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 ...

Last month I started a series in which I try out different operating systems with the aim of using them for my everyday work, and my pick was Slackware 15, the latest version of the first Linux distro ...

FreeBSD isn't really an operating system name you would hear being thrown around in casual IT-related conversations. The free, open-source Unix-like OS was first released way back in 1993, and is ...

Despite its FreeBSD origins, I adore this virtualization platform ...

FreeBSD is not exactly the most user-friendly thing around (see my experiences below).<BR><BR>Oddly enough I just installed FreeBSD on an old laptop last night, and I have yet to figure out how to ...

In the past, many SMBs were content to let their Internet Service Providers (ISPs) handle e-mail services. But now they're interested in running mail servers onsite, due to the widespread adoption of ...

FreeBSD is one of the most stable OSes on the planet. FreeBSD is also more challenging than Linux. You can download and install FreeBSD for free. I'm not gonna lie: I ...

When you think of open-source OSes, you might think of Linux distros, but BSD-based systems have been around for a long time. Here are some of the best BSD systems that you can try that can give Linux ...