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"OpenSolaris is not only powerful, but it is very innovative. Somebody smart figured that simplistic chroot or BSD jail concepts could be extended to the level where every single part of HW is virtualized.

The Linux kernel is flexible, and you can even modify the way it works on the fly by dynamically changing some of its parameters using sysctl command.

Sysctl provides an interface that allows you to examine and change several hundred kernel parameters in Linux or BSD.

Changes take effect immediately, and there’s even a way to make them persist

A fast multi-track audio editor and recorder for Linux, BSD, Mac OS, and Windows.

This was the long-awaited follow-up to my "BSD is Dying" presentation from 2006. Given at NYCBSDCon on October 10 2008, this new talk covers many of the similarities and differences between the BSD and GPL licenses and illustrates how our definition of software freedom is affected by our own points-of-view.

As good as the original? You tell me.

The clocks have fallen back, the leaves are hitting the ground and new BSD releases are on the Net .

Tech Broiler: ""One of these things is not like the other. One of these things does not belong." And that thing is openSUSE, particularly when included in the list with CentOS/Scientific, Solaris and BSD."

As part of an ongoing experiment, and effort to help my fellow students, I've been working on a project to inform everyone I meet, any chance I have, about the benefits of Open Source and the joy of using Linux and BSD on their computers.

Raiden's Realm: "One of the things that seems to be confusing for new users to BSD is the concept of slices and partitions.

The partitions they understand, but many are baffled by the concept of slices. What are slices and why are they needed?"

"Well, there's a little history behind that. In days gone by, Unix systems used a system of multiple partitions to divide out the drive into different sections that were isolated form each other.

Foxmail is a compact, yet very powerful email program with many useful features and a pleasant interface. Foxmail supports POP3 accounts as well as Hotmail accounts and offers support for HTML email, mailbox encryption, multiple accounts and more.

Foxmail also comes with a WYSIWIG tool to compose nice looking HTML emails from templates or scratch.