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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 is participating in Google Summer of Code 2013

FreeBSD is pleased to announce that once again we have been selected to participate in the Google Summer of Code program. This gives University students the opportunity to earn a $5000 USD stipend in exchange for working on Open Source software over their … Continue reading

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FreeBSD Foundation announces Ed Maste as Director of Project Development

The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce Ed Maste‘s new role as the Foundation’s part-time Director of Project Development.  Ed has served on the Foundation’s board for two years, and has stepped down in order to accept this new position. In this position … Continue reading

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FreeBSD expands activities as funds flow in

FreeBSD developer Marshall McKusick has been speaking to iTWire. They talk about last year’s donations, newly hired staff and what else can be expected from the FreeBSD Foundation this year. The FreeBSD Foundation was so successful in raising funds last … Continue reading

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PC-BSD announces pkgng Package Repository for PC-BSD and FreeBSD 9.1

The PC-BSD Project has announced the details on how to access their new PKGNG repository, for PC-BSD and FreeBSD 9.1-Release systems. “This package repository is frequently updated, usually bi-weekly, with the latest and greatest from the FreeBSD ports tree. We … Continue reading

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New biannual (Free)BSD Conference: vBSDCon

Verisign has announced that they will be organising and hosting a new, biannual BSD Conference at the Hyatt in Dulles, Virginia (25-27 Oct 2013). The conference will include BSD speakers from across the globe,  an expo area, and the BSDA certification … Continue reading

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FreeBSD Foundation to spend $1,000,000 on FreeBSD development and promotions

The FreeBSD Foundation has announced it will invest $1,000,000 this year to fund FreeBSD development and the promotion of it. FreeBSD is internationally recognized as an innovative leader in providing a high-performance, secure, and stable operating system. Our mission is … Continue reading

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FreeBSD 8.4-RC1 available

The first RC build for the FreeBSD-8.4 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, i386 and pc98 architectures are available: Full announcement: FreeBSD 8.4-RC1 Now Available

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pfSense 2.0.3 available

Chris Buechler announced version 2.0.3 of pfSense today. I’m happy to announce the release of pfSense 2.0.3. This is a maintenance release with some bug and security fixes since 2.0.2 release. You can upgrade from any previous release to 2.0.3. Check … Continue reading

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