Category Archives: FreeBSD

Juniper Networks releases FreeBSD/MIPS port to public

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Gerard

Juniper Networks, Inc. has donated a reference FreeBSD port to the MIPS architecture to the FreeBSD Project. (Juniper’s embedded router operating system (JUNOS) is based on FreeBSD.) The donated code will be used as one reference for creating an official project-supported FreeBSD/MIPS … Continue reading →

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MySQL 6.0 installed on FreeBSD

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Gerard

The other day I came across some neat instructions on how to set up FreeBSD with MySQL 6.0. It’s pretty straight forward: Download MySQL 6.0 here Extract the files to /usr/local/mysql Add MySQL group “groupadd mysql” Add MySQL user “useradd … Continue reading →

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FreeBSD at Cisco

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Gerard

Cisco Systems has announced plans for a UNIX-based operating system for their network equipment. The next generation of Cisco’s products will be powered by Open Source operating systems and will be built from Open Source components. Our team will build … Continue reading →

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BSDTalk interview on PF Firewall

Posted on December 22, 2007 by Gerard

This is a BSDTalk interview with Peter N. M. Hansteen on the PF, Packet Filter, a firewall originally developed by OpenBSD. To find out more about the PF Firewall, check out “The Book of PF“.

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BSDCan 2008; dates and call for papers

Posted on December 22, 2007 by Gerard

BSDCan 2008, held in May, in Ottowa, has the initial call for papers out. They have space for informal talks and presentations too. BSDCan is an enormously successful grass-roots style conference. It brings together a great mix of *BSD developers … Continue reading →

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FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report (Q4/2007)

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Gerard

There’s a new issue of the FreeBSD Foundation newsletter (Q4)/ The innovation of the past lives on in FreeBSD. From SMP and network scalability to innovations in security APIs and wireless networking, the technology of FreeBSD is making an impact … Continue reading →

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GPL vs BSD, a matter of sustainability

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Gerard

Both licensing models have been around for a very long time. I don’t know which predates which, but it really doesn’t matter. The spirit behind both licenses is very similar: free software is good. But they realize this idea in … Continue reading →

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Quick links

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Gerard

Building a bootable ARM SD card (FreeBSD) NAS: Roll your own or turnkey? (FreeNAS) Using pfSense as a Server Only (pfSense) Fileserver converted to use ZFS (FreeBSD)

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