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Feb
8th

FreeBSD News WordPress Template (free)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Recently I came across this free ‘FreeBSD-themed’ WordPress Template (WordPress is a web-based platform creating a websites or blogs): Features: 2 columns, black, red and white colours Pages in header RSS Feed button in footer free WordPres…


Feb
4th

Available: FreeBSD 8.2-RC3 and 7.4-RC3

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Ken Smith has announced the 3rd Release Candidate of FreeBSD 8.2 (production version) and FreeBSD 7.4 (legacy version). This release is slightly delayed (planned for 24 January) and there are still a few outstanding items on the todo lists (8.2, &#8230…


Feb
1st

McKusick tells of the BSD days as only he can

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Marshall McKusick is a great public speaker (some youtube videos) and recently he did again a great presentation at LCA 2011: “The drought of those who speak without depending on slides has ended at the 12th Australian national Linux conference….


Jan
27th

FreeBSD or Debian Linux? FreeBSD or Linux?

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

This is an often asked question in newsgroups and forums. The reason for this, is that there is no easy answer. If a straight forward answer could be given, it could have been found on Wikipedia. The fact is, that … Continue reading →


Jan
24th

Available: FreeBSD 7.4-RC2

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

The second Release Candidate build for the FreeBSD-7.4 release cycle is available from the FreeBSD website for testing. ISO images fcan be downloaded from most of the FreeBSD mirror sites. Check out the official announcement for further details about…


Jan
24th

What version of FreeBSD are you using (Poll)?

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Time for a Poll. If FreeBSD is running nicely on your server then there’s not always a need to update or upgrade to the latest versions. Some people are still running happily FreeBSD 4.x on their servers, whereas others like … Continue read…


Jan
24th

Popular Free *BSDs in Full Development

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

Three well-known BSD clones are in their latest developmental cycles and have recently released test versions. FreeBSD is closing in on version 7.4 with a RC2, GhostBSD just released their 2.0 …


Jan
17th

Miscelaneous (Free)BSD news and links (Week 2)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

I End of Life Announcement for PC-BSD 7.x With the release of version 8.2 just around the corner, and PC-BSD 9.0 slated for later this year, we will be stopping the production of new packages / PBIs for the PC-BSD 7.x … Continue reading →


Jan
17th

Available: FreeBSD 8.2-RC2

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Ken Smith has announced the availability of FreeBSD 8.2-RC2. This is the second iteration of Release Candidates which will lead to 8.2-RELEASE. Check out the updated release schedule and yet-to-completed tasks on the FreeBSD wiki. The second Release …


Jan
10th

(Free)BSD miscelaneous links and news (week 1)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

I. The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5 And FreeBSD 8.1 Here is the guide on installing Firebird 2.5 from FreeBSD 8.1 Ports and creating your first test database; also we show you how to install Flamerobin GUI (administration tool) and … Con…