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 ...

first off, great forum you guys have here...<BR><BR><B>the server:</B><BR>the box is a 233mhz amd k6 that acts as personal firewall / router / webserver / email server, currently running ...

Last month I started a series in which I try out different operating systems with the aim of using them for my everyday work, and my pick was Slackware 15, the latest version of the first Linux distro ...

In the past, many SMBs were content to let their Internet Service Providers (ISPs) handle e-mail services. But now they're interested in running mail servers onsite, due to the widespread adoption of ...

While the medium may have evolved from floppy disks to DVDs and USB flash drives, the overall process of installing an operating system onto a desktop computer has been more or less the same since the ...

The FreeBSD team launched FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE with better security, storage, and cloud support. Download or upgrade to ...

FreeBSD 14.4 simplifies notebook use with WLAN firmware in the installer, integrates more easily into the cloud, and prepares for FreeBSD 15.

When you think of open-source OSes, you might think of Linux distros, but BSD-based systems have been around for a long time. Here are some of the best BSD systems that you can try that can give Linux ...