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FreeBSD, Serving the World

Posted by Nik on from the NP:-Walk-Like-an-Egyptian dept.

In another indication that those advertising dollars made available by the BSDI merger are being put to good use, OS Opinion is running an article explaining FreeBSD. Nothing new if you're already a BSD afficionado, but it does explain most of FreeBSD's salient points in a easy-to-understand way. Perfect for trying to convince the boss that this "three dee bee ess" stuff you're using to keep the company running is up to the task.

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  1. Re:Excellent by howardjp · · Score: 3

    It's been set several times and I just threw out the paper copy of the press release. Let me look for a minute...ahh, here it is. Unfortunetly, I do not recall the exact circumstances and they are not listed here. But, I think it was a new release of Red Hat, or a new release of Slackware, or a new release of FreeBSD. Possibly a combination of them. I wish I could be more help. Emailing one of the FreeBSD lists should get a response.

  2. Re:Easy to Install? by Arandir · · Score: 3

    "My only problem was that the installer bombed out if you tried to add packages from within it..."

    This was a bug in the initial cut of 3.4. If you read the errata at www.freebsd.org, they explain it, and how to get around it. 4.0 does not have this problem.

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