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 Quarterly Status Report (Jan – Mar 2010)

FreeBSD’s quarterly status report for 2010 Q1 is now available. This report covers FreeBSD related projects between January and March 2010. Being the first of the four reports planned for 2010 with 46 entries, it shows a good progress of the … Continue reading

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(Free)BSD quick news and links (week 16)

Welcome to the (Free)BSD leftovers for week 6. In this post we have a mix of news snippets, quick links, howto’s, links ’n software/package updates. Just a round up of those little things I saved up this week. Previous weeks’ roundups … Continue reading

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Development of Chromium (Chrome) for FreeBSD

A new and alternative open source business model. Chromium / Google Chrome Google Chrome does not need much introduction any more, especially not to those interested in open source software. It is the best browser available. It is fast, secure, supports … Continue reading

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Introducing MaheshaBSD

Juraj Sipos contacted me earlier this week about a project he has been working on and now available for downloading: MaheshaBSD What is MaheshaBSD MaheshaBSD is a Live CD/DVD/USB version of FreeBSD based on FreeBSD 8.0 RELEASE (i386) with the IceWM … Continue reading

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BSDTalk interview with Dru Lavigne

BSDTalk has a 28 minutes interview with Dru Lavigne. Dru and Will  talk about her new book, The Definitive Guide to PC-BSD, and also about the new BSD Professional Certification exam. BSDTalk 188 – Listen to the podcast: MP3 | OGG There is now … Continue reading

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FreeBSD/CLANG compiler ready for testing

Currently FreeBSD uses GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) as its system compiler. Since the GCC project has moved to the GPLv3 license, the FreeBSD Project is forced to use version 4.2.1 or earlier. However, an alternative compiler to GCC has emerged recently as a … Continue reading

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Some Panasonic TVs running FreeBSD

Android is becoming more and more popular. It is used in mobiles/cell phones, runs e-book readers, can be found in tablet computers etc etc, but Android is not just for smartphones anymore. A Swedish company has  unveiled the first Android-based … Continue reading

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Released: GhostBSD 1.0 (AMD64)

GhostBSD 1.0 (AMD64) has been released. It i’s based on FreeBSD-8-amd64-stable and runs Gnome 2.28.2. I’ve not tried it yet. Has anyone else? What do you think? Links www.ghostbsd.org | Download

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