November 2007

DataPipe and Rackspace are the Most Reliable Hosting Companies in October 2007
Netcraft, Paul Mutton
FreeBSD using web hosting provider DataPipe was ranked the most reliable provider in October 2007 by Netcraft.

October 2007

Desktop FreeBSD Part 9: FreeBSD and Broadband
Open For Business, Ed Hurst
An article that briefly covers broadband setup on FreeBSD.
Squeeze Your Gigabit NIC for Top Performance
Enterprise Networking Planet, Charlie Schluting
Describes the TCP stack tuning process used to get FreeBSD 5.3 to run at gigabit speeds.
Low-Cost Storage Tools
Processor Magazine, Processor magazine staff
FreeBSD-based FreeNAS is touched upon in an article on open-source storage tools.
Creating And Managing A Jailed Virtual Host in FreeBSD
OpenAddict, Sharaz
An article discussing how to build and subsequently manage FreeBSD jails.
Managing Multiple FreeBSD Systems
OpenAddict, Sharaz
An article on keeping multiple FreeBSD machines upto-date by building from source code.
Desktop FreeBSD Part 8: Updating the Core System
Open For Business, Ed Hurst
An article that touches on the process of rebuilding a FreeBSD system from source.

PC-BSD revisited
ITToolbox, Gregory L. Magnusson
A reviewer is impressed by the FreeBSD-based PC-BSD desktop system.

Downtime, What's That?
Processor Magazine, Processor Magazine staff
An article in the Processor Magazine discusses using FreeBSD or OpenBSD as part of a strategy to increase server uptime.
Linux vs. BSD, What's the Difference?
Linux Dev Center, Dru Lavigne
An introduction to PC-BSD for Linux users.
Desktop FreeBSD Part 7: Terminal Emulator Settings
Open For Business, Ed Hurst
An article on using and configuring the command line in FreeBSD.
The INQ takes a dip into open sauce
The Inquirer, Dr. John
The Inquirer takes FreeBSD-based PC-BSD 1.4 (beta) for a test drive.

BSDTalk Interview: Embedding FreeBSD
bsdtalk, Will Backman
A podcast interview with M. Warner Losh on embedding FreeBSD.
BSDTalk Interview: George Neville-Neil
bsdtalk, Will Backman
BSDTalk interviews FreeBSD developer George Neville-Neil about FAST IPSec
Desktop FreeBSD Part 6: User PPP Connections
Open For Business, Ed Hurst
A tutorial on setting up user PPP on FreeBSD.

24-hour test drive: PC-BSD
Ars Technica, Troy Unrau
Ars Technica reviews PC-BSD 1.3 and is favorably impressed.
Desktop FreeBSD Part 5: Printing
Open For Business, Ed Hurst
An introduction to printing on a FreeBSD desktop.
Kazakhs shower president with cryptic questions
Reuters, Reuters
An article about FreeBSD being part of the most popular question in a webcast with the Kazakhian president.

A BSD Rootkit Primer
ONLamp.com, Federico Biancuzzi
An interview with the author of the first book on BSD rootkits.
BSDTalk Interview: FreeBSD Core Team
bsdtalk, Will Backman
BSDTalk interviews a few FreeBSD Core team members at BSDCAN '07.
Desktop FreeBSD Part 4: Internet Mail Setup
Open For Business, Ed Hurst
An article on setting up email for a FreeBSD desktop.
Linux too vanilla? Try this
The Inquirer, Liam Proven
A review of PC-BSD 1.3.
BSDTalk Interview: Diane Bruce
bsdtalk, Will Backman
BSDTalk interviews FreeBSD developer Diane Bruce about Ham radio on BSD.

BSDTalk Interview: George Neville-Neil
bsdtalk, Will Backman
In this BSDTalk interview FreeBSD developer George Neville-Neil talks about using VMs for development.
Desktop FreeBSD Part 3: Adding Software
Open For Business, Ed Hurst
An article that walks the reader through the process of installing 3rd party software using the FreeBSD's ports and package collection.

Deploying a FreeBSD 6.2 Server
OpenAddict, Sharaz
The third article in a series covering the deployment of a FreeBSD based server with Apache 2.2, PHP 5, MySQL 5.0, Sendmail with SMTP-AUTH, Webmail, Bind DNS, SNMP, synchronized local time, Webmin and with graphing using rrdtool/cacti.
BSDTalk Interview: Randall Stewart
bsdtalk, Will Backman
BSDTalk interviews FreeBSD developer Randall Stewart about his work bringing SCTP to FreeBSD.

BSDTalk Interview: George Neville-Neil
bsdtalk, Will Backman
BSDTalk interviews FreeBSD developer George Neville-Neil on his packet construction set and packet debugger tools.
Interview: The BSD Certification Group's Dru Lavigne
The Jem Report, Jem Matzan
BSD Certification Group member Dru Lavigne puts forth the idea that free/open source software provided an excellent opportunity to inexpensively change one's career path.
Interview: Sam Leffler of the FreeBSD Foundation
The Jem Report, Jem Matzan
An interview with FreeBSD developer and FreeBSD Foundation Director Sam Leffler about the FreeBSD Foundation.
Open source is the ticket for In Ticketing
NewsForge, Tina Gasperson
Ticket broking firm In Ticketing prefers FreeBSD on account of the security it provides.

Inside PC-BSD 1.3
Onlamp.com, Dru Lavigne
An interview with Kris Moore, Andrei Kolu, and Charles Landemaine of the PC-BSD release engineering team.
Interview with Matteo Riondato, FreeSBIE
DistroWatch, Distrowatch staff
An interview with Matteo Riondato, FreeBSD developer and release engineer for FreeSBIE, a FreeBSD-based ``Live CD''.
FreeBSD 6.2: Polished, More Stable
InternetNews.com, Sean Michael Kerner
A brief look at FreeBSD 6.2.
FreeSBIE 2.0-RELEASE is Now Available!
OSnews, Thom Holwerda
A new release of FreeSBIE, a FreeBSD Live-CD, has been released after two years of development.
New Year, New Look For PC-BSD
InternetNews.com, Sean Michael Kerner
A look at the new features in PC-BSD 1.3.
Project of the Month: January 2007 - FreeNAS
SourceForge.Net, SF.Net Staff
An interview with the developers of the FreeBSD-based FreeNAS project, on the occasion of it being selected as SourceForge's Project of the Month.

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