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PC-BSD
PC-BSD PC-BSD is based on FreeBSD. It is an easy to use solution which saves time and energy. Think of PC-BSD as a port. Someone made a port for FreeBSD, KDE, mail, IRC, office suite, and scores of other applications. If you want FreeBSD and lots of extras, it is available as a nice little
FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 – yes, I know this is late
FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 – yes, I know this is late This article was originally finished on about Oct 18, but I never published it (for no particular reason). Although 6.0 has now been released, I thought I’d publish it now, just in case it helps. The original article follows. FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 came out on Oct 11.
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FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE schedule
FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE schedule As obtained from an unamed1 geek2, the 4.3-RELEASE schedule is as follows: March 5: Beginning of -STABLE branch code freeze March 10: FreeBSD 4.3-BETA March 20: FreeBSD 4.3-RC (RELEASE CANDIDATE) March 25: FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE actually, this person does have a name. I’m just not going to supply it. And yes, AFAIK, its
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FreshPorts 1.1
FreshPorts 1.1 OK, so this isn’t exactly a FreeBSD Diary issue, but it will be interesting to most of you. Given the number of references I find in my logs, many of you go to FreshPorts from the links I provide here. Thanks. For those that have never heard of the site, FreshPorts is the
FreeBSD 3.5-stable is born
FreeBSD 3.5-stable is born I just noticed that my cvsup server just brought down FreeBSD 3.5-stable. Remember to be careful with your cvsup and specify the correct tag (RELENG_3) or you might wind up with current, which is something you don’t want. Don’t use cvsup.freebsd.org, use a mirror. I’m sure that box is heavily
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New server – installing FreeBSD
New server – installing FreeBSD This is the first in a series of articles about installing a new server. I’ll talk about the various stages and hopefully this will be enough to get you going. Installing FreeBSD Getting cvsup make world installing Apache
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Tips for Linux users
Tips for Linux users This article was written by Liz, who seems to have made the transition from Linux to FreeBSD with a minimum of strife. It was probably harder for her to write this article than it was for her to install FreeBSD the first time. She *hates* writing documentation. Liz writes For those
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FreeBSD Virtual Memory
FreeBSD Virtual Memory Felix Matathias contacted me via IRC to mention this research of his. I’ve been given permission to reproduce the article here. Hope you find it interesting. Virtual Memory Project on 3.4FreeBSD Felix Matathias Department of Physics and Astronomy State University of New York at Stony Brook Virtual Memory Project on 3.4FreeBSD ABSTRACT
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Directing mail to a program
Directing mail to a program This article documents how I captured incoming mail with a script. Sometimes you want mail to be received and fed into a program rather than be stored in a mailbox. This is how I did that. /etc/mail/virtusertable My first attempt involved adding something like this to /etc/mail/virtusertable (for more
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