Archive for the 'BSD' Category


What’s cooking for FreeBSD 8?

The next major release of FreeBSD, version 8, will probably be an “evolutional” release. The focus will be on further improvements of SMP capabilities and the stability of already implemented subsystems. This page will document changes that will be included in FreeBSD 8, including those that might end up being committed to earlier branches (i.e. […]

FreeBSD 7.0 outperforms linux in SMP

The development version of FreeBSD 7.0 AMD64 and I386 scale a lot better then linux on SMP systems, which being worked on by the FreeBSD core members to release 7.0-RELEASE , currently it’s frozen and so stable it, I use it in my server which has
A combination of latest freebsd scheduler ULE 2.0 which was […]

PC-BSD 1.3.4 Review

PC-BSD is a direct descendant of FreeBSD. As the name indicates, PC-BSD is a BSD operating system which lays stress on its use as a Desktop catering to the end users.
From the point of its inception, the USP (Unique Selling Point) of PC-BSD has been to make it as easy as possible to install, update […]

FlightAware.com powerd by FreeBSD and PostgreSQL

FlightAware is a free flight tracker that will change what you think about live flight tracking and aviation data.
BSD Talk #42 has an interview Karl Lehenbauer about FlightAware.com. FlightAware tracks flight information, so far example here is their page on live flights to and from Sacramento Executive Airport. There is a lot of information […]

PCBSD 1.4 New User Manager Preview

1.4 will bring a new user management utility to PC-BSD. I thought I’d take a couple of minutes to take you all through it, with some screenshots.
With the user manager, I wanted to cater to both experienced, and novice users alike. As such, I’ve split the entire application into two views, both of which […]