by iXsystems | Apr 30, 2011 | (Free)BSD links wrap-up, BSD Certification, DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, Google, OpenBSD
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...
by iXsystems | Jan 11, 2011 | DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, iXsystems
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 the PHP driver for it: The...
by iXsystems | Nov 3, 2010 | DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, Google, OpenBSD
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 supported release from the FreeBSD 6.x stable...
by iXsystems | May 5, 2009 | DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
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)...
by iXsystems | Jul 1, 2008 | DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
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 BSDs”, such...
by iXsystems | Jan 25, 2008 | DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
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 phenomenal...
