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Aug
31st

Update on FreeBSD Jail Based Virtualization Project

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Bjoern Zeeb has provided a summary regarding the completion of the funded portion of the FreeBSD Jail Based Virtualization Project: “I am happy to report that the funded parts of the FreeBSD Jail Based Virtualization project are completed. Some o…


Aug
11th

FreeBSD Foundation turns to NYI.net for East Coast US Mirror

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

The following is a press release issued by the FreeBSD Foundation and New York Internet; Bill Lessard from nyi.net forwarded this to me.
If you have any FreeBSD related products or services you want to generate interest in, why not contact me too?
Free…


Aug
9th

FreeBSD events and conferences (KyivBSD, MeetBSD, EuroBSD)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Here is some info and details of upcoming FreeBSD related conferences and events.
KyivBSD 2010 Conference
On 25 Septempter the annual KyivBSD Conference will be held in Kiev, Ukraine. It’s mainly aimed at FreeBSD and PC-BSD users and developers.


Aug
3rd

FreeBSD foundation newsletter – July 2010

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

The FreeBSD Foundation has published their semi-anual newsletter with updates on projects receiving support and funding, their donation goal for 2010 and how FreeBSD and commercial vendors can co-operate.

Letter From the President
Fundraising Update
F…


Jul
31st

Projects funded by the FreeBSD Foundation

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

The FreeBSD Foundation funds various projects each year and there are several interesting projects in progress:

DAHDI (formerly known as Zaptel) FreeBSD driver port–this project will make it possible to use FreeBSD as a base system for software…


Jul
19th

FreeBSD DAHDI driver project announcement

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

The FreeBSD Foundation has announced it will sponsor Max Khon to finish the DAHDI FreeBSD driver port.
DAHDI (Digium/Asterisk Hardware Device Interface) is the open source device interface technology used to control Digium and other legacy telephony i…


Jul
8th

FreeBSD Foundation funded projects (Jail, DTrace)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

One of the ways the FreeBSD Foundation supports FreeBSD, is by funding FreeBSD development (e.g. the Jail based virtualisation project). The Foundation has agreed to fund two more projects:

Jail Resource Containers Project (announcement)
Dtrace Userl…


Jun
28th

FreeBSD quick news and links (28/06/2010)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

PC-BSD Installer
The new PC-BSD installer (available as GUI and text installer), which is also able to install plain FreeBSD, has now been committed to the FreeBSD source tree. This video goes into the details of the installer.
Kris Moore: PC-SYSINSTA…


Jun
21st

FreeBSD Foundation sponsors BSNMP enhancements

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

The FreeBSD Foundation has announced that Shteryana Shopova has been awarded a grant to make improvements to Bsnmp (snmp category).
This project includes several enhancements to the existing FreeBSD SNMP framework, including SNMPv3-compliant user authe…


Jun
14th

FreeBSD Foundation announces jail based virtualization project

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

The FreeBSD Foundation has selected another project for funding: FreeBSD Jail based virtualisation project, to be undertaken by Bjoern A. Zeeb:
“We are pleased to announce that Bjoern A. Zeeb has been awarded a grant to improve FreeBSD’s j…