Category Archives: FreeBSD based systems

FreeBSD Events Updates (Scale, AsiaBSDCon, BSDCan)

A new year, a new series of FreeBSD Conferences. Mark them in your diaries if you’re planning to go. SCALE 2012 iXsystem, FreeNAS, PC-BSD and the FreeBSD Foundation will be represented at SCALE Linux Expo 2012. The Southern California Linux … Continue reading

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PC-BSD 9.0 (Isotope Edition) available

iXsystems has announced the availability of PC-BSD 9.0 (Isotope Edition)(via). Based upon FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE, this is the first release of PC-BSD which offers users a variety of desktop environments to choose from, such as KDE, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE and more! … Continue reading

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FreeNAS 8.0.3 released

Garrett Cooper has announced the availability of FreeNAS 8.0.3-RELEASE earlier today. FreeNAS 8.0 is so far missing some of the media streaming capabilities that came with FreeNAS 0.7, and to make up for that gap, a FreeNAS 8.0.3-RELEASE_MULTIMEDIA version will be … Continue reading

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pfSense 2.0.1, load balancing and pfSense Cookbook

  pfSense is a powerful, open source, free and FreeBSD based firewall and security solution. The follwoing are three links you may be interested in if you use or would like to use pfSense. pfSense 2.0.1 announcement Chris Buechler has announced the … Continue reading

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FreeBSD quick news and links (GhostBSD, Centreon, FreeBSD Dev, iXsystems)

GhostBSD 2.5: A GNOME-ified FreeBSD 9.0 If you want to try out FreeBSD 9.0 this holiday but are not turned on by the actual FreeBSD 9.0 install and setup process, nor find the KDE desktop of PC-BSD 9.0 enjoyable, you may want … Continue reading

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GhostBSD 2.5 RC2 available for testing

The second release candidate (RC) for the upcoming GhostBSD 2.5, which is based on FreeBSD 9.0-RC2, is now available for download. Notable changes from RC1 include: added WiFi Network Manager for easier wireless connection configuration; additionally, the WiFi card is now … Continue reading

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PC-BSD 9.0-RC3 available

Following the release of FreeBSD 9.0-RC3, PC-BSD 9.0-RC3, a Unix-like, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD, is ready for testing. This release contains numerous bug fixes and enhancements, and can also be downloaded as VMware and VirtualBox images. Some of the changes and improvements are: … Continue reading

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PC-BSD 9.0-RC2 now Available

As most of you will be aware, PC-BSD 9.0-RC2 became available about a week ago. There is an issue with upgrading from RC1 to RC2, but it’s easily fixed. This is due to some changes in KDE which also affects … Continue reading

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