Category Archives: FreeBSD based systems

FreeBSD Events Update (ILF, BSDCan, EuroBSDCon)

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Gerard

FreeBSD events come and go month after month. Time for an update on some past and upcoming FreeBSD events. Indiana LinuxFest (ILF) FreeNAS and PC-BSD will be represented at Indiana LinuxFest on Saturday, April 14 in Indianapolis, Indiana. CDs and other swag will be handed out … Continue reading →

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iXsystems, and its developers

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Gerard

We all know that iXsystems does a great job promoting FreeBSD, building FreeBSD based products and supporting FreeBSD based projects (incl. PC-BSD, FreeNAS). But, who are the developers that are part of this company? Who are the guys doing the coding … Continue reading →

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The PC-BSD Ports Jail (video)

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Gerard

PC-BSD features the “Ports Jail”. In this video you will learn how to use it to install apps isolated from your system. More information on Ports Jail and how to use it, can be found on the PC-BSD Wiki. The … Continue reading →

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Development release: FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA2

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Gerard

It’s been a long road, and it’s not anywhere close to being done, but FreeNAS is a step closer to a release with (PBI) plugins and streaming multimedia support. On behalf of the FreeNAS development team at iXsystems Josh Paetzel announced FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA2. … Continue reading →

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BSD Magazine (Mar 2012): Nessus, Exploitation Tools and Payloads

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Gerard

March’s issue of the BSD Magazine is now available: Nessus, Exploitation Tools and Payloads (free PDF download). You’ll find the following subjects inside: MaheshaBSD-2.0: What’s New On The Lake Manasarovar? GhostBSD: A Brief Overview How Do I Study for the BSDA Certification? GDB and … Continue reading →

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GhostBSD videos

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Gerard

The GhostBSD team has created a video page with a collection of videos you can watch to see what GhostBSD looks like before downloading. GhostBSD is a FreeBSD 9.0 based desktop operating system running the Gnome desktop environment.

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FreeNAS 8.0.3: FTP Configuration (video) and FreeNAS 8.0.4 BETA2

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Gerard

The following video, created by the FreeNAS team, shows you how to configure FreeNAS for FTP. FreeNAS 8.0.4-BETA2 is out for testing. Changes since 8.0.4-BETA1: Enhancements Update transmission to 2.42 (SF r10093). Add MegaCLI tool (SF r10072, r10073). Disable periodic tasks … Continue reading →

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MaheshaBSD-2.0 Released

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Gerard

Juraj has announced version 2.0 of his MaheshaBSD project. MaheshaBSD is  a desktop OS based on FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE (i386) with IceWM. MaheshaBSD has four goals: 1) It will boot off a CD or a USB stick and users may immediately start browsing … Continue reading →

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