The FreeBSD Foundation was a Platinum Sponsor of AsiaBSDCon which was held in Tokyo, Japan from March 22-25. Hiroki Sato, the General Chair of the conference, provided the following status report.AsiaBSDCon 2012, the 7th BSD conference in Asia, was held on March 22-25, 2012, in Tokyo, Japan. This conference consists of 4 days: a 2-day t [...]
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Report from AsiaBSDCon
The FreeBSD Foundation was a Platinum Sponsor of AsiaBSDCon which was held in Tokyo, Japan from March 22-25. Hiroki Sato, the General Chair of the conference, provided the following status report.AsiaBSDCon 2012, the 7th BSD conference in Asia, was held on March 22-25, 2012, in Tokyo, Japan. This conference consists of 4 days: a 2-day t [...]
Foundation at ILF
The Foundation will be accepting donations at the FreeBSD booth at Indiana LinuxFest in Indianapolis, IN on Saturday, April 14th. This conference is free to attend, so if you are in the area drop by the booth to say hi, check out the cool swag, and discuss the Foundation\'s latest projects.
Foundation at ILF
The Foundation will be accepting donations at the FreeBSD booth at Indiana LinuxFest in Indianapolis, IN on Saturday, April 14th. This conference is free to attend, so if you are in the area drop by the booth to say hi, check out the cool swag, and discuss the Foundation\'s latest projects.
Accepting Project Proposals
The FreeBSD Foundation is soliciting the submission of proposals for work relating to any of the major subsystems or infrastructure within the FreeBSD operating system. Proposals will be evaluated based on desirability, technical merit, and cost-effectiveness. Details regarding the proposal process are contained in the Proposals Call for Subm [...]
Accepting Project Proposals
The FreeBSD Foundation is soliciting the submission of proposals for work relating to any of the major subsystems or infrastructure within the FreeBSD operating system. Proposals will be evaluated based on desirability, technical merit, and cost-effectiveness. Details regarding the proposal process are contained in the Proposals Call for [...]
Why Juniper Gives Back to the FreeBSD...
Michael Bushong, Senior Director of Product Management for Junos Software at Juniper Networks, wrote today on Giving Back to the FreeBSD Community. With his permission, his text is repeated here:I have worked at Juniper in various capacities for the past 11 years. I started off as an engineering trainer, teaching our engineers how to d [...]
Accepting Travel Grant Applications f...
Calling all FreeBSD developers needing assistance with travel expenses for BSDCan 2012.The FreeBSD Foundation will be providing a limited number of travel grants to individuals requesting assistance. Please fill out and submit the Travel Grant Request Application by April 6, 2012 to apply for this grant.This program is open to FreeBSD develop [...]
2012 Budget
The Foundation\'s 2012 budget has been published and is available as a PDF download. The total budget is $595,350, more than double the 2011 budget. Highlights include:$125,850 allocated for FreeBSD infrastructure equipment$60,000 allocated for conference sponsorships and travel grants$200,000 allocated for funded projectsMuch of the work tha [...]
Foundation at NELF
NorthEast Linux Fest will be held in Worcester, MA on March 17. Registration is free for this event and there will be a FreeBSD booth. If you\'re in the area, drop by the booth to say hi, check out the Foundation swag, discuss funded projects, or make a donation to the Foundation.
Testimonial: Experts Exchange
Andrew Alsup, Site Director of Experts Exchange recently provided the following testimonial:Experts Exchange is a technology help site. We\'ve developed a patented Q&A system that makes finding solutions easier. People ask questions and experts from around the world provide reliable answers.Since 2009, Experts Exchange has used FreeBSD as [...]
New Funded Project: Grow Mounted File...
The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that Edward Tomasz Napierala has been awarded a grant to implement the ability to grow filesystems while they are mounted.\"Users of FreeBSD in a virtualized environment will be pleased with the increased ease of deployment afforded by the ability to grow mounted filesystems,\" said Ed Maste, Dire [...]
George Neville-Neil Joins Board of Di...
The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of George Neville-Neil to its board of directors.George has been dabbling in the BSD world since his undergraduate days in the mid-1980s. He was granted his commit bit in 2004, and has served two terms on the FreeBSD Core team between 2006 and 2010.In 2011, he started organizing the [...]
Trip Report: FOSDEM 2012
The Foundation recently sponsored travel expenses for Brooks Davis to attend FOSDEM 2012. Brooks provided the following trip report:I arrived in Brussels the afternoon of Thursday the 2nd. After checking in to my hotel I headed into the city center and met up with a group of FreeBSD and Étoilé developers for dinner. On Friday I to [...]
New Project: NAND Flash Support
The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that Semihalf, an embedded solutions company, has been awarded a grant to bring their comprehensive NAND Flash file system and storage stack to FreeBSD. This technology enables FreeBSD to natively manage NAND Flash devices, satisfying a crucial requirement for many applications needing access to f [...]
Foundation Flyers at Open Source Days
This year\'s Open Source Days will take place at Copenhagen Business School (in Denmark) on March 10 and 11. Sven Esbjerg will be bringing a supply of Foundation flyers to give away--you can find him at the BSD booth in the \"hallway track\". Erwin Lansing from the Foundation will also be available to answer questions regarding funded project [...]
FreeBSD Foundation one of 12 Initial ...
Earlier this year, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) switched from a Board-only organization focused largely on licensing to a member-led organization of affiliates. The OSI Board invited the FreeBSD Foundation to its initial set of Affiliates and Justin Gibbs and Dru Lavigne from the FreeBSD Foundation have agreed to act as delegates.Simon [...]
Foundation at FOSDEM
Erwin Lansing from the Foundation will be at FOSDEM, in Brussels, Belgium (February 4-5). He\'ll have some cool swag and can accept donations to the Foundation. You can find him hanging out at the FreeBSD booth in the expo area on Saturday and in the BSD Devroom on Sunday.
Interview with Deb Goodkin
Episode 211 of bsdtalk has an interview with Deb Goodkin, Director of Operations for the FreeBSD Foundation. The interview is available as an mp3 or as an ogg.
Quarterly Status Report
The FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report is available. The Foundation has the following section in the report:The most exciting news to report is that we raised $426,000 through our fundraising efforts. We were overwhelmed by the generosity of the FreeBSD community. We would like to thank everyone who made a contribution to FreeBS [...]
FreeBSD 9.0 Press Release
The Foundation has written a press release for the release of FreeBSD 9.0. From PRWeb: Release of FreeBSD 9.0 Delivers More Power to ServeToday, the FreeBSD Foundation announced the recent release of FreeBSD 9.0. FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE raises the bar for open source operating systems in terms of file system reliability, IPv6-readiness, networkin [...]
