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FreeBSD in the Press

If you know of any news stories featuring FreeBSD that we have not listed here, please send details to [email protected] so that we can include them.

November 2012

• A world without Linux: Where would Apache, Microsoft — even Apple be today?
  Infoworld, Paul Venezia
  If Linux hadn't conquered the world, we'd all be running FreeBSD, maybe even on our desktops.

August 2012

• FreeBSD Now Supported on Windows Server Hyper-V Via Beta Release
  Redmondmag, Kurt Mackie
  Microsoft and collaborators today announced a beta release of drivers that enable the open source FreeBSD 8.2 server operating system to run in a virtual machine (VM) using Microsoft's Hyper-V Server.

June 2012

• X.Org 7.7 Goes Into FreeBSD, KMS Is Ready
  phoronix, Michael Larabel
  While X.Org 7.7 was only released last week, this updated set of X packages have already worked their way into FreeBSD. The FreeBSD developers request your help in testing.

• Netflix Open Connect Network: FreeBSD, Not Linux
  phoronix, Michael Larabel
  This week Netflix announced their Open Connect Network as their own open CDN (Content Distribution Network), but rather than using Linux as the base for this open-source platform, they decided to use FreeBSD.

May 2012

• Why Should You Use FreeBSD? Here's Some Reasons
  phoronix, Michael Larabel
  FreeBSD is wondering why are you using FreeBSD. David Chisnall of the FreeBSD project is working on updating their advocacy material regarding this leading *BSD operating system. As such, he asked on the mailing list "Why Are You Using FreeBSD?"

• Colocation Provider NYI Launches East Coast Mirror for FreeBSD Foundation
  The WHIR, Nicole Henderson
  Colocation provider NYI announced on Friday that it has launched the East Coast mirror for The FreeBSD Foundation. "FreeBSD has been a critical component of everything we do," Phillip Koblence, VP operations, NYI said in a statement. "We look upon this launch as our way of giving back to a community whose open source projects have enabled us to craft customized solutions for our customers from the inside out."

• FreeBSD and Microsoft Hyper-V Interoperability Expected This Summer
  Redmondmag, Kurt Mackie
  Microsoft and its partnering companies are finalizing a project that will enable FreeBSD interoperability with Windows Server Hyper-V.

• FreeBSD 10 To Use Clang Compiler, Deprecate GCC
  phoronix, Michael Larabel
  As indicated by the Q1-2012 FreeBSD Status Report, LLVM's Clang compiler is quickly replacing GCC for this popular BSD operating system. The developers are also making much progress in a GNU-free C++11 stack. For FreeBSD 10 they're aiming for Clang as the default C/C++ compiler, deprecate GCC, and to have a BSD-licensed C++ stack.

• FreeBSD Achieved A Lot In Q1'2012
  phoronix, Michael Larabel
  For the first three months of the 2012 calendar year, the FreeBSD project achieved a lot when it came to advancing their open operating system. Here's some of the interesting highlights from their quarterly status report.

April 2012

• FreeBSD Gets A New X.Org With Intel KMS
  phoronix, Michael Larabel
  The FreeBSD team working on X support have announced a set of X.Org updates to bring the FreeBSD package support to X.Org 7.5.2, which now includes Intel KMS support.

March 2012

• Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in March 2012
  Netcraft Ltd., Netcraft
  FreeBSD the OS of 3 of the top 10 most reliable hosting company sites in March 202.

February 2012

• PC-BSD 9 review ? to FreeBSD what Ubuntu is to Debian
  Linux User & Developer, Koen Vervloesem
  PC-BSD offers you a fully functional desktop environment based on rock solid FreeBSD technology, which makes it the perfect operating system for your first steps with BSD?

January 2012

• [Review] FreeBSD 9.0
  linuxconfig.net, linuxconfig.net
  This article provides an overview of some of the new features available in FreeBSD 9.0.

November 2011

• Why aren't you using FreeBSD?
  Infoworld, Paul Venezia
  This article writes about why Paul Venezia is using FreeBSD for his servers

September 2011

• FreeBSD: A Faster Platform For Linux Gaming Than Linux?
  Phoronix,
  Michael Larabel shows how FreeBSD runs some linux programs faster than linux does.

July 2011

• Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in June 2011
  Netcraft Ltd., Jennifer Cownie
  FreeBSD the OS of top 3 most reliable hosting company sites in June 2011.

March 2011

• PC-BSD 8.2 review
  LinuxBSDos.com, LinuxBSDos.com
  LinuxBSDos.com looks at the installation (especially at the disk encryption features), system configuration and system management (including the installation of third party software packages via PC-BSD's PBI system) of PC-BSD 8.2.

February 2011

• FreeBSD 8.2 expands ZFS support
  Datamation.com, Sean Michael Kerner
  The author looks at the status and the future of ZFS under FreeBSD. The information is based on interviews the website did with FreeBSD developer Josh Paetzel and Matt Olander from iXsystems.

August 2010

• PC-BSD 8.1 review
  LinuxBSDos.com, LinuxBSDos.com
  LinuxBSDos.com looks at the installation, system configuration and system management (including the installation of third party software packages via PC-BSD's PBI system) of PC-BSD 8.1.

February 2010

• Health Check: FreeBSD - The unknown giant
  The H, Richard Hillesley
  Richard Hillesley looks at the history of FreeBSD, the BSD license, Beastie and the new features in FreeBSD 8.0.

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