Announcing NetBSD 5.0

The Newest NetBSD has been released. This is pretty big news, they have been working on it for a long time. Its good to know that the SMP stuff is finished. NetBSD was one of the first OS's to support Multi core support, but I know they have been making it better and better. Says there are 7 million new lines of code. I usually use FreeBSD, that runs my server/firewall/router/gateway, but I have NetBSD on a backup server (a SPARC Ultra AXe).

The Big three BSD's all work great but they are mostly specialized. What are the Big Three?

Hmm. Maybe we should have a quick Tao of the BSD's.

FreeBSD - The Jack-of-all trades BSD Good for beginners, lots of supported hardware and the innovative ports system. Makes installing software as easy as typing "Make install clean" and walking away. I use this for my main server.

NetBSD - The main advantage of NetBSD is there is a release of NetBSD that runs on anything. I mean thin clients, phones, old single board computers, toasters you name it.

OpenBSD - This one is the BSD that is designed with security in mind. They went for years without having a single security hole in the default install. You would think that this would be best for a home server but it really has paranoia-level security.

If you are interested in Unix-like OS's check out the BSD's. Linux is probably more robust on the desktop, but the BSD's make GREAT servers.

Ok I joined Facebook

FINE! FINE!

I joined Facebook. I know, I know, I said I'd never be a part of that... But, things change. I've been feeling kinda isolated and lonely lately. Maybe re-connecting with other friends would be good right now.

Anyways... I am gonna try to post something a day at least...