FreeBSD News leftovers (pkgng, FreeNAS, perfect db server)

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Gerard

These are some interesting links I came across over the last few days:

pkgng beta 1

The pkgng developers have released the first beta of FreeBSD’s new package management.

FreeNAS on FLOSS Weekly

There’s an interview on FLOSS Weekly (episode 198) with James Nixon from the FreeNAS Project .

FreeNAS 8.0.3-p1

A few updates for FreeNAS 8.0.3. Checkout the notes and download here. Thanks Ralf

The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5.1 And FreeBSD 9

Here is a guide on installing Firebird 2.5.1 from FreeBSD 9 Ports and creating your first test database.

VirtualBSD 9.0

VirtualBSD 9.0 is now ready. This is a desktop-ready FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE built around the XFCE Desktop Environment for good aesthetics and usability, and is distributed as a VMware appliance.


Related posts:

  1. FreeBSD news ‘n links leftovers – week 31
  2. FreeBSD news leftovers: BSD isn’t relevant, UNIX data center darling (week 28)
  3. A look at the FreeNAS server
  4. Making a 4 terabyte server with FreeNAS
  5. Setting up RAID 5 on a FreeNAS server (video)


About Gerard

Your blog host Gerard van Essen is a keen user of FreeBSD and PC-BSD and likes to share FreeBSD news with the aim more people will use BSD systems
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One Response to FreeBSD News leftovers (pkgng, FreeNAS, perfect db server)

  1. Jesse says:
    February 3, 2012 at 5:28 pm

    Very exicted about pkgng. I look forward to testing it out.

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