From e9ff5f12a93d8a556fa58f2dc0bafc42d14e6e52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Koshy
The author reviews FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE, and compares it with GNU/Linux.
The author describes his experience migrating from Linux to FreeBSD.
This article describes how FreeBSD stacked up against Linux on TechTV's latest The Screen Savers show.
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.
A comparative survey of a number of free and proprietary server OSes. The +
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 number of sites running FreeBSD is steadily growing. Netcraft provides statistics and reasons.
Summary of new features in the FreeBSD 5.X branch, including new jail management facilities.
Three companies pool together to operate a new mirror of the FreeBSD website and CVSup services.
Michael Lucas talks about what to do when a system panic does - happen. This is the second part of a two part article; 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 + part 1 dealt with preparing a FreeBSD system to deal with panics.
InfoWorld reports on the use of FreeBSD to power a website built +
InfoWorld reports on the use of FreeBSD to power a website built for a prominent advertising campaign.
A short article on accessing a Windows(R) share from a +
A short article on accessing a Windows(R) share from a FreeBSD workstation.
An interview with Matt Dillon, a key developer in +
An interview with Matt Dillon, a key developer in FreeBSD on the upcoming features in FreeBSD 5.0.
Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and Windows 2000 are benchmarked
for network applications. This article has a
@@ -1222,21 +1222,21 @@
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.
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 + +
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
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@
A survey of the games available in the FreeBSD ports
+ A survey of the games available in the FreeBSD ports
collection. 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.
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@A geek's appraisal of the Apple OS X from Jordan Hubbard, one of the lead developers on the FreeBSD project.
See also the comics for the +
See also the comics for the 8th, - 9th, - 10th, + 9th, + 10th, 11th, and 12th.
An informative article on BSD, and where it is going.
An article evaluating various commercial OSes that contains a blurb about BSDI and FreeBSD.
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ work from the University of California at Berkeley.A short guide to installing FreeBSD 4.0.
- +Open-source software sometimes provides a better solution than expensive commerical, closed software.
BSDi will be offering technical support contracts for FreeBSD +
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.
Michael Lucas presents a guide to customizing the FreeBSD kernel, +
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 +
This article attempts to give a System V or Linux administrator a basic grounding in FreeBSD configuration and usage.
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 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.
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 +
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
@@ -2151,8 +2151,8 @@
Discusses RedHat's acquisition - of Cygnus, quotes - Jordan Hubbard at length, and + of Cygnus, quotes + Jordan Hubbard at length, and mentions FreeBSD.
In an interview with CBS MarketWatch, Bob Frankenberg, ex-CEO of +
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, + FreeBSD for doing ``an exceptionally good job''. FreeBSD is + used in his current company, Encanto.
@@ -2210,7 +2210,7 @@October 17, 1999 marked a milestone in the history of FreeBSD -- the first FreeBSD conference was held in the city where it all began.
@@ -2231,7 +2231,7 @@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 +
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 +
This paper tries to explore links between open source software + development and academic research as a better paradigm for OSS development.
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 + to win out over Linux attackers. More details are available at http://www.42.org/~sec/Berichte/199908Camp/index.en.html#match.
See also the comics for the - 4th and the + 4th and the 5th.
@@ -2386,7 +2386,7 @@Said to be the largest search engine on the Internet, +
Said to be the largest search engine on the Internet, FAST Web Search uses the FreeBSD operating system.
@@ -2402,11 +2402,11 @@Using FreeBSD, Duke University computer science researchers have - developed a system for communication at speeds higher than one +
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 + computers. More details can be found at the + Trapeze project web site.
Network manager Peter McGarvey writes about his experience with - a number of varieties of Unix. He sums up: FreeBSD is the + a number of varieties of Unix. He sums up: FreeBSD is the greatest.
- +BSD powers some of the biggest sites, and its users are among +
BSD powers some of the biggest sites, and its users are among the most jealous of Linux.
A survey of thin servers, featuring products using FreeBSD as their internal operating system.
- +Michael Doyle, system administrator for + +
Michael Doyle, system administrator for
Co-operation
Ireland roots for FreeBSD in this interview. Michael is using
FreeBSD and PostgreSQL as
@@ -2586,7 +2586,7 @@
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
+ 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
+ Reviews alternative PC operating systems. Includes a
review of FreeBSD 3.2.
Article on Gnome and the Open Source movement. Mentions FreeBSD.
- +Examples of FreeBSD deployment in the real world and why some +
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 +
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 +
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 +
FreeBSD is a supported operating system for a new version of Inktomi's carrier-class network cache platform.
@@ -2737,8 +2737,8 @@Dual-Processor FreeBSD systems were used to generate a large - number of special effects in the cutting edge Warner Brothers film, +
Dual-Processor FreeBSD systems were used to generate a large + number of special effects in the cutting edge Warner Brothers film, The Matrix.
@@ -2753,7 +2753,7 @@A system administrator shares his views on FreeBSD.
- +Introduces FreeBSD to Linux users.
See also the serial from the +
See also the serial from the
22nd,
23rd,
24th,
@@ -2866,8 +2866,8 @@
An article on the open-source / free-software debate. Mentions - Berkeley Unix as one of the early successes of shared source code +
An article on the open-source / free-software debate. Mentions + Berkeley Unix as one of the early successes of shared source code collaboration.
The article describes a network management tool built on FreeBSD that has even used network connections to www.FreeBSD.org for performing network research.
@@ -2993,10 +2993,10 @@ by Linux folks.A brief, business oriented introduction to the open source community.
Continuation of an earlier column reviewing freely available +
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 +
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.
@@ -3118,7 +3118,7 @@A short introduction to FreeBSD 2.2.7.
Practical approaches to distributing HTTP traffic at your site. +
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 +
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.
- +