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	Berkeley Software Distribution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While BSD itself was largely superseded by the System V Release 4 and OSF/1 systems in the 1990s (both of which incorporated BSD code), in recent years modified open source versions of the codebase have seen increasing use and development.
		The lawsuit slowed development of the free-software descendants of BSD for nearly two years while their legal status was in question, and as a result systems based on the Linux kernel, which did not have such legal ambiguity, gained greater support.
		Today, BSD continues to be used as a testbed for technology by academic organizations, as well as finding uses in a lot of commercial and free products and, increasingly, in embedded devices.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BSD (2279 words)

	iXsystems - iXsystems donates Intel blade server to DragonFly BSD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		DragonFly BSD is a promising fork of the popular FreeBSD operating system that uses light weight threads and message passing for dealing with multi-processing issues.
		DragonFly BSD 1.0 was released on July 12th, 2004, one year after forking from the FreeBSD project.
		DragonFly is a fork giving the BSD base an opportunity to grow in an entirely new direction from the one taken in the FreeBSD-5 series.
	www.ixsystems.com /cgi-bin/store/news/dfly_100104.html (459 words)

	TriBUG: Overview of BSD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Organizationally, BSD, in all its forms past and present, has been and is driven by a set of design goals established by a team of core individuals and with those design goals kept in mind while striving for improvement.
		BSD, on the other hand, is a complete system with not only its own kernel but also its own libraries, utilities, documentation, and so forth.
		BSD also continues to evolve, most recently with SMP development, the soft-updates implementation in FFS, and Kirk McKusick's development of UFS2, which has now been integrated into at least the current branches of most of the BSDs.
	www.tribug.org /bsd.html (2187 words)

	Beyond The Big Three BSDs, BSD Alternatives
		The DragonFly BSD operating system is a fork of the main FreeBSD 4.x operating system.It was produced by Matt Dillon, who felt the development direction (particularly threading and SMP choices) of FreeBSD 5 would result in bad performance.
		DragonFly BSD is being developed with a different threading model and messaging system from those used in FreeBSD 5.
		PC BSD is different, as its focus is on a desktop-oriented (personal computing) operating system with all the functionality, stability, and performance of BSD, but with a tool set and environment that reflects a more personal environment.
	www.serverwatch.com /tutorials/article.php/3565016 (1139 words)

	NewsForge \| Dragonfly BSD is born (almost)
		Glanz writes "DragonFly is an operating system and environment designed to be the logical continuation of the FreeBSD-4.x OS series.
		DragonFly is a fork in the path, so to speak, giving the BSD base an opportunity to grow in entirely new direction from the one taken in the FreeBSD-5 series.
		BSD is dying It is official; Netcraft confirms: *BSD is dying
	www.newsforge.com /newsvac/03/07/21/1258234.shtml (711 words)

	asia.internet.com Realtime News for IT Managers
		DragonFly BSD 1.4 is the third major release of the project since being spun out from FreeBSD-based code in 2003 by DragonFly BSD project leader Matthew Dillon.
		While DragonFly BSD is compatible with binaries for FreeBSD 4.x, it is not compatible with binaries for version 5 or 6.
		DragonFly BSD's ultimate goal according to Dillon is to achieve native fully integrated and built into the kernel single-system-image style clustering.
	asia.internet.com /news/article.php/3576426 (769 words)

	The DragonFly BSD Project
		DragonFly is an operating system and environment designed to be the logical continuation of the FreeBSD-4.x OS series.
		DragonFly is a fork in the path, so to speak, giving the BSD base an opportunity to grow in an entirely new direction from the one taken in the FreeBSD-5 series.
		The existing BSD cores, including FreeBSD-5, are still primarily based on models which could at best be called 'strained' as they are applied to modern systems.
	www.dragonflybsd.org (409 words)

	IRC Log
		DragonFly's messages are more like the Amiga's in that they provide an abstraction that allows both the message source and message target to independantly determine whether they wish to run the message synchronously or asynchronously.
		DragonFly messages also provide an immediate in-context synchronization abstraction that is hidden from the client, which is important for performance reasons since many messages can be resolved out of system caches.
		DragonFly's userland scheduler is protected by the Giant lock at the moment, but the key point is that it is a different scheduler from the LWKT scheduler.
	www.slashnet.org /forums/DragonflyBSD-20031009.html (5492 words)

	Download DragonFly BSD 1.4 for Linux - DragonFly is an operating system and environment designed to be the logical ...
		Download DragonFly BSD 1.4 for Linux - DragonFly is an operating system and environment designed to be the logical continuation of the FreeBSD-4.x OS series.
		DragonFly is an Linux operating system and environment designed to be the logical continuation of the FreeBSD-4.x OS series.
		DragonFly is still running under the Big Giant Lock, but this will probably be the last release where that is the case.
	linux.softpedia.com /get/System/Operating-Systems/Linux-Distributions/DragonFly-BSD-2006.shtml (774 words)

	The BSD Installer
		BSD Installer 1.1.6 is included as part of the release of DragonFly BSD 1.2.
		BSD Installer 1.1.5 is now released, and will be included on the upcoming DragonFly BSD release.
		BSD Installer release 1.1.4 packages and a pre-built DragonFly ISO image containing the installer are available for testing.
	www.bsdinstaller.com (228 words)

	ONLamp.com -- Behind DragonFly BSD
		Now a new project, focused on innovation, has worked very hard and is ready to release its first version: DragonFly BSD 1.0.
		I was aware of DragonFly and Matt's plans at about the end of May 2003, i.e., before it was publicly announced, and I have worked on it since its inception in early June 2003.
		Currently, the DragonFly community is pretty much a mix of various types of people, some are taking the "hmm, interesting, let's wait-and-see" approach, while others are dissatisfied with SMP methodologies adopted by FreeBSD or are interested in upcoming features of DragonFly.
	www.onlamp.com /pub/a/bsd/2004/07/08/dragonfly_bsd_interview.html (1903 words)

	TriBUG: BSD Family Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		BSD was originally derived from Sixth Edition UNIX, which was released in May 1975 by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
		Since that time, many changes have been made, resulting in the various BSD releases throughout Unix's history.
		These derivations and versions can be seen by viewing the BSD Family Tree.
	www.tribug.org /famtree.html (113 words)

	bsdforums.org - FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD forums and news: DragonFlyBSD CDROM Readme File
		If you just want to play with DragonFly and not mess with your hard disk, this CDROM boots into a fully operational console-based system, though without swap it should be noted that you are limited by available memory.
		It is a good idea to test your hardware for compatibility from a CD boot before spending time installing the dist on your hard disk.
		DragonFly is typically on the first slice, which is /dev/ad0s1, and the root partition is always in partition 'a', which is /dev/ad0s1a.
	www.freebsdforums.org /docs/dragonflybsd/1.2.0-readme.html (2009 words)

	DragonFly Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		DragonFly BSD is improving daily, however, the online resources can be a little difficult to find.
		DragonFly is not yet aimed very much at the beginning user, but someone experienced with any of the BSDs shouldn't have many problems with it--it still has many similarities to the 4.x branch of FreeBSD, but already, there are major differences.
		A bit of digging indicates that DragonFly is moving away from ports and will be concentrating their efforts on pkgsrc.
	www.scottro.net /dfly/dfindex.html (321 words)

	DragonFly BSD Digest
		Matthew Dillon has two comments on some small things that are absolutely essential: how to reach the CDROM and how to really back up existing partitions before installing DragonFly.
		As Matthew Dillon and others have described, if you install the latest bleeding-edge code (1.5) of DragonFly, there is a bug in the installer.
		DragonFly BSD Digest is proudly powered by WordPress
	www.shiningsilence.com /dbsdlog (286 words)

	Aaron's DragonFly BSD stuff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		DragonFly BSD is a new fork of FreeBSD 4.8 started by Matt Dillon in 2003.
		Matt (as well as some other contributors) was unhappy with the direction taken in FreeBSD 5, and decided to create his own version to try technologies like Light Weight Kernel Threads and Variant Symlinks.
		If you want to follow DFly development, you should definitely subscribe to the mailing lists, or if you just want to see interesting updates, read Justin's Dragonfly BSD Digest weblog, as well as the Status section of the website.
	munge.net /dragonfly (382 words)

	BSDatwork.com - FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD Unix News And Configuration Information
		The BSD family tree is almost biblical in lineage.
		The actual diagram of BSD history may look like a Rorschach test, but there are currently three major flavors of BSD actively developed and used: FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
		Technically, one could argue Apple's OS X is a fourth BSD family OS, but it is a special case.
	www.bsdatwork.com (529 words)

	DragonFly - Download
		DragonFly CDs are 'live', meaning these CDs will boot your system and let you log in as root (no password).
		Daily DragonFly events and news are reported at the DragonFly BSD Log.
		DragonFly is under major development so while we do have a release cycle there are often better choices.
	www.dragonflybsd.org /main/download.cgi (671 words)

	Daemon News '200308' : '"BSD is dying, film at 10 "' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		If you read Slashdot on a regular basis, you'll know the troll who keeps claiming that BSD is dying.
		An obvious reason why Matt is starting his own project is that he is no longer on the FreeBSD project: he was expelled from it a few months ago.
		DragonFly BSD is small, so it doesn't need as much organization.
	ezine.daemonnews.org /200308/dadvocate.html (2118 words)

	www.bsd.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This page is intended to provide a variety of resources for users of the various commercial and freely-available bsd operating systems.
		It is in the midst of being revamped, and will probably be in such a state for quite a while yet.
		**BSD is a registered trademark of UUnet Technologies, Inc.
	www.bsd.org (260 words)

	OffMyServer Donates Intel Blade Server to DragonFly BSD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		OffMyServer demonstrates their support of the DragonFly BSD project, a development fork of the FreeBSD project.
		"We think that the DragonFly BSD project is definitely a worthwhile cause," states Matt Olander, CTO of OffMyServer.
		"By providing this equipment for the DragonFly BSD project, we are encouraging the research and development of operating systems principles in an open forum," comments Mike Lauth, CEO of OffMyServer.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2004/10/emw164263.htm (591 words)

	DragonFly BSD Updates - OSNews.com
		In addition to the ongoing work to prepare the system to run free of the MP lock, a number of smaller, but important subprojects are nearing completion.
		Among them are a number of pkgsrc changes that will finally allow the developers to retire the aging FreeBSD 4 ports system, and allow the use of much more up to date third party software.
		Another long anticipated feature that is now on the road to completion is kernel assisted userland threading, which will map one kernel thread to every userland light weight process (a 1:1 threading implementation).
	www.osnews.com /story.php?news_id=12231 (248 words)

	LWN: The state of BSD
		Not to disparage Linux or the other BSD distributions, but NetBSD is the undisputed master of portability, with support for everything from x86 CPUs to DEC VAX computers and the Sony PlayStation2.
		DragonFly BSD 1.0 was released on July 12, 2004.
		The DragonFly BSD team has several goals for the distribution, including a better packaging system, and a different approach to system design:
	lwn.net /Articles/109541 (1358 words)

	Dragonfly - MSR - Mountain Safety Research : Stoves : DragonFly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dragonfly is the newsletter of the Pacific Northwest Regional Medical Library.
		The aims of this project are to raise the profile of dragonflies in Ireland, map their distributions and
		Dragonfly Sailboats provide the newest in trimaran architecture featuring We now offer Brochures on all of our Dragonfly Sailboats in a PDF format.
	www.forsurfer.com /?q=dragonfly (205 words)

	DragonFlyBSD: Process Checkpointing Support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		DragonFly now has support for Process Checkpointing, thanks to Kip Macy and Matt Dillon [interview].
		The functionality is provided as a KLD, with some modifications to the Dragonfly kernel for improved support.
		Some work still remains to be done; although the checkpoint feature can be used on many base utilities, except for obvious stuff such as sockets which are not guaranteed to be around when the program is restored.
	kerneltrap.org /node/view/1042 (544 words)

	CodeWeavers CrossOver Office for BSD petition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		BSD is a very good system and should be able to use this software.
		BSD would be a great way for CodeWeavers to expand its business.
		BSD provides many things that Linux does not have and being able to run CrossOver Office on BSD would be a very good move
	www.bsdnexus.com /petition.asp (5237 words)

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