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FreeBSD : News : Official site for FreeBSD/*BSD in India
Posted: ( Sat 24th Feb 2001 12:09:09[AM] UTC )
"We are pleased to announce the launch of FreeBSD.org.in - The official site for FreeBSD/*BSD in India. The site has news, articles, downloads and links. We request the FreeBSD/*BSD community in India and around the world to contribute to make this site a success and help us promote FreeBSD/*BSD."

FreeBSD : Howtos : Configure a NIS and NFS client on a FreeBSD box
Posted: ( Mon 19th Feb 2001 06:43:41[AM] UTC )
Now that you have installed FreeBSD, would you like to use your FreeBSD box as a client on a network running NIS? Well, here is an article just for you.

FreeBSD : Howtos : Armoring FreeBSD
Posted: ( Tue 13th Feb 2001 08:26:23[PM] UTC )
"With more and more script kiddies being born, we all need to learn a few basic rules of protecting ourselves. This guide will outline the basics of FreeBSD security, and works best with FreeBSD version 4.x."

FreeBSD : Articles : Modifying a Port
Posted: ( Sat 27th Jan 2001 04:44:59[AM] UTC )
While the FreeBSD ports collection does a wonderful job of making thousands of software packages easy to install, it doesn't cover every possible situation. If you're unfamiliar with ports, please take a look at the earlier articles in this series; ports are one of FreeBSD's greatest contributions to open source.

FreeBSD : Interviews : Robert Watson on FreeBSD and TrustedBSD
Posted: ( Thu 18th Jan 2001 07:50:33[PM] UTC )
"TrustedBSD and SELinux are similar in many ways, and also differ in many ways. The similarities lie in overlapping functionality and architectural goals; the differences only begin with the choice of operating systems ... SELinux differs from TrustedBSD in that it is a more mature system, having been worked on for several years, that it addresses only mandatory access controls, and that it uses the Flask architecture rather than explicit hard-coded policies."

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.

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."

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.

FreeBSD : News : FreeBSD 4.2 now available
Posted: ( Wed 29th Nov 2000 06:21:03[PM] UTC )
Following the release of FreeBSD 4.1.1 in September, 2000, many bugs were fixed, important security issues dealt with, and a conservative number of new features added.

FreeBSD : Reviews : Open-sourcing the Apple
Posted: ( Fri 17th Nov 2000 07:08:39[PM] UTC )
Is OS X just another fancy GUI-based operating desktop system like Windows or is it a more industrially useful server-centric operating system like FreeBSD or Linux-based OS's?

FreeBSD : Articles : An introduction to Webmin
Posted: ( Sun 29th Oct 2000 05:03:24[PM] UTC )
When you think of using pretty GUI administrative utilities, Unix is usually not the first operating system that springs to mind. However, the operating systems that do provide nice-looking utilities usually don't let you configure the system any deeper than the vendor wants you to. Fortunately, with FreeBSD and the ports collection, you can have the best of both worlds.

FreeBSD : News : New FreeBSD core team elected
Posted: ( Fri 13th Oct 2000 03:04:56[AM] UTC )
FreeBSD has a new core team which was elected by active FreeBSD committers. According to the FreeBSD Handbook, the core team "constitutes the project's 'Board of Directors', responsible for deciding the project's overall goals and direction as well as managing specific areas of the FreeBSD project landscape."

FreeBSD : Articles : Dancing with the devil: FreeBSD 4.1
Posted: ( Tue 10th Oct 2000 07:55:29[PM] UTC )
I've loved FreeBSD since the first moment I saw that devilish logo. The OS has always impressed me with its stunning performance and infallible stability. Of course, times change and for numerous reasons I've been running Windows 2000 lately. The other day I noticed that FreeBSD 4.1 had been released, so I thought I would give it a whirl on my spare hard drive.

FreeBSD : News : FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE is now available
Posted: ( Thu 28th Sep 2000 07:51:12[PM] UTC )
The 4.1.1-RELEASE has been enhanced with cryptographic code and other new features like IDE ATA100 support, drivers for additional Gigabit ethernet cards and hardware watchpoints in gdb.