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FreeBSD : Articles : A look through the ports collection
Posted: ( Mon 8th Jan 2001 10:11:57[PM] UTC )
This article takes a tour through FreeBSD's ports collection on the hunt for the obscure, the amusing, and the useful.

BSD : Interviews : A roundtable on BSD, security, and quality
Posted: ( Sun 7th Jan 2001 07:00:31[PM] UTC )
Theo deRaadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, and Werner Losh, discuss several topics, including the evolving distinction between Linux and BSD and the notion that reliability and security are achieved through simplicity.

xMach : News : xMach news for 2001
Posted: ( Fri 5th Jan 2001 09:32:00[PM] UTC )
"There should be a good stable source code release Real Soon Now. I'd like to invite the open source community to join the project, I know we've been a bit disorganised, but I'd love to see the readers of FreeOS.com join on and contribute. For those of you not in to kernel hacking, there's a number of sub-projects regarding security and devices and such that might be of interest to you. Also, the wishlist on the website is there now - use it!!"

NetBSD : News : Running numerous OS' at the same time
Posted: ( Mon 25th Dec 2000 05:14:24[PM] UTC )
Recently, plex86, a PC virtualization program, was ported to NetBSD as a host operating system. The open source plex86 project allows users to run multiple operating systems concurrently on the same machine.

FreeBSD : Reviews : Is FreeBSD a superior server platform?
Posted: ( Thu 21st Dec 2000 01:11:40[AM] UTC )
"For speed and security, FreeBSD is the way to go. In no way am I trying to say that Red Hat, or Linux, is inferior. Linux has very good desktop uses, and works well in some server situations. But, the FreeBSD 4.x tree is by far the fastest OS running on Intel hardware that I've ever seen."

OpenBSD : News : OpenBSD exploit gets serious
Posted: ( Wed 20th Dec 2000 08:43:43[PM] UTC )
An esoteric buffer overflow bug in OpenBSD has been upgraded in importance after it was discovered that, in certain conditions, it could allow a cracker to gain remote access to a server.

NetBSD : News : plex86 ported to NetBSD/i386
Posted: ( Thu 14th Dec 2000 06:54:02[AM] UTC )
The virtual x86 machine emulator 'plex86' now works on a second Open Source operating system. So far plex86 did only support Linux as host platform, and thanks to Frank van der Linden of Wasabi Systems (http://www.wasabisystems.com/), it now also works on the i386 port of the NetBSD multi-platform operating system.

BSD : Interviews : Paul Anderson, the BSD/OS product manager
Posted: ( Wed 13th Dec 2000 06:48:39[PM] UTC )
As a small company, Anderson said, BSDi's engineers handled the security aspects of the software, but as the company became bigger, it often became assumed that someone else did it. Nevertheless, the security tradition continues: "In general, what we ship with our products contain the newest security patches."

NetBSD : Articles : What's new and exciting in NetBSD 1.5?
Posted: ( Mon 11th Dec 2000 05:20:48[AM] UTC )
See if this article tempts you to try upgrading to NetBSD 1.5. The author lists the newly supported platforms and other update information, such as the over 1600 available packages, the latest changes and improvements to the filesystem, and much more!

FreeBSD : Articles : Word Processors on FreeBSD
Posted: ( Mon 11th Dec 2000 05:19:35[AM] UTC )
This paper provides a short comparison and overview of six word processor programs which run on Unix, specifically FreeBSD: AbiWord, Applix Words, FrameMaker, KWord, StarWriter, and WordPerfect. The goal is to save time for others looking for a word processor by guiding them to the most likely preferred products first.

FreeBSD : Reviews : FreeBSD 4.2
Posted: ( Thu 7th Dec 2000 09:05:30[PM] UTC )
FreeBSD 4.2 is a great addition to the series, but it may not be an essential upgrade for users running 4.0 or higher. If you haven't tried FreeBSD yet, there's no better time to try, as it is gaining momentum, which this release indicates.

NetBSD : News : Announcing NetBSD 1.5
Posted: ( Wed 6th Dec 2000 06:38:14[PM] UTC )
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that release 1.5 of the NetBSD operating system is now available. NetBSD is widely known as the most portable operating system in the world. It currently supports 31 system families and 12 CPU families, all from a single source tree. The 1.5 release brings many performance and security enhancements, as well as support for new platforms (such as the G4 cube) and new peripherals.

xMach : News : xMach Quickies.
Posted: ( Mon 4th Dec 2000 02:48:01[PM] UTC )
Official download site is now http://www.xMach.org/src/. Ports now for HP PA-RISC, SGI MIPS, Sun4u, and i386 (official description Not -too- shabby. Still need developers). A online wishlist - feel free to ask for everything you could ever want! A newsgroup - alt.os.xmach. That's the best place to ask questions or send bugs. A few new 'ideas' have been announced. There's more coming this week.

OpenBSD : News : OpenBSD 2.8 officially released
Posted: ( Fri 1st Dec 2000 10:29:16[PM] UTC )
The new release provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system.

BSD : News : BSD community learns to get along
Posted: ( Fri 1st Dec 2000 10:19:20[PM] UTC )
Thanks to the imminent arrival of MacOS X, the next generation of Apple's Macintosh operating system that incorporates substantial portions of the BSD code base, self-described "BSD bigots" are contemplating a future in which more computers users run versions of BSD than rival Linux.