For years now, Linux has been all the rage. But in recent times, there have been murmurings among some veterans — long-time users — after the introduction of systemd, the init system that seems to ...

In the past, many SMBs were content to let their Internet Service Providers (ISPs) handle e-mail services. But now they're interested in running mail servers onsite, due to the widespread adoption of ...

Photo by crypto, via Flickr. FreeBSD, a popular open-source Unix operating system with roots stretching back to the 1970s, is now available through the Azure Marketplace as a virtual-machine image for ...

Imagine that you need to add 20 new servers to your data center posthaste. Your first thought is to purchase 20 more boxes and chain them to your existing server farm, but your budget's too tight. Why ...

Running FreeBSD on the server: a sysadmin speaksThis part of the system is distributed in releases. Minor releases are usually every six months or so with a major release approximately every 2 years.