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Archive for April, 2010

ClangBSD: A call for beta testers

The ClangBSD project has reach the self-hosting point and the system is stable enough for general beta-testing. ClangBSD is a project fork of FreeBSD that is working to replace gcc with clang by completely integrating this BSD licensed C/C++ compiler. The project has achieved self-compiling of itself and all of FreeBSD world on the i386 & [...]

PC-BSD joins Facebook

Recently a page claiming to be the Official Fan Page of PC-BSD was setup on Facebook. While there are only a few fans and the PC-BSD developers have yet to acknowledge the page, it is probably a good idea for projects like this to have fan pages. Social media is playing such a huge part in the grow of businesses and open source projects that it [...]

Announcement: End of Travel Grant Applications for BSDCan

Dear FreeBSD Community, Today is the last day to submit your travel grant application for BSDCan 2010! 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 at by April 9, 2010 to apply for this grant. How it [...]

DragonFly BSD Release 2.6

DragonFly BSD Release 2.6

Notable in this release are the fully supported 64 bit edition, enhancements to the HAMMER file system and USB disk key booting in lieu of DVD ISO previously available. It is worth noting that the GUI version of the USB image is only available for the 32 bit version. The developers promise to release the 64 bit version of the GUI USB image as soon [...]