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.

PC-BSD 1.4 BETA Released

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Gerard

After months of hard work, the PC-BSD team is pleased to make available he 1.4 BETA release. This version includes many exciting new features and software, such as: 3D desktop support via Beryl Adobe Flash (Youtube & Google Video) Many … Continue reading →

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FreeBSD 7.0 LiveCD released

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Gerard

[update 13/12/2007: a new version has now been released - check here] The next major release of FreeBSD, version 7, is one of the most significant so far, with amount of new technologies and improvement largest since introduction of 5.0. … Continue reading →

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FreeNAS 0.685 Beta released

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Gerard

After a long time and hard work the FreeNAS team have released a new beta version (v0.685b) of FreeNAS. It includes many new features and a lot of bugs fixes. Download | Change log | Report problems

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BSDConTR – First BSD conference in Turkey

Posted on July 14, 2007 by Gerard

BSDConTR is the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. BSDConTR is organized in cooperation with Marmara University and EnderUNIX Software Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD systems in Turkey, and its open source … Continue reading →

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PC-BSD may be the next Linux

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Gerard

This is een interesting article by Brian Proffitt after iXsystem’s acquisition of PC-BSD. Slightly dated, but still of worth a read. With all of the BSD variants available for download, it’s easy to incorrectly assume all of them are pure, … Continue reading →

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How the FreeBSD Project works

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Gerard

While at Google a couple of weeks ago, Robert N M Watson from the FreeBSD Core Team, did a presentation “How the FreeBSD Project works” The FreeBSD Project is one of the oldest and most successful open source operating system … Continue reading →

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FreeNAS, how it works (video)

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Gerard

What is FreeNAS, how does it work and how do I set it up? Check out this video

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FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report (Q2/2007)

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Gerard

If you’re interested in what’s happening with FreeBSD at the moment and especially the technical side of the project, you should have a quick read through the FreeBSD Quaterly Status Report (compiled by Max Laier). This report covers FreeBSD related … Continue reading →

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