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This video has been made from the slides and an audio recording of a NYCBUG talk by Eitan Adler in Jan of 2013 and gives an over view on the newest features in FreeBSD since 9.0. This talk covered some … Continue reading →

This is a short chat about FreeBSD on the Raspberry Pi followed by some wise words from Peter Salus at BSDCan2011. BSDTalk222 – Tinkering with Raspberry Pi

Kris Moore has laid out his plans for the future of PC-BSD, especially around PC-BSD moving to rolling releases. First of all, I want to let you know, that I’ve personally not been satisfied with the frequency of PC-BSD releases … Continue reading →

This is an interesting piece on mandatory access-control by the well-known computer researcher and FreeBSD Foundation member Robert Watson: To discuss operating system security is to marvel at the diversity of deployed access-control models: Unix and Windows NT multiuser security; Type … Continue reading →

Distrowatch has favourable review of recently released PC-BSD 9.1: …”Nothing is perfect and PC-BSD does have an Achilles’ heel, specifically hardware compatibility. As much as I enjoyed the polish and the features and the wonderful ease of use, I suspect … Continue reading →

The Arch Linux distribution has been modified to run off the FreeBSD 9.0 kernel as an alternative to using Linux. The developer of ArchBSD explained his reasoning as enjoying FreeBSD while also liking the Arch Linux philosophy of a ‘fast, … Continue reading →

NetworkWorld has published a very positive review of FreeNAS: “It takes something different to stand out in the crowded network-attached storage market. How does free, as in free beer and free speech, sound? Overall, FreeNAS offers a very positive story, with … Continue reading →

Josh Paetzel from iXsystems has announced the availability of the FreeNAS 8.3.1-BETA2 images over the weekend. At this point things are looking to be in good shape, I’m calling this a BETA because I’m very conservative, and because encryption can go wrong in such grand … Continue reading →

eRacks Open Source Systems is a company that builds affordable desktops and servers. And if you want, with FreeBSD pre-installed. eRacks have launched a new website.  

A belated FreeBSD April-June 2012 Status Report has been published. Another one should be available within the next few weeks covering the remainder of 2012. This report covers FreeBSD-related projects between April and June 2012. This quarter was highlighted by having … Continue reading →