:Linux.com: Buddying up to BSD: Part Four - FreeBSD
Linux.com: Buddying up to BSD: Part Four - FreeBSD Jan 26, 2000, 19 :06 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (4405 reads) (Other stories by Matt Michie)
"After a brief break from BSD, I had to return for more. This week I will be continuing
the series with FreeBSD. FreeBSD is certainly one of the more popular BSDs. Many
testimonials talk of extremely fast networking, combined with super uptimes. Internet
power-houses such as Yahoo, Walnut Creek CDROM and even Microsoft's Hotmail
swear by FreeBSD. Recently, FreeBSD running on ftp.cdrom.com sent more than a
terabyte worth of files in one day. Other accomplishments include being used to
render some of the special effects in The Matrix. Clearly this is an Operating System
to be reckoned with."
"I wanted to experiment a little bit and try my hand at triple-booting between
FreeBSD, Linux and Windows. I dreaded the thought of attempting an FTP install over
my 56K modem, so I scoured the 'net for a CD-R ISO image. Within moments, I found
that the FreeBSD team had created official images and they were readily available on
most of the mirror sites. Karma++ to the FreeBSD folks!..."
"With everything ready to go I created a root and user account and rebooted into
FreeBSD. I started up X and I was grinning as a pleasant desktop environment filled
the screen. Not bad. There were some problems with a couple of the KDE programs
which still had some Linuxisms, but all in all everything fit together well. I immediately
dropped into an Xterm to explore deeper."
