BSD_2009-02.pdf

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Dear Readers,

At the very beginning, we had some doubts about

the BSD mag project. We thought, well... there is no

magazine devoted to this operating systems, but at the

same time we had been wondering why nobody came

up with this idea... first thougth – there is no interest in

the market. But we decided to take the risk and see how

it all works. We ended up being right. It turned out that

you really need this mag and finally you have something

prepared especially for you – not for open source

software user – but you!

From the very beginning you gave us great support

and help. Working with you is a real pleasure and in my

opinion we became a great team!

Since you are all used to and support the idea of

a main focus in each issue – this time we devoted

the whole mag to one distribution – PC-BSD. When

preparing each issue we try to give you the most useful

tips and practical knowledge. Jerry Dixon guides you

through the process of installation and configuration of

PC-BSD and Jan Stedehouder shows the best way of

installing software on a FreeBSD-based system. We also

prepared many how-to's that will help you to develop

your skills. James T. Nixon III discusses personalizing

PC-BSD desktop. Eric Vintimilla guides you through

using FreeBSD for the off-site backup. Donald T. Hayford

demonstrates how to build NetBSD for embedded

systems using Cygwin. Amjith Ramanujam presents ZFS

– a state of the art filesystem on FreeBSD 7. Dan Fairs

introduces Django: a web framework for perfectionists

with deadlines.

In the multimedia section, Jason Ellison tells a story

about the use of open source software in a local radio

station.

For those who don't realy feel like getting more into

details, BSD team and Federico Biancuzzi prepared an

interview with PC-BSD folks: Kris Moore, the founder of

the PC-BSD project, and Matt Olander, Chief Technology

Officer at iXsystems. In the column Mikel King gives us

his thoughts about BSD and its use in general.

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Contributing: Jan Stedehouder, Donald T.

Hayford, Jerry Dixon, James T. Nixon III, Eric

Vintimilla, Amjith Ramanujam, Dan Fairs, Jason

Ellison, Matt Olander, Federico Biancuzzi,

Mikel King

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BSD 2/2009

Contents

what’s new

Django on FreeBSD

Dan Fairs

Dan Fairs, Director of Fez Consulting Ltd., a UK-based

software development consultancy, introduces Django: a

web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.

BSD news

Karolina Lesińska

Short articles devoted to latest news, releases, and other

projects from BSD world.

dvd content

mms

Open Source Studio

to Transmitter Link (OSSTL)

Jason Ellison

Jason Ellison explains the usage of an Open Source

software in the local radio station.

DVD content description

Karolina Lesińska

A description of DVD content – check what we have prepared

for you this time.

get started

tips&tricks

Installing PC-BSD ibonacci edition

Jerry Dixon

Jerry Dixon discusses the instalation and configuration of

PC-BSD Fibonacci edition presenting the minimum and

recommended hardware requirements step-by step.

PC-BSD – Making Your Life Easier

Matt Olander

Article in which Matt Olander provides you with tips and

tricks on PC-BSD – a Unix-like operating system empowered

by FreeBSD designed for everyday desktop user.

Software management simplied: PC-BSD

and the PBI system

Jan Stedehouder

In this article Jan Stedehouder explains how to find out what

is the best way of installing software on a FreeBSD-based

system.

interview

Interview with PC-BSD

Federico Biancuzzi and BSD Team

To celebrate this issue of the magazine fully dedicated to PC-

BSD, our Team had the opportunity to do a quick question

and answer session with Kris Moore and Matt Olander.

how-to’s

Personalizing Your PC-BSD Desktop

James T. Nixon III

In this article James goes through several aspects of PC-

BSD that need to be understood before personalizing your

PC-BSD desktop.

column

Green Eggs and BSD...

Mikel King

Mikel gives you his thoughts about BSD and its use in

general.

Using FreeBSD for Off-Site Backups

Eric Vintimilla

Thanks to Eric Vintimilla you will find out how to turn your

FreeBSD Computer into a lean, mean, multimedia backup

machine.

Building NetBSD for

Embedded Systems Using Cygwin

Donald T. Hayford

Donald T. Hayford introduces you to the process of building

NetBSD for Embedded Systems using Cygwin.

ABC’s of ZFS

Amjith Ramanujam

In this article Amijith Ramanujam explains the ZFS – state

of the art file system developed by Sun Microsystems, first

introduced in the OpenSolaris operating system, later on

ported to FreeBSD7.

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