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FreeBSD is just plain old good UNIX with rock solid networking stack. It is quite popular amongst hosting companies, ISPs, portals (such as Yahoo) and a few large financial institutions because of its reliability, robustness and performance.
A new version of the FreeBSD is scheduled for release next week (4-May-2009). A beta 2 was made available for download few weeks ago for final round of testing before the official launch.
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Geany is cross platform (UNIX/Windows/BSD) fast, powerful, easy to use integrated development environment for PHP, Java, C and much more. If you wanted to quickly edit source code, Geany is for you. Here’s an introduction to using Geany’s built-in features, including the IDE and built-in development capabilities.
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Can bug present in the Debian OpenSSL packages affect Red Hat / FreeBSD / CentOS Linux UNIX / Windows workstation / server users?
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An updated Apache package that fixes a bug is now available under FreeBSD operating systems.
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OpenOffice.org version 2.3 has been released and available for the download. OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source alternative to MS-Office suite. It is compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.
Download OpenOffice.Org 2.3
=> Available for download now, OpenOffice.org 2.3 incorporates an extensive [...]
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Updating FreeBSD server system is quite easy. You can apply security patch to keep freebsd system up to date.
Required tools aka software
You need to have following tools on system
(a) portmanager – FreeBSD ultimate ports update utility.
(b) portsnap – It is a system for securely distributing the FreeBSD ports tree. Approximately once an hour, a snapshot [...]
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Packet Filter aka PF is OpenBSD’s system for filtering TCP/IP traffic / NAT software. I always like the simplicity offered by PF firewall. There is a new article that explains the PF performance monitoring:
The PF (packet filter) firewall package was introduced in OpenBSD 3.0, and has since been ported to the FreeBSD and NetBSD Operating [...]
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