The second and last release candidate of &os; 7.1 is now + available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now + available on most of the &os; + mirror sites.
+The &os; Foundation has published their Semi-Annual December 2008 newsletter + which summarizes what they have done to help the &os; + Project and community.
+The first release candidate of &os; 7.1 is now available. + ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on + most of the &os; + mirror sites.
+We are pleased to announce the availability of a + dedicated YouTube channel for technical lectures about + FreeBSD and other BSD operating systems. The channel is + available at www.youtube.com/bsdconferences.
+ +This channel allows us to post full hour long lectures + from FreeBSD conferences. The first four videos that + Julian Elisher recorded at MeetBSD have been + posted, and more are on the way.
+ +FreeBSD + 6.4-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check + the Release Notes + and Release + Errata + before installation for any late-breaking news and/or + issues with 6.4. More information about FreeBSD releases + can be found on the Release Information + page.
+Commit bit restored: Peter + Holm (src)
+The FreeBSD project is finally, after much work, pleased to + announce the availability of an official FreeBSD web based + discussion forum. It is our hope that this forum will serve + as a public support channel for FreeBSD users around the world + and as a complement to our fine mailing lists.
+ +You can register and start using our new service here: http://forums.FreeBSD.org.
+The July - September, 2008 Status Reports are now + available with 14 entries.
+New committer: + René Ladan (doc-nl)
+The second Release Candidate for &os; 6.4 is now available. + ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are available for + download on most of the &os; mirror sites. + &os; 6.4-RC2 should be the last of the public test builds + for the FreeBSD 6.4 release cycle, therefore we encourage + people to test and report any outstanding bugs as soon as + possible.
+New committer: Konrad Jankowski (src). + Konrad participated in Summer Of Code 2008. + He will begin his work in the i18n area, specifically in + bringing his SoC code (UTF-8 collation) to the coming releases.
+The second beta release of &os; 7.1 is now available. + ISO images for Tier-1 architectures can be found on most of the &os; mirror sites.
+The first release candidate of FreeBSD 6.4 is now available. + ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on + most of the + FreeBSD mirror sites.
+New committer: Lawrence + Stewart (src)
+We are happy to report that 19 students successfully + completed their FreeBSD Summer of + Code projects. Congratulations to both mentors and + students, and thanks to Google for running this + program and providing funding.
+New committer: Marko Zec + (src)
+PC-BSD 7 has just been released. PC-BSD is a + successful desktop operating system based on FreeBSD that + focuses on providing an easy to use desktop system for + casual computer users. The release may be downloaded or purchased on DVD.
+New committer: Robert Noland + (src)
+The final stage of the &os;-6.4 and &os;-7.1 Release cycle + has begun with the first beta releases. The ISO images for + Tier-1 architectures are now available + for download on most of the &os; mirror sites. + We encourage people to test and report any outstanding bugs. + Please find more information about these releases on the Release Engineering Information + page.
+New committer: Josh Paetzel + (ports)
+New committer: Max Brazhnikov + (ports)
+Enhanced commit privileges: Stanislav Sedov + (src, ports)
+Enhanced commit privileges: Edward Tomasz Napierala + (src, ports) SoC2008 alumnus.
+The April - June, 2008 Status Reports are now + available with 14 entries.
+Enhanced commit privileges: Gábor Páli + (full doc/www)
+The &os; Foundation is seeking the submission of proposals + for work relating to any of the major &os; subsystems or + infrastructure. A budget of $80,000 was allocated for 2008 + to fund multiple development projects. Proposals will be + evaluated based on desirability, technical merit and + cost-effectiveness.
+ +To find out more about the proposal process please read the call. +
+New committer: Robert Noland + (ports)
+New committer: Yvan Vanhullebus + (src)
+The &os; Foundation has published their Semi-Annual July 2008 newsletter + which summarizes what they have done to help the &os; + Project and community.
+The &os; Project is pleased to announce the conclusion + of our fourth consecutive democratic election of project + leadership. The &os; Core Team constitutes the + project's "Board of Directors" and is responsible for + vetting new src committers, arbitrating technical + disagreements, weighing in on policy and administrative + issues, and appointing sub-committees for handling + specific duties (security officer, release engineers, port + managers, webmasters, etc..). The core team has been + democratically elected every 2 years by active &os; + committers since 2000.
+ +Peter Wemm is rejoining the team after a 2 year hiatus, + and Kris Kennaway is joining the team for the first time. + The remaining 7 slots were filled with incumbents Wilko + Bulte, Brooks Davis, Giorgos Keramidas, George + V. Neville-Neil, Hiroki Sato, Murray Stokely, and Robert + Watson.
+ +The new core team would like to especially thank outgoing + members Wes Peters and Warner Losh for their many years of + service to &os;, our electioneer Dr. Josef Karthauser + for running another election for us, and our returning + core secretary Philip Paeps.
+New committer: Philip M. Gollucci + (ports)
+New committer: Greg Larkin + (ports)
+A press + release announcing the launch of iXsystems' Professional + Services Division which will provide Professional Enterprise + Grade support, consulting, and development for &os; and PC-BSD.
+New committer: Stacey + Son (src)
+New committer: Nathan + Whitehorn (src)
+New committer: Erik + Cederstrand (projects)
+A + press + release describing FreeBSD technologies used by Mozilla + Firefox.
+New committer: Dmitry Marakasov + (ports)
+New committer: Ermal + Luçi (src)
+Ivan Voras is now + a src/ committer. He participated in the Google Summer of + Code program in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
+ +The FreeBSD Project has begun the switch of its source code + management system from CVS to Subversion. At this + point in time, FreeBSD's developers are making changes to the + base system in the Subversion repository. We have a replication + system in place that exports our work to the legacy CVS tree on + a continuous basis.
+ +People who are using our extensive CVS based distribution + network (including anoncvs, CVSup, cvsweb, ftp) will not be + interrupted by our work-in-progress. We are committed to + maintaining the existing CVS based distribution system for + at least the support lifetime of all existing "stable" + branches. Security and errata patches will continue to be made + available in their usual CVS locations.
+ +We expect to make our Subversion based source tree and other + supporting infrastructure public soon. There will be new + mailing lists to subscribe to if you wish to receive Subversion + commit notifications.
+ +Our ports, doc and www trees are not affected at this time. A + separate decision will be made regarding those CVS repositories + soon.
+ +Many people have contributed to the effort, but we wish + to thank Michael Haggerty and the cvs2svn project developers + for their assistance with cvs2svn. Peter Wemm spent several weeks + of Yahoo!'s time repairing + the CVS tree, preparing for and performing the conversion, and + the configuration of the Subversion infrastructure. Yahoo! + donated the server hardware.
+New committer: Manolis + Kiagias (doc/www)
+New committer: Ed + Schouten (src)
+The January - March, 2008 Status Reports are now + available with 13 entries.
+The FreeBSD Project received over 100 applications for Google's + Summer of Code program, amongst which 21 were selected + for funding. Unfortunately, there were far more first rate + applications than available spots for students. However, + we encourage students to work together with us all year + round. The FreeBSD Project is always willing to help + mentor students learn more about operating system + development through our normal community mailing lists and + development forums. Contributing to an open source + software project is a valuable component of a computer + science education and great preparation for a career in + software development.
+ +A complete list of the winning students and projects is + available here. + A Summer of + Code wiki has been created and additional information + about the projects will be added there soon.
+New committer: Gábor + Páli (Hungarian doc/www)
+The deadline for student applications to participate in + the Google Summer of + Code has been extended by one week. The new deadline + is Monday, April 7, 2008. If you haven't already, please + visit our FreeBSD + Summer of Code page and look at the example project + ideas we've listed there, or propose your own. There are + many new ideas listed since the first announcements went + out.
+The student application period for the Google Summer of + Code 2008 program has begun. Please peruse our list + of FreeBSD specific projects and + potential mentors and prepare your application before + the March 31 deadline. Earlier applications are + encouraged as this provides an opportunity for potential + mentors to work on improving the applications with + students before the deadline.
+The FreeBSD Project will soon be accepting applications for + the Google Summer + of Code 2008 program. This program will provide + funding for students to spend the summer contributing to + open source software projects. A list of FreeBSD specific + projects and potential mentors is available here.
+ +Once a suitable project and mentor have been identified, + interested students should complete a proposal and submit + it to Google. The application period begins on March 24, + 2008 and the final deadline is April 1, 2008 0:00 UTC. + Please see the Google + FAQ for more information.
+Roman Divacky + is now a src/ committer. He participated in the Summer of + Code program in 2006 and 2007, where he worked on Linux + 2.6 compatibility.
+ +New committer: Felippe M. Motta + (ports)
+New committer: Philippe Audeoud + (ports)
+FreeBSD + 7.0-RELEASE is now available. The + release errata + will be updated with late-breaking news and/or + issues with 7.0, and should be consulted before + installation. For more information about FreeBSD releases, + see the Release Information + page.
+pfSense 1.2 released.
+New committer: Ganbold Tsagaankhuu + (doc/www)
+New committer: Pietro Cerutti + (ports)
+The October-December, 2007 Status Reports are now + available with 25 entries.
+New committer: Oliver Fromme + (src)
+The second release candidate of FreeBSD 7.0 is now available. + ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the + + FreeBSD mirror sites.
+New committer: Antoine Brodin + (src)
+New committer: Oleksandr Tymoshenko + (src)
+FreeBSD + 6.3-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check + the release errata + before installation for any late-breaking news and/or + issues with 6.3. More information about FreeBSD releases + can be found on the Release Information + page.
+Six new RSS 2.0 feeds have been made available on the + FreeBSD website. It is now possible to subscribe to RSS + 2.0 feeds for : FreeBSD Project + News, FreeBSD + In the Media, Upcoming + FreeBSD Events, FreeBSD + Security Advisories, FreeBSD Java + Updates, and FreeBSD GNOME + Updates. There is also an RSS 0.91 feed available for + FreeBSD KDE + Updates.
+ +The new feeds all validate properly and have been tested + with popular feed reading software. Please mail freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org + if you have any problems with the new feeds.
+ +DesktopBSD 1.6 is released.
+New committer: Wesley Shields + (ports)
+A review of PC-BSD 7.
+FreeBSD based FreeNAS is recommended for turning an old PC + into a storage appliance.
+A recent census shows interesting data about FreeBSD use.
+A review of the book "Building a Server with FreeBSD 7" by Bryan J. + Hong.
+A review of the book "The Best of FreeBSD Basics".
+An article that highlights the ease with which a FreeBSD + system can be kept upto-date with respect to vulnerabilities.
+A short introduction to building kernel modules on FreeBSD 7.
+A review of FreeBSD 7.0 Beta 3.
+A brief look at FreeBSD 7.0.
+An interview with several FreeBSD developers about features in + FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE.
+Version 1.6 of DesktopBSD has been released. DesktopBSD is a + desktop operating system based on FreeBSD.
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- The second and last release candidate of &os; 7.1 is now
- available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now
- available on most of the &os;
- mirror sites. The &os; Foundation has published their Semi-Annual December 2008 newsletter
- which summarizes what they have done to help the &os;
- Project and community. The first release candidate of &os; 7.1 is now available.
- ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on
- most of the &os;
- mirror sites. We are pleased to announce the availability of a
- dedicated YouTube channel for technical lectures about
- FreeBSD and other BSD operating systems. The channel is
- available at www.youtube.com/bsdconferences. This channel allows us to post full hour long lectures
- from FreeBSD conferences. The first four videos that
- Julian Elisher recorded at MeetBSD have been
- posted, and more are on the way. FreeBSD
- 6.4-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check
- the Release Notes
- and Release
- Errata
- before installation for any late-breaking news and/or
- issues with 6.4. More information about FreeBSD releases
- can be found on the Release Information
- page. Commit bit restored: Peter
- Holm (src) The FreeBSD project is finally, after much work, pleased to
- announce the availability of an official FreeBSD web based
- discussion forum. It is our hope that this forum will serve
- as a public support channel for FreeBSD users around the world
- and as a complement to our fine mailing lists. You can register and start using our new service here: http://forums.FreeBSD.org. The July - September, 2008 Status Reports are now
- available with 14 entries. New committer:
- René Ladan (doc-nl) The second Release Candidate for &os; 6.4 is now available.
- ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are available for
- download on most of the &os; mirror sites.
- &os; 6.4-RC2 should be the last of the public test builds
- for the FreeBSD 6.4 release cycle, therefore we encourage
- people to test and report any outstanding bugs as soon as
- possible. New committer: Konrad Jankowski (src).
- Konrad participated in Summer Of Code 2008.
- He will begin his work in the i18n area, specifically in
- bringing his SoC code (UTF-8 collation) to the coming releases. The second beta release of &os; 7.1 is now available.
- ISO images for Tier-1 architectures can be found on most of the &os; mirror sites. The first release candidate of FreeBSD 6.4 is now available.
- ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on
- most of the
- FreeBSD mirror sites. New committer: Lawrence
- Stewart (src) We are happy to report that 19 students successfully
- completed their FreeBSD Summer of
- Code projects. Congratulations to both mentors and
- students, and thanks to Google for running this
- program and providing funding. New committer: Marko Zec
- (src) PC-BSD 7 has just been released. PC-BSD is a
- successful desktop operating system based on FreeBSD that
- focuses on providing an easy to use desktop system for
- casual computer users. The release may be downloaded or purchased on DVD. New committer: Robert Noland
- (src) The final stage of the &os;-6.4 and &os;-7.1 Release cycle
- has begun with the first beta releases. The ISO images for
- Tier-1 architectures are now available
- for download on most of the &os; mirror sites.
- We encourage people to test and report any outstanding bugs.
- Please find more information about these releases on the Release Engineering Information
- page. New committer: Josh Paetzel
- (ports) New committer: Max Brazhnikov
- (ports) Enhanced commit privileges: Stanislav Sedov
- (src, ports) Enhanced commit privileges: Edward Tomasz Napierala
- (src, ports) SoC2008 alumnus. The April - June, 2008 Status Reports are now
- available with 14 entries. Enhanced commit privileges: Gábor Páli
- (full doc/www) The &os; Foundation is seeking the submission of proposals
- for work relating to any of the major &os; subsystems or
- infrastructure. A budget of $80,000 was allocated for 2008
- to fund multiple development projects. Proposals will be
- evaluated based on desirability, technical merit and
- cost-effectiveness. To find out more about the proposal process please read the call.
- New committer: Robert Noland
- (ports) New committer: Yvan Vanhullebus
- (src) The &os; Foundation has published their Semi-Annual July 2008 newsletter
- which summarizes what they have done to help the &os;
- Project and community. The &os; Project is pleased to announce the conclusion
- of our fourth consecutive democratic election of project
- leadership. The &os; Core Team constitutes the
- project's "Board of Directors" and is responsible for
- vetting new src committers, arbitrating technical
- disagreements, weighing in on policy and administrative
- issues, and appointing sub-committees for handling
- specific duties (security officer, release engineers, port
- managers, webmasters, etc..). The core team has been
- democratically elected every 2 years by active &os;
- committers since 2000. Peter Wemm is rejoining the team after a 2 year hiatus,
- and Kris Kennaway is joining the team for the first time.
- The remaining 7 slots were filled with incumbents Wilko
- Bulte, Brooks Davis, Giorgos Keramidas, George
- V. Neville-Neil, Hiroki Sato, Murray Stokely, and Robert
- Watson. The new core team would like to especially thank outgoing
- members Wes Peters and Warner Losh for their many years of
- service to &os;, our electioneer Dr. Josef Karthauser
- for running another election for us, and our returning
- core secretary Philip Paeps. New committer: Philip M. Gollucci
- (ports) New committer: Greg Larkin
- (ports) A press
- release announcing the launch of iXsystems' Professional
- Services Division which will provide Professional Enterprise
- Grade support, consulting, and development for &os; and PC-BSD. New committer: Stacey
- Son (src) New committer: Nathan
- Whitehorn (src) New committer: Erik
- Cederstrand (projects) A
- press
- release describing FreeBSD technologies used by Mozilla
- Firefox. New committer: Dmitry Marakasov
- (ports) New committer: Ermal
- Luçi (src) Ivan Voras is now
- a src/ committer. He participated in the Google Summer of
- Code program in 2005, 2006, and 2007. The FreeBSD Project has begun the switch of its source code
- management system from CVS to Subversion. At this
- point in time, FreeBSD's developers are making changes to the
- base system in the Subversion repository. We have a replication
- system in place that exports our work to the legacy CVS tree on
- a continuous basis. People who are using our extensive CVS based distribution
- network (including anoncvs, CVSup, cvsweb, ftp) will not be
- interrupted by our work-in-progress. We are committed to
- maintaining the existing CVS based distribution system for
- at least the support lifetime of all existing "stable"
- branches. Security and errata patches will continue to be made
- available in their usual CVS locations. We expect to make our Subversion based source tree and other
- supporting infrastructure public soon. There will be new
- mailing lists to subscribe to if you wish to receive Subversion
- commit notifications. Our ports, doc and www trees are not affected at this time. A
- separate decision will be made regarding those CVS repositories
- soon. Many people have contributed to the effort, but we wish
- to thank Michael Haggerty and the cvs2svn project developers
- for their assistance with cvs2svn. Peter Wemm spent several weeks
- of Yahoo!'s time repairing
- the CVS tree, preparing for and performing the conversion, and
- the configuration of the Subversion infrastructure. Yahoo!
- donated the server hardware. New committer: Manolis
- Kiagias (doc/www) New committer: Ed
- Schouten (src) The January - March, 2008 Status Reports are now
- available with 13 entries. The FreeBSD Project received over 100 applications for Google's
- Summer of Code program, amongst which 21 were selected
- for funding. Unfortunately, there were far more first rate
- applications than available spots for students. However,
- we encourage students to work together with us all year
- round. The FreeBSD Project is always willing to help
- mentor students learn more about operating system
- development through our normal community mailing lists and
- development forums. Contributing to an open source
- software project is a valuable component of a computer
- science education and great preparation for a career in
- software development. A complete list of the winning students and projects is
- available here.
- A Summer of
- Code wiki has been created and additional information
- about the projects will be added there soon. New committer: Gábor
- Páli (Hungarian doc/www) The deadline for student applications to participate in
- the Google Summer of
- Code has been extended by one week. The new deadline
- is Monday, April 7, 2008. If you haven't already, please
- visit our FreeBSD
- Summer of Code page and look at the example project
- ideas we've listed there, or propose your own. There are
- many new ideas listed since the first announcements went
- out. The student application period for the Google Summer of
- Code 2008 program has begun. Please peruse our list
- of FreeBSD specific projects and
- potential mentors and prepare your application before
- the March 31 deadline. Earlier applications are
- encouraged as this provides an opportunity for potential
- mentors to work on improving the applications with
- students before the deadline. The FreeBSD Project will soon be accepting applications for
- the Google Summer
- of Code 2008 program. This program will provide
- funding for students to spend the summer contributing to
- open source software projects. A list of FreeBSD specific
- projects and potential mentors is available here. Once a suitable project and mentor have been identified,
- interested students should complete a proposal and submit
- it to Google. The application period begins on March 24,
- 2008 and the final deadline is April 1, 2008 0:00 UTC.
- Please see the Google
- FAQ for more information. Roman Divacky
- is now a src/ committer. He participated in the Summer of
- Code program in 2006 and 2007, where he worked on Linux
- 2.6 compatibility. New committer: Felippe M. Motta
- (ports) New committer: Philippe Audeoud
- (ports) FreeBSD
- 7.0-RELEASE is now available. The
- release errata
- will be updated with late-breaking news and/or
- issues with 7.0, and should be consulted before
- installation. For more information about FreeBSD releases,
- see the Release Information
- page. pfSense 1.2 released. New committer: Ganbold Tsagaankhuu
- (doc/www) New committer: Pietro Cerutti
- (ports) The October-December, 2007 Status Reports are now
- available with 25 entries. New committer: Oliver Fromme
- (src) The second release candidate of FreeBSD 7.0 is now available.
- ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the
-
- FreeBSD mirror sites. New committer: Antoine Brodin
- (src) New committer: Oleksandr Tymoshenko
- (src) FreeBSD
- 6.3-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check
- the release errata
- before installation for any late-breaking news and/or
- issues with 6.3. More information about FreeBSD releases
- can be found on the Release Information
- page. Six new RSS 2.0 feeds have been made available on the
- FreeBSD website. It is now possible to subscribe to RSS
- 2.0 feeds for : FreeBSD Project
- News, FreeBSD
- In the Media, Upcoming
- FreeBSD Events, FreeBSD
- Security Advisories, FreeBSD Java
- Updates, and FreeBSD GNOME
- Updates. There is also an RSS 0.91 feed available for
- FreeBSD KDE
- Updates. The new feeds all validate properly and have been tested
- with popular feed reading software. Please mail freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org
- if you have any problems with the new feeds. DesktopBSD 1.6 is released. New committer: Wesley Shields
- (ports) A review of PC-BSD 7. FreeBSD based FreeNAS is recommended for turning an old PC
- into a storage appliance. A recent census shows interesting data about FreeBSD use. A review of the book "Building a Server with FreeBSD 7" by Bryan J.
- Hong. A review of the book "The Best of FreeBSD Basics". An article that highlights the ease with which a FreeBSD
- system can be kept upto-date with respect to vulnerabilities. A short introduction to building kernel modules on FreeBSD 7. A review of FreeBSD 7.0 Beta 3. A brief look at FreeBSD 7.0. An interview with several FreeBSD developers about features in
- FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. Version 1.6 of DesktopBSD has been released. DesktopBSD is a
- desktop operating system based on FreeBSD.