Winetricks for adding dependencies in Wine
Learning how Wine allows emulation of Windows works under FreeBSD can be a task in of itself, let alone installing applications. Winetricks is a script aimed at making the installation of Windows dependencies a much easier task.
FreeBSD 8.0 installation walkthrough
FreeBSD is still king as far as the BSD’s go.
Envescent launches Open Support Source
Envescent has launched Open Support Source an open source consulting and support divisi0n aimed and addressing the increasing need for professional help with open source operating systems, such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD as well as open source applications like Apache, PHP, MySQL, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Samba, Dovecot, SpamAssassin, Snort and more.
The fate of Yahoo
Yahoo is a major FreeBSD user with a long history. Will that change if they’re bought out by Microsoft or sold off in pieces to likes of companies like Google?
How to setup a MySQL server on FreeBSD
We’re always searching the ‘net for good howtos to share with the FreeBSD community. We found DruidSys.com’s MySQL server installation howto for FreeBSD 7.0 to be a good resource.
FreeBSD 6.4 released
FreeBSD 6.4 is officially available. I’m excited as this release promises better security, improved functionality and more. I’ll be installing it on my remaining FreeBSD 6.3 systems this weekend. The FreeBSD.org announcement is below:
“The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE. At this time 6.4-RELEASE is expected to be [...]
FreeBSD YouTube channel announced
A new YouTube channel for FreeBSD technical lectures is now available at www.youtube.com/bsdconferences
Embracing open source for business
Businesses can save money by embracing open source operating systems and applications. Many businesses use Windows or other commercial servers when a FreeBSD server could easily replace the same functionality with little or no licensing costs, less hardware, lower energy consumption and minimal administration.