One is the world's oldest Linux distro, the other isn't Linux at all. Each delivers superb stability - let's compare.

DragonFly BSD focuses on scalability and multiprocessing. It feels more like a research OS than a daily desktop. Installation is simple and console-focused. X can be buggy. The system seems great for ...

Probably not too many people around the world celebrated November 1st, 2023, but on this momentous date FreeBSD celebrated its 30th birthday. As the first original fork of the first complete and open ...

FreeBSD has many of the same tools you have on other operating systems. For Orchestration frameworks, FreeBSD is supported by Puppet, Saltstack, Ansible, CFEngine and others. The new package ...

GhostBSD offers a user-friendly live FreeBSD desktop with a choice of MATE, XFCE, and a new Mac-like Gershwin desktop, aiming to broaden BSD to mainstream users and developers. Live images need at ...

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 ...

COMMENTARY-- Some of you may think there is only one contemporary Unix alternative to Microsoft's Windows and Apple's Mac OS: Linux. This, however, is a misapprehension. While Linux is definitely the ...