Review: FreeBSD Services Inc.'s 4.5-RELEASE DVD
by Sam Smith

If this was just a review of FreeBSD 4.5, and I just mentioned that it comes on DVD, then the review would have missed the point. There is a significant difference, when it comes to using the discs, between the CD and DVD distributions... Read More

A Tour Through The NetBSD Source Tree: Part II - Libraries
by Hubert Feyrer

In Unix(-like operating systems), commonly used routines that can be accessed from many programs are grouped within so-called libraries and that can be used from application programs. The src/lib directory contains the libraries that come with NetBSD, and there's quite a number of them. Let's have a look! Read More

DOSSIER and the Meta Project (Part 3)
by Rich Morin

Meta is an exploration into integrating system metadata and documentation. It can be described as a distributed mechanism to facilitate access to information on Free and Open Source software. Meta servers provide access to documentation, metadata, rules, and even source code, by extracting information from a variety of system file formats, making it available in a consistent, easily accessible manner. Read More

Trawling the Ports Collection
by Greg Lehey

Our newest column is a slow saunter through the ports tree. Only when moving slowly can the wild beauty of individual ports truly be appreciated. Herein we present you with information gathered while walking through and playing with the ports tree. This month: bash, bash prompts, and xtset. Read More

The Answer Man
by Gary Kline, Dirk Myers, and David Leonard

This month we bring you a column on tuning your BSD system to best suit your needs and wants. Obviously, because everyone has different requirements, there may well be myriad different ways to tweak your system. If you run more than one machine you may wish to tune each differently. Read More

The Daemon's Advocate
by Greg Lehey

How have project management practices influenced BSD in the past? How will they be needed in the future, as the BSD projects grow larger and more internally diverse? Here are some history, predictions, and questions about what is to come. Read More