ZDNET's key takeaways FreeBSD is one of the most stable OSes on the planet.FreeBSD is also more challenging than Linux.You ...

FreeBSD, the open-source operating system alternative to Linux, just released a new major update. FreeBSD 15 includes overhauled package management, new versions of utilities like OpenZFS and OpenSSL, ...

Linux may not yet enjoy the widespread recognition that Windows does, but there’s no denying its popularity on servers, its growing use on desktops, or its ubiquity in the mobile world in the form of ...

I work in a small company doing statistical analysis. Most of our software just analyzes recieved data processes it and dumps it to a mysql database which is used later for comparison analysis. Basic ...

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 ...

Theo de Raadt is a pioneer of the open source software movement and a huge proponent of free software. But he is no fan of the open source Linux operating system. "It's terrible," De Raadt says.

Last year whenever people asked me what to use when building a home server, I'd tell them to use Linux or FreeBSD because there was absolutely nothing from Microsoft under a few hundred dollars. There ...

Linux is a terrific desktop operating system but sometimes it can be fun to use something else, particularly if you have the personality of a distrohopper. PC-BSD is one alternative that’s worth ...

Guys who here is using ZFS on Linux and if so how is the performance? I ask because I'm wanting to play around with it on Centos 6.2 however I have often wondered if it is better on Freebsd anyway let ...

A denial of service flaw found in the way recent Linux kernels handle TCP networking can be exploited by remote attackers to trigger a kernel panic in vulnerable systems. In all, Netflix Information ...