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FreeBSD : News : Serving the World
Posted: ( Mon 22nd May 2000 07:08:54[PM] UTC )
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 : News : Interview with Jordan Hubbard of FreeBSD, Inc.
Posted: ( Thu 18th May 2000 02:27:21[PM] UTC )
For Jordan Hubbard, President and CEO of FreeBSD Inc., the non-profit company behind the Open Source FreeBSD operating system, the only problem with having a David vs. Goliath mystique is that the Goliath in the FreeBSD storyline is another Open Source operating system: Linux.

FreeBSD : News : Fresh Ports
Posted: ( Thu 11th May 2000 05:33:47[AM] UTC )
Freshports lists the change made to the FreeBSD ports tree. If you wish, freshports can email you when your favourite port has been updated.

OpenBSD : Links : An experience installing OpenBSD
Posted: ( Wed 10th May 2000 01:33:56[PM] UTC )
This article, well really more like a journal, explores my installation of OpenBSD. I had a few problems and made a few errors, but I also found some solutions and had some work arounds.

FreeBSD : News : BSDCon 2000 Announcement
Posted: ( Tue 9th May 2000 02:03:20[PM] UTC )
Cdrom.com is pleased to announce BSDCon 2000, the second annual BSD Conference and Expo! If you are a BSD user, this is the event you don't want to miss. There will be BSD-related tutorials, talks, demos, discussions, and exhibitor booths.

OpenBSD : Links : PowerCrypt encryption accelerator endorsed by OpenBSD
Posted: ( Wed 3rd May 2000 03:14:17[PM] UTC )
Global Technologies Group, Inc. announced that the PowerCrypt encryption accelerator has been endorsed by OpenBSD (www.openbsd.com). Kernel-level support for PowerCrypt was developed by OpenBSD, with device drivers and IPSec code written by members of the OpenBSD community.

FreeBSD : Articles : The FreeBSD 3.4 Review, Part 2
Posted: ( Thu 27th Apr 2000 02:08:32[PM] UTC )
After two months of heavy use, our reviewer finds little to complain about with FreeBSD. In our first part, we looked at FreeBSD's history and installation.

OpenBSD : Links : Interview with OpenBSD's Theo Deraadt
Posted: ( Fri 21st Apr 2000 02:02:12[PM] UTC )
Lately the BSD world is changing very rapidly: Walnut Creek merged with BSDI, BSD finally got more attention of the media and new exciting techniques (OpenSSH, IPv6, etc.) are being integrated in the BSD source trees. In the beginning of April 2000 we had an interview with Theo Deraadt, leader of the OpenBSD project concerning these and some other things.

FreeBSD : News : There's no BS in BSD
Posted: ( Wed 12th Apr 2000 10:19:19[PM] UTC )
The merger of Walnut Creek with BSDI offers the possibility of a BSD-based packaging and services company capable of operating on a par with mainstream Linux distribution vendors. If the new BSDi gets its way, the friendly rivalry between Linux and BSD is about to heat up.

OpenBSD : Links : Getting to know Open BSD
Posted: ( Sun 9th Apr 2000 05:59:55[AM] UTC )
Recently, I interviewed Louis Bertrand, an OpenBSD contributor, on the past and future of OpenBSD, as well as why ISPs might want to deploy it. Here’s what he had to say.

FreeBSD : News : BSD sleight of hand
Posted: ( Wed 5th Apr 2000 02:22:50[AM] UTC )
When companies like Yahoo! and Microsoft Hotmail proclaim their FreeBSD allegiance publicly, it's worth paying attention.

FreeBSD : News : BSDI/Walnut Creek merger interview
Posted: ( Mon 3rd Apr 2000 06:49:33[AM] UTC )
The BSDI / Walnut Creek merger has raised quite a few questions from people within the BSD community wondering how it will affect them and their favorite operating system developers. We decided to ask them.

NetBSD : Links : NetBSD ported to MIPS based Cobalt machines
Posted: ( Mon 3rd Apr 2000 06:47:48[AM] UTC )
Soren Jorvang has done a NetBSD port to the Cobalt Networks MIPS-based Qube and RaQ Microservers, which is now available. The machines are originally shipped with a custom version of Linux and now everyone can run his favourite Open Source operating system.

FreeBSD : News : The Daemon's Advocate
Posted: ( Wed 29th Mar 2000 05:48:23[PM] UTC )
So why exactly is BSD, or any other open source project, better than competing commercial developments? The answer to this, as to all of the important questions in life, is so complicated it's simple.

NetBSD : Links : NetBSD 1.4.2 released
Posted: ( Wed 22nd Mar 2000 10:30:15[PM] UTC )
The NetBSD Project is a collective volunteer effort to produce a freely available and redistributable UNIX-like operating system. NetBSD runs on a broad range of hardware platforms, is highly portable, comes with complete source code, and is user-supported.