PC-BSD – Making FreeBSD on the Desktop a reality – Kris Moore
Posted by admin on May 16, 2009
FreeBSD has a reputation for its rock-solid reliability, and top-notch performance in the server world, but is noticeably absent when it comes to the vast market of desktop computing.
Why is this? FreeBSD offers many, if not almost all of the same open-source packages and software that can be found in the more popular Linux desktop distributions, yet even with the speed and reliability FreeBSD offers, a relative few number of users are deploying it on their desktops.
In this presentation we will take a look at some of the reasons why FreeBSD has not been as widely adopted in the desktop market as it has on the server side. Several of the desktop weaknesses of FreeBSD will be shown, along with how we are trying to fix these short-comings through a desktopcentric version of FreeBSD, known as PC-BSD. We will also take a look at the package management system employed by all open-source operating systems alike, and some of the pitfalls it brings, which may hinder widespread desktop adoption.
This talk was done at AsiaBSDCon 2009.
A Portable iSCSI Initiator
Posted by admin on Mar 31, 2009
A Portable iSCSI Initiator
Presentation by Alistair Crooks at AsiaBSDCon 2009
OpenBSD Network Stack Internals
Posted by admin on Mar 31, 2009
OpenBSD Network Stack Internals
Presentation by Claudio Jeker at AsiaBSDCon 2009
Sleeping Beauty – NetBSD on modern laptops
Posted by admin on Mar 31, 2009
Sleeping Beauty – NetBSD on Modern Laptops
Presentation by Jorg Sonnenberg at AsiaBSDCon 2009