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...
by iXsystems | Jan 15, 2008 | DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
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 agendas. This page...
by iXsystems | Nov 1, 2007 | FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
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 than Linux. But they have received much less...
by iXsystems | May 26, 2007 | DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
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 been developed: OpenBSD (secure by default...
by iXsystems | May 24, 2007 | DesktopBSD, DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, PC-BSD
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 pages interesting. UNIX history...
