Posts in category Dru Lavigne – A Year in the Life of a BSD Guru
EuroBSDCon 2010
I\'ll be heading to the airport later this afternoon, enroute to Karlsruhe for this year\'s EuroBSDCon. Here are my activities for the conference:
EuroBSDCon 2010
I\'ll be heading to the airport later this afternoon, enroute to Karlsruhe for this year\'s EuroBSDCon. Here are my activities for the conference:
Installing BigBlueButton on FreeBSD/P...
BigBlueButton is an open source VoIP web conferencing system. Once BBB is installed on one system, anyone with a flash-capable web browser can participate in a conference. Here are the instructions for setting up BBB on a FreeBSD or PC-BSD 8.1 system. I haven\'t tested desk sharing yet and will post a separate entry once I have.
Installing BigBlueButton on FreeBSD/P...
BigBlueButton is an open source VoIP web conferencing system. Once BBB is installed on one system, anyone with a flash-capable web browser can participate in a conference. Here are the instructions for setting up BBB on a FreeBSD or PC-BSD 8.1 system. I haven\'t tested desk sharing yet and will post a separate entry once I have.
Registration Open for NYCBSDCon
The opening of registration has just been announced for NYCBSDCon, to be held in NYC November 12-14. From the announcement:
Registration Open for NYCBSDCon
The opening of registration has just been announced for NYCBSDCon, to be held in NYC November 12-14. From the announcement:
Looking for Desktop Environment / Win...
From the PC-BSD blog:
Looking for Desktop Environment / Win...
From the PC-BSD blog:
Revamp of FreeNAS
Late last year, the developer of FreeNAS, a FreeBSD based NAS system, decided to move onto CoreNAS, a Debian based NAS system. Developers at iXsystems didn\'t want to see FreeNAS go by the wayside and have been hard at work on the next FreeNAS version which incorporates a new core design that will allow for modularity.
Revamp of FreeNAS
Late last year, the developer of FreeNAS, a FreeBSD based NAS system, decided to move onto CoreNAS, a Debian based NAS system. Developers at iXsystems didn\'t want to see FreeNAS go by the wayside and have been hard at work on the next FreeNAS version which incorporates a new core design that will allow for modularity.
Presentation for Ohio LinuxFest
My presentation \"PC-BSD: An Easy to Use BSD Desktop\" for next week\'s OLF is available on slideshare. If you\'re in the Columbus, OH area, drop by the BSD booth to pick up a free DVD of PC-BSD 8.1 and chat about all things BSD. Also, consider supporting BSD Certification by taking the BSDA exam at this event.
BSD Professional Certification Requir...
If I\'ve been quiet lately it\'s because I was burning the midnight oil participating in the final technical and grammatical review for the BSD Professional Certification Requirements document. The document was published late Tuesday night and is a thing of beauty. From the announcement:
FreeBSD Foundation Turns to NYI for E...
From this morning\'s joint press release:
Deployment Adds Enterprise-Grade Redundancy for Improved Reliability, Reduced Latency, High-Speed Backups and Other Efficiencies
BOULDER, CO, August 10, 2010 — The FreeBSD Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the FreeBSD Project and community, today announced that [...]
Busy Conference Season
The fall conference season is starting to gear up. I\'ll be presenting at the following conferences as well as proctoring BSDA exams and assisting at the *BSD booth. If you\'re attending any of these and would like to help out at the booth, let me know.
Accepting Travel Grant Applications f...
The FreeBSD Foundation is now accepting travel grants for EuroBSDCon to be held in Karlsruhe, Germany from October 8-10. From the announcement:
Registration Open for MeetBSD Califor...
Registration has opened for MeetBSD California, to be held in Mountain View on November 5-6. From the announcement:
Russian Version of BSD Mag
BSD Mag will be launching a Russian version in September. They are looking for authors, betatesters and proofreaders with Russian as a native language. If you\'re interested in helping out, contact the BSD Mag Editor.
August BSD Mag
The August issue of BSD Mag is available for free download. From the table of contents:
Official PC-BSD Blog
The official PC-BSD blog was launched today (it\'s also my first day of working full-time with the PC-BSD community). From the welcome entry:
FreeBSD Foundation Newsletter
The FreeBSD Foundation\'s semi-annual Newsletter is now available. There\'s a lot of information in this edition, including:
