Category Archives: Google

FreeBSD is participating in Google Summer of Code 2013

FreeBSD is pleased to announce that once again we have been selected to participate in the Google Summer of Code program. This gives University students the opportunity to earn a $5000 USD stipend in exchange for working on Open Source software over their … Continue reading

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FreeBSD Foundation Announces Capsicum Framework Project

The FreeBSD Foundation has announced that Pawel Jakub Dawidek has been awarded a development grant to further improve the Capsicum framework. The grant is jointly funded by Google’s Open Source Programs Office. The project includes the integration of previous work, … Continue reading

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FreeBSD upcoming events updates (MeetBSD, EuroBSDCon, GSoC)

MeetBSD California 2012 meetBSD 2012 will be held on Yahoo!’s campus in Sunnyvale, California, from 3 – 4 November 2012 and will be co-hosted by Yahoo! and iXsystems. MeetBSD California is no normal conference – it’s a meeting of the minds from … Continue reading

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GSoC 2012 FreeBSD projects announced

It’s that time of the year again. Holiday season is approaching in a few months time, so it’s time to get ready for the annual Google Summer of Code, GSoC 2012. Each year Google pays quite a number of mainly students … Continue reading

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Sharing info and news on Google Plus

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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(Free)BSD quick news ‘n links (week 17)

Below some links to some FreeBSD resourses that you guys may be interested in, and other BSD related items I’ve come across. FreeBSD Chromium 10, Google’s blazingly fast internet browser, is now available in the FreeBSD Ports directory (www/chromium). New FreeBSD Installer test … Continue reading

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Google SoC 2011 FreeBSD Accepted Projects

Google has announced today that the following FreeBSD related projects have been accepted for the annual Google Summer of Code (2011). With 17 approved projects, FreeBSD is one of the Top 10 supported projects. Path-based file system MAC policy (Alan … Continue reading

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Upcoming FreeBSD Events: BSDCan, GSoC 2011

As most of you will be aware, BSDCan is one of the major annual BSD conferences, and Google sponsors development of the 5 big BSD’s each year in the Summer of Code. More info with regards to these events below. … Continue reading

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