TRAM: An Old Idea Forgotten
by Dru Nelson

Today, if your power supply fails, your computer may take a long time to fsck. What if that computer is the computer holding the main database for your website? What if that is a large database on a large 200 gigabyte raid? Clearly, this is a problem. More people would pay to have this solved if it was inexpensive. Read More

Random Ramblings About BSD on MacOS X - Part 2
by Jeffrey Carl and Matt Loschert

This month our Mac OS X authors respond to feedback from readers and look at some new material conerning the defaults and preferences that can be set under OS X. Read More

How to turn HTML into PDF
by Konrad Heuer

Konrad Heuer shows us how he creates the PDF versions of Daemon News from HTML using Open Source tools. Read More

Word Processors on FreeBSD
by Mike W. Meyer

This paper provides a short comparison and overview of six word processor programs which run on Unix, specifically FreeBSD: AbiWord, Applix Words, FrameMaker, KWord, StarWriter, and WordPerfect. The goal is to save time for others looking for a word processor by guiding them to the most likely preferred products first. Read More

What's New and Exciting in NetBSD 1.5?
by Hubert Feyrer

See if this article tempts you to try upgrading to NetBSD 1.5. The author lists the newly supported platforms and other update information, such as the over 1600 available packages, the latest changes and improvements to the filesystem, and much more! Read More

Help! I've Fallen
by Gary Kline, David Leonard and Dirk Myers

This month, the Answermen take a look at xterm defaults, passive FTP, limiting core dump size and more. Read More

The Dæmon's Advocate
by Greg Lehey

Greg Lehey travels the world spreading the BSD word. Read More