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Byte
05 February 2001
For Servers: Linux 2.4 vs. FreeBSD 4.1.1
by Moshe Bar
-
BYTE's Linux guru finds himself wondering why he isn't running + BYTE's Linux guru finds himself wondering why he isn't running FreeBSD --- a comparision (with informal benchmarks) of FreeBSD 4.1.1 and a Linux based distribution running the v2.4.0 Linux kernel.
Web Techniques
January 2001
Is FreeBSD a Superior Server Platform to Linux?
by Nathan Boeger
-
A reviewer finds FreeBSD 4.1 to be better suited for web + A reviewer finds FreeBSD 4.1 to be better suited for web serving than a Red Hat Linux distribution.
Dr Dobbs Journal
January 2001
A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality
by Jack J. Woehr
-
A report from a roundtable at the recent USENIX Security Symposium + A report from a roundtable at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000, involving several prominent developers in the BSD world.
Salon Magazine
17 November 2000
Open-sourcing the Apple
by Jordan Hubbard
A geek's appraisal of the Apple OS X from Jordan Hubbard, one of
the lead developers on the FreeBSD project.
BYTE
02 October 2000
BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux
by Bill Nicholls
This column gives an overview of the different versions of BSD, with
links for more information.
TeraSolutions
29 September 2000
INTERNET'S BUSIEST
OPENSOURCE SOFTWARE ARCHIVE SETS NEW DOWNLOAD RECORD
TeraSolutions Press Release
TeraSolutions, Inc. and Lightning Internet Services announce that
the OpenSource archive at
ftp.freesoftware.com has surpassed the download milestone of
two trillion bytes per day from a single server machine.
O'Reilly Network
07 September 2000
BSD Tricks: MFS
by Michael Lucas
A short article on using the FreeBSD Memory Filesystem.
ISPworld
September 2000
TRUSTING BSD - Ultra-High Security for FreeBSD
by Jeffrey Carl
An interview with Robert Watson, one of the lead developers in the
TrustedBSD project.
User Friendly the
Comic Strip
7 August 2000
More FreeBSD Comics
by Illiad
See also the comics for the
8th,
9th,
10th,
11th,
and 12th.
32BitsOnline
11 July 2000
FreeBSD4: The little deamon's got me!!
by Clifford Smith
A review of FreeBSD 4.0 with praise for its speed, new security
features, firewall support, and ports collection.
Chapters
July 2000
An Industrial Strength OS
by Marty Poulin
A short introduction to FreeBSD.
Unix Review
07 June 2000
The State of the Daemon
by Michael Lucas
An informative article on BSD, and where it is going.
Server/Workstation Expert
June 2000
Server Goliaths Turn to Appliance Servers
by Adam Darby
An article evaluating various commercial OSes that contains a blurb
about BSDI and FreeBSD.
osOpinion
June 2000
FreeBSD: Serving the World
by James Howard
With the recent hype surrounding open source software, an important
project has gone unnoticed in the media. This project, FreeBSD, aims
to create a rock-solid UNIX clone based on the 4BSD work from the
University of California at Berkeley.
SFGate
29 May 2000
Riding the Web Wave
by Henry Norr
FreeBSD, a relatively unknown operating system is playing a big
role on the Internet.
GnuLinux
18 May 2000
BeOpen Interview with Jordan Hubbard of FreeBSD, Inc.
by Sam Williams
An interview with Jordan Hubbard on the history of FreeBSD.
Salon
16 May 2000
BSD Unix: Power to the people, from the code
by Andrew Leonard
How Berkeley hackers built the Net's most fabled free operating system on
the ashes of the '60s---and then lost the lead to Linux.
TechRepublic
16 May 2000
Install FreeBSD 4.0 in seven easy steps
by Dru Lavigne
A short guide to installing FreeBSD 4.0.
ComputerWorld
8 May 2000
Partial Reunification May Give BSD New Visibility
by Dominique Deckmyn
Compares the merged Walnut Creek/BSDI OS offering to Linux.
CNN
5 May 2000
Developers using open-source software behind bosses' backs
by Peter Wayner
Open-source software sometimes provides a better solution than
expensive commerical, closed software.
PolyServe
1 May 2000
FreeBSD 4.0 Now Includes PolyServe's High Availability Clustering &
Load Balancing Software
PolyServe Press Release
PolyServe, a provider of software-based, distributed server clustering
technology, announced co-marketing agreement with FreeBSD, Inc. to ship
PolyServe's Understudy (TM) software program with all new versions of
FreeBSD 4.0 operating system software.
WebServer Online
May 2000
BSDI Getting the Word Out
by Alexandra Barrett
Talks of the lack of awareness in the market of the strengths of
the BSD operating system and of the plans afoot to change this.
BSDi
18 April 2000
The New BSDI to Offer Technical Support for the FreeBSD Operating System
BSDi Press Release
BSDi will be offering technical support contracts for FreeBSD
beginning in May 2000.
ZD Net News
4 April 2000
Commentary: BSD sleight of hand
by Stephan Somogyi
Commentary on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger.
32BitsOnline.com
April 2000
FreeBSD 3.4 Review, Part 2: Adopting the Daemon
by Clifford Smith
The second part of a review of FreeBSD v3.4.
sf life
29 March 2000
The legend of BSD
by Annalee Newitz
An interview with three BSD veterans on the past and future of
BSD.
O'Reilly Network
24 March 2000
Bostic on the BSD tradition
by Dale Dougherty
An interview with BSD veteran Keith Bostic on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger.
``BSD has always had the best technology'', says Keith.
LinuxWorld
March 2000
Customizing the FreeBSD Kernel
by Michael Lucas
Michael Lucas presents a guide to customizing the FreeBSD kernel,
written for the Linux oriented.
SysAdmin
March 2000
FreeBSD for the SVR4/Linux Administrator
by Michael Lucas
This article attempts to give a System V or Linux administrator
a basic grounding in FreeBSD configuration and usage.
32BitsOnline
March 2000
FreeBSD Ports and Packages System Explained
by Bill Swingle
A good description of the FreeBSD Ports collection.
Upside
21 February 2000
Business Lessons From Online Porn
by Richard A. Glidewell
Praise for FreeBSD from this article: ``FreeBSD is the system of choice
because it is fast, stable, and can handle large volumes of traffic.''
Linux.com
10 February 2000
Crazed Ferrets in a Berkeley Shower
by Michael Lucas
An article on the BSD License.
ComputerWorld
7 February 2000
Three Unixlike systems may be better than Linux
by Simson L. Garfinkel
Promotes the BSD OSes as better alternatives to Linux
in the areas of performance, reliability and security.
Linux.com
8 February 2000
Buddying up to BSD: Part Five - FreeBSD Continued
by Matt Michie
A Linux user writes about his experiences with the FreeBSD ports
system.
32BitsOnline.com
February 2000
Review of FreeBSD 3.4
by Clifford Smith
A review of FreeBSD 3.4.
Boardwatch
February 2000
FreeBSD 4.0 And Beyond
by Jeffrey Carl
A Jordan Hubbard Interview on Improvements, New Platforms and What's
to Come.
Linux.com
26 January 2000
Buddying up to BSD: Part Four - FreeBSD
by Matt Michie
A Linux user writes about his experiences with FreeBSD.
Gartner Group
18 January 2000
Debunking Open-Source Myths: Origins and Players
by N. Drakos and M. Driver
A report that looks at and debunks some of the myths associated with
Open Source development.
TechWeb
14 January 2000
Linux Scales Enterprise Wall
by Mitch Wagner
About 17 percent of enterprises plan to deploy FreeBSD or Linux
as a primary platform for e-commerce within two years.
CNN
5 January 2000
Jobs announces new MacOS, becomes 'iCEO'
CNN news article
Steve Jobs' Macworld Expo keynote speech mentions FreeBSD as one of
the components in the new Darwin OS from Apple.
Apple Inc.
January 2000
Mac OS X
Apple communication
In an article on the next generation Darwin OS, Apple Inc., refers
to FreeBSD as one of the ``most acclaimed OS projects of the modern
era.''
SysAdmin
January 2000
Linux under FreeBSD
Michael Lucas
FreeBSD has several options for using software from other platforms
such as Linux. This article examines Linux emulation under FreeBSD.
Freei.Net
15 December 1999
Freei.Net Doubles Service Speed With Intel(R) Server Platforms
Freei.Net Press Release
Freei.Net is purchasing hundreds of Intel's LB440GX 2U Rack Server
Platforms as the Internet service provider continues to experience
explosive growth in its subscriber base. ``The LB440GX flawlessly
supports our FreeBSD operating system,'' said Steve Bourg, Freei.Net's
Chief Technical Officer.
Data Communications Online
December 1999
FreeBSD 3.3. Robust OS well suited for Internet/Intranet Deployment
by Juha Saarinen
Linux administrator turns to FreeBSD and finds it impressive.
Slashdot
21 November 1999
FreeBSD at COMDEX
by Brett Glass
Brett Glass sent this message to
the FreeBSD -chat mailing list, about his experiences and perceptions
at COMDEX. Of particular interest are the problems he had trying to
get vendors to support the BSDs and Linux.
Salon Magazine
18 November 1999
Who controls free software?
by Andrew Leonard
Discusses RedHat's acquisition of
Cygnus, quotes
Jordan Hubbard at length, and
mentions FreeBSD.
MacWeek
15 November 1999
The Darwinist: Darwin for x86?
by Stephan Somogyi
A report on Wilfredo Sanchez's session on FreeBSD and the Apple Darwin
project at the first FreeBSDCon.
CBS MarketWatch
8 November 1999
Bob Frankenberg's breaking Windows
by Michael Tarsala
In an interview with CBS MarketWatch, Bob Frankenberg, ex-CEO of
Novell, praises
FreeBSD for doing ``an exceptionally good job''. FreeBSD is
used in his current company,
Encanto.
Applix Inc.
3 November 1999
Applix and Walnut Creek Partner to Provide Applixware Office for the
FreeBSD Operating System
Applix Inc. press release
Walnut Creek will distribute Applixware Office v4.4.2 in their FreeBSD
3.3 Power Desktop product. In addition, Walnut Creek will bundle
Applix'SHELF, a visual open-source
application development toolset and runtime environment with FreeBSD.
LinuxWorld
1 November 1999
LinuxWorld report on FreeBSDCon 99
by Vicki Brown
October 17, 1999 marked a milestone in the history of FreeBSD -- the
first FreeBSD conference was held in the city where it all began.
CNN
1 November 1999
FreeBSDCon'99: Fans of Linux's lesser-known sibling gather for the
first time
by Vicki Brown
Repost of IDG article about FreeBSDCon '99.
ServerWatch
25 October 1999
ServerWatch's Review of FreeBSD
by Kevin Reichard
FreeBSD v3.2 is as close to the perfect Internet server operating system
as it comes.
Upside
20 October 1999
Grass Roots Daemocracy
by Sam Williams
A report from the first annual FreeBSDCon held in Berkeley, California.
Entera
04 October 1999
ENTERA DELIVERS FreeBSD STREAMING SERVER SUPPORTING QUICKTIME
Entera Press Release
Entera announces a free,
standards-based RTSP/RTP server to stream QuickTime from a
FreeBSD platform.
First Monday
October 1999
Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research
by Nikolai Bezroukov
This paper tries to explore links between open source software
development and academic research as a better paradigm for OSS
development.
The Boston Globe
16 September 1999
Even better than Linux
by Simson L. Garfinkel
Claims that the operating systems based on BSD are more reliable and
secure.
(requires registration with The Boston Globe prior to viewing)
Wall Street Journal
10 September 1999
Beyond Linux, Free Systems Help Build The Web
by Lee Gomes
An introduction to the BSD family of free operating systems.
SysAdmin
September 1999
Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs
by Michael Lucas
Focusses on the BSD development model and the ease of keeping
upto-date with tools like sup and CVSup.
Boston Globe
12 August 1999
Out of Linux limelight, devil gets its due
by Hiawatha Bray
A short (but not very accurate) introduction to FreeBSD for people who
have heard about Linux.
CNN
11 August 1999
Reporter's notebook: Hackers on holiday
by Ann Harrison
CNN reports that the winner during the "Linux Death Match" at the Chaos
Computer Camp in Germany used FreeBSD tools to win out over Linux
attackers. More details are available at
http://www.42.org/~sec/Berichte/199908Camp/index.en.html#match.
User Friendly the
Comic Strip
3 August 1999
More FreeBSD Comics
by Illiad
See also the comics for the
4th and the
5th.
Fast Search & Transfer
02 August 1999
World's Biggest Internet Search Engine Goes Online
FAST Press Release
Said to be the largest search engine on the Internet, FAST Web Search
uses the FreeBSD operating system.
Science Daily Magazine
02 August 1999
Duke Computer Scientists Exceed "Gigabit" Data Processing Speeds With
Internet Software
Duke University press release
Using FreeBSD, Duke University computer science researchers have
developed a system for communication at speeds higher than one
billion bits per second in a local area network of personal computers.
More details can be found at the
Trapeze project web
site.
Pair Networks
27 July 1999
WORLDS LARGEST INDEPENDENT IPP HITS NEW MILESTONE
pair Networks press release
pair Networks, Inc., the World's largest independently owned and
operated paid hosting service, today announced that it has surpassed the
60,000 Web site milestone. Their web servers in their state-of-the-art
data center house more than 2 Terabytes of storage, and deliver up to
100 million hits per day to site visitors. pair uses FreeBSD in order
to ensure maximum uptime and reliability.
TechWeb UK
26 July 1999
Free OS? It' s as easy as BSD
by Peter McGarvey
Network manager Peter McGarvey writes about his experience with
a number of varieties of Unix. He sums up: FreeBSD is the
greatest.
ZD Net News
22 July 1999
BSD a better OS than Linux?
by Bob Sullivan
BSD is the software behind the world's most popular Web site and the
world's most popular FTP site.
MSNBC
21 July 1999
The Net's stealth operating system
by Bob Sullivan
BSD powers some of the biggest sites, and its users are among
the most jealous of Linux.
Performance Computing
2 July 1999
Embed Together: The Case For BSD In Network Appliances
by Kevin Rose and Charles Davidson
Underlines the advantages of BSD for the embedded device market.
Mentions picoBSD.
GigABytes Radio Talk Show
June 1999
Radio interview: Linux and FreeBSD
by Chris DiBona and Jordan Hubbard
Chris DiBona of VA Research and Jordan Hubbard of the FreeBSD Project
give their views on Linux and FreeBSD.
Windows NT Systems
June 1999
Thin Servers
by Ted Drude
A survey of thin servers, featuring products using FreeBSD as
their internal operating system.
Public Communications Centre,
Ireland
June 1999
Information Technology and the Internet in Co-operation Ireland
Interview with Michael Doyle
Michael Doyle, system administrator for
Co-operation Ireland roots
for FreeBSD in this interview. Michael is using FreeBSD and
PostgreSQL as a cost-effective
and ultra-reliable solution for his organization's I.T. needs.
32BitsOnline
June 1999
GPL and BSD: explication and comparison
by Rob Bos
An article comparing BSD and GPL style licenses.
Wired Business News
29 June 1999
CmdrTaco on Slashdot Sale
by Leander Kahney
In an interview with Wired News, Rob Malda, founder of
Slashdot, says that he would now
like to spend some more time reporting on FreeBSD.
ServerWatch
17 June 1999
Server Platforms - FreeBSD Review
by Kevin Reichard
FreeBSD: Is it the perfect Internet server operating system? As close
as it comes.
Network Week Online
16 June 1999
Yes! There is intelligent life beyond Linux
by David Cartwright
It looks like Unix, it tastes like Unix but it isn't Unix. It's FreeBSD!
SunWorld
May 1999
Silicon Carny: Why I run FreeBSD
by Rich Morin
Rich Morin explains why FreeBSD is the superior OS for him.
Walnut Creek CDROM
26 May 1999
INTERNET'S BUSIEST SOFTWARE ARCHIVE REACHES NEW DOWNLOAD MILESTONE
by David Greenman
Walnut Creek CDROM, Inc. announces that their popular software
archive at ftp://ftp.cdrom.com has surpassed the one trillion bytes
(one terabyte) milestone of files downloaded per day from a single
server machine.
CNet
24 May 1999
Bye-Bye, Windows
by Christopher Lindquist
Reviews alternative PC operating systems. Includes a
review of FreeBSD 3.2.
BBC
20 May 1999
Gnome is no Windows dwarf
by Chris Nuttall
Article on Gnome and the Open Source movement. Mentions FreeBSD.
Pioneer Planet
17 May 1999
OS Also-Rans
by JULIO OJEDA-ZAPATA
A short article introducing a few alternative OSes, including FreeBSD
and OpenBSD. Aimed at the general public.
Walnut Creek CDROM
4 May 1999
Micron Electronics NetFRAME chosen for Internet's busiest site
by David Greenman
During its first full day of operation, the new NetFRAME 9201 server
set a new all-time one day download record of 969GB
of files, surpassing the previous record set last year of 873GB/day.
ZD Net
3 May 1999
The other open-source OS: FreeBSD
by Anne Chen
Examples of FreeBSD deployment in the real world and why some
technology officers find it attractive.
Data Communications
April 1999
Open-Source Software: Power to the People
by Lee Bruno
Linux and BSD Unix are starting to show up on more and more
corporate servers, running alongside or even replacing Netware
and Windows NT.
FreeBSD Advocacy
29 April 1999
XML: Complete XML Development System Integrated with FreeBSD
by Jordan Hubbard
Included with FreeBSD 3.1 is a complete, integrated SGML/XML
development system that installs with a simple, easy to use
command sequence.
Inktomi
26 April 1999
Inktomi Announces Traffic Server 3.0
Inktomi press release
FreeBSD is a supported operating system for a new version of
Inktomi's carrier-class network cache platform.
FreeBSD Advocacy
22 April 1999
The Matrix: FreeBSD Used to Generate Special Effects
by Jordan Hubbard
Dual-Processor FreeBSD systems were used to generate a large
number of special effects in the cutting edge Warner Brothers film,
The Matrix.
osOpinion
20 April 1999
Let's Get More Educated About FreeBSD
by Preston S. Wiley
A system administrator shares his views on FreeBSD.
ZD Net
15 April 1999
The Oldest Free OS
by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
What are the oldest free operating systems around? The answer is the
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix variants.
Upside
13 April 1999
FreeBSD wants a place in the sun
by Sam Williams
Introduces FreeBSD to Linux users.
Internet World
12 April 1999
FreeBSD Offers a Sound Open Source Alternative
by James C. Luh
Outside technical circles, many remain unaware of viable choices for
internet servers---like the FreeBSD operating system that drives Web
servers for such high-profile names as Yahoo and Best Internet
Communications (now part of Verio).
CNN
8 April 1999
Serious FTP: Behind the scenes of Walnut Creek CDROM
by Rich Morin
A description of the Walnut Creek CDROM setup.
The article is also available from
SunWorld.
TechWeb
7 April 1999
Thin Servers: Off-the-Shelf Internet Help
by Christine Zimmerman
Discusses thin-servers, including six built using an embedded FreeBSD
kernel.
User Friendly the
Comic Strip
20 March 1999
A FreeBSD Comic Strip
by Illiad
See also the serial from the
22nd,
23rd,
24th,
25th,
26th, and
27th of March, 1999.
Fairfax IT News
16 March 1999
Rising support for BSD
by Nathan Cochrane
Columnist Nathan Cochrane talks about the BSD family of open
source operating systems.
O'Reilly Open Source
5 March 1999
Whence the Source: Untangling the Open Source/Free Software Debate
by Thomas Scoville
An article on the open-source / free-software debate. Mentions
Berkeley Unix as one of the early successes of shared source code
collaboration.
Linux Weekly News
February 1999
LWN interviews Alan Cox
There is a small but interesting FreeBSD mention in LWN in an interview
with Linux's Alan Cox.
The Economist
20 February 1999
Hackers rule
Software that has been developed by thousands of volunteers and is
given away is often better than the stuff for sale.
Note: The article is no longer available online without
registration.
O'Reilly and Associates
January 1999
Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix
From AT&T-Owned to Freely Re-distributable
by Marshall Kirk McKusick
A short history of Berkeley Unix.
LINUX JOURNAL
January 1999
WWWsmith: Installation and Configuration of FreeBSD
by Sean Eric Fagan
Here is how to set up a web server using another freely available
operating system, FreeBSD, a high performance, mature, Unix-like
system.
SunWorld
January 1999
The return of BSD - What are the BSD flavors and why might you use them?
by Greg Lehey
Introduces the modern BSD OSes to the general public.
GartnerGroup
18 January 1999
Divorcing Thin Server Software from the Hardware
by J. Staten
While finished thin servers should be optimized in both hardware and
software for the task at hand, who says the software and hardware must
come from the same developer? This Perspective examines the emerging
trend in the OEM market of divorcing the software layer from the
hardware layer. Many operating systems are vying to be the OS of
choice for thin servers. This document examines this issue in detail,
particularly the differences between Linux and FreeBSD, the current de
facto leaders in the market.
Note: The article is no longer available online without
registration.
Nature
7 January 1999
Nature Web Matters: Internet tomography
by K.C. Claffy, Tracie Monk & Daniel McRobb, UCSD/CAIDA, USA.
The article describes a network management tool built on FreeBSD
that has even used network connections to www.FreeBSD.org for
performing network research.
LinuxWorld
December 1998
The story on FreeBSD
by Cameron Laird and Kathryn Soraiz
This issue has a good article on FreeBSD and why it's worth a look
by Linux folks.
RELEASE 1.0
November 1998
The Open-Source Revolution
by Tim O'Reilly, with an introduction by Esther Dyson
A brief, business oriented introduction to the open source community.
Linux Today
20 November 1998
Report from Comdex--Walnut Creek CDROM, FreeBSD and Slackware
by Dwight Johnson
There is a good report on the Walnut Creek booth and FreeBSD at
the Linux Today website. The first half of the report is on
Slackware Linux, the second half is on FreeBSD.
CNET News.com
16 November 1998
Ellison plans hardware, bashes Bill
by Tim Clark
Larry Ellison talking about their new dedicated Oracle servers,
mentions FreeBSD as one of a list of candidate OSes for the
platform.
Computer Bits
October 1998
Linux/etc, The other free Unixes, part 2 of 2
by Terry Griffin
Continuation of an earlier column reviewing freely available
Unix like operating systems.
Performance Computing
October 1998
What Is FreeBSD?
by Jordan K. Hubbard
An introduction to FreeBSD, and where it stands with respect to
the other free OSes.
Mercury Center
26 October 1998
Unix back in the fight with NT
by Miguel Helft
An article touting the stability and power of the Unix platform
over NT.
ZDNet
20 October 1998
A No-Cost NOS
by Ryan Snedegar
Ryan Snedegar reviews FreeBSD 2.2.7 and finds its web-serving performance
to be better than Windows NT.
Inter@ctive Week
19 October 1998
Open Code Frees Up The Net
by Charles Babcock
About why customers prefer open source software like Linux, FreeBSD,
Perl and TCL to proprietary alternatives.
The Irish Times
12 October 1998
It's only free Unix - but I like it
by David Malone
Computer Bits
September 1998
Linux/etc, The other free Unixes, part 1 of 2
by Terry Griffin
Briefly reviews the BSD Unix heritage.
Dr. Dobb's Journal
September 1998
Communications & Networking: Asynchronous Communications Using
select and poll
by Sean Eric Fagan
On how to use FreeBSD's
select(2)
and
poll(2)
system calls.
Sm@rt Reseller Online
7 September 1998
Quality Unix for FREE
by Brett Glass
A short introduction to FreeBSD 2.2.7.
News.com: Tech News First
21 August 1998
Hack raises flags about small ISPs
by Jim Hu, Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM
Desire for better security has led some ISPs to deploy FreeBSD on
their servers.
CRL Network Services
30 July 1998
Walnut Creek CDROM, One of the Largest Public FTP Archives in the
World, Sets Traffic Record Using FreeBSD and Colocating on CRL's
High-Speed Internet Network
CRL Press Release
( freshmeat )
13 July 1998
Pulling on one end of the rope(the past and future of the
Unix community)
by Jordan K. Hubbard
Jordan compares the past of Unix with the future of Linux, outlining
possible similarities and describing faults that could be prevented.
CNET News.com
14 June 1998
Nader urges Windows probe
by Jeff Pelline
Consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader mentions FreeBSD by name.
RhapsodyOS
10 June 1998
Stone's Throw, Issue Fourteen: Home of the Brave, Land of the
FreeBSD
by Andrew Stone
Web Techniques Magazine
May 1998
Load Balancing Your Web Site
by Ralf S.Engelschall
Practical approaches to distributing HTTP traffic at your site.
Includes a section on performance tuning Apache under FreeBSD.
NC World
May 1998
Is NT paranoid or is Unix out to get it?
by Nicholas Petreley
SysAdmin
May 1998
Security Tools in FreeBSD
by Guy Helmer
GartnerGroup
4 May 1998
Free Unix: Do You Get What You Pay For?
by G. Weiss
NC World
April 1998
The new Unix alters NT's orbit
by Nicholas Petreley
DV Live Magazine
April 98
Who's Serving Who?
by Nels Johnson
For smaller companies and web sites, a FreeBSD and Apache on an
Intel (PC) architecture machine is more than sufficient.
NC World
March 1998
Searching for the next Windows NT
by Nicholas Petreley
Dr. Dobb's Journal
March 1998
Benchmarking and Software Testing: Tracing BSD System Calls
by Sean Eric Fagan
Note: the article is not available online.
CNET
25 March 1998
Five alternative operating systems reviewed
by Cormac Foster
News.com
2 February 1998
Source code for the masses
by Alex Lash
Computer Bits Online
August 1997
The Network Community
by Ted Mittelstaedt
UNIX Review
June 1997
The Internet Notebook / The Ports Collection
by Richard Morin
A description of the FreeBSD Ports collection.
NC World
May 1997
The Politics of NC Computing According to Oracle
by Rawn Shaw
SysAdmin
November 1996
Assorted Security Tips for UNIX
by Arthur Donkers
A collection of tips and tricks to secure your internal network.