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FreeBSD in the Press

October 2002

• Opera Software Releases Version for FreeBSD
  Opera Software, Opera Software Press Release
  Opera Software proudly announces the first golden release of a new port of its software to FreeBSD.

• DVD Playback on FreeBSD
  OnLamp.com, Dru Lavigne
  Dru Lavigne delves into the world of DVD playback on FreeBSD.

September 2002

• The BSDs: Sophisticated, Powerful and (Mostly) Free
  Extreme Tech, Brett Glass
  An article on the history and culture of the BSD projects.

• Using Sound on FreeBSD
  OnLamp.com, Dru Lavigne
  Dru Lavigne describes the process of configuring sound on a FreeBSD multimedia workstation.

• BSD, An Enterprise OS? Well, Yes
  ITworld.com, UNIX in the Enterprise
  A short interview with committer Michael Lucas, on using BSD in enterprise environments.

• Turn FreeBSD into a Multimedia Workstation
  OnLamp.com, Dru Lavigne
  Dru Lavigne explains how to create a multimedia workstation with FreeBSD.

August 2002

• Chasing Linux
  InfoWorld, Maggie Biggs
  Maggie Biggs takes a look at the upcoming FreeBSD 5.0, and discovers that this open-source OS shows significant gains in available applications and tools along with beefed-up security.

June 2002

• Interview with Jordan Hubbard
  Kerneltrap, Jeremy Andrews
  Kerneltrap speaks with Jordan Hubbard, one of the creators of FreeBSD, and currently manager of Apple's Darwin project.

May 2002

• Dual-Booting FreeBSD and FreeBSD
  OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
  Michael Lucas explains how a machine can be made to dual-boot FreeBSD -CURRENT and -STABLE.

April 2002

• Jordan Hubbard resigns from FreeBSD core
  Daemon News, Gregory Sutter
  FreeBSD co-founder Jordan Hubbard leaves the core team.

• Technology a la Carte
  Byte, Bill Nicholls
  A review of FreeBSD 4.5 with mention of the FreeBSD 5.0 "Developer Preview" release.

• Testing FreeBSD-Current
  OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
  Committer Michael Lucas takes a look at the FreeBSD 5.0 Developers' Preview 1.

• Connecting to IPv6 with FreeBSD
  Linux Orbit, David LeCount
  This tells how to use freenet6 from the ports collection to tunnel IPv6 over IPv4.

• System Panics, Part 2: Recovering and Debugging
  OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
  Michael Lucas talks about what to do when a system panic does happen. This is the second part of a two part article; part 1 dealt with preparing a FreeBSD system to deal with panics.

• Configuring a FreeBSD Access Point for your Wireless Network
  Sys Admin Magazine, Michael S. DeGraw-Bertsch
  This has instructions for securely configuring a PC running FreeBSD as a gateway between an 802.11b network and a traditional wired network.

• Anti-Unix campaign falters
  InfoWorld, Matt Berger
  InfoWorld reports on the use of FreeBSD to power a website built for a prominent advertising campaign.

March 2002

• A Multimedia Tutorial For FreeBSD
  ExamNotes.net, Tracey J. Rosenblath
  This tells how to set up and use the audio support in FreeBSD.

• System Panics, Part 1: Preparing for the Worst
  OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
  Preparing a FreeBSD system to handle a panic.

• Understanding CVSup, Mounting, Ports and Init on FreeBSD
  OS News, Nathan Mace
  An article on configuring and maintaining a FreeBSD install.

• Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD
  ZDNet, Stephan Somogyi
  This is a non-technical introduction to the BSD family (except BSD/OS).

• Find: Part Two
  OnLamp.com, Dru Lavigne
  Looking for your files with find.

• Building a CD Bootable Firewall
  BSD Today, Etienne de Bruin
  This article has instructions for making a FreeBSD system which boots from CD-ROM. Its use as a firewall is mentioned.

February 2002

• IPv6, Meet FreeBSD
  OnLamp.com, Mike DeGraw-Bertsch
  A walk-through on configuring IPv6 on FreeBSD.

• Finding Things in Unix
  OnLamp.com, Dru Lavigne
  Getting acquainted with find.

• Understanding NFS
  OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
  Using NFS in FreeBSD.

January 2002

• How to Become a FreeBSD Committer
  OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
  Michael documents the process of becoming a FreeBSD committer.

• FreeBSD Week: Migrating from Linux to FreeBSD
  OS News, Nathan Mace
  A guide for users migrating from Linux to FreeBSD.

• FreeBSD Week: Interview with Robert Watson
  OS News, Eugenia Loli-Queru
  An interview with Robert Watson, member of FreeBSD's core and security on the upcoming FreeBSD 4.5 and FreeBSD 5.0 releases.

• American Megatrends Inc. Releases Latest Version of StorTrends NAS Software
  Yahoo! Finance, AMI Press Release
  American Megatrends Inc. announced the release of StoreTrends(tm) NAS software version 1.1, which is based on FreeBSD.

• Contributing to BSD
  OnLamp.com, Michael Lucas
  Michael Lucas shows what it takes for non-coders to contribute to BSD.

• A basic guide to securing FreeBSD 4.x-STABLE
  draenor.org, Marc Silver
  This article is for system administrators. It explains how to configure and maintain a FreeBSD system for high security.

• FreeBSD to change hands
  Yahoo News, Stephen Shankland CNET
  Wind River Systems announces the transfer of its FreeBSD assets to the FreeBSD Mall.

• Kerneltrap Interview with Matt Dillon
  Kerneltrap, Jeremy Andrews
  Kerneltrap interviews Matt Dillon, one of FreeBSD's key developers.

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