GPL 3: The Controversial Licensing Model and Potential Solutions
Discover the controversies surrounding GPL 3 and the growing trend of GPL to BSD migration in the open source world. Our article provides in-depth insights into the differences between GPL and BSD licenses, and why more businesses and developers are opting for BSD’s flexibility in their open source strategies
Our 2023 Recommended Summer Reads 2023 FreeBSD and Linux
Embrace the power of FreeBSD! 🌞📚 Unleash its potential with our captivating summer collection. Optimize performance, boost security, and expand your tech horizons. Level up your skills as you sip on your summer cocktail or simply take a break from a heavy year.
FreeBSD – Linux and FreeBSD Firewalls – Part 2
In the first article of this series, we covered the major differences between two types of firewalls platforms – either Linux or FreeBSD based and what the options are. In the second part, we go a bit deeper and discuss how egress filtering is done, and how tables and sets are built. Read more about it in our second write-up.
FreeBSD – Linux and FreeBSD Firewalls – Part 1
Choosing the right firewall for your operating system can be daunting, especially with the variety of options available for Linux and FreeBSD. In this article, we’ll explore four of the most widely used firewalls—iptables, nftables, ipfw, and pf—offering insights to help you decide which one is best suited for your needs.
FreeBSD or Linux – A Choice Without OS Wars
Uncover the key differences between FreeBSD and Linux as we break down their features and use cases, helping users make well-informed decisions based on their specific requirements.
Accelerating Datacenter Energy Efficiency by Leveraging FreeBSD as Your Server OS
Explore how FreeBSD aids datacenter energy goals, promoting efficiency in design & operation, while supporting industry & government initiatives.
FreeBSD History – Understanding the Origins of DTrace
DTraceis a powerful tool for system administrators to diagnosis system issues without unduly impacting performance. DTrace became part of FreeBSD with the release of FreeBSD 7.1 in 2009—two years before Oracle began porting DTrace, and nine years before Oracle eventually solved the inherent CDDL vs GPL license conflict.
FreeBSD vs. Linux – Tracing and Troubleshooting
When troubleshooting a Linux or FreeBSD system, you need to be able to probe the system to find answers as to why it is behaving in a particular way. In this article, we’ll provide an overview of some of the basic tools and introduce the FreeBSD equivalents of common Linux tracing and troubleshooting tools.
Sysadmin Series – How to Catch a Bitcoin Miner
What first looked like some CPU oddity in a monitoring graph became a full-fledged hunt for a bitcoin miner. Figuring out what happened and how they were operating is part of the investigation. Collecting evidence to make a case soon became akin to a detective story.
Automation and Hacking Your FreeBSD CLI
The more we automate, the more we can save time and boost our productivity to higher levels. In this article we plan on looking at how to build more human-readable outputs in FreeBSD by leveraging tools like libxo to drive better output for automation APIs.
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