Archive | August, 2008
FreeNAS web interface features (video)
Gary Sims has uploaded another video where he goes through the different available options on the FreeNAS web interface. If you’re interested in setting up your own NAS server, free of charge, watch this video.
Continue reading...FreeBSD – A better chioce for the Open Desktop?
29. August 2008
Thoughts about FreeBSD Since Linsux.org is now a *BSD supporter, it only makes sense that we’d write a few Pro-BSD articles, right? Good. Today, we’re going to talk about why FreeBSD is a better choice for the “Open Desktop”. Linux is the current leading Open Source Operating System (LOL?). But, then again, Linux isn’t really an Operating System. [...]
Continue reading...FreeBSD Clusters (video)
29. August 2008
Matt Olander and Brooks Davis, two well known FreeBSD advocates, on FreeBSD clusters. This video was taken a few years back, but it’s still relevant explaining how cluster computing works on FreeBSD.
Continue reading...BSD and Linux are vastly superior to Windows
29. August 2008
Linux and BSD are vastly superior to Windows in every way. Don’t believe me? Read on, my friend. Read on and realize the folly of your MS ways. The top ten list: #10 – Total cost of ownership ranges very low to nothing for Linux. #9 – Linux and BSD distributions give you more complete, usable operating environments [...]
Continue reading...BSD Administrators and Jobs
29. August 2008
Dru Lavigne posted an interesting post about oDesk, a company that provides a platform for business and qualified technology contractors to connect. oDesk is a global staffing marketplace enabling businesses to Hire, Manage, and Pay remote contractors as if they were in the local office. Our proprietary tools and guaranteed payment policies enable a secure and trusted [...]
Continue reading...KDE 3.5.10 available for FreeBSD
29. August 2008
Martin Wilke announced he’s finished porting KDE 3.5.10 to FreeBSD. PC-BSD is skipping this version and has jumped to KDE 4.1. As a sidenote, it’s possible to run both 3.5.10 and 4.1 on one system!
Continue reading...Beta release: PC-BSD 7.0 beta 1 (Fibonacci)
29. August 2008
PC-BSD Beta1 is already available for download and according to a recent interview with Kris Moore ” … as long as no serious bugs are found, we plan on going gold early to mid-September.” The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD version 7-BETA1! This release marks the first PC-BSD based on FreeBSD [...]
Continue reading...Add a second hard drive to FreeBSD (howto)
27. August 2008
There are two ways to install a new hard disk under FreeBSD system. You can use all command line utilities such as fdisk, bsdlabel and newfs to create partitions, label and format it. This method requires complete understanding of BSD partitions and other stuff. more…
Continue reading...FreeNAS on Washington Post
27. August 2008
FreeNAS, a FreeBSD based Network Attached Server (NAS), is mentioned on the Washington Post today: Network-Attached Storage on the Cheap Based on the FreeBSD operating system (a Unix derivative), FreeNAS is a server operating system that offers lots of features, a very small footprint, and a can’t-beat-it price (it’s free). Developed by an open-source community, it is [...]
Continue reading...TrustedBSD Project website updated
27. August 2008
Robert Watson, who heads the TrustedBSD project, has updated the project’s website. The most striking change is that the different components / subprojects that are being worked are shown as tabs at the top. For those unfamiliar with TrustedBSD, TrustedBSD is not a FreeBSD fork or anything like that, but it’s a set of trusted operating system extensions [...]
Continue reading...FreeBSD VPS Hosting
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30. August 2008
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