by Cao | Apr 22, 2016 | Print, ZFS
Michael W Lucas, critically acclaimed author of many BSD books, introduces the long awaited FreeBSD Mastery: Advanced ZFS co-written by Allan Jude. This book is the follow-up to FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS, which released last year. ZFS improves everything about systems...
by Cao | Apr 1, 2016 | bsdnow.tv, Print
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Kris Moore interview Michael W Lucas, the author of FreeBSD Mastery Series, regarding his new book Specialty Filesystems. Hit play below to tune in: For this week’s round up of BSD related content:...
by Cao | Feb 12, 2016 | Print
FreeBSD Mastery: Specialty Filesystems by Michael W. Lucas, a critically acclaimed author of many FreeBSD books, is now available to purchase on Amazon (eBook or Paperback). Amazon – http://www.amazon.com/FreeBSD-Mastery-Specialty-Filesystems/dp/0692610448/ Mr....
by Cao | Feb 6, 2016 | DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD vs Linux, Linux, OpenBSD, PC-BSD, Print
Michael Larabel of Phoronix recently compared three BSD systems (DragonFlyBSD, OpenBSD, and PC-BSD) against ten Linux distributions, starting with benchmarks all the way to file compression speeds. Earlier this week I posted the results of a 10-way Linux distribution...
by Cao | Dec 31, 2015 | Print
Phoronix has rounded up their most popular BSD related stories of 2015. Follow the link below to view the full round up. While we primarily focus on Linux operating system news and releases, I do enjoy watching the *BSD space and covering their major events. This year...
by Cao | Dec 18, 2015 | FreeBSD, Print
Michael W. Lucas has released an early access edition of his third storage title: FreeBSD Mastery: Specialty Filesystems. This early access edition gives technical reviewers a chance to provide feedback and includes the final version at a discounted price. FreeBSD...