FreeBSD News

FreeBSD : News : FreeBSD 6.0 to target wireless devices
Posted: ( Fri 19th Aug 2005 04:03:51[PM] UTC )
FreeBSD is hoping to move beyond the server and desktop market by tackling wireless devices.

FreeBSD : News : FreeBSD 5.0 Developer Preview #2
Posted: ( Tue 17th Dec 2002 07:31:11[AM] UTC )
The FreeBSD Project is proud to announce the availability of the second Developer Preview snapshot of FreeBSD 5.0 (5.0-DP2). This snapshot, intended for widespread testing purposes, is the latest milestone towards the eventual release of FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE, currently scheduled for mid-December 2002.

FreeBSD : News : FreeBSD Versus Linux Revisited
Posted: ( Thu 15th Nov 2001 02:07:10[AM] UTC )
Many people say FreeBSD has a very good virtual memory manager. Now, with the new VM engine in Linux as of 2.4.10, things might look different, so I prepared a new test environment for the benchmark.

FreeBSD : News : FreeBSD's Jordan Hubbard to work for Apple
Posted: ( Mon 25th Jun 2001 10:42:26[PM] UTC )
For the past seven years, Hubbard has worked as a FreeBSD CD's product manager and FreeBSD evangelist for Walnut Creek CDROM, BSDi and WindRiver Systems. Part of Hubbard's new job will be helping Apple strengthen its relationships with other open source projects.

FreeBSD : News : Official site for FreeBSD/*BSD in India
Posted: ( Sat 24th Feb 2001 12:09:09[AM] UTC )
"We are pleased to announce the launch of FreeBSD.org.in - The official site for FreeBSD/*BSD in India. The site has news, articles, downloads and links. We request the FreeBSD/*BSD community in India and around the world to contribute to make this site a success and help us promote FreeBSD/*BSD."

FreeBSD : News : FreeBSD 4.2 now available
Posted: ( Wed 29th Nov 2000 06:21:03[PM] UTC )
Following the release of FreeBSD 4.1.1 in September, 2000, many bugs were fixed, important security issues dealt with, and a conservative number of new features added.

FreeBSD : News : New FreeBSD core team elected
Posted: ( Fri 13th Oct 2000 03:04:56[AM] UTC )
FreeBSD has a new core team which was elected by active FreeBSD committers. According to the FreeBSD Handbook, the core team "constitutes the project's 'Board of Directors', responsible for deciding the project's overall goals and direction as well as managing specific areas of the FreeBSD project landscape."

FreeBSD : News : FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE is now available
Posted: ( Thu 28th Sep 2000 07:51:12[PM] UTC )
The 4.1.1-RELEASE has been enhanced with cryptographic code and other new features like IDE ATA100 support, drivers for additional Gigabit ethernet cards and hardware watchpoints in gdb.

FreeBSD : News : The little deamon's got me!!
Posted: ( Wed 12th Jul 2000 02:06:06[AM] UTC )
Can a previously devout Penguinista find true happiness in the guise of a little red daemon??

FreeBSD : News : Power to the people, from the code
Posted: ( Wed 24th May 2000 04:27:44[PM] UTC )
How Berkeley hackers built the Net's most fabled free operating system on the ashes of the '60s -- and then lost the lead to Linux.

FreeBSD : News : Serving the World
Posted: ( Mon 22nd May 2000 07:08:54[PM] UTC )
With the recent hype surrounding open source software, an important project has gone unnoticed in the media. This project, FreeBSD, aims to create a rock-solid UNIX clone based on the 4BSD work from the University of California at Berkeley.

FreeBSD : News : Interview with Jordan Hubbard of FreeBSD, Inc.
Posted: ( Thu 18th May 2000 02:27:21[PM] UTC )
For Jordan Hubbard, President and CEO of FreeBSD Inc., the non-profit company behind the Open Source FreeBSD operating system, the only problem with having a David vs. Goliath mystique is that the Goliath in the FreeBSD storyline is another Open Source operating system: Linux.

FreeBSD : News : Fresh Ports
Posted: ( Thu 11th May 2000 05:33:47[AM] UTC )
Freshports lists the change made to the FreeBSD ports tree. If you wish, freshports can email you when your favourite port has been updated.

FreeBSD : News : BSDCon 2000 Announcement
Posted: ( Tue 9th May 2000 02:03:20[PM] UTC )
Cdrom.com is pleased to announce BSDCon 2000, the second annual BSD Conference and Expo! If you are a BSD user, this is the event you don't want to miss. There will be BSD-related tutorials, talks, demos, discussions, and exhibitor booths.

FreeBSD : News : There's no BS in BSD
Posted: ( Wed 12th Apr 2000 10:19:19[PM] UTC )
The merger of Walnut Creek with BSDI offers the possibility of a BSD-based packaging and services company capable of operating on a par with mainstream Linux distribution vendors. If the new BSDi gets its way, the friendly rivalry between Linux and BSD is about to heat up.