December 2000

BSD Ports Collection Basics
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
How the FreeBSD Ports collection works.
BSD Tricks: Unprepared Disaster Recovery
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
How to recover files off of FreeBSD system.

November 2000

Open-sourcing the Apple
Salon Magazine, Jordan Hubbard
A geek's appraisal of the Apple OS X from Jordan Hubbard, one of the lead developers on the FreeBSD project.
BSD Tricks: Linux Compatibility, the Hard Way
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Using a Linux install under FreeBSD's Linux compatibility mode.
Laptops, PC Cards and FreeBSD
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Using FreeBSD on a laptop.

BSD Tricks: Introductory Revision Control
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Using RCS for file revision control.
BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux
BYTE, Bill Nicholls
This column gives an overview of the different versions of BSD, with links for more information.

INTERNET'S BUSIEST OPENSOURCE SOFTWARE ARCHIVE SETS NEW DOWNLOAD RECORD
TeraSolutions, 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
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
A short article on using the FreeBSD Memory Filesystem.
TRUSTING BSD - Ultra-High Security for FreeBSD
ISPworld, Jeffrey Carl
An interview with Robert Watson, one of the lead developers in the TrustedBSD project.

More FreeBSD Comics
User Friendly the Comic Strip, Illiad
See also the comics for the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th.

Experiments in SMB
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
An early review of FreeBSD's SMB support.

Installing OCSweb on FreeBSD
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
An article on a developers experience porting software from Linux to FreeBSD.
The State of the Daemon
Unix Review, Michael Lucas
An informative article on BSD, and where it is going.
Server Goliaths Turn to Appliance Servers
Server/Workstation Expert, Adam Darby
An article evaluating various commercial OSes that contains a blurb about BSDI and FreeBSD.
FreeBSD: Serving the World
osOpinion, 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.

Riding the Web Wave
SFGate, Henry Norr
FreeBSD, a relatively unknown operating system is playing a big role on the Internet.
BSD Unix: Power to the people, from the code
Salon, 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
TechRepublic, Dru Lavigne
A short guide to installing FreeBSD 4.0.
Partial Reunification May Give BSD New Visibility
ComputerWorld, Dominique Deckmyn
Compares the merged Walnut Creek/BSDI OS offering to Linux.
Developers using open-source software behind bosses' backs
CNN, Peter Wayner
Open-source software sometimes provides a better solution than expensive commercial, closed software.
FreeBSD 4.0 Now Includes PolyServe's High Availability Clustering & Load Balancing Software
PolyServe, 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
WebServer Online, 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.

The New BSDI to Offer Technical Support for the FreeBSD Operating System
BSDi, BSDi Press Release
BSDi will be offering technical support contracts for FreeBSD beginning in May 2000.
Commentary: BSD sleight of hand
ZD Net News, Stephan Somogyi
Commentary on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger.
FreeBSD 3.4 Review, Part 2: Adopting the Daemon
32BitsOnline.com, Clifford Smith
The second part of a review of FreeBSD v3.4.

The legend of BSD
sf life, Annalee Newitz
An interview with three BSD veterans on the past and future of BSD.
Bostic on the BSD tradition
O'Reilly Network, 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
LinuxWorld, Michael Lucas
Michael Lucas presents a guide to customizing the FreeBSD kernel, written for the Linux oriented.
FreeBSD for the SVR4/Linux Administrator
SysAdmin, 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
32BitsOnline, Bill Swingle
A good description of the FreeBSD Ports collection.

Business Lessons From Online Porn
Upside, 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
Linux.com, Michael Lucas
An article on the BSD License.
Three Unixlike systems may be better than Linux
ComputerWorld, 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
Linux.com, Matt Michie
A Linux user writes about his experiences with the FreeBSD ports system.
Review of FreeBSD 3.4
32BitsOnline.com, Clifford Smith
A review of FreeBSD 3.4.
FreeBSD 4.0 And Beyond
Boardwatch, Jeffrey Carl
A Jordan Hubbard Interview on Improvements, New Platforms and What's to Come.

Buddying up to BSD: Part Four - FreeBSD
Linux.com, Matt Michie
A Linux user writes about his experiences with FreeBSD.
Debunking Open-Source Myths: Origins and Players
Gartner Group, 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
TechWeb, 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'
CNN, 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
Apple Inc., 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
SysAdmin, Michael Lucas
FreeBSD has several options for using software from other platforms such as Linux. This article examines Linux emulation under FreeBSD.

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