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Foundation at SouthEast LinuxFest
There will be a BSD booth in the Expo area at SouthEast LinuxFest this Saturday, June 9 in Charlotte, NC. This event is free to attend so if you are in the area drop by to say hi, discuss the Foundation\'s funded projects, check out the cool swag, or make a donation to the Foundation.
BSDCan Trip Report: Warren Block
The next trip report is from Warren Block:I arrived Tuesday night and met Glen Barber and Benedict Reuschling, my FreeBSD mentors, for the first time in person. Many well-known FreeBSD Big Names were there already.On Wednesday morning, the FreeBSD developer summit began. We split into working groups, and I attended the documentati [...]
BSDCan Trip Report: Thomas Abthorpe
The next trip report is from Thomas Abthorpe:Third time is the charm. That is what is said when you have failed two times before and finally got it right on the third try. To put a more postive spin on it, the third time is the best one yet! I have been fortunate and privileged to travel to Ottawa (Read more...)
BSDCan Trip Report: Brooks Davis
The next trip report is from Brooks Davis:I arrived in Ottawa on the 7th and spent the 7th and 8th on tourist activities and meeting informally with fellow developers. On the 8th the majority of Dev Summit attendees met at the Royal Oak pub for dinner.May 9thThe Dev Summit kicked off with registration followed by an intro (Read more...)
BSDCan Trip Report: Giovanni Tremater...
The next trip report is from Giovanni Trematerra:First off, a huge thank you to the FreeBSD Foundation. Without your help I couldn\'t afford the travel. I was very happy to use my vacation days to attend the Developer Summit and BSDCan 2012.I arrived in Ottawa at 8th of May in the evening and went to Royal Oak where (Read more...)
BSDCan Trip Report: Julien Laffaye
The next trip report is from Julien Laffaye:I arrived in Ottawa on May the 8th in the evening. I went to the Royal Oak to meet with other FreeBSD developers around a beer. On the 9th, the DevSummit started. I attended the Ports working group. We talked about the state of pkgng and its upcoming Release Candidate phase, (Read more...)
BSDCan Trip Report: Mark Linimon
The next trip report is from Mark Linimon:Recently, thanks to Foundation funding, I was able to travel to Ottawa, ON, to attend the FreeBSD 2012 Developer\'s Summit and BSDCan 2012. Here are some of the highlights.I arrived early to be able to meet informally with people before the \"big rush\" began. In particular, both before an [...]
BSDCan Trip Report: Daichi Goto
The next trip report is from Daichi Goto:I traveled with Hiroki SATO to Ottawa, Canada from May to 15, 2012, staying at the residence of Ottawa University and joining the FreeBSD Developer Summit, FreeBSD VendorSummit, FreeBSD DocSummit, BSD Certification Group meeting, and BSDCan 2012.What did you accomplish by attending the conference [...]
BSDCan Trip Report: Marius Strobl
The FreeBSD Foundation sponsored 14 developers to attend this year\'s BSDCan DevSummit and conference. Trip reports are starting to come in and we\'ll post them here over the next few weeks. Today\'s trip report is from Marius Strobl:The generous travel grant from the FreeBSD Foundation allowed me for the first time to attend BSDCan 2012 and [...]
FreeBSD Foundation Prepares Launch of...
From the joint press release with NYI: The FreeBSD Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the FreeBSD Project and community, today announced that it is preparing the launch of its East Coast mirror at NYI (www.nyi.net), a New York City-based, mission-critical data services provider specializing in colocati [...]
Foundation at BSDCan
BSDCan will be held next week in Ottawa, Canada. The Foundation is a gold sponsor of this event.8 of the 9 Directors of the Foundation will be attending this event. There will be a Foundation booth during the conference with lots of swag and a shiny new brochure. Be sure to drop by, discuss the Foundation\'s work, and make (Read more...)
Why Colocation America Uses FreeBSD
Albert Ahdoot, Director of Business Development, recently sent this testimonial regarding the use of FreeBSD by Colocation America and its customers:Colocation America provides colocation, dedicated server, VoIP, and managed data center hosting services for businesses that are looking to host their servers in the United States. With 22 data c [...]
IPv6 Performance Analysis Project Com...
Earlier this year the FreeBSD Foundation announced that together with iXsystems it had awarded Bjoern Zeeb a grant to analyze the performance of FreeBSD\'s Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) stack.FreeBSD is well known as a network stack reference and research platform. With the expanding installed base of IPv6 systems throughout the world, m [...]
Auditdistd Project Completed
The auditdistd project is complete. Pawel Jakub Dawidek provides the following report regarding the project:I\'m happy to report that the auditdistd project I was working under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation is complete.The auditdistd daemon is now part of the OpenBSM package and will be available in its next release.The auditdistd d [...]
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 [...]
