How-To Geek on MSN

What Is DragonFly BSD, and Is It Worth Installing as an OS?

DragonFly BSD focuses on scalability and multiprocessing. It feels more like a research OS than a daily desktop. Installation ...
ZDNet

BSD to leapfrog Linux?

BSD is likely to rival Linux very soon in total number of users, and the BSD community is primping for center stage. For example, leading online BSD publication DaemonNews will launch a dead trees ...
CNET

FreeBSD vows to compete with desktop Linux

Linux may soon have a stronger open-source competitor on the desktop if FreeBSD's plans come to fruition. FreeBSD developer Scott Long told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the operating system, descended ...
Ars Technica

BSD lawsuit and Linux's early success

I'm not really sure that I buy into this myself, but I'm curious what other people think about it.<BR><BR>I started to use Linux a long time ago, in '92 or so. It seems to me that a lot of Linux's ...
PC World

For a Free Linux Alternative, Try FreeBSD 9.0

Linux may not yet enjoy the widespread recognition that Windows does, but there’s no denying its popularity on servers, its growing use on desktops, or its ubiquity in the mobile world in the form of ...
The Register on MSN

KDE Linux and FreeBSD hit alpha and – surprise – fan fave Pop_OS nearly at beta

It's the season of FOSS fruitfulness as juicy goodness falls from the branch The Northern hemisphere is moving into autumn ...
Forbes

Is Linux For Losers?

Theo de Raadt is a pioneer of the open source software movement and a huge proponent of free software. But he is no fan of the open source Linux operating system. "It's terrible," De Raadt says.
Bleeping Computer

Multiple Linux and FreeBSD DoS Vulnerabilities Found by Netflix

A denial of service flaw found in the way recent Linux kernels handle TCP networking can be exploited by remote attackers to trigger a kernel panic in vulnerable systems. In all, Netflix Information ...
InfoWorld

Get started with FreeBSD: A brief intro for Linux users

Among the legions of Linux users and admins, there seems to be a sort of passive curiosity about FreeBSD and other *BSDs. Like commuters on a packed train, they gaze out at a less crowded, vaguely ...
Ars Technica

FreeBSD Linux compat no longer works

Alright, trying to use freeBSD 5 as a hlds server and I got it working once, but then somehow freeBSD linux compat broke. I'm guessing its not starting when the machine boots and the boot cycle ...
ZDNet

BSD to leapfrog Linux?

BSD is likely to rival Linux very soon in total number of users, and the BSD community is primping for center stage. For example, leading online BSD publication DaemonNews will launch a dead trees ...