http://bsd.slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2012, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2012-05-16T09:25:13+00:00 Geeknet, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://bsd.slashdot.org/ http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/jJOm09eVTAk/freebsd-10-to-use-clang-compiler-deprecate-gcc <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Km_Z4652ZOgZtZlCw3Z3PoYDaf4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Km_Z4652ZOgZtZlCw3Z3PoYDaf4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Km_Z4652ZOgZtZlCw3Z3PoYDaf4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Km_Z4652ZOgZtZlCw3Z3PoYDaf4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes "Shared in last quarter's FreeBSD status report are developer plans to have LLVM/Clang become the default compiler and to deprecate GCC. Clang can now build most packages and suit well for their BSD needs. They also plan to have a full BSD-licensed C++11 stack in FreeBSD 10." Says the article, too: "Some vendors have also been playing around with the idea of using Clang to build the Linux kernel (it's possible to do with certain kernel configurations, patches, and other headaches)."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=FreeBSD+10+To+Use+Clang+Compiler%2C+Deprecate+GCC%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FLFbNLU"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbsd.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F13%2F1646230%2Ffreebsd-10-to-use-clang-compiler-deprecate-gcc%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/05/13/1646230/freebsd-10-to-use-clang-compiler-deprecate-gcc?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/05/13/1646230/freebsd-10-to-use-clang-compiler-deprecate-gcc?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/jJOm09eVTAk" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-05-13T17:12:00+00:00 gnu squash-it-like-a-figurative-bug bsd 680 680,671,501,424,102,57,36 http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/05/13/1646230/freebsd-10-to-use-clang-compiler-deprecate-gcc?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/AU_0iZt2Lmk/bug-busters-openbsd-51-released <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RUycj-e2bijeY5NILUDZwyU8q-E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RUycj-e2bijeY5NILUDZwyU8q-E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RUycj-e2bijeY5NILUDZwyU8q-E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RUycj-e2bijeY5NILUDZwyU8q-E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes "Today the 5.1 release of OpenBSD has surfaced. As usual, it includes improved hardware support, but also OpenSSH 6.0 and over 7000 ports, with major performance and stability improvements in the package build process (and some really cool stickers). Here's the changelog, the download page, and the CD-ordering page. "<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Bug+Busters!+OpenBSD+5.1+Released%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FIHU2rU"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbsd.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F01%2F2311234%2Fbug-busters-openbsd-51-released%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/05/01/2311234/bug-busters-openbsd-51-released?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/05/01/2311234/bug-busters-openbsd-51-released?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/AU_0iZt2Lmk" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-05-01T23:45:00+00:00 os something-free-in-your-neighborhood bsd 135 135,131,106,81,19,12,9 http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/05/01/2311234/bug-busters-openbsd-51-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/Si5e3R3Z40I/amd-confirms-cpu-bug-found-by-dragonfly-bsds-matt-dillon <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/jyVbrzonJOnY4UzbH6bn40AAdNA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/jyVbrzonJOnY4UzbH6bn40AAdNA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/jyVbrzonJOnY4UzbH6bn40AAdNA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/jyVbrzonJOnY4UzbH6bn40AAdNA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes "Matt Dillon of DragonFly BSD just announced that AMD confirmed a CPU bug he found. Matt quotes part of the mail exchange and it looks like 'consecutive back-to-back pops and (near) return instructions can create a condition where the processor incorrectly updates the stack pointer.' The specific manifestations in DragonFly were random segmentation faults under heavy load."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=AMD+Confirms+CPU+Bug+Found+By+DragonFly+BSD's+Matt+Dillon%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FA6Z2nj"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F03%2F06%2F0136243%2Famd-confirms-cpu-bug-found-by-dragonfly-bsds-matt-dillon%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/03/06/0136243/amd-confirms-cpu-bug-found-by-dragonfly-bsds-matt-dillon?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/03/06/0136243/amd-confirms-cpu-bug-found-by-dragonfly-bsds-matt-dillon?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/Si5e3R3Z40I" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-03-06T05:14:00+00:00 amd it's-not-me-it's-you it 292 292,285,224,190,65,44,30 http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/03/06/0136243/amd-confirms-cpu-bug-found-by-dragonfly-bsds-matt-dillon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/WpvZO51mM3E/minix-32-released-with-some-major-changes <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/i68OAuzUuN0UHknw9XfKMCJpDf8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/i68OAuzUuN0UHknw9XfKMCJpDf8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/i68OAuzUuN0UHknw9XfKMCJpDf8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/i68OAuzUuN0UHknw9XfKMCJpDf8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes "MINIX 3.2.0 was released today (alternative announcement). Lots of code has been pulled in from NetBSD, replacing libc, much of the userspace and the bootloader. This should allow much more software to be ported easily (using the pkgsrc infrastructure which was previously adopted) while retaining the microkernel architecture. Also Clang is now used as a default compiler and ELF as the default binary format, which should allow MINIX to be ported to other architectures in the near future (in fact, they are currently looking to hire someone with embedded systems experience to port MINIX to ARM). A live CD is available." The big highlight is the new NetBSD based userland &mdash; it replaces the incredibly old fashioned and limited Minix userland. There's even experimental SMP support. Topping it all off, the project switched over to git which would make getting involved in development a bit easier for the casual hacker.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=MINIX+3.2+Released+With+Some+Major+Changes%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FzglB5d"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbsd.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F29%2F1414229%2Fminix-32-released-with-some-major-changes%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/02/29/1414229/minix-32-released-with-some-major-changes?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/02/29/1414229/minix-32-released-with-some-major-changes?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/WpvZO51mM3E" height="1" width="1"/> Unknown Lamer 2012-02-29T15:06:00+00:00 education still-waiting-for-coyotos-hurd bsd 120 120,114,92,82,35,16,7 http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/02/29/1414229/minix-32-released-with-some-major-changes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/9MdszHtNgx4/dragonfly-bsd-30-released <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bMUDzSxhiYP4loG3GDKkSkwi4SI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bMUDzSxhiYP4loG3GDKkSkwi4SI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bMUDzSxhiYP4loG3GDKkSkwi4SI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bMUDzSxhiYP4loG3GDKkSkwi4SI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes with word of the release earlier this week, after eight months of development, of DragonFly BSD 3.0. The release includes improved scalability through finer-grained locking, improvements to the HAMMER file system in low-memory configurations, and a TrueCrypt-compatible disk encryption system. DragonFly is an installable system, but it can also be run live from CD, DVD, or USB key.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=DragonFly+BSD+3.0+Released%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FwmauN0"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbsd.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F26%2F0436216%2Fdragonfly-bsd-30-released%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/02/26/0436216/dragonfly-bsd-30-released?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/02/26/0436216/dragonfly-bsd-30-released?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/9MdszHtNgx4" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-02-26T11:28:00+00:00 os it's-full-of-bug bsd 102 102,100,73,58,13,8,4 http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/02/26/0436216/dragonfly-bsd-30-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/j4iIqPNcwPc/cambridges-capsicum-framework-promises-efficient-security-for-unixchromeos <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WIRRiImdeKXhVg4DInRuEM91irE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WIRRiImdeKXhVg4DInRuEM91irE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WIRRiImdeKXhVg4DInRuEM91irE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WIRRiImdeKXhVg4DInRuEM91irE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes "Communications of the ACM is carrying two articles promoting the Capsicum security model developed by Robert Watson (FreeBSD &mdash; Cambridge) and Ben Laurie (Apache/OpenSSL, ChromeOS &mdash; Google) for thin-client operating systems such as ChromeOS. They demonstrate how Chrome web browser sandboxing using Capsicum is not only stronger, but also requires only 100 lines of code, vs 22,000 lines of code on Windows! FreeBSD 9.0 shipped with experimental Capsicum support, OpenBSD has patches, and Google has developed a Linux prototype." While the ACM's stories are both paywalled, the Capsicum project itself has quite a bit of information online in the form of various papers and a video, as well as links to (BSD-licensed) code and to various subprojects.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Cambridge's+Capsicum+Framework+Promises+Efficient+Security+For+UNIX%2FChromeOS%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FAAt55o"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F26%2F0030242%2Fcambridges-capsicum-framework-promises-efficient-security-for-unixchromeos%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/02/26/0030242/cambridges-capsicum-framework-promises-efficient-security-for-unixchromeos?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/02/26/0030242/cambridges-capsicum-framework-promises-efficient-security-for-unixchromeos?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/j4iIqPNcwPc" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-02-26T00:33:00+00:00 google sounds-spicy technology 87 87,82,61,45,15,9,4 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/02/26/0030242/cambridges-capsicum-framework-promises-efficient-security-for-unixchromeos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/yC_q69FJtNk/virtualbsd-90-released <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GcZWs63JMp7rDaL9wObDOzAp2P8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GcZWs63JMp7rDaL9wObDOzAp2P8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GcZWs63JMp7rDaL9wObDOzAp2P8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GcZWs63JMp7rDaL9wObDOzAp2P8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>ReeceTarbert writes "VirtualBSD 9.0 is a desktop-ready FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE built around the XFCE Desktop Environment for good aesthetics and usability, and is distributed as a VMware appliance (that can also be made to work with VirtualBox) so even non techies can be up and running in minutes. The most common applications, plugins and multimedia codecs are ready since the first boot and chances are that you'll find VirtualBSD very functional right out of the box. However, it should be noted that VirtualBSD is more a technology demonstrator than a fully fledged distribution, therefore is squarely aimed at people that heard about FreeBSD but have never tried it, didn't have enough time to build the system from scratch, or have since moved to a different OS but still need their FreeBSD fix from time to time."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=VirtualBSD+9.0+Released%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fyr3Bok"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbsd.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F01%2F24%2F1545237%2Fvirtualbsd-90-released%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/01/24/1545237/virtualbsd-90-released?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/01/24/1545237/virtualbsd-90-released?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/yC_q69FJtNk" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-01-24T16:17:00+00:00 virtualization virtualbox-actualbox bsd 65 65,59,45,32,9,5,4 http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/01/24/1545237/virtualbsd-90-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/BmtjmzAHNIE/pc-bsd-90-release <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2HX3au9eOwQaz3gLOPnO8JSEHYY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2HX3au9eOwQaz3gLOPnO8JSEHYY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2HX3au9eOwQaz3gLOPnO8JSEHYY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2HX3au9eOwQaz3gLOPnO8JSEHYY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>PuceBaboon writes "It's worth noting that, in addition to the main FreeBSD release covered here recently, PC-BSD has also released their 'Isotope' edition, based on FreeBSD 9.0. Why would you be interested? Well, PC-BSD, while not the first, is certainly the most current version of FreeBSD aimed squarely at the desktop user. Pre-configured for the desktop and using a graphical installer, the 9.0 release includes KDE, GNOME, XFCE and LXDE desktop environments, an update manager, WiFi 'quick connect,' BootCamp support and auto-configuration for most common hardware. Live-CD, VirtualBox and VMware release images for 32- and 64-bit architectures also make it easier than ever for users to test the release before committing to a full install. Check out the torrents (scroll down), main download page and the PC-BSD 9.0 manual pages."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=PC-BSD+9.0+Release%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FzUNWKq"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbsd.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F01%2F15%2F018239%2Fpc-bsd-90-release%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/01/15/018239/pc-bsd-90-release?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/01/15/018239/pc-bsd-90-release?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/BmtjmzAHNIE" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-01-15T03:53:00+00:00 opensource two-bsd-stories-in-one-week-alright bsd 117 117,108,84,68,20,16,9 http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/01/15/018239/pc-bsd-90-release?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/DE2c94s_g3g/freebsd-90-released <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8mlG4yQAvt8m0Me4ToglPgbWZv0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8mlG4yQAvt8m0Me4ToglPgbWZv0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8mlG4yQAvt8m0Me4ToglPgbWZv0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8mlG4yQAvt8m0Me4ToglPgbWZv0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes "FreeBSD 9.0 has been released. A few highlights include: A new installer, bsdinstall(8) has been added and is the installer used by the ISO images provided as part of this release, The Fast Filesystem now supports softupdates journaling, and Kernel support for Capsicum Capability Mode, an experimental set of features for sandboxing support."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=FreeBSD+9.0+Released%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fwq6XCt"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbsd.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F01%2F12%2F2153213%2Ffreebsd-90-released%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/01/12/2153213/freebsd-90-released?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/01/12/2153213/freebsd-90-released?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/DE2c94s_g3g" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-01-12T22:21:00+00:00 bsd get-it-while-it's-hot bsd 418 418,395,298,242,62,35,23 http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/12/01/12/2153213/freebsd-90-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/QgvxDalMq80/andrew-tanenbaum-on-minix-linux-bsd-and-licensing <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nfLcYX1Hhi8GeHRlL0p7FgVJf4s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nfLcYX1Hhi8GeHRlL0p7FgVJf4s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nfLcYX1Hhi8GeHRlL0p7FgVJf4s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nfLcYX1Hhi8GeHRlL0p7FgVJf4s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader points out an interesting, detailed interview with Andrew Tanenbaum at Linuxfr.org; Tanenbaum holds forth on the current state of MINIX, licensing decisions, and the real reason he believes that Linux caught on just when he "thought BSD was going to take over the world." ("I think Linux succeeded against BSD, which was a stable mature system at the time simply because BSDI got stuck in a lawsuit and was effectively stopped for several years.")<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Andrew+Tanenbaum+On+Minix%2C+Linux%2C+BSD%2C+and+Licensing%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fu6VTGh"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbsd.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F11%2F11%2F20%2F1427227%2Fandrew-tanenbaum-on-minix-linux-bsd-and-licensing%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/11/20/1427227/andrew-tanenbaum-on-minix-linux-bsd-and-licensing?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/11/20/1427227/andrew-tanenbaum-on-minix-linux-bsd-and-licensing?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/QgvxDalMq80" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2011-11-20T14:30:00+00:00 os factors-converge-to-define-reality bsd 480 480,473,383,325,91,59,41 http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/11/20/1427227/andrew-tanenbaum-on-minix-linux-bsd-and-licensing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/zKlx6qg2nVA/in-favor-of-freebsd-on-the-desktop <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/5d1ffnSM2xjSl3_Z5MESKRG2UDs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/5d1ffnSM2xjSl3_Z5MESKRG2UDs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/5d1ffnSM2xjSl3_Z5MESKRG2UDs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/5d1ffnSM2xjSl3_Z5MESKRG2UDs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>snydeq writes "Deep End's Paul Venezia wonders why more folks aren't using FreeBSD on the desktop. 'There used to be a saying &mdash; at least I've said it many times &mdash; that my workstations run Linux, my servers run FreeBSD. Sure, it's quicker to build a Linux box, do a "yum install x y z" and toss it out into the wild as a fully functional server, but the extra time required to really get a FreeBSD box tuned will come back in spades through performance and stability metrics. You'll get more out of the hardware, be that virtual or physical, than you will on a generic Linux binary installation.'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=In+Favor+of+FreeBSD+On+the+Desktop%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FrXKk7D"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbsd.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F11%2F11%2F08%2F1332241%2Fin-favor-of-freebsd-on-the-desktop%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/11/08/1332241/in-favor-of-freebsd-on-the-desktop?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/11/08/1332241/in-favor-of-freebsd-on-the-desktop?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/zKlx6qg2nVA" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2011-11-08T14:29:00+00:00 opensource tricky-little-devil bsd 487 487,485,372,278,53,25,8 http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/11/08/1332241/in-favor-of-freebsd-on-the-desktop?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/kDWZAtusIFs/openbsd-50-unleashed-on-the-world <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/05HQ9VgQ2Zbes4izVtbB_m9NqyA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/05HQ9VgQ2Zbes4izVtbB_m9NqyA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/05HQ9VgQ2Zbes4izVtbB_m9NqyA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/05HQ9VgQ2Zbes4izVtbB_m9NqyA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>First time accepted submitter tearmeapart writes "A new version of the operating system that most of us would love to love, but probably hardly ever directly use, has been released. As scheduled, release 5.0 brings support for more hardware, network improvements, and OpenSSH 5.9. The links: changelog; download; main 5.0 page; and how to order your OpenBSD products!"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=OpenBSD+5.0+Unleashed+On+the+World%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FueifXb"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbsd.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F11%2F11%2F01%2F1618232%2Fopenbsd-50-unleashed-on-the-world%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/11/01/1618232/openbsd-50-unleashed-on-the-world?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/11/01/1618232/openbsd-50-unleashed-on-the-world?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/kDWZAtusIFs" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2011-11-01T16:20:00+00:00 os sir-this-encryption-appears-nearly-unbreakable bsd 185 185,169,124,85,17,7,4 http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/11/01/1618232/openbsd-50-unleashed-on-the-world?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/kfsWwY7naeI/celebrate-software-freedom-today <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/eAE-fpMoCJbSEPf_-XZKbc4CKB0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/eAE-fpMoCJbSEPf_-XZKbc4CKB0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/eAE-fpMoCJbSEPf_-XZKbc4CKB0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/eAE-fpMoCJbSEPf_-XZKbc4CKB0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes "It's that time of the year again: when we all unite regardless of the (free) licenses we cherish and go out into the streets to let people know how Free Software has changed our lives. With over 425 events in 80+ countries, communities as diverse as Joomla!, FreeBSD and The OpenDisc, to name just a few, will be celebrating all over the world. Don't wait; grab your best arguments and join the wild masses of freedom lovers to the software freedom parties. Where will you be partying today?"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Celebrate+Software+Freedom+Today%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fqerumi"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F11%2F09%2F17%2F049231%2Fcelebrate-software-freedom-today%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/17/049231/celebrate-software-freedom-today?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/17/049231/celebrate-software-freedom-today?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/kfsWwY7naeI" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2011-09-17T12:20:00+00:00 gnu not-like-you-were-actually-busy-today news 107 107,103,66,40,16,9,4 http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/17/049231/celebrate-software-freedom-today?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/0lCUT4Lg4Lg/linux-support-fades-for-3dfx-voodoo-rage-128-via <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QMhfSAOy26NYuo3J2Edp6VegOUs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QMhfSAOy26NYuo3J2Edp6VegOUs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QMhfSAOy26NYuo3J2Edp6VegOUs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QMhfSAOy26NYuo3J2Edp6VegOUs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes "The developers behind the Mesa 3D graphics library, which provides the default graphics driver support for most hardware on Linux (and BSD/Solaris), has ended their support for older hardware. Being removed from Mesa (and therefore versions of Linux distributions) is support for hardware like the 3Dfx Voodoo, Intel i810, ATI Rage, and S3 Savage graphics processors. Also drivers being dropped were for Matrox and VIA graphics. Mesa developers also decided it's time to end support for the BeOS operating system. Dropping this code lowered the developers' responsibility by some 100k L.O.C., so maybe we will see GL3 support and OpenCL in Linux a bit sooner."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Linux+Support+Fades+For+3Dfx+Voodoo%2C+Rage+128%2C+VIA%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fon3FFt"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F11%2F08%2F27%2F1349233%2Flinux-support-fades-for-3dfx-voodoo-rage-128-via%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/27/1349233/linux-support-fades-for-3dfx-voodoo-rage-128-via?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/27/1349233/linux-support-fades-for-3dfx-voodoo-rage-128-via?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/0lCUT4Lg4Lg" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2011-08-27T15:34:00+00:00 graphics this-way-to-the-ice-floe-folks hardware 330 330,328,263,200,35,14,8 http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/27/1349233/linux-support-fades-for-3dfx-voodoo-rage-128-via?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~3/hNtVccrmqZk/openbsd-marches-toward-50-release <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WBOuReGFZ35a9ti5_rL9vTSaEGk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WBOuReGFZ35a9ti5_rL9vTSaEGk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WBOuReGFZ35a9ti5_rL9vTSaEGk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WBOuReGFZ35a9ti5_rL9vTSaEGk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>badger.foo writes "OpenBSD-current just turned 5.0-beta, providing us a preview of what the upcoming release (slated for November 1st) will look like. Peter Hansteen takes us through the main new features and explains the development process that has consistently turned out high-quality releases on time, every six months for more than a decade."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=OpenBSD+Marches+Toward+5.0+Release%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FqYkLCt"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbsd.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F11%2F07%2F19%2F1850210%2Fopenbsd-marches-toward-50-release%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1850210/openbsd-marches-toward-50-release?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1850210/openbsd-marches-toward-50-release?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBsd/~4/hNtVccrmqZk" height="1" width="1"/> Unknown Lamer 2011-07-19T19:37:00+00:00 os netcraft-confirms-openbsd-chugging-along-merrily bsd 112 112,107,63,45,14,8,5 http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1850210/openbsd-marches-toward-50-release?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Search Slashdot stories query http://bsd.slashdot.org/search.pl