OpenBSD, one of the more prominent variants of the BSD family of Unix-like operating systems, will be released at the beginning of September, according to a note on the official OpenBSD website. Often ...

Theo de Raadt is a pioneer of the open source software movement and a huge proponent of free software. But he is no fan of the open source Linux operating system. "It's terrible," De Raadt says.

When you think of open-source OSes, you might think of Linux distros, but BSD-based systems have been around for a long time. Here are some of the best BSD systems that you can try that can give Linux ...

A new feature added in test snapshots for OpenBSD releases will create a unique kernel every time an OpenBSD user reboots or upgrades his computer. This feature is named KARL — Kernel Address ...

What is the most effective way to get linux programs to compile (c++ or c files, using make or gmake) on OpenBSD ? I am having lots of troubles with people who have written c apps without other ...

To begin with, I should state that most of my Linux experience comes from Red Hat (7.3 up through Fedora Core 1), but I'm very comfortable on the command line. I am not scared by a complete lack of ...

You're probably sick and tired of running into the latest Windows security snafu. And you're undoubtedly painfully aware that most versions of Unix have their own ...

The open source Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) versions of UNIX suffer from a lack of eyeballs on their code, and that hurts their security, Ilja van Sprundel, director of penetration testing at ...

Exploit broker Zerodium is offering rewards of up to $500,000 for zero-days in UNIX-based operating systems like OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, but also for Linux distros such as Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, ...

I spend a lot of time listening to lots of folks complain that they don’t have a choice, that big, bad Microsoft has come in and made their lives a living hell and that someone should do something ...