Author Archives: Gerard

About Gerard

Gerard is a keen user of open source operating systems and software. On this blog he shares FreeBSD news and links that he comes across.

FreeBSD Google Summer of Code

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Gerard

A few weeks ago the Google Summer of Code finished. This is the update from FreeBSD with regards to the FBSD projects: “The FreeBSD Project is proud to have taken part in the Google Summer of Code 2007. We received … Continue reading →

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Looking for BSD stuff on Google? (Tip)

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Gerard

Just a tip: if you’re googling for *BSD stuff, and just *BSD stuff only, go to google.com/bsd.

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FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report (Q3/2007)

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Gerard

This report covers FreeBSD related projects between July and October 2007. The sixth EuroBSDCon was held in Denmark in September. The Google Summer of Code project came to a close and lots of participants are working getting their code merged … Continue reading →

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Desktop FreeBSD Series

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Gerard

A few years ago, Ed Hurst, an Associate Editor of Open for Business, began what would become an extremely popular series of articles on getting started with desktop BSD (i.e. FreeBSD on the desktop, not DesktopBSD ;-) Because of the … Continue reading →

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A basic FreeBSD server install

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Gerard

Yesterday we wrote about Penguin Pete installing FreeBSD from scrach. Today I have a link to Greg’s (Sparks, Nevada) blog who shows step-by-step (with screenshots) how to install FreeBSD: When it comes to servers, I have always preferred FreeBSD as … Continue reading →

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SpreadBSD Campaign

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Gerard

iXsystems, the company behind the PC-BSD Project and supporter of the FreeBSD Project is currently developing a community web site to promote FreeBSD and PC-BSD. The site will look pretty much like SpreadFirefox. We will need banner ads such as … Continue reading →

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30 Days with PC-BSD and DesktopBSD

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Gerard

Jan Stedehouder used PC-BSD for thirty days to see what living with it is like. On day thirty, he concludes: Does PC-BSD have the potential to be a serious contender for the open source desktop? I answered that question with … Continue reading →

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The Penguin Grows Horns: Installing FreeBSD

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Gerard

Penguin Pete installing FreeBSD. I’d just suggest to Penguin Pete, if he reads this, to either install PC-BSD or DesktopBSD next time and he would save himself a lot of head-banging, unless he really wants to understand and know how … Continue reading →

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