Category Archives: NetBSD

(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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BSD, the more Unix-like OS

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Gerard

This is an interesting blog post looking at the BSD as a viable alternative to Linux. The BSDs are less hyped and are in some areas superior to Linux: “The BSDs have been around for a long time – longer … Continue reading →

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Differentiating Among BSD flavours

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Gerard

This website deals mostly with FreeBSD and systems derived from or based on this superb operating system. However it’s also good to be aware of other BSD systems that are around and the reason why they exist or why have … Continue reading →

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Unix and BSD Family Trees

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Gerard

Recently I came across two interesting websites that show an up-to-date family tree of Unix and BSD operating systems, and thought that those of you who are not too familiar with the different Unix and Unix-like systems might find these … Continue reading →