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Colin Percival

FreeBSD developer and former FreeBSD Security Officer; founder of the Tarsnap online backup service.

9 things

FreeBSDSoftware

uses

On my laptop, I run FreeBSD 7.3 (I've been meaning to upgrade to 8.0 but haven't gotten around to it yet) and KDE 3.5.

His Uses This interview, on his laptop, servers and FreeBSD software stack.

2010-06-27·usesthis.com ↗

TarsnapService

usestheir own

I do backups via Tarsnap, of course.

His Uses This interview, on his laptop, servers and FreeBSD software stack.

2010-06-27·usesthis.com ↗

KonquerorSoftware

uses

I use Konqueror as a web browser whenever possible, but have Firefox 3.6 installed for websites where Konqueror doesn't work.

His Uses This interview, on his laptop, servers and FreeBSD software stack.

2010-06-27·usesthis.com ↗

djbdnsSoftware

uses

I use djbdns for DNS (both authoritative and caching); qmail for email; ezmlm for mailing lists;

His Uses This interview, on his laptop, servers and FreeBSD software stack.

2010-06-27·usesthis.com ↗

qmailSoftware

uses

I use djbdns for DNS (both authoritative and caching); qmail for email; ezmlm for mailing lists;

His Uses This interview, on his laptop, servers and FreeBSD software stack.

2010-06-27·usesthis.com ↗

ThunderbirdSoftware Mozilla

uses

I use Thunderbird 2.0 for email – yes, I still download all of my email to my laptop.

His Uses This interview, on his laptop, servers and FreeBSD software stack.

2010-06-27·usesthis.com ↗

ConnectBotSoftware

uses

I run the standard Android code on my phone, with Twidroid installed for accessing Twitter, and ConnectBot for SSH.

His Uses This interview, on his laptop, servers and FreeBSD software stack.

2010-06-27·usesthis.com ↗

ApacheSoftware

mixed

Apache for web serving (I would probably not pick Apache if I cared about performance, but I don't do anything which needs fantastic HTTP serving performance);

His Uses This interview, on his laptop, servers and FreeBSD software stack.

2010-06-27·usesthis.com ↗

Dell XPS M1530Hardware Dell

disliked

I do all of my work from a Dell XPS M1530 laptop – Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.5 GHz) CPU, 3 GB of RAM, 250 GB hard drive. I don't really like this laptop: It runs quite hot, and all of its air intake is on the bottom, so it tends to overheat if I place it on a bed or carpeted floor.

His Uses This interview, on his laptop, servers and FreeBSD software stack.

2010-06-27·usesthis.com ↗

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