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.

Released: pfSense 2.0

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Gerard

Chris Buechler has announced pfSense 2.0: 2.0 Release available I’m proud to announce the release of version 2.0. This brings the past three years of new feature additions, with significant enhancements to almost every portion of the system. The changes and … Continue reading →

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FreeNAS 8.0.1-RC2 available

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Gerard

iXsystems has made the second FreeNAS 8.0.1 release candidate available for testers. If there aren’t any showstoppers, this should be the last RC before the final release. To give this RC a test-drive you can download it from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas/files/FreeNAS-8.0.1/ Some … Continue reading →

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PC-BSD Interview on FLOSS Weekly

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Gerard

In Episode 182 of FLOSS Weekly, Aaron Newcomb and Randi Harper interview Kris Moore and discuss everything relating to PC-BSD. (via) Listen: FLOSS episode 182

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FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report (Apr – Jun 2011)

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Gerard

This report covers FreeBSD-related projects between April and June 2011. It is the second of the four reports planned for 2011: FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report (Apr – Jun 2011) Since this quarter, the work is being focused on the next major … Continue reading →

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FreeBSD Events Update (vendor summit, KyivBSD, SFD, netmap video)

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Gerard

I have linked to a couple of past and upcoming FreeBSD events that are worth sharing.   1. FreeBSD vendor summit (3-4 November) I wasn’t aware of any FreeBSD vendor event, but there’s one from 3-4 November 2011 in Sunnyvale, … Continue reading →

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PC-BSD 9.0-BETA2 available for testing

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Gerard

Following the FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 last week, Kris Moore has made PC-BSD 9.0-BETA2 available for testing. This release includes the latest FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 base, along with numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Check out the blog post for a list of changes and enhancements: PC-BSD 9.0-BETA2 … Continue reading →

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Howto: Keeping FreeBSD up-to-date

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Gerard

Vermaden has posted two very useful step-by-step tutorials on the FreeBSD Forums showing how you can keep your base system and applications up-to-date (the vermaden way): PART I. Keeping the FreeBSD base system up-to-date PART II. Keeping the FreeBSD packages … Continue reading →

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FreeBSD Installer 9.0 (BSDInstall) screenshots

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Gerard

If you haven’t  had a chance to try out the new FreeBSD Installer and you’re keen to see what it looks like, Phoronix has a couple of screenshots. The new system installer is described as a modern installer for FreeBSD … Continue reading →

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