Setting Up Squid on FreeBSD
by Andi Salimun

This article will explain how to configure squid and tweak a FreeBSD box for web caching and conserve bandwith. Usually with squid, It will reduce the traffic 30% or more from normal usage without squid. With squid will also give users feelings the internet is faster. Read More

Installing Intel Fortran 90 Compiler in FreeBSD
by Alberto Ramos

In this document I will try to explain how to install the Intel Fortran 90 Compiler v 6.0 in FreeBSD with Linux emulation. I hope that this document could be useful for people that are doing large numerical simulations, since the Intel Compiler works really fine, and has support for SSE, SSE2, etc... Read More

How To Properly Partition a Disk For NetBSD
by Grey Wolf

How you partition your system is largely a matter of taste; however, it is recommended that you not fall into the laziness trap which has sprung up with the advent of Solaris (and HP/UX), which is the tendency to put everything in one big partition. In this article, the author covers how to partition a disk under NetBSD properly. Read More

Review - Daemon News/BSD Mall NetBSD 1.5.3 CD Release
by Sean Davis

In this review, Sean Davis provides his thoughts and experiences on installing NetBSD 1.5.3 using the BSD Mall NetBSD CD set. Read More

Trawling the Ports Collection
by Greg Lehey

Last month's article on web browsers aroused a great deal of interest, including a lot of interesting feedback. Web browsers are a real can of worms, but it's probably worth looking at some of the details. It's become clear that my article only scratched the surface, and I'll need to come back and do a more detailed comparison. That won't happen immediately; in the meantime, I'll discuss some of the feedback I got. Read More

Answerman
by Todd Whitesel

No column this month... Maniac that I am, I volunteered for two conventions this year instead of just one. If you are near New York City and see this in time, check us out: http://www.axny.org Read More

This Month in BSD
by Sam Smith

Sam Smith outlines the events and product releases related to BSD, Darwin, Mac OS X and the Open Source community. Read More

Daemon's Advocate
by Wes Peters

Scattered among my usual summer reading selection, which runs to mystery novels and sailing magazines, have been two interesting essays at the confluence of Internet development and politics. They both present what I find to be a very compelling picture of the state of open source software development from the opposite ends of the political spectrum. Read More