Interview with Will Backman

Fri, Aug 17, 2007

BSD Talk, DesktopBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, PC-BSD





Podcast logoAn interview with the host of the BSDTalk Podcast, Will Backman, in which we talk about the history of the BSD’s, including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD, PC-BSD, and DesktopBSD, and discuss some of the goals and features of these projects.

Listen here.


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