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 Events: BSDDay, EuroBSDCon, BSD Day Argentina, interviews

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Gerard

These are some quick links to upcoming and related FreeBSD related events, conferences and interview. 1. BSDDay EU 2011 Central European BSD day: BSDDay EU 2011 (04-06-2011, Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology). 2. EuroBSDCon 2011 … Continue reading →

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Sharing info and news on Google Plus

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Gerard

I have started to share news and information on the Google+ social network. I find the Google+ interface nicer and easier to update and follow than Facebook’s and Twitter’s. And, the privacy settings are more transparant and better than Facebook’s. … Continue reading →

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Exclusive RootBSD Hosting offer – extended

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Gerard

Due to popular demand, RootBSD has extended the VPS hosting offer until 5 August. If you’re interested in running a FreeBSD based website or web services, you will be interested to know that freebsdnews.net has teamed up with RootBSD, giving regular … Continue reading →

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Quick news: BSD Magazine, FreeBSD 9 IPv6 only, fwbuilder, Ruby

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Gerard

BSD Magazine (Aug 2011) is available for free download: Memory File System in FreeBSD   FreeBSD 9.0-BETA1 IPv6-only snapshots available   Fwbuilder 5 (Firewall Builder) released, supporting import of pf configurations. Firewall Builder can now import PF configurations in pf.conf format. To import … Continue reading →

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PC-BSD & FreeBSD 9.0 BETA1 ready for testing (confirmed)

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Gerard

The availability of FreeBSD 9.0 BETA1 has now been confirmed by Ken Smith: FreeBSD 9.0-BETA1 Available: The first BETA build of the 9.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. Since this will be the first release on a brand new branch I’ll … Continue reading →

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FreeBSD 9 BETA1 available for testing

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Gerard

There’s no official announcement, but just over 2 years after FreeBSD 8.0 BETA1 became available, the FreeBSD Project is uploading version 9 BETA1.. According to the FreeBSD release page, BETA1 was scheduled for 20 July, so a delay of just over … Continue reading →

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FreeNAS 8.0.1-BETA4 available (and 0.7.2)

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Gerard

“Quality first”. That’s what the guys at iXsystems must thought when releasing FreeNAS. Beta number 3 was going to be the last test for both FreeNAS 8 and FreeNAS 8.0.1, but for both versions a BETA4 came out. This is … Continue reading →

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Exclusive RootBSD Hosting offer

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Gerard

RootBSD is a provider of stable FreeBSD / OpenBSD hosting services and VPS Solutions. The BSD hosting experts can solve your hosting problems from small to large with their bullet-proof VPS and dedicated packages backed by friendly technical support. RootBSD offers: … Continue reading →

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