Probably not too many people around the world celebrated November 1st, 2023, but on this momentous date FreeBSD celebrated its 30th birthday. As the first original fork of the first complete and open ...

DragonFly BSD focuses on scalability and multiprocessing. It feels more like a research OS than a daily desktop. Installation is simple and console-focused. X can be buggy. The system seems great for ...

For years now, Linux has been all the rage. But in recent times, there have been murmurings among some veterans — long-time users — after the introduction of systemd, the init system that seems to ...

The founder of a company that, in 1993, first published the open-source version of Unix will once again be in charge of the core FreeBSD business. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

FreeBSD and Slackware are both outstanding OSes. FreeBSD is more UNIX-like, while Slackware is more Linux-like. One is geared for servers, while the other is a bit more general. FreeBSD and Slackware.

COMMENTARY--When listening to the verbal sparring between open source advocates and Microsoft, it's interesting to notice what's not being talked about. Look at any side of the debate. Do you see any ...

FreeBSD is a free, fast, stable, feature-rich operating system. If you've never looked into it before, you should Here I sit, watching a freshly installed FreeBSD box run through cvsup on all ports, ...