I'm a relatively neophyte when it comes to *NIX. I've tried Red Hat and Mandrake, which AFAIK are the easiest distros to install and get up and running. However, since I bought an iBook, I've taken an ...

I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.6, but having some problems with the installation process. I have Bootable CDs and Floppies. I have tried booting off the CDs and the floppies. The problem is that ...

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 ...

FreeBSD has a reputation for being difficult, but using it as a daily driver showed me why that reputation misses the point.

Because we had to examine the server that had high reliability and demonstrated the best performance even under high load, as a result of searching variously,Yahoo! , Livedoor, 2channel and so ...

FreeBSD doesn’t include a GUI desktop, but there is a way to install GNOME and give a user sudo privileges. FreeBSD is an outstanding platform. It’s about as reliable an operating system as you will ...

NetBSD is a real Unix that can run almost anywhere. Can it run as a desktop?

While the medium may have evolved from floppy disks to DVDs and USB flash drives, the overall process of installing an operating system onto a desktop computer has been more or less the same since the ...

After a delay when a microcode-related boot problem surfaced, FreeBSD 15.1 is now available. Laptop support is getting there, ...