Archive | July, 2008
FreeBSD on the Openmoko
New systems and architectures running Linux, will run sooner of later NetBSD or FreeBSD. The now well-known Asus Eee PC is an example of this. When launched it ran Linux, but soon developers were offering up their night’s sleep to get FreeBSD to run on it. And with success. Openmoko is a project that aims to [...]
Continue reading...iXsystems offers professional FreeBSD and PC-BSD support
21. July 2008
iXsystems announced on 08/07/08 the launch of its Professional Services Division for FreeBSD and PC-BSD. The new Professional Services Division will provide Professional Enterprise Grade support, consulting, and development for FreeBSD and PC-BSD. Service offerings include desktop support such as installation and basic customization of the operating system. Software application support is also offered and includes [...]
Continue reading...FreeBSD servers uptime Poll
21. July 2008
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/linux_unix/FreeBSD_servers_uptime_Poll/';FreeBSD is known to be a very reliable and rock-solid server operating system; You only need to check netcraft.com for systems with the longest uptime, and you’ll notice that in today’s top there are 7 servers running FreeBSD out of the top 10 (stats correct 21/07/08). Just out of interest, if you run a [...]
Continue reading...The new FreeBSD Core Team (2008-2010)
18. July 2008
One of the major differences between FreeBSD and Linux, is that FreeBSD is coherent operating system, and that the building of it is steered and managed by a Core Team. The bi-annual election is over and the votes are in. The following FreeBSD developers form the core team until 2010: Robert Watson (172 votes) Peter Wemm [...]
Continue reading...BSD license vs GPL license
18. July 2008
Every so many weeks you find that GPL license advocates attack the BSD license. These attacks are about freedom of sharing the code, and to what degree this should be allowed. Chemisor, a BSD advocate, is of the opinion that a linguistic misunderstanding may be the root of the disagreements over the difference licensing philosophies. He [...]
Continue reading...FreeBSD howto links (week 29)
18. July 2008
Here are some links to FreeBSD howto articles published this week. This may be of interest to those who don’t mind “getting their hands dirty”. Building a router with pfSense (video) Do you have extra computers lying around the house? In this episode, Matt shows us how to convert an old computer into a home network router. Link [...]
Continue reading...You can help me – 2
17. July 2008
ContentApart from helping me financially by donating you can also help me make this website the best FreeBSD website (well, after FreeBSD.org, naturally) by letting me know about news products, services or releases, or you can even provide content. If you know of anything interesting happening in “FreeBSD Land” that I have not written about, please [...]
Continue reading...You can help me – 1
16. July 2008
Ads and donations You will probably have noticed that I’ve put Google ads on the website in an attempt to recoup some of the costs associated with running this website. As I don’t have the time to configure / administer a web server myself and I don’t trust my broadband connection to be 100% reliable, this [...]
Continue reading...Wanted: SpreadFreeBSD.org community leaders
16. July 2008
SpreadFreeBSD.org has been around for a couple of months now. So far I’ve added most of the content together with Matt Olander from iXsystems. However, now the site gets more and more visitors, we’re looking for community leaders, forum admins and content providers to make this site a little bit more interactive where BSD lovers can [...]
Continue reading...Status update for KDE4 on FreeBSD & PC-BSD
16. July 2008
There’s been quite a bit of noise recently about the usefulnes of KDE4, its inferiority compared to 3.5, and some are even suggesting to fork KDE4. However, Martin Wilke is in the meanwhile doing a great job porting KDE4 to FreeBSD. Read the latest status update about the progress (incl screenshots). Kris Moore from the PC-BSD project [...]
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21. July 2008
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