October 2002

Opera Software Releases Version for FreeBSD
Opera Software, Opera Software Press Release
Opera Software proudly announces the first golden release of a new port of its software to FreeBSD.
DVD Playback on FreeBSD
OnLamp.com, Dru Lavigne
Dru Lavigne delves into the world of DVD playback on FreeBSD.

September 2002

The BSDs: Sophisticated, Powerful and (Mostly) Free
Extreme Tech, Brett Glass
An article on the history and culture of the BSD projects.
Using Sound on FreeBSD
OnLamp.com, Dru Lavigne
Dru Lavigne describes the process of configuring sound on a FreeBSD multimedia workstation.
BSD, An Enterprise OS? Well, Yes
ITworld.com, UNIX in the Enterprise
A short interview with committer Michael Lucas, on using BSD in enterprise environments.
Turn FreeBSD into a Multimedia Workstation
OnLamp.com, Dru Lavigne
Dru Lavigne explains how to create a multimedia workstation with FreeBSD.

Chasing Linux
InfoWorld, Maggie Biggs
Maggie Biggs takes a look at the upcoming FreeBSD 5.0, and discovers that this open-source OS shows significant gains in available applications and tools along with beefed-up security.

Dual-Booting FreeBSD and FreeBSD
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Michael Lucas explains how a machine can be made to dual-boot FreeBSD -CURRENT and -STABLE.

Jordan Hubbard resigns from FreeBSD core
Daemon News, Gregory Sutter
FreeBSD co-founder Jordan Hubbard leaves the core team.
Technology a la Carte
Byte, Bill Nicholls
A review of FreeBSD 4.5 with mention of the FreeBSD 5.0 "Developer Preview" release.
Testing FreeBSD-Current
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Committer Michael Lucas takes a look at the FreeBSD 5.0 Developers' Preview 1.
Connecting to IPv6 with FreeBSD
Linux Orbit, David LeCount
This tells how to use freenet6 from the ports collection to tunnel IPv6 over IPv4.
System Panics, Part 2: Recovering and Debugging
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Michael Lucas talks about what to do when a system panic does happen. This is the second part of a two part article; part 1 dealt with preparing a FreeBSD system to deal with panics.
Configuring a FreeBSD Access Point for your Wireless Network
Sys Admin Magazine, Michael S. DeGraw-Bertsch
This has instructions for securely configuring a PC running FreeBSD as a gateway between an 802.11b network and a traditional wired network.
Anti-Unix campaign falters
InfoWorld, Matt Berger
InfoWorld reports on the use of FreeBSD to power a website built for a prominent advertising campaign.

A Multimedia Tutorial For FreeBSD
ExamNotes.net, Tracey J. Rosenblath
This tells how to set up and use the audio support in FreeBSD.
System Panics, Part 1: Preparing for the Worst
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Preparing a FreeBSD system to handle a panic.
Understanding CVSup, Mounting, Ports and Init on FreeBSD
OS News, Nathan Mace
An article on configuring and maintaining a FreeBSD install.
Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD
ZDNet, Stephan Somogyi
This is a non-technical introduction to the BSD family (except BSD/OS).
Find: Part Two
OnLamp.com, Dru Lavigne
Looking for your files with find.
Building a CD Bootable Firewall
BSD Today, Etienne de Bruin
This article has instructions for making a FreeBSD system which boots from CD-ROM. Its use as a firewall is mentioned.

IPv6, Meet FreeBSD
OnLamp.com, Mike DeGraw-Bertsch
A walk-through on configuring IPv6 on FreeBSD.
Finding Things in Unix
OnLamp.com, Dru Lavigne
Getting acquainted with find.
Understanding NFS
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Using NFS in FreeBSD.

How to Become a FreeBSD Committer
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Michael documents the process of becoming a FreeBSD committer.
FreeBSD Week: Migrating from Linux to FreeBSD
OS News, Nathan Mace
A guide for users migrating from Linux to FreeBSD.
FreeBSD Week: Interview with Robert Watson
OS News, Eugenia Loli-Queru
An interview with Robert Watson, member of FreeBSD's core and security on the upcoming FreeBSD 4.5 and FreeBSD 5.0 releases.
American Megatrends Inc. Releases Latest Version of StorTrends NAS Software
Yahoo! Finance, AMI Press Release
American Megatrends Inc. announced the release of StoreTrends(tm) NAS software version 1.1, which is based on FreeBSD.
Contributing to BSD
OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
Michael Lucas shows what it takes for non-coders to contribute to BSD.
A basic guide to securing FreeBSD 4.x-STABLE
draenor.org, Marc Silver
This article is for system administrators. It explains how to configure and maintain a FreeBSD system for high security.
FreeBSD to change hands
Yahoo News, Stephen Shankland CNET
Wind River Systems announces the transfer of its FreeBSD assets to the FreeBSD Mall.

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