December 2005

FreeBSD Waters Are Easily Waded
ServerWatch, Charlie Schluting
According to this review, "FreeBSD is an enterprise-grade operating system that leaves little to be desired."

November 2005

Beyond The Big Three BSDs, BSD Alternatives
Serverwatch, Martin Brown
Covers a few FreeBSD-derived operating systems.
Using Software RAID-1 with FreeBSD
Onlamp, Dru Lavigne
The author shows how to set up a RAID 1 using the gmirror facility available in FreeBSD 5 and 6.
Return of The BSDs
Internetnews.Com, Sean Michael Kerner
Press about new releases from the *BSD projects.
Desktop FreeBSD: Upgrading to 6.0
Open For Business, Ed Hurst
A reviewer recommends FreeBSD 6.0 for the desktop.

Selecting a Secure Enterprise OS: Don't Make the First Step the Wrong Step
Informit, Bruce Potter
A comparison of the operational security of Windows(r), Linux and FreeBSD.
A Comparison of Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD Kernels
OpenSolaris, Max Bruning
A technical article comparing scheduling, memory management, and file system architecture in these three open-source kernels.
Destination FreeBSD: Interview with Release Engineer Scott Long
BSDForums.org, BSDForums.org
BSDForums interviews FreeBSD release engineer Scott Long about various aspects of FreeBSD, including FreeBSD 6.0, Apple G4 PowerMac support, AMD64 and wireless compatibility.

Sun Cobalt Ported to FreeBSD
eMediaWire, OffMyServer, Inc. Press Release
The Sun Cobalt RaQ550 web hosting platform has been ported to FreeBSD.
Developer aims for Dtrace on FreeBSD
ZDNet Australia, Renai LeMay
An article about work being done to port Sun's DTrace to FreeBSD.

FreeBSD 6.0 will target wireless devices
ZDNet UK, Ingrid Marson
An interview with FreeBSD release engineer Scott Long about the upcoming 6.0 release.

Information Security with Colin Percival
Onlamp, Michael W. Lucas
Colin Percival, FreeBSD developer and independent security researcher, describes his recent work on covert channels in hyperthreaded processors.
Why FreeBSD
developerWorks, Frank Pohlmann
A brief introduction to the BSD family of OSes.
Project Evil: Windows network drivers on FreeBSD
Ping Wales, David Chisnall
On using Windows(R) network drivers in FreeBSD.

Open-source projects get free checkup by automated tools
SecurityFocus, Robert Lemos
Code analysis software firm Coverity analyses FreeBSD's source base and finds a very low number of software flaws.
Interview: Looking at FreeBSD 6 and Beyond
OSnews, Eugenia Loli-Queru
OSnews interviews FreeBSD developers Scott Long, Robert Watson and John Baldwin about the upcoming FreeBSD 6 release.
Eric Raymond advocates BSD license over GPL
MyFreeBSD Brazil, Luiz Gustavo Ramos
"Freedom and choice are pretty cool. But we should talk about many other things. GPL is based on the belief that open source software is weak and needs to be protected. With it, we continue injuring ourselves, cutting ourselves from the economic benefits of BSD license".

First BitDefender for FreeBSD products launched
MoneyWeb, BitDefender Press Release
BitDefender announces their move into enterprise space with a FreeBSD version of their products.
LSI MegaRAID(R) Adapters Now Feature FreeBSD 5.4 Support
Yahoo News, LSI Logic Press Release
LSI Logic MegaRAID(R) SCSI and SATA adapters now support the latest FreeBSD 5.4 release.

Desktop FreeBSD: New Life for Old Laptops
Open for Business, Ed Hurst
An article on using FreeBSD 5.4 on a laptop.
Large Web Hosting Provider Switches to FreeBSD
W3reports, Submission
Offmyserver, a rackmount server provider, recently migrated 50 servers to FreeBSD, on account of its reliability and ability to handle large amounts of disk.

FreeBSD Process Management
InformIT, George Neville-Neil, Marshall Kirk McKusick
An excerpt from the book "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System".

FreeBSD Tips and Tricks for 2005
OnLamp.com, Dru Lavigne
Dru Lavigne describes the steps taken for maintaining up to date a FreeBSD system this year.

FreeBSD's SMPng
OnLamp.com, Federico Biancuzzi
OnLamp.com's writer interviews FreeBSD's Core Team member Scott Long about FreeBSD's implementation on SMPng.

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