Category Archives: DragonFlyBSD

FreeBSD Events (CE BSDday, EuroBSDCon, BSDday Arg)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Gerard

These are some links to past and upcoming FreeBSD related events: Central European BSD day 2011 (Slovakia) Central Europen BSDDay 2011 is taking place in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 5 November. The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central … Continue reading →

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(Free)BSD quick news ‘n links (week 17)

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Gerard

Below some links to some FreeBSD resourses that you guys may be interested in, and other BSD related items I’ve come across. FreeBSD Chromium 10, Google’s blazingly fast internet browser, is now available in the FreeBSD Ports directory (www/chromium). New FreeBSD Installer test … Continue reading →

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(Free)BSD miscelaneous links and news (week 1)

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Gerard

I. The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5 And FreeBSD 8.1 Here is the guide on installing Firebird 2.5 from FreeBSD 8.1 Ports and creating your first test database; also we show you how to install Flamerobin GUI (administration tool) and … Continue reading →

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Of EoL, GSoC, paid development and why I love UNIX

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Gerard

FreeBSD 6.4 and 8.0 EoLs coming soon On November 30th, FreeBSD 6.4 and FreeBSD 8.0 will have reached their End of Life and will no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. Since FreeBSD 6.4 is the last remaining … Continue reading →

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BSD week – 4 BSD releases

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Gerard

In the last 7 days we’ve seen a new version released by each of the 4 major BSD operating systems: OpenBSD 4.5, NetBSD, FreeBSD 7.2 and a “minor” DragonFlyBSD release  (2.2.1). Who said BSD was dying? Video 1 – “BSD is dying” (2007) … Continue reading →

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Blogs for “the other BSDs”: NetBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFlyBSD

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Gerard

This blog, FreeBSD – the unknown Giant, as the title suggests, covers only FreeBSD related stories and updates. However, over the last few months, I have received emails from my some readers asking why I don’t write about the “other … Continue reading →

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Exciting future ahead for BSD

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Gerard

Trollaxor has written up an interesting piece about the history and future of the major BSD systems: FreeBSD, netBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD and Darwin. In the new year the Berkeley Software Distribution family of Unix-like operating systems is growing at a … Continue reading →

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(Free)BSD myths dispelled

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Gerard

As the BSD projects (DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD) have grown in size, a number of persistent myths have grown up around them. Some of these are perpetuated by well meaning but misguided individuals, others by people pursuing their own … Continue reading →

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