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 ...

People have been talking about switching from Windows to Linux since the 1990s, but in the world of open-source operating systems, there is much more variety than just the hundreds of flavors of Linux ...

Installing FreeBSD is straightforward with a text-based installer and automatic partitioning available. Installing apps and desktop environments, like Xfce, using pkg commands is manageable and ...

From FreeBSD 15 onwards, there will only be four years of support, but more updates are planned. Several teams in the project need some relief. Colin Percival, who took over as Head of FreeBSD Release ...

The founder of a company that, in 1993, first published the open-source version of Unix will once again be in charge of the core FreeBSD business. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

FreeBSD and Slackware are both outstanding OSes. FreeBSD is more UNIX-like, while Slackware is more Linux-like. One is geared for servers, while the other is a bit more general. FreeBSD and Slackware.

In the wake of growing supply chain attacks, the FreeBSD developers are relying on a transparent build concept in the form of Zero-Trust Builds. The approach builds on the established Reproducible ...

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 ...

This morning, WireGuard founding developer Jason Donenfeld announced a working, in-kernel implementation of his WireGuard VPN protocol for the FreeBSD 13 kernel. This is great news for BSD folks—and ...