FreeBSD 7.0 review
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| I've long since lost the hope of returning to FreeBSD as a desktop or server
| operating system on my computers. It's probably going to be Linux and OpenBSD
| for me from here on in, barring some revolutionary change in FreeBSD. But
| that's the trouble with FreeBSD -- like an addicted gambler, it keeps trying
| to raise the stakes and make big changes in every release to atone for time
| wasted on fixing old problems.
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http://www.softwareinreview.com/bsd/freebsd_7.0_review.html
It's a good O/S, but it's good to see GNU/Linux favoured in this case. You
should see the Windows Vista review on softwareinreview.com *shudder*...
Related:
Review of FreeBSD 7
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| FreeBSD has come a long way and has created great technical solutions to
| tough problems. The new scheduler will offer performance gains for years to
| come. New architectures are being added frequently, including Sun
| Microsystems Niagra processors, Apple Mac Books (and Mac-mini), and even an
| initial port to the Xbox platform.
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| The future is bright for FreeBSD and I’m certainly looking forward to the
| pending 7.0 release and beyond. The 7.1 release will see the ULE scheduler
| enabled by default and should also see the inclusion of the new installer
| into the mainstream releases. The multi-processor scalability will continue
| with the next goal of linear scalability on sixteen cores. There are now more
| than seventeen thousand ports and, with the new and improved performance,
| FreeBSD makes a formidable desktop and server operating system.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/review_of_freebsd_7
In Open Source We Trust
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| Today’s post though is disturbing. In A Question of Trust, he discusses a
| certain competitor, Cittio, is possibly not honoring the GPL and not
| disclosing to clients that they’re actually deploying a solution based on
| OpenNMS.
|
| [...]
|
| This is the sort of thing that the community-at-large deserves to know, hence
| the reason I’m posting this. It deserves our attention and I hope it is
| resolved quickly. The GPL is not a license to rip people off, and you guys
| deserve your just credit and recognition for your hard work and donations.
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http://www.hyperic.com/blog/hyperic/2008/03/03/in-open-source-we-trust/
First look at FreeBSD 7.0
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| So would FreeBSD 7.0 make a decent desktop system? I haven't run it long
| enough to be able to answer the question, but from my initial testing I would
| be perfectly happy to give it a more intensive try. It certainly looks like a
| nicely crafted system, with extreme attention to detail - at least when it
| comes to the kernel and userland.
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080303#feature
Ubuntu Mirror returns to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror
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| The Ubuntu Mirror has returned to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror. Only the ISO
| images will be available on this mirror due to bandwidth limitations.
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http://www.saigonnezumi.com/?p=577
Faster Performance, Fewer Machines For FreeBSD?
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| "FreeBSD has the ability to run Linux programs without recompilation," Lucas
| explained. "For example, I use Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux on my FreeBSD
| laptop. It works flawlessly."
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3731386/Faster+Performance+Fewer+Machines+For+FreeBSD.htm
What's New in FreeBSD 7.0
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| Federico Biancuzzi interviewed two dozen developers to discuss all the cool
| details of FreeBSD 7.0: networking and SMP performance, SCTP support, the new
| IPSEC stack, virtualization, monitoring frameworks, ports, storage limits and
| a new journaling facility, what changed in the accounting file format,
| jemalloc(), ULE, and more.
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http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2008/02/26/whats-new-in-freebsd-70.html?CMP=OTC-6YE827253101&ATT=What+s+New+in+FreeBSD+7+0
http://tinyurl.com/36y3su
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