December 2001

Microsoft Hotmail still runs on U**x
The Register, Andrew Orlowski
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.
Keeping Your Options Open: FreeBSD as a Workstation for UNIX Newbies
OS News, Eugenia Loli-Queru
An article discussing FreeBSD as an workstation OS for new Unix users.

November 2001

Cleaning Up Ports
OnLamp, Michael Lucas
A brief introduction to portupgrade.
Stable SMB
OnLamp, Michael Lucas
A short article on accessing a Windows(R) share from a FreeBSD workstation.
FreeBSD Versus Linux Revisited
Byte, Moshe Bar
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.

The Big *BSD Interview
OS News, Eugenia Loli-Queru
An interview with Matt Dillon, a key developer in FreeBSD on the upcoming features in FreeBSD 5.0.

Running Windows applications on FreeBSD
OnLamp, Dru Lavigne
A short article on running Windows(R) applications under WINE in FreeBSD.
Dealing with Full Disks
OnLamp, Michael Lucas
A short article on dealing with the all too common full disk.
Ripping MP3s
OnLamp, Michael Lucas
A short article on ripping CDs on FreeBSD.

FreeBSD Anti-Virus Protection - A Commercial Alternative
BSDatwork.com, Jeremiah Gowdy
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.
CVS Mirror
Onlamp, Michael Lucas
How to mirror the FreeBSD CVS repository.
CVSup Infrastructure
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
An article on FreeBSD's CVSup infrastructure used to distribute its source code worldwide.
An Interview with Jordan Hubbard
Working Mac, pairNetworks
An short interview with Jordan Hubbard, one of the founders of the FreeBSD project.

Controlling Bandwidth
OnLamp, Michael Lucas
Using DUMMYNET to control bandwidth allocation
Which OS is Fastest for High-Performance Network Applications?
Sys Admin, Jeffrey B. Rothman and John Buckman
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 Announces DARPA-Funded FreeBSD Security Initiative
NAI Labs, 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.

Controlling User Logins
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
An article describing the ways to control user access to your FreeBSD system.
Rotating Log Files
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Using the functionality of newsyslog in FreeBSD.
Microsoft's FreeBSD Move Aimed At Next Generation Of Developers
CRN, Paula Rooney
A report on Microsoft's venture to port its C# programming language to FreeBSD.
BSD guru to guide Apple on Unix
Mac World, 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, 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
ZDNet, Lee Gomes
A report on the backfiring of the Microsoft effort to vilify open source software.

System Logging
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
System logging in FreeBSD using syslogd.
BSD Tricks: CVS
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Using CVS in client-mode.

Setting up Wireless Cards on FreeBSD
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Configuring FreeBSD for wireless operation.

FreeBSD Gaming
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
A survey of the games available in the FreeBSD ports collection.
Submitting Changes
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Submitting change requests to the FreeBSD project using send-pr.

Changing FreeBSD Documentation
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
A mini tutorial on DocBook and its use by the FreeBSD Documentation Project.
The FreeBSD Documentation Project
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
An introduction to the FreeBSD project.
For Servers: Linux 2.4 vs. FreeBSD 4.1.1
Byte, Moshe Bar
BYTE's Linux guru finds himself wondering why he isn't running FreeBSD --- a comparison (with informal benchmarks) of FreeBSD 4.1.1 and a Linux based distribution running the v2.4.0 Linux kernel.

Modifying a Port
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Howto modify a FreeBSD port.
Fine Control of Ports
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
A system administrator's view of the Ports system.
Is FreeBSD a Superior Server Platform to Linux?
Web Techniques, 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
Dr Dobbs Journal, Jack J. Woehr
A report from a roundtable at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000, involving several prominent developers in the BSD world.

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