such as Linux. This article examines Linux emulation under + FreeBSD.
+Nearly four years after it was acquired by Microsoft, + and in spite of a well-publicized effort to migrate it to + Windows and IIS, Hotmail + is still partly based on FreeBSD and Apache.
+An article discussing FreeBSD as an workstation OS for new Unix users.
+A brief introduction to portupgrade.
+A short article on accessing a Windows(R) share from a + FreeBSD workstation.
+Byte's Moshe Bar does a comparison, through informal + benchmarks, of FreeBSD 4.3 to Linux 2.4.10 running + sendmail, procmail, MySQL, and Apache. The emphasis of + the article is examination of the newly rewritten VM + system in Linux, so the tests are conducted with only + 512 MB of RAM. +
+An interview with Matt Dillon, a key developer in + FreeBSD on the upcoming features in FreeBSD 5.0.
+A short article on running Windows(R) applications under WINE + in FreeBSD.
+A short article on dealing with the all too common full + disk.
+A short article on ripping CDs on FreeBSD.
+This is a review of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for FreeBSD, a product which + can protect a network of Microsoft Windows hosts by scanning e-mail and + SMB file shares.
+How to mirror the FreeBSD CVS repository.
+An article on FreeBSD's CVSup infrastructure used to distribute + its source code worldwide.
+An short interview with Jordan Hubbard, one of the founders of the + FreeBSD project.
+Using DUMMYNET to control bandwidth allocation
+Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and Windows 2000 are benchmarked + for network applications. This article has a + sequel where the tests were redone after tuning + FreeBSD.
+ +NAI Labs, a division of Network Associates, Inc., announced a $1.2 + million contract awarded by the U.S. Navy's Space and Warfare Systems + Command to develop security extensions to the Open Source FreeBSD + operating system.
+An article describing the ways to control user access to your + FreeBSD system.
+Using the functionality of newsyslog in FreeBSD.
+A report on Microsoft's venture to port its C# programming language + to FreeBSD.
+Apple (http://www.apple.com/) + has recruited FreeBSD founder Jordan Hubbard to its team, in a bid + to steer its Mac OS X BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) + efforts.
+An article which states that open-source software connected with + the FreeBSD operating system is used in several places deep inside + several versions of Microsoft's Windows software, and on numerous + server computers that manage major functions at Microsoft's free + e-mail service, Hotmail.
+A report on the backfiring of the Microsoft effort to vilify + open source software.
+System logging in FreeBSD using syslogd.
+Using CVS in client-mode.
+Configuring FreeBSD for wireless operation.
+A survey of the games available in the FreeBSD ports + collection.
+Submitting change requests to the FreeBSD project using + send-pr.
+A mini tutorial on DocBook and its use by the FreeBSD + Documentation Project.
+An introduction to the FreeBSD project.
+BYTE's Linux guru finds himself wondering why he isn't running + FreeBSD --- a comparision (with informal benchmarks) of FreeBSD + 4.1.1 and a Linux based distribution running the v2.4.0 Linux + kernel.
+Howto modify a FreeBSD port.
+A system administrator's view of the Ports system.
+A reviewer finds FreeBSD 4.1 to be better suited for web + serving than a Red Hat Linux distribution.
+A report from a roundtable at the recent USENIX Security + Symposium 2000, involving several prominent developers in the + BSD world.
+Opera Software proudly announces the first golden release + of a new port of its software to FreeBSD.
+Dru Lavigne delves into the world of DVD playback on FreeBSD.
+An article on the history and culture of the BSD projects.
+Dru Lavigne describes the process of configuring sound on a + FreeBSD multimedia workstation.
+A short interview with committer Michael Lucas, on using BSD in enterprise environments.
+Dru Lavigne explains how to create a multimedia workstation with FreeBSD.
+Maggie Biggs takes a look at the upcoming FreeBSD 5.0, and + discovers that this open-source OS shows significant gains + in available applications and tools along with beefed-up + security.
+Kerneltrap speaks with Jordan Hubbard, one of the creators + of FreeBSD, and currently manager of Apple's Darwin project.
+Michael Lucas explains how a machine can be made to dual-boot + FreeBSD -CURRENT and -STABLE.
+FreeBSD co-founder Jordan Hubbard leaves the core team.
+A review of FreeBSD 4.5 with mention of the FreeBSD + 5.0 "Developer Preview" release.
+Committer Michael Lucas takes a look at the FreeBSD 5.0 Developers' + Preview 1.
+This tells how to use freenet6 from the ports collection to tunnel IPv6 over IPv4. +
+Michael Lucas talks about what to do when a system panic does + happen. This is the second part of a two part article; + part 1 dealt with preparing a FreeBSD system to deal with + panics.
+This has instructions for securely configuring a PC running FreeBSD as a gateway + between an 802.11b network and a traditional wired network.
+InfoWorld reports on the use of FreeBSD to power a website built + for a prominent advertising campaign.
+This tells how to set up and use the audio support in FreeBSD.
+Preparing a FreeBSD system to handle a panic.
+An article on configuring and maintaining a FreeBSD + install.
+This is a non-technical introduction to the BSD family (except BSD/OS).
+Looking for your files with find.
+This article has instructions for making a FreeBSD system which + boots from CD-ROM. Its use as a firewall is mentioned.
+A walk-through on configuring IPv6 on FreeBSD.
+Getting acquainted with find.
+Using NFS in FreeBSD.
+Michael documents the process of becoming a FreeBSD committer.
+A guide for users migrating from Linux to FreeBSD.
+An interview with Robert Watson, member of FreeBSD's core + and security on the upcoming FreeBSD 4.5 and FreeBSD 5.0 + releases.
+American Megatrends Inc. announced the release of + StoreTrends(tm) NAS software version 1.1, which is based on + FreeBSD.
+Michael Lucas shows what it takes for non-coders to contribute to + BSD.
+This article is for system administrators. It explains + how to configure and maintain a FreeBSD system for high + security.
+Wind River Systems + announces the transfer of its FreeBSD assets to the + FreeBSD Mall.
+Kerneltrap interviews Matt Dillon, one of FreeBSD's key + developers.
+An article reviewing FreeBSD 5.2.1 on SPARC64 machines. The author finds FreeBSD/SPARC64 to be a very complete, useful and flexible server.
A comparision between FreeBSD 5.2.1's performance on an AMD Athlon64 3200+ and on a Pentium4 3.2E.
A guide on setting up and running the backup program Bacula on FreeBSD
A review of FreeBSD 5.1 as a desktop system.
This is the second part of a series of introductory articles. The author explains how to set up X and the postfix mail system.
This IEEE journal article looks at how the availability of high-quality open-source software is affecting the way software is developed. FreeBSD is one of the open-source projects examined.
Apple Computer recently announced the availability of its highly anticipated Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, based on FreeBSD 5.
The year 2003 in retrospect of various operating systems, including FreeBSD.
eRacks Open Source Systems announces a Centrino(TM) based laptop that features FreeBSD as a supported OS.
The offmyserver.com press release about the FreeBSD 10 year anniversary party.
In this first part of a series of introductory articles, the author shows how to use the FreeBSD installer.
A guide to generating server statistics for FreeBSD 4 and 5.
A quick report about the evening including some pictures.
An interview with FreeBSD developer Greg Lehey.
The author quickly reviews FreeBSD 4.8 and compares it with GNU/Linux.
The author gives detailed instructions on how to use Apsfilter for printing.
The author reviews FreeBSD 4.9, describes how to upgrade to the security and bug fixes branch, and how to build a custom kernel.
The author explains how to improve your password policy with auto-generated passwords.
Pawel Jakub Dawidek, one of the people behind FreeBSD jails, tells about jails from his point of view.
The author gives a short summary on FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE.
The author reviews FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE, and compares it with GNU/Linux.
A description on how to build Apache with MySQL and PHP support on FreeBSD.
The author describes his experience migrating from Linux to FreeBSD.
In his paper, the author describes an automated system for building and distributing binary security updates for FreeBSD.
Netcraft's latest survey reveals that seven out of the top thirteen most reliable web hosting company sites in september ran FreeBSD.
The author explains how to create and configure unique access permissions on files and directories using Access Control Lists (ACLs).
Trevor Blackwell has built his own FreeBSD powered Segway clone. Read on for a closer description.
The author describes how to clean the FreeBSD ports tree and how to customize the ports build options with portupgrade tools.
This article describes how FreeBSD stacked up against Linux on TechTV's latest The Screen Savers show.
In this article the author explains how to set up and configure Jails on FreeBSD.
The author describes how to install and use portupgrade to upgrade installed applications on a FreeBSD system.
The author talks about the benefits, native Java support has for FreeBSD.
The author describes how to use Access Control Lists, one of FreeBSD 5.X new functionalities.
In this edition of the FreeBSD Basics column, Dru Lavigne demonstrates her favourite ports tricks.
A comparative survey of a number of free and proprietary server OSes. The article strongly recommends the BSD family of OSes on account of their quality.
The author recommends FreeBSD, highlighting its license, simplicity, stability, and the myriad of supported applications.
The number of sites running FreeBSD is steadily growing. Netcraft provides statistics and reasons.
A report from Netcraft states that five of the top 10 hosting providers in the world are running the FreeBSD operating system.
Summary of new features in the FreeBSD 5.X branch, including new jail management facilities.
An in-depth tutorial on installing FreeBSD.
The author recommends the BSD family of operating systems for open-source IT projects.
Describes the basic security measures that should be applied to a FreeBSD 4.X workstation.
Three companies pool together to operate a new mirror of the FreeBSD website and CVSup services.
An article briefly covering the FreeBSD 5.1 release.
A short article about upcoming support for the AMD64 platform in FreeBSD 5.x.
The author recommends FreeBSD, praising its TCP/IP stack and its liberal license.
OS News features an in-depth interview with Wes Peters, Greg Lehey, Warner M. Losh of the FreeBSD core team and developer Scott Long. Topics include Java support, the Linux competition, and the FreeBSD 5.x branch.
FreeBSD core-team member Murray Stokely appeared on TechTV with Matt Olander from Offmyserver to talk about FreeBSD and perform an installation on live television. The press release includes a link to a RealVideo stream of the episode.
Linuxworld looks at the capabilities of FreeBSD 5.0 as an enterprise operating system and interviews FreeBSD developer Scott Long.
Dru Lavigne on easy ways for a new user to get familiar with FreeBSD.
Internetnews.com reviews FreeBSD 5.0 and interviews FreeBSD's release engineering team member, Murray Stokely.
Opera Software proudly announces the first golden release - of a new port of its software to FreeBSD.
-Dru Lavigne delves into the world of DVD playback on FreeBSD.
-An article on the history and culture of the BSD projects.
-Dru Lavigne describes the process of configuring sound on a - FreeBSD multimedia workstation.
-A short interview with committer Michael Lucas, on using BSD in enterprise environments.
-Dru Lavigne explains how to create a multimedia workstation with FreeBSD.
-Maggie Biggs takes a look at the upcoming FreeBSD 5.0, and - discovers that this open-source OS shows significant gains - in available applications and tools along with beefed-up - security.
-Kerneltrap speaks with Jordan Hubbard, one of the creators - of FreeBSD, and currently manager of Apple's Darwin project.
-Michael Lucas explains how a machine can be made to dual-boot - FreeBSD -CURRENT and -STABLE.
-FreeBSD co-founder Jordan Hubbard leaves the core team.
-A review of FreeBSD 4.5 with mention of the FreeBSD - 5.0 "Developer Preview" release.
-Committer Michael Lucas takes a look at the FreeBSD 5.0 Developers' - Preview 1.
-This tells how to use freenet6 from the ports collection to tunnel IPv6 over IPv4. -
-Michael Lucas talks about what to do when a system panic does - happen. This is the second part of a two part article; - part 1 dealt with preparing a FreeBSD system to deal with - panics.
-This has instructions for securely configuring a PC running FreeBSD as a gateway - between an 802.11b network and a traditional wired network.
-InfoWorld reports on the use of FreeBSD to power a website built - for a prominent advertising campaign.
-This tells how to set up and use the audio support in FreeBSD.
-Preparing a FreeBSD system to handle a panic.
-An article on configuring and maintaining a FreeBSD - install.
-This is a non-technical introduction to the BSD family (except BSD/OS).
-Looking for your files with find.
-This article has instructions for making a FreeBSD system which - boots from CD-ROM. Its use as a firewall is mentioned.
-A walk-through on configuring IPv6 on FreeBSD.
-Getting acquainted with find.
-Using NFS in FreeBSD.
-Michael documents the process of becoming a FreeBSD committer.
-A guide for users migrating from Linux to FreeBSD.
-An interview with Robert Watson, member of FreeBSD's core - and security on the upcoming FreeBSD 4.5 and FreeBSD 5.0 - releases.
-American Megatrends Inc. announced the release of - StoreTrends(tm) NAS software version 1.1, which is based on - FreeBSD.
-Michael Lucas shows what it takes for non-coders to contribute to - BSD.
-This article is for system administrators. It explains - how to configure and maintain a FreeBSD system for high - security.
-Wind River Systems - announces the transfer of its FreeBSD assets to the - FreeBSD Mall.
-Kerneltrap interviews Matt Dillon, one of FreeBSD's key - developers.
-Nearly four years after it was acquired by Microsoft, - and in spite of a well-publicized effort to migrate it to - Windows and IIS, Hotmail - is still partly based on FreeBSD and Apache.
-An article discussing FreeBSD as an workstation OS for new Unix users.
-A brief introduction to portupgrade.
-A short article on accessing a Windows(R) share from a - FreeBSD workstation.
-Byte's Moshe Bar does a comparison, through informal - benchmarks, of FreeBSD 4.3 to Linux 2.4.10 running - sendmail, procmail, MySQL, and Apache. The emphasis of - the article is examination of the newly rewritten VM - system in Linux, so the tests are conducted with only - 512 MB of RAM. -
-An interview with Matt Dillon, a key developer in - FreeBSD on the upcoming features in FreeBSD 5.0.
-A short article on running Windows(R) applications under WINE - in FreeBSD.
-A short article on dealing with the all too common full - disk.
-A short article on ripping CDs on FreeBSD.
-This is a review of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for FreeBSD, a product which - can protect a network of Microsoft Windows hosts by scanning e-mail and - SMB file shares.
-How to mirror the FreeBSD CVS repository.
-An article on FreeBSD's CVSup infrastructure used to distribute - its source code worldwide.
-An short interview with Jordan Hubbard, one of the founders of the - FreeBSD project.
-Using DUMMYNET to control bandwidth allocation
-Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and Windows 2000 are benchmarked - for network applications. This article has a - sequel where the tests were redone after tuning - FreeBSD.
- -NAI Labs, a division of Network Associates, Inc., announced a $1.2 - million contract awarded by the U.S. Navy's Space and Warfare Systems - Command to develop security extensions to the Open Source FreeBSD - operating system.
-An article describing the ways to control user access to your - FreeBSD system.
-Using the functionality of newsyslog in FreeBSD.
-A report on Microsoft's venture to port its C# programming language - to FreeBSD.
-Apple (http://www.apple.com/) - has recruited FreeBSD founder Jordan Hubbard to its team, in a bid - to steer its Mac OS X BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) - efforts.
-An article which states that open-source software connected with - the FreeBSD operating system is used in several places deep inside - several versions of Microsoft's Windows software, and on numerous - server computers that manage major functions at Microsoft's free - e-mail service, Hotmail.
-A report on the backfiring of the Microsoft effort to vilify - open source software.
-System logging in FreeBSD using syslogd.
-Using CVS in client-mode.
-Configuring FreeBSD for wireless operation.
-A survey of the games available in the FreeBSD ports - collection.
-Submitting change requests to the FreeBSD project using - send-pr.
-A mini tutorial on DocBook and its use by the FreeBSD - Documentation Project.
-An introduction to the FreeBSD project.
-BYTE's Linux guru finds himself wondering why he isn't running - FreeBSD --- a comparision (with informal benchmarks) of FreeBSD - 4.1.1 and a Linux based distribution running the v2.4.0 Linux - kernel.
-Howto modify a FreeBSD port.
-A system administrator's view of the Ports system.
-A reviewer finds FreeBSD 4.1 to be better suited for web - serving than a Red Hat Linux distribution.
-A report from a roundtable at the recent USENIX Security - Symposium 2000, involving several prominent developers in the - BSD world.
-How the FreeBSD Ports collection works.
-How to recover files off of FreeBSD system.
-A geek's appraisal of the Apple OS X from Jordan Hubbard, one - of the lead developers on the FreeBSD project.
-Using a Linux install under FreeBSD's Linux compatibility mode.
-Using FreeBSD on a laptop.
-Using RCS for file revision control.
-This column gives an overview of the different versions of BSD, - with links for more information.
-TeraSolutions, Inc. and Lightning Internet Services announce that - the OpenSource archive at - ftp.freesoftware.com has surpassed the download milestone of - two trillion bytes per day from a single server machine.
-A short article on using the FreeBSD Memory Filesystem.
-An interview with Robert Watson, one of the lead developers in the - TrustedBSD project.
-See also the comics for the - 8th, - 9th, - 10th, - 11th, - and 12th.
-An early review of FreeBSD's SMB support.
-An article on a developers experience porting software from - Linux to FreeBSD.
-An informative article on BSD, and where it is going.
-An article evaluating various commercial OSes that contains a - blurb about BSDI and FreeBSD.
-With the recent hype surrounding open source software, an - important project has gone unnoticed in the media. This project, - FreeBSD, aims to create a rock-solid UNIX clone based on the 4BSD - work from the University of California at Berkeley.
-FreeBSD, a relatively unknown operating system is playing a big - role on the Internet.
-How Berkeley hackers built the Net's most fabled free operating - system on the ashes of the '60s---and then lost the lead to - Linux.
-A short guide to installing FreeBSD 4.0.
-Compares the merged Walnut Creek/BSDI OS offering to Linux.
-Open-source software sometimes provides a better solution than - expensive commerical, closed software.
-PolyServe, a provider of software-based, distributed server - clustering technology, announced co-marketing agreement with FreeBSD, - Inc. to ship PolyServe's Understudy (TM) software program with all - new versions of FreeBSD 4.0 operating system software.
-Talks of the lack of awareness in the market of the strengths of - the BSD operating system and of the plans afoot to change this.
-BSDi will be offering technical support contracts for FreeBSD - beginning in May 2000.
-Commentary on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger.
-The second part of a review of FreeBSD v3.4.
-An interview with three BSD veterans on the past and future of - BSD.
-An interview with BSD veteran Keith Bostic on the BSDI/FreeBSD - merger. ``BSD has always had the best technology'', says Keith.
-Michael Lucas presents a guide to customizing the FreeBSD kernel, - written for the Linux oriented.
-This article attempts to give a System V or Linux administrator - a basic grounding in FreeBSD configuration and usage.
-A good description of the FreeBSD Ports collection.
-Praise for FreeBSD from this article: ``FreeBSD is the system of - choice because it is fast, stable, and can handle large volumes of - traffic.''
-An article on the BSD License.
-Promotes the BSD OSes as better alternatives to Linux - in the areas of performance, reliability and security.
-A Linux user writes about his experiences with the FreeBSD ports - system.
-A review of FreeBSD 3.4.
-A Jordan Hubbard Interview on Improvements, New Platforms and - What's to Come.
-A Linux user writes about his experiences with FreeBSD.
-A report that looks at and debunks some of the myths associated with - Open Source development.
-About 17 percent of enterprises plan to deploy FreeBSD or Linux - as a primary platform for e-commerce within two years.
-Steve Jobs' Macworld Expo keynote speech mentions FreeBSD as one of - the components in the new Darwin OS from Apple.
-In an article on the next generation Darwin OS, Apple Inc., refers - to FreeBSD as one of the ``most acclaimed OS projects of the modern - era.''
-FreeBSD has several options for using software from other platforms - such as Linux. This article examines Linux emulation under - FreeBSD.
-Freei.Net is purchasing hundreds of Intel's LB440GX 2U Rack Server - Platforms as the Internet service provider continues to experience - explosive growth in its subscriber base. ``The LB440GX flawlessly - supports our FreeBSD operating system,'' said Steve Bourg, - Freei.Net's Chief Technical Officer.
-Linux administrator turns to FreeBSD and finds it impressive.
-Brett Glass sent this message - to the FreeBSD -chat mailing list, about his experiences and - perceptions at COMDEX. Of particular interest are the problems he - had trying to get vendors to support the BSDs and Linux.
-Discusses RedHat's acquisition - of Cygnus, quotes - Jordan Hubbard at length, and - mentions FreeBSD.
-A report on Wilfredo Sanchez's session on FreeBSD and the Apple - Darwin project at the first FreeBSDCon.
-In an interview with CBS MarketWatch, Bob Frankenberg, ex-CEO of - Novell, praises - FreeBSD for doing ``an exceptionally good job''. FreeBSD is - used in his current company, - Encanto.
-Walnut Creek will distribute Applixware Office v4.4.2 in their - FreeBSD 3.3 Power Desktop product. In addition, Walnut Creek will - bundle Applix'SHELF, a - visual open-source application development toolset and runtime - environment with FreeBSD.
-October 17, 1999 marked a milestone in the history of FreeBSD -- the - first FreeBSD conference was held in the city where it all began.
-Repost of IDG article about FreeBSDCon '99.
-FreeBSD v3.2 is as close to the perfect Internet server operating - system as it comes.
-A report from the first annual FreeBSDCon held in Berkeley, - California.
-Entera announces a free, - standards-based RTSP/RTP server to stream QuickTime from a - FreeBSD platform.
-This paper tries to explore links between open source software - development and academic research as a better paradigm for OSS - development.
-Claims that the operating systems based on BSD are more reliable - and secure. (requires registration with The Boston Globe prior to - viewing)
-An introduction to the BSD family of free operating systems.
-Focusses on the BSD development model and the ease of keeping - upto-date with tools like sup and CVSup.
-A short (but not very accurate) introduction to FreeBSD for people - who have heard about Linux.
-CNN reports that the winner during the "Linux Death - Match" at the Chaos Computer Camp in Germany used FreeBSD tools - to win out over Linux attackers. More details are available at - http://www.42.org/~sec/Berichte/199908Camp/index.en.html#match.
-Said to be the largest search engine on the Internet, - FAST Web Search - - uses the FreeBSD operating system.
-Using FreeBSD, Duke University computer science researchers have - developed a system for communication at speeds higher than one - billion bits per second in a local area network of personal - computers. More details can be found at the - Trapeze project web - site.
-pair Networks, Inc., the World's largest independently owned and - operated paid hosting service, today announced that it has surpassed - the 60,000 Web site milestone. Their web servers in their - state-of-the-art data center house more than 2 Terabytes of storage, - and deliver up to 100 million hits per day to site visitors. pair - uses FreeBSD in order to ensure maximum uptime and reliability.
-Network manager Peter McGarvey writes about his experience with - a number of varieties of Unix. He sums up: FreeBSD is the - greatest.
-BSD is the software behind the world's most popular Web site and the - world's most popular FTP site.
-BSD powers some of the biggest sites, and its users are among - the most jealous of Linux.
-Underlines the advantages of BSD for the embedded device market. - Mentions picoBSD.
-Chris DiBona of VA Research and Jordan Hubbard of the FreeBSD - Project give their views on Linux and FreeBSD.
-A survey of thin servers, featuring products using FreeBSD as - their internal operating system.
-Michael Doyle, system administrator for - Co-operation - Ireland roots for FreeBSD in this interview. Michael is using - FreeBSD and PostgreSQL as - a cost-effective and ultra-reliable solution for his - organization's I.T. needs.
-An article comparing BSD and GPL style licenses.
-In an interview with Wired News, Rob Malda, founder of - Slashdot, says that he would now - like to spend some more time reporting on FreeBSD.
-FreeBSD: Is it the perfect Internet server operating system? As - close as it comes.
-It looks like Unix, it tastes like Unix but it isn't Unix. It's - FreeBSD!
-Rich Morin explains why FreeBSD is the superior OS for him.
-Walnut Creek CDROM, Inc. announces that their popular software - archive at ftp://ftp.cdrom.com has surpassed the one trillion bytes - (one terabyte) milestone of files downloaded per day from a single - server machine.
-Reviews alternative PC operating systems. Includes a - review of FreeBSD 3.2.
-Article on Gnome and the Open Source movement. Mentions - FreeBSD.
-A short article introducing a few alternative OSes, including - FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Aimed at the general public.
-During its first full day of operation, the new NetFRAME 9201 server - set a new all-time one day download record of 969GB - of files, surpassing the previous record set last year of - 873GB/day.
-Examples of FreeBSD deployment in the real world and why some - technology officers find it attractive.
-Linux and BSD Unix are starting to show up on more and more - corporate servers, running alongside or even replacing Netware - and Windows NT.
-Included with FreeBSD 3.1 is a complete, integrated SGML/XML - development system that installs with a simple, easy to use - command sequence.
-FreeBSD is a supported operating system for a new version of - Inktomi's carrier-class network cache platform.
-Dual-Processor FreeBSD systems were used to generate a large - number of special effects in the cutting edge Warner Brothers film, - The Matrix.
-A system administrator shares his views on FreeBSD.
-What are the oldest free operating systems around? The answer is - the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix variants.
-Introduces FreeBSD to Linux users.
-Outside technical circles, many remain unaware of viable choices - for internet servers---like the FreeBSD operating system that drives - Web servers for such high-profile names as Yahoo and Best Internet - Communications (now part of Verio).
-A description of the Walnut Creek CDROM setup. - The article is also available from - - SunWorld.
-Discusses thin-servers, including six built using an embedded - FreeBSD kernel.
-See also the serial from the - 22nd, - 23rd, - 24th, - 25th, - 26th, and - 27th of March, 1999.
-Columnist Nathan Cochrane talks about the BSD family of open - source operating systems.
-An article on the open-source / free-software debate. Mentions - Berkeley Unix as one of the early successes of shared source code - collaboration.
-There is a small but interesting FreeBSD mention in LWN in an - interview with Linux's Alan Cox.
-Software that has been developed by thousands of volunteers and is - given away is often better than the stuff for sale. Note: The - article is no longer available online without registration.
-A short history of Berkeley Unix.
-Here is how to set up a web server using another freely available - operating system, FreeBSD, a high performance, mature, Unix-like - system.
-Introduces the modern BSD OSes to the general public.
-While finished thin servers should be optimized in both hardware - and software for the task at hand, who says the software and hardware - must come from the same developer? This Perspective examines the - emerging trend in the OEM market of divorcing the software layer from - the hardware layer. Many operating systems are vying to be the OS of - choice for thin servers. This document examines this issue in detail, - particularly the differences between Linux and FreeBSD, the current - de facto leaders in the market. Note: The article is no - longer available online without registration.
-The article describes a network management tool built on FreeBSD - that has even used network connections to www.FreeBSD.org for - performing network research.
-This issue has a good article on FreeBSD and why it's worth a look - by Linux folks.
-A brief, business oriented introduction to the open source - community.
-There is a good report on the Walnut Creek booth and FreeBSD at - the Linux Today website. The first half of the report is on - Slackware Linux, the second half is on FreeBSD.
-Larry Ellison talking about their new dedicated Oracle servers, - mentions FreeBSD as one of a list of candidate OSes for the - platform.
-Continuation of an earlier column reviewing freely available - Unix like operating systems.
-An introduction to FreeBSD, and where it stands with respect to - the other free OSes.
-An article touting the stability and power of the Unix platform - over NT.
-Ryan Snedegar reviews FreeBSD 2.2.7 and finds its web-serving - performance to be better than Windows NT.
-About why customers prefer open source software like Linux, FreeBSD, - Perl and TCL to proprietary alternatives.
-Briefly reviews the BSD Unix heritage.
-On how to use FreeBSD's - select(2) - and - poll(2) - system calls.
-A short introduction to FreeBSD 2.2.7.
-Desire for better security has led some ISPs to deploy FreeBSD on - their servers.
-Jordan compares the past of Unix with the future of Linux, outlining - possible similarities and describing faults that could be - prevented.
-Consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader mentions FreeBSD by name.
-Practical approaches to distributing HTTP traffic at your site. - Includes a section on performance tuning Apache under FreeBSD.
-For smaller companies and web sites, a FreeBSD and Apache on an - Intel (PC) architecture machine is more than sufficient.
-Note: the article is not available online.
-A collection of tips and tricks to secure your internal - network.
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