$FreeBSD$
2002
1
BSD への貢献
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/01/17/Big_Scary_Daemons.html
ONLamp.com
http://www.onlamp.com/
17 January 2002
Michael Lucas

Michael Lucas は, コーディング以外で BSD に貢献するのに 必要な素質について説明しています.

FreeBSD 4.x-STABLE を安全に設定するために
http://draenor.org/securebsd/secure.txt
draenor.org
http://draenor.org/
17 January 2002
Marc Silver

この記事はシステム管理者向けです. FreeBSD システムを極めて安全に設定し, 管理する方法を 説明しています.

FreeBSD の権利移行
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20020114/tc/freebsd_to_change_hands_1.html
Yahoo News
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/
14 January 2002
Stephen Shankland CNET

Wind River Systems は FreeBSD に関する資産を FreeBSD Mall に移転することを発表しました.

Kerneltrap の Matt Dillon インタビュー
http://kerneltrap.com/article.php?sid=459
Kerneltrap
http://kerneltrap.com/
2002/01/02
Jeremy Andrews

Kerneltrap は FreeBSD の重要な開発者の一人である Matt Dillon にインタビューしました.

2001
12
Microsoft Hotmail はまだ U**x
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/23348.html
The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
12 December 2001
Andrew Orlowski

Microsoft に買収されてから 4 年近くたちますが, Windows と IIS に移行するという報道にも関わらず, Hotmail では 未だに一部は FreeBSD と Apache をベースとしています.

ワークステーションとしての FreeBSD
http://www.osnews.com/printer.php?news_id=392
OS News
http://www.osnews.com/
12 December 2001
Eugenia Loli-Queru

新しい Unix ユーザ向けの, FreeBSD をワークステーション OS として使うことに関する記事です.

11
Cleaning Up Ports
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/11/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html
OnLamp
http://www.onlamp.com/
29 November 2001
Michael Lucas

portupgrade の入門記事です.

Stable SMB
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/11/15/Big_Scary_Daemons.html
OnLamp
http://www.onlamp.com/
15 November 2001
Michael Lucas

FreeBSD ワークステーションから Windows(R) 共有にアクセス するための短い記事です.

FreeBSD 対 Linux 再び
http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1794/byt20011107s0001/1112_moshe.html
Byte
http://www.byte.com/
12 November 2001
Moshe Bar

Byte 誌の Moshe Bar は FreeBSD 4.3 と Linux 2.4.10 上で sendmail, procmail, MySQL, Apache を動作させた際の ベンチマークを用いた比較を投稿しました. この記事は新しく書き直された Linux の VM システム の検証に重点を置いており, テストはたった 512MB の RAM でおこなわれています

10
大 *BSD インタビュー
http://www.osnews.com/printer.php?news_id=153
OS News
http://www.osnews.com/
08 October 2001
Eugenia Loli-Queru

FreeBSD 5.0 で登場する機能について, FreeBSD の主要な 開発者である Matt Dillon にインタビューしています.

9
FreeBSD 上で Windows アプリケーション
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/09/21/FreeBSD_Basics.html
OnLamp
http://www.onlamp.com/
21 September 2001
Dru Lavigne

FreeBSD で WINE を使って Windows(R) アプリケーションを実行 するための記事です.

Dealing with Full Disks
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/09/27/Big_Scary_Daemons.html
OnLamp
http://www.onlamp.com/
27 September 2001
Michael Lucas

A short article on dealing with the all too common full disk.

AMI が FreeBSD ベースの NAS ソフトウェア
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010918/182335_1.html
Yahoo Finance
http://biz.yahoo.com/
18 September 2001
AMI Press Release

American Megatrends Inc. のプレスリリースによれば, 新しいストレージソリューション は FreeBSD をつかっているそうです.

Ripping MP3s
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/09/13/Big_Scary_Daemons.html
OnLamp
http://www.onlamp.com/
13 September 2001
Michael Lucas

FreeBSD で CD をリッピングする記事です.

8
CVS Mirror
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/08/30/Big_Scary_Daemons.html
Onlamp
http://www.onlamp.com/
30 August 2001
Michael Lucas

FreeBSD CVS リポジトリをミラーする方法です.

CVSup Infrastructure
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/08/16/Big_Scary_Daemons.html
OnLamp.com
http://www.onlamp.com/
16 August 2001
Michael Lucas

FreeBSD のソースコードを世界中に配布している CVSup インフラに関する記事です.

An Interview with Jordan Hubbard
http://www.workingmac.com/article/32.wm
Working Mac
http://www.workingmac.com/
16 August 2001
pairNetworks

FreeBSD プロジェクトの創始者の一人である Jordan Hubbard への短いインタビューです.

7
NAI Labs Announces DARPA-Funded FreeBSD Security Initiative
http://opensource.nailabs.com/news/20010709-cboss.html
NAI Labs
http://www.nailabs.com/
NAI Labs Press Release

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.

6
Controlling User Logins
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/06/28/Big_Scary_Daemons.html
OnLamp.com
http://www.onlamp.com/
28 June 2001
Michael Lucas

An article describing the ways to control user access to your FreeBSD system.

Microsoft's FreeBSD Move Aimed At Next Generation Of Developers
http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=27727
CRN
http://www.crn.com/
27 June 2001
Paula Rooney

A report on Microsoft's venture to port its C# programming language to FreeBSD.

BSD guru to guide Apple on Unix
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3092
Mac World
http://www.macworld.co.uk/
26 June 2001
Macworld (UK) staff

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.

Microsoft Uses Open-Source Code Despite Denying Use of Such Software
Wall Street Journal
http://www.wsj.com/
18 June 2001
Lee Gomes

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.

In your face! MS open source attacks backfire
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2775033,00.html
ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/
14 June 2001
Lee Gomes

A report on the backfiring of the Microsoft effort to vilify open source software.

2
For Servers: Linux 2.4 vs. FreeBSD 4.1.1
http://www.byte.com/documents/s=558/BYT20010130S0010/
Byte
http://www.byte.com/
05 February 2001
Moshe Bar

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.

1
Is FreeBSD a Superior Server Platform to Linux?
http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/01/infrrevu/
Web Techniques
http://www.webtechniques.com/
January 2001
Nathan Boeger

A reviewer finds FreeBSD 4.1 to be better suited for web serving than a Red Hat Linux distribution.

A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality
http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0165/0165a/0165a.htm
Dr Dobbs Journal
http://www.ddj.com/
January 2001
Jack J. Woehr

A report from a roundtable at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000, involving several prominent developers in the BSD world.

Building a browser for the FreeBSD file tree
http://www.unixinsider.com/swol-01-2001/swol-0119-silicon.html
Unix Insider
http://www.unixinsider.com/
January 2001
Rich Morin

Rich Morin shows a proof-of-concept demo for the Meta Project: a Web-based file tree browser for the FreeBSD distribution.

2000
12
Documentation for eclectic systems
http://www.unixinsider.com/swol-12-2000/swol-1229-silicon.html
Unix Insider
http://www.unixinsider.com/
December 2000
Rich Morin

Rich Morin examines efforts that may make documentation on FreeBSD and other open-source OSes easier to locate and use.

11
Open-sourcing the Apple
http://www.salon.com/tech/review/2000/11/17/hubbard_osx/index.html
Salon Magazine
http://www.salon.com/
17 November 2000
Jordan Hubbard

A geek's appraisal of the Apple OS X from Jordan Hubbard, one of the lead developers on the FreeBSD project.

BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference
http://www.unixinsider.com/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html
Unix Insider
http://www.unixinsider.com/
November 2000
Rich Morin

Rich Morin reports on the conference and gives a helpful overview of the five major variants of BSD.

10
BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux
http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000927S0001
BYTE
http://www.byte.com/
02 October 2000
Bill Nicholls

This column gives an overview of the different versions of BSD, with links for more information.

9
INTERNET'S BUSIEST OPENSOURCE SOFTWARE ARCHIVE SETS NEW DOWNLOAD RECORD
http://www.terasolutions.com/pr092900.html
TeraSolutions
http://www.terasolutions.com/
29 September 2000
TeraSolutions Press Release

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.

BSD Tricks: MFS
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/09/07/Big_Scary_Daemons.html
O'Reilly Network
http://www.oreillynet.com/
07 September 2000
Michael Lucas

A short article on using the FreeBSD Memory Filesystem.

TRUSTING BSD - Ultra-High Security for FreeBSD
http://www.ispworld.com/bw/sep/Unix_Flavor.htm
ISPworld
http://www.ispworld.com/
September 2000
Jeffrey Carl

An interview with Robert Watson, one of the lead developers in the TrustedBSD project.

8
More FreeBSD Comics
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20000807&mode=classic
User Friendly the Comic Strip
http://www.userfriendly.org/
7 August 2000
Illiad

See also the comics for the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th.

7
FreeBSD4: The little deamon's got me!!
http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200007/freebsd4&page=1
32BitsOnline
http://www.32bitsonline.com/
11 July 2000
Clifford Smith

A review of FreeBSD 4.0 with praise for its speed, new security features, firewall support, and ports collection.

An Industrial Strength OS
http://www.chapters.ca/software/editorial/freebsd/default.asp?WSID=12073A57A3525CC711D4A7920008C7DB32591918&mscssid=JX1V66WQB4S92LPJ0017QTK6B9500439
Chapters
http://www.chapters.ca/
July 2000
Marty Poulin

A short introduction to FreeBSD.

6
The State of the Daemon
http://www.unixreview.com/open_source/articles/0006bsd.shtml
Unix Review
http://www.unixreview.com/
07 June 2000
Michael Lucas

An informative article on BSD, and where it is going.

Server Goliaths Turn to Appliance Servers
http://sw.expert.com/news/SE.N1.JUN.00.pdf
Server/Workstation Expert
http://sw.expert.com/
June 2000
Adam Darby

An article evaluating various commercial OSes that contains a blurb about BSDI and FreeBSD.

FreeBSD: Serving the World
http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/JamesHoward/JamesHoward1.html
osOpinion
http://www.osopinion.com/
June 2000
James Howard

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.

5
Riding the Web Wave
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/05/29/BU20648.DTL
SFGate
http://www.sfgate.com/
29 May 2000
Henry Norr

FreeBSD, a relatively unknown operating system is playing a big role on the Internet.

BeOpen Interview with Jordan Hubbard of FreeBSD, Inc.
http://www.gnulinux.com/interviews/hubbard.shtml
GnuLinux
http://www.gnulinux.com/
18 May 2000
Sam Williams

An interview with Jordan Hubbard on the history of FreeBSD.

BSD Unix: Power to the people, from the code
http://www.salon.com/tech/fsp/2000/05/16/chapter_2_part_one/index.html
Salon
http://www.salon.com/
16 May 2000
Andrew Leonard

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.

Install FreeBSD 4.0 in seven easy steps
http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220000516eje01.htm
TechRepublic
http://www.techrepublic.com/
16 May 2000
Dru Lavigne

A short guide to installing FreeBSD 4.0.

Partial Reunification May Give BSD New Visibility
http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000508DC8A
ComputerWorld
http://www.computerworld.com/
8 May 2000
Dominique Deckmyn

Compares the merged Walnut Creek/BSDI OS offering to Linux.

Developers using open-source software behind bosses' backs
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/05/05/open.source.smugglers.idg/index.html
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/
5 May 2000
Peter Wayner

Open-source software sometimes provides a better solution than expensive commerical, closed software.

FreeBSD 4.0 Now Includes PolyServe's High Availability Clustering & Load Balancing Software
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000501/ca_polyser_1.html
PolyServe
http://www.polyserve.com/
1 May 2000
PolyServe Press Release

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.

BSDI Getting the Word Out
http://webserver.expert.com/news/5.5/n5.shtml
WebServer Online
http://webserver.expert.com/
May 2000
Alexandra Barrett

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.

4
The New BSDI to Offer Technical Support for the FreeBSD Operating System
http://www.bsdi.com/press/20000418.mhtml
BSDi
http://www.bsdi.com/
18 April 2000
BSDi Press Release

BSDi will be offering technical support contracts for FreeBSD beginning in May 2000.

Commentary: BSD sleight of hand
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2507538,00.html
ZD Net News
http://www.zdnet.com/
4 April 2000
Stephan Somogyi

Commentary on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger.

FreeBSD 3.4 Review, Part 2: Adopting the Daemon
http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/freebsd2e&page=1
32BitsOnline.com
http://www.32bitsonline.com/
April 2000
Clifford Smith

The second part of a review of FreeBSD v3.4.

3
The legend of BSD
http://www.sfbg.com/SFLife/34/26/tech.html
sf life
http://www.sfbg.com/
29 March 2000
Annalee Newitz

An interview with three BSD veterans on the past and future of BSD.

Bostic on the BSD tradition
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/03/24/bostic.html
O'Reilly Network
http://www.oreillynet.com/
24 March 2000
Dale Dougherty

An interview with BSD veteran Keith Bostic on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger. ``BSD has always had the best technology'', says Keith.

Customizing the FreeBSD Kernel
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-03/lw-03-freebsd_p.html
LinuxWorld
http://www.linuxworld.com/
March 2000
Michael Lucas

Michael Lucas presents a guide to customizing the FreeBSD kernel, written for the Linux oriented.

FreeBSD for the SVR4/Linux Administrator
http://www.samag.com/archive/0903/feature.shtml
SysAdmin
http://www.samag.com/
March 2000
Michael Lucas

This article attempts to give a System V or Linux administrator a basic grounding in FreeBSD configuration and usage.

FreeBSD Ports and Packages System Explained
http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200003/bsdports&page=1
32BitsOnline
http://www.32bitsonline.com/
March 2000
Bill Swingle

A good description of the FreeBSD Ports collection.

2
Business Lessons From Online Porn
http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/print-it?id=38adbbff0&t=/texis/mvm/news/news
Upside
http://www.upside.com/
21 February 2000
Richard A. Glidewell

Praise for FreeBSD from this article: ``FreeBSD is the system of choice because it is fast, stable, and can handle large volumes of traffic.''

Crazed Ferrets in a Berkeley Shower
http://www.linux.com/articles.phtml?aid=7125
Linux.com
http://www.linux.com/
10 February 2000
Michael Lucas

An article on the BSD License.

Three Unixlike systems may be better than Linux
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html
ComputerWorld
http://www.computerworld.com/
7 February 2000
Simson L. Garfinkel

Promotes the BSD OSes as better alternatives to Linux in the areas of performance, reliability and security.

Buddying up to BSD: Part Five - FreeBSD Continued
http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/20000208/275/
Linux.com
http://www.linux.com/
8 February 2000
Matt Michie

A Linux user writes about his experiences with the FreeBSD ports system.

Review of FreeBSD 3.4
http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1
32BitsOnline.com
http://www.32bitsonline.com/
February 2000
Clifford Smith

A review of FreeBSD 3.4.

FreeBSD 4.0 And Beyond
http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/2000/feb/bwm79.html
Boardwatch
http://www.boardwatch.com/
February 2000
Jeffrey Carl

A Jordan Hubbard Interview on Improvements, New Platforms and What's to Come.

1
Buddying up to BSD: Part Four - FreeBSD
http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/20000126/270/
Linux.com
http://www.linux.com/
26 January 2000
Matt Michie

A Linux user writes about his experiences with FreeBSD.

Debunking Open-Source Myths: Origins and Players
http://www.gartnerweb.com/public/static/hotc/hc00085832.html
Gartner Group
http://www.gartnerweb.com/
18 January 2000
N. Drakos and M. Driver

A report that looks at and debunks some of the myths associated with Open Source development.

Linux Scales Enterprise Wall
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000114S0013
TechWeb
http://www.techweb.com/
14 January 2000
Mitch Wagner

About 17 percent of enterprises plan to deploy FreeBSD or Linux as a primary platform for e-commerce within two years.

Jobs announces new MacOS, becomes 'iCEO'
http://cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/01/05/macworld.keynote/index.html
CNN
http://cnn.com/
5 January 2000
CNN news article

Steve Jobs' Macworld Expo keynote speech mentions FreeBSD as one of the components in the new Darwin OS from Apple.

Mac OS X
http://www.apple.com/macosx/inside.html
Apple Inc.
http://www.apple.com/
January 2000
Apple communication

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.''

Linux under FreeBSD
http://www.samag.com/archive/0901/feature.shtml
SysAdmin
http://www.samag.com/
January 2000
Michael Lucas

FreeBSD has several options for using software from other platforms such as Linux. This article examines Linux emulation under FreeBSD.

1999
12
Freei.Net Doubles Service Speed With Intel(R) Server Platforms
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/991215/wa_freei_d_1.html
Freei.Net
http://www.freei.net
15 December 1999
Freei.Net Press Release

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.

FreeBSD 3.3. Robust OS well suited for Internet/Intranet Deployment
http://www.data.com/features/1206a.html
Data Communications Online
http://www.data.com/
December 1999
Juha Saarinen

Linux administrator turns to FreeBSD and finds it impressive.

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FreeBSD at COMDEX
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/11/21/1430208&mode=nocomment
Slashdot
http://slashdot.org/
21 November 1999
Brett Glass

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.

Who controls free software?
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/18/red_hat/index.html
Salon Magazine
http://www.salon.com/
18 November 1999
Andrew Leonard

Discusses RedHat's acquisition of Cygnus, quotes Jordan Hubbard at length, and mentions FreeBSD.

The Darwinist: Darwin for x86?
http://macweek.zdnet.com/1999/11/14/darwinist.html
MacWeek
http://macweek.zdnet.com/
15 November 1999
Stephan Somogyi

A report on Wilfredo Sanchez's session on FreeBSD and the Apple Darwin project at the first FreeBSDCon.

Bob Frankenberg's breaking Windows
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/19991108/news/current/soapbox.htx?source=blq/yhoo&dist=yhoo
CBS MarketWatch
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/
8 November 1999
Michael Tarsala

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.

Applix and Walnut Creek Partner to Provide Applixware Office for the FreeBSD Operating System
http://www.applix.com/releases/99-11-03_applixware_office_for_freebsd_os.cfm
Applix Inc.
http://www.applix.com/
3 November 1999
Applix Inc. press release

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.

LinuxWorld report on FreeBSDCon 99
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-10/lw-10-bsd_p.html
LinuxWorld
http://www.linuxworld.com/
1 November 1999
Vicki Brown

October 17, 1999 marked a milestone in the history of FreeBSD -- the first FreeBSD conference was held in the city where it all began.

FreeBSDCon'99: Fans of Linux's lesser-known sibling gather for the first time
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9911/01/freebsd.con99.idg/index.html
CNN
http://cnn.com/
1 November 1999
Vicki Brown

Repost of IDG article about FreeBSDCon '99.

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ServerWatch's Review of FreeBSD
http://serverwatch.internet.com/reviews/platform-freebsd.html
ServerWatch
http://serverwatch.internet.com/
25 October 1999
Kevin Reichard

FreeBSD v3.2 is as close to the perfect Internet server operating system as it comes.

Grass Roots Daemocracy
http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=380d3cf90&src=yahoo
Upside
http://www.upside.com/
20 October 1999
Sam Williams

A report from the first annual FreeBSDCon held in Berkeley, California.

ENTERA DELIVERS FreeBSD STREAMING SERVER SUPPORTING QUICKTIME
http://www.entera.com/news/pressreleases/1004elsabsd.html
Entera
http://www.entera.com/
04 October 1999
Entera Press Release

Entera announces a free, standards-based RTSP/RTP server to stream QuickTime from a FreeBSD platform.

Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research
http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue4_10/bezroukov/index.html
First Monday
http://www.firstmonday.dk/
October 1999
Nikolai Bezroukov

This paper tries to explore links between open source software development and academic research as a better paradigm for OSS development.

9
The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/
16 September 1999

Claims that the operating systems based on BSD are more reliable and secure. (requires registration with The Boston Globe prior to viewing)

Beyond Linux, Free Systems Help Build The Web
http://dowjones.wsj.com/n/SB936961814325017645-d-main-c1.html
Wall Street Journal
http://dowjones.wsj.com/
10 September 1999
Lee Gomes

An introduction to the BSD family of free operating systems.

Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs
http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml
SysAdmin
http://www.samag.com/
September 1999
Michael Lucas

Focusses on the BSD development model and the ease of keeping upto-date with tools like sup and CVSup.

8
Out of Linux limelight, devil gets its due
http://web.boston.com/technology/packages/opensource/linux_limelight.shtml
Boston Globe
http://web.boston.com/
12 August 1999
Hiawatha Bray

A short (but not very accurate) introduction to FreeBSD for people who have heard about Linux.

Reporter's notebook: Hackers on holiday
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/11/hacker.hols.idg/index.html
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/
11 August 1999
Ann Harrison

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.

More FreeBSD Comics
http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/99aug/19990803.html
User Friendly the Comic Strip
http://www.userfriendly.org/
3 August 1999
Illiad

See also the comics for the 4th and the 5th.

World's Biggest Internet Search Engine Goes Online
http://www.fast.no/company/press/twbs02081999.html
Fast Search & Transfer
http://web.fast.no/
02 August 1999
FAST Press Release

Said to be the largest search engine on the Internet, FAST Web Search uses the FreeBSD operating system.

Duke Computer Scientists Exceed "Gigabit" Data Processing Speeds With Internet Software
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/08/990802072727.htm
Science Daily Magazine
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
02 August 1999
Duke University press release

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.

7
WORLDS LARGEST INDEPENDENT IPP HITS NEW MILESTONE
http://www.pair.com/pair/press/19990727.html
Pair Networks
http://www.pair.com/
27 July 1999
pair Networks press release

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.

Free OS? It' s as easy as BSD
http://www.techwebuk.com/story/TUK19990726S0029
TechWeb UK
http://www.techwebuk.com/
26 July 1999
Peter McGarvey

Network manager Peter McGarvey writes about his experience with a number of varieties of Unix. He sums up: FreeBSD is the greatest.

BSD a better OS than Linux?
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2299366,00.html
ZD Net News
http://www.zdnet.com/
22 July 1999
Bob Sullivan

BSD is the software behind the world's most popular Web site and the world's most popular FTP site.

The Net's stealth operating system
http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp
MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/
21 July 1999
Bob Sullivan

BSD powers some of the biggest sites, and its users are among the most jealous of Linux.

Embed Together: The Case For BSD In Network Appliances
http://www.performancecomputing.com/features/9906of2.shtml
Performance Computing
http://www.performancecomputing.com/
2 July 1999
Kevin Rose and Charles Davidson

Underlines the advantages of BSD for the embedded device market. Mentions picoBSD.

6
Radio interview: Linux and FreeBSD
http://ebs.tamu.edu/kamu-fm/gig-24jun99.ram
GigABytes Radio Talk Show
http://cis.tamu.edu/news/gigabytes/index.html
June 1999
Chris DiBona and Jordan Hubbard

Chris DiBona of VA Research and Jordan Hubbard of the FreeBSD Project give their views on Linux and FreeBSD.

Thin Servers
http://www.ntsystems.com/db_area/archive/1999/9906/306r1.shtml
Windows NT Systems
http://www.ntsystems.com/
June 1999
Ted Drude

A survey of thin servers, featuring products using FreeBSD as their internal operating system.

Information Technology and the Internet in Co-operation Ireland
http://www.pcc.ie/net/ci.html
Public Communications Centre, Ireland
http://www.pcc.ie/
June 1999
Interview with Michael Doyle

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.

GPL and BSD: explication and comparison
http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/199906/gplbsd&page=1
32BitsOnline
http://www.32bitsonline.com/
June 1999
Rob Bos

An article comparing BSD and GPL style licenses.

CmdrTaco on Slashdot Sale
http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/20483.html
Wired Business News
http://www.wired.com/
29 June 1999
Leander Kahney

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.

Server Platforms - FreeBSD Review
http://serverwatch.internet.com/reviews/platform-freebsd.html
ServerWatch
http://serverwatch.internet.com/
17 June 1999
Kevin Reichard

FreeBSD: Is it the perfect Internet server operating system? As close as it comes.

Yes! There is intelligent life beyond Linux
http://www.networkweek.com/openwindow/story/NWW19990611S0005
Network Week Online
http://www.networkweek.com/
16 June 1999
David Cartwright

It looks like Unix, it tastes like Unix but it isn't Unix. It's FreeBSD!

5
Silicon Carny: Why I run FreeBSD
http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-05-1999/swol-05-silicon.html
SunWorld
http://www.sunworld.com/
May 1999
Rich Morin

Rich Morin explains why FreeBSD is the superior OS for him.

INTERNET'S BUSIEST SOFTWARE ARCHIVE REACHES NEW DOWNLOAD MILESTONE
http://www.wccdrom.com/press/wcarchive_milestone.phtml
Walnut Creek CDROM
http://www.wccdrom.com/
26 May 1999
David Greenman

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.

Bye-Bye, Windows
http://home.cnet.com/category/0-3709-7-284910.html
CNet
http://home.cnet.com
24 May 1999
Christopher Lindquist

Reviews alternative PC operating systems. Includes a review of FreeBSD 3.2.

Gnome is no Windows dwarf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_321000/321433.stm
BBC
http://bbc.co.uk/
20 May 1999
Chris Nuttall

Article on Gnome and the Open Source movement. Mentions FreeBSD.

OS Also-Rans
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm
Pioneer Planet
http://www.pioneerplanet.com
17 May 1999
JULIO OJEDA-ZAPATA

A short article introducing a few alternative OSes, including FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Aimed at the general public.

Micron Electronics NetFRAME chosen for Internet's busiest site
http://www.wccdrom.com/press/micron.phtml
Walnut Creek CDROM
http://www.wccdrom.com/
4 May 1999
David Greenman

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.

The other open-source OS: FreeBSD
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,400844,00.html
ZD Net
http://www.zdnet.com/
3 May 1999
Anne Chen

Examples of FreeBSD deployment in the real world and why some technology officers find it attractive.

4
Open-Source Software: Power to the People
http://www.data.com/issue/990407/open.html
Data Communications
http://www.data.com
April 1999
Lee Bruno

Linux and BSD Unix are starting to show up on more and more corporate servers, running alongside or even replacing Netware and Windows NT.

XML: Complete XML Development System Integrated with FreeBSD
http://advocacy.FreeBSD.org/stories/pr_xml.html
FreeBSD Advocacy
http://advocacy.FreeBSD.org/
29 April 1999
Jordan Hubbard

Included with FreeBSD 3.1 is a complete, integrated SGML/XML development system that installs with a simple, easy to use command sequence.

Inktomi Announces Traffic Server 3.0
http://www.inktomi.com/new/press/ts3.html
Inktomi
http://www.inktomi.com
26 April 1999
Inktomi press release

FreeBSD is a supported operating system for a new version of Inktomi's carrier-class network cache platform.

The Matrix: FreeBSD Used to Generate Special Effects
http://advocacy.FreeBSD.org/stories/pr_matrix.html
FreeBSD Advocacy
http://advocacy.FreeBSD.org/
22 April 1999
Jordan Hubbard

Dual-Processor FreeBSD systems were used to generate a large number of special effects in the cutting edge Warner Brothers film, The Matrix.

Let's Get More Educated About FreeBSD
http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/PrestonWiley/PrestonWiley1.html
osOpinion
http://www.osopinion.com/
20 April 1999
Preston S. Wiley

A system administrator shares his views on FreeBSD.

The Oldest Free OS
http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/column/0,4712,398025,00.html
ZD Net
http://www.zdnet.com
15 April 1999
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

What are the oldest free operating systems around? The answer is the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix variants.

FreeBSD wants a place in the sun
http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/down_the_toilet?id=3714d4820
Upside
http://www.upside.com
13 April 1999
Sam Williams

Introduces FreeBSD to Linux users.

FreeBSD Offers a Sound Open Source Alternative
http://www.internetworld.com/print/current/webdev/19990412-freebsd.html
Internet World
http://www.internetworld.com
12 April 1999
James C. Luh

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).

Serious FTP: Behind the scenes of Walnut Creek CDROM
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9904/08/cdrom.idg/index.html
CNN
http://cnn.com
8 April 1999
Rich Morin

A description of the Walnut Creek CDROM setup. The article is also available from SunWorld.

Thin Servers: Off-the-Shelf Internet Help
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?DAT19990407S0024
TechWeb
http://www.techweb.com/
7 April 1999
Christine Zimmerman

Discusses thin-servers, including six built using an embedded FreeBSD kernel.

3
A FreeBSD Comic Strip
http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/99mar/19990320.html
User Friendly the Comic Strip
http://www.userfriendly.org/
20 March 1999
Illiad

See also the serial from the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th of March, 1999.

Rising support for BSD
http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/990316/openline1.html
Fairfax IT News
http://www.it.fairfax.com.au
16 March 1999
Nathan Cochrane

Columnist Nathan Cochrane talks about the BSD family of open source operating systems.

Whence the Source: Untangling the Open Source/Free Software Debate
http://opensource.oreilly.com/news/scoville_0399.html
O'Reilly Open Source
http://opensource.oreilly.com
5 March 1999
Thomas Scoville

An article on the open-source / free-software debate. Mentions Berkeley Unix as one of the early successes of shared source code collaboration.

2
LWN interviews Alan Cox
http://lwn.net/1999/features/ACInterview/
Linux Weekly News
http://lwn.net/
February 1999

There is a small but interesting FreeBSD mention in LWN in an interview with Linux's Alan Cox.

The Economist
http://www.economist.com
20 February 1999

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.

1
Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html
O'Reilly and Associates
http://www.oreilly.com
January 1999
Marshall Kirk McKusick

A short history of Berkeley Unix.

WWWsmith: Installation and Configuration of FreeBSD
http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue57/2515.html
LINUX JOURNAL
http://www.linuxjournal.com/
January 1999
Sean Eric Fagan

Here is how to set up a web server using another freely available operating system, FreeBSD, a high performance, mature, Unix-like system.

The return of BSD - What are the BSD flavors and why might you use them?
http://www.sunworld.com/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd.html
SunWorld
http://www.sunworld.com/
January 1999
Greg Lehey

Introduces the modern BSD OSes to the general public.

GartnerGroup
http://www.gartner.com/
18 January 1999

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.

Nature Web Matters: Internet tomography
http://helix.nature.com/webmatters/tomog/tomog.html
Nature
http://www.nature.com/
7 January 1999
K.C. Claffy, Tracie Monk & Daniel McRobb, UCSD/CAIDA, USA.

The article describes a network management tool built on FreeBSD that has even used network connections to www.FreeBSD.org for performing network research.

1998
12
The story on FreeBSD
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1998-12/lw-12-freebsd.html
LinuxWorld
http://www.linuxworld.com/
December 1998
Cameron Laird and Kathryn Soraiz

This issue has a good article on FreeBSD and why it's worth a look by Linux folks.

11
The Open-Source Revolution
http://www.edventure.com/release1/1198.html
RELEASE 1.0
http://www.edventure.com/release1/
November 1998
Tim O'Reilly, with an introduction by Esther Dyson

A brief, business oriented introduction to the open source community.

Report from Comdex--Walnut Creek CDROM, FreeBSD and Slackware
http://www.linuxtoday.com/stories/1005.html
Linux Today
http://www.linuxtoday.com/
20 November 1998
Dwight Johnson

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.

Ellison plans hardware, bashes Bill
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,28816,00.html
CNET News.com
http://www.news.com/
16 November 1998
Tim Clark

Larry Ellison talking about their new dedicated Oracle servers, mentions FreeBSD as one of a list of candidate OSes for the platform.

10
Linux/etc, The other free Unixes, part 2 of 2
http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19981000/lnx9810.htm
Computer Bits
http://www.computerbits.com/
October 1998
Terry Griffin

Continuation of an earlier column reviewing freely available Unix like operating systems.

What Is FreeBSD?
http://www.performance-computing.com/features/9810of1.shtml
Performance Computing
http://www.performance-computing.com/
October 1998
Jordan K. Hubbard

An introduction to FreeBSD, and where it stands with respect to the other free OSes.

Unix back in the fight with NT
http://www.mercurycenter.com/business/center/unix102798.htm
Mercury Center
http://www.mercurycenter.com/
26 October 1998
Miguel Helft

An article touting the stability and power of the Unix platform over NT.

A No-Cost NOS
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pclabs/nettools/1718/bench1.html
ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/
20 October 1998
Ryan Snedegar

Ryan Snedegar reviews FreeBSD 2.2.7 and finds its web-serving performance to be better than Windows NT.

Open Code Frees Up The Net
http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/prtarchivestory/0,4356,361668,00.HTML
Inter@ctive Week
http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/
19 October 1998
Charles Babcock

About why customers prefer open source software like Linux, FreeBSD, Perl and TCL to proprietary alternatives.

It's only free Unix - but I like it
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/computimes/1998/1012/cmp2.htm
The Irish Times
http://www.irish-times.com/
12 October 1998
David Malone
9
Linux/etc, The other free Unixes, part 1 of 2
http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19980900/lnx9809.htm
Computer Bits
http://www.computerbits.com/
September 1998
Terry Griffin

Briefly reviews the BSD Unix heritage.

Communications & Networking: Asynchronous Communications Using select and poll
http://www.ddj.com/articles/1998/9809/9809e/9809e.htm
Dr. Dobb's Journal
http://www.ddj.com/
September 1998
Sean Eric Fagan

On how to use FreeBSD's select(2) and poll(2) system calls.

Quality Unix for FREE
http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,349576,00.html
Sm@rt Reseller Online
http://www.zdnet.com/sr/
7 September 1998
Brett Glass

A short introduction to FreeBSD 2.2.7.

8
Hack raises flags about small ISPs
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,25526,00.html
News.com: Tech News First
http://www.news.com/
21 August 1998
Jim Hu, Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM

Desire for better security has led some ISPs to deploy FreeBSD on their servers.

7
Walnut Creek CDROM, One of the Largest Public FTP Archives in the World, Sets Traffic Record Using FreeBSD and Colocating on CRL's High-Speed Internet Network
http://www.crl.com/wccdromrcd.html
CRL Network Services
http://www.crl.com/
30 July 1998
CRL Press Release
Pulling on one end of the rope
( freshmeat )
http://www.freshmeat.net/
13 July 1998
Jordan K. Hubbard

Jordan compares the past of Unix with the future of Linux, outlining possible similarities and describing faults that could be prevented.

6
Nader urges Windows probe
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,23145,00.html
CNET News.com
http://www.news.com/
14 June 1998
Jeff Pelline

Consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader mentions FreeBSD by name.

Stone's Throw, Issue Fourteen: Home of the Brave, Land of the FreeBSD
http://RhapsodyOS.com/editorial/stone/ST00014.html
RhapsodyOS
http://RhapsodyOS.com/
10 June 1998
Andrew Stone
5
Load Balancing Your Web Site
http://www.WebTechniques.com/features/1998/05/engelschall/engelschall.shtml
Web Techniques Magazine
http://www.WebTechniques.com/
May 1998
Ralf S.Engelschall

Practical approaches to distributing HTTP traffic at your site. Includes a section on performance tuning Apache under FreeBSD.

Is NT paranoid or is Unix out to get it?
http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncworld/ncw-05-1998/ncw-05-nextten.html
NC World
http://www.ncworldmag.com/
May 1998
Nicholas Petreley
Security Tools in FreeBSD
http://www.samag.com/archive/0705/feature.shtml
SysAdmin
http://www.samag.com/
May 1998
Guy Helmer
Free Unix: Do You Get What You Pay For?
http://advisor.gartner.com/inbox/articles/ihl2_6398.html
GartnerGroup
http://www.gartner.com/
4 May 1998
G. Weiss
4
The new Unix alters NT's orbit
http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncworld/ncw-04-1998/ncw-04-nextten.html
NC World
http://www.ncworldmag.com/
April 1998
Nicholas Petreley
Who's Serving Who?
http://www.dv.com/magazine/1998/0498/johnson0498.html
DV Live Magazine
http://www.dv.com/
April 98
Nels Johnson

For smaller companies and web sites, a FreeBSD and Apache on an Intel (PC) architecture machine is more than sufficient.

3
Searching for the next Windows NT
http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncworld/ncw-03-1998/ncw-03-nextten.html
NC World
http://www.ncworldmag.com/
March 1998
Nicholas Petreley
Benchmarking and Software Testing: Tracing BSD System Calls
http://www.ddj.com/ddj/1998/1998_03/index.htm
Dr. Dobb's Journal
http://www.ddj.com/
March 1998
Sean Eric Fagan

Note: the article is not available online.

Five alternative operating systems reviewed
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/AltOS/
CNET
http://www.cnet.com/
25 March 1998
Cormac Foster
2
Source code for the masses
http://www.news.com/SpecialFeatures/0,5,18652,00.html
News.com
http://www.news.com
2 February 1998
Alex Lash
1997
8
The Network Community
http://www.computerbits.com/archive/9708/lan9708.htm
Computer Bits Online
http://www.computerbits.com/
August 1997
Ted Mittelstaedt
6
The Internet Notebook / The Ports Collection
http://www.unixreview.com/archives/articles/1997/june/9706tinbi.shtml
UNIX Review
http://www.performancecomputing.com/unixreview/
June 1997
Richard Morin

A description of the FreeBSD Ports collection.

5
The Politics of NC Computing According to Oracle
http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncworld/ncw-05-1997/ncw-05-analysis.html
NC World
http://www.ncworldmag.com/
May 1997
Rawn Shaw
1996
11
Assorted Security Tips for UNIX
http://www.samag.com/archive/0511/feature.shtml
SysAdmin
http://www.samag.com/
November 1996
Arthur Donkers

A collection of tips and tricks to secure your internal network.