FreeBSD in the Press
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February 2013
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2012 - A BSD Year in Retrospective
OSnews, Julian Djamil
A retrospective of all the exciting developments in the BSD-family of operating systems in 2012, focusing on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Dragonfly BSD.
January 2013
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A Decade of OS Access-control Extensibility
ACM Queue, Robert N. M. Watson
To discuss operating system security is to marvel at the diversity of deployed access-control models.
November 2012
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A world without Linux: Where would Apache, Microsoft — even Apple be today?
Infoworld, Paul Venezia
If Linux hadn't conquered the world, we'd all be running FreeBSD, maybe even on our desktops.
August 2012
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FreeBSD Now Supported on Windows Server Hyper-V Via Beta Release
Redmondmag, Kurt Mackie
Microsoft and collaborators today announced a beta release of drivers that enable the open source FreeBSD 8.2 server operating system to run in a virtual machine (VM) using Microsoft's Hyper-V Server.
June 2012
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X.Org 7.7 Goes Into FreeBSD, KMS Is Ready
phoronix, Michael Larabel
While X.Org 7.7 was only released last week, this updated set of X packages have already worked their way into FreeBSD. The FreeBSD developers request your help in testing. -
Netflix Open Connect Network: FreeBSD, Not Linux
phoronix, Michael Larabel
This week Netflix announced their Open Connect Network as their own open CDN (Content Distribution Network), but rather than using Linux as the base for this open-source platform, they decided to use FreeBSD.
May 2012
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Why Should You Use FreeBSD? Here's Some Reasons
phoronix, Michael Larabel
FreeBSD is wondering why are you using FreeBSD. David Chisnall of the FreeBSD project is working on updating their advocacy material regarding this leading *BSD operating system. As such, he asked on the mailing list "Why Are You Using FreeBSD?" -
Colocation Provider NYI Launches East Coast Mirror for FreeBSD Foundation
The WHIR, Nicole Henderson
Colocation provider NYI announced on Friday that it has launched the East Coast mirror for The FreeBSD Foundation. "FreeBSD has been a critical component of everything we do," Phillip Koblence, VP operations, NYI said in a statement. "We look upon this launch as our way of giving back to a community whose open source projects have enabled us to craft customized solutions for our customers from the inside out." -
FreeBSD and Microsoft Hyper-V Interoperability Expected This Summer
Redmondmag, Kurt Mackie
Microsoft and its partnering companies are finalizing a project that will enable FreeBSD interoperability with Windows Server Hyper-V. -
FreeBSD 10 To Use Clang Compiler, Deprecate GCC
phoronix, Michael Larabel
As indicated by the Q1-2012 FreeBSD Status Report, LLVM's Clang compiler is quickly replacing GCC for this popular BSD operating system. The developers are also making much progress in a GNU-free C++11 stack. For FreeBSD 10 they're aiming for Clang as the default C/C++ compiler, deprecate GCC, and to have a BSD-licensed C++ stack. -
FreeBSD Achieved A Lot In Q1'2012
phoronix, Michael Larabel
For the first three months of the 2012 calendar year, the FreeBSD project achieved a lot when it came to advancing their open operating system. Here's some of the interesting highlights from their quarterly status report.
April 2012
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FreeBSD Gets A New X.Org With Intel KMS
phoronix, Michael Larabel
The FreeBSD team working on X support have announced a set of X.Org updates to bring the FreeBSD package support to X.Org 7.5.2, which now includes Intel KMS support.
March 2012
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Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in March 2012
Netcraft Ltd., Netcraft
FreeBSD the OS of 3 of the top 10 most reliable hosting company sites in March 202.
February 2012
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PC-BSD 9 review ? to FreeBSD what Ubuntu is to Debian
Linux User & Developer, Koen Vervloesem
PC-BSD offers you a fully functional desktop environment based on rock solid FreeBSD technology, which makes it the perfect operating system for your first steps with BSD?
January 2012
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[Review] FreeBSD 9.0
linuxconfig.net, linuxconfig.net
This article provides an overview of some of the new features available in FreeBSD 9.0.
November 2011
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Why aren't you using FreeBSD?
Infoworld, Paul Venezia
This article writes about why Paul Venezia is using FreeBSD for his servers
September 2011
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FreeBSD: A Faster Platform For Linux Gaming Than Linux?
Phoronix,
Michael Larabel shows how FreeBSD runs some linux programs faster than linux does.
July 2011
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Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in June 2011
Netcraft Ltd., Jennifer Cownie
FreeBSD the OS of top 3 most reliable hosting company sites in June 2011.
March 2011
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PC-BSD 8.2 review
LinuxBSDos.com, LinuxBSDos.com
LinuxBSDos.com looks at the installation (especially at the disk encryption features), system configuration and system management (including the installation of third party software packages via PC-BSD's PBI system) of PC-BSD 8.2.
February 2011
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FreeBSD 8.2 expands ZFS support
Datamation.com, Sean Michael Kerner
The author looks at the status and the future of ZFS under FreeBSD. The information is based on interviews the website did with FreeBSD developer Josh Paetzel and Matt Olander from iXsystems.
August 2010
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PC-BSD 8.1 review
LinuxBSDos.com, LinuxBSDos.com
LinuxBSDos.com looks at the installation, system configuration and system management (including the installation of third party software packages via PC-BSD's PBI system) of PC-BSD 8.1.
February 2010
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Health Check: FreeBSD - The unknown giant
The H, Richard Hillesley
Richard Hillesley looks at the history of FreeBSD, the BSD license, Beastie and the new features in FreeBSD 8.0.
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