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Binary Packages Are Available Again

Six months have passed since the November security incident which brought the Project's binary package building capacity offline; we are pleased to announce that all services are now restored.

January-March 2013 Status Report

The January to March 2013 Status Report is now available with 31 entries.

FreeBSD Foundation Announces Ed Maste as New Director of Project Development

The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce Ed Maste's new role as the Foundation's part-time Director of Project Development. Ed has served on the Foundation's board for two years, and has stepped down in order to accept this new position.

FreeBSD 8.4-RC3 Available

The third RC build for the FreeBSD-8.4 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, i386 and pc98 architectures are available on most of our FreeBSD mirror sites.

New FreeBSD Foundation Technical Staff Member: Edward Tomasz Napiera?a

The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that Edward Tomasz Napiera?a has joined as its second member of technical staff. This is a continuation of the Foundation's plan to invest in staff in 2013.

FreeBSD Project to participate in Google Summer of Code 2013

The FreeBSD Project is pleased to announce its participation In Google's 2013 Summer of Code program, which funds summer students to participate in open source projects. This will be the FreeBSD Project's ninth year in the program, having mentored over 150 successful students through summer-long coding projects between 2005 and 2012.

New committer: Alan Somers (src)

FreeBSD 8.4-RC2 Available

The second RC build for the FreeBSD-8.4 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, i386 and pc98 architectures are available on most of our FreeBSD mirror sites.

Enhanced commit privileges: Cy Schubert (src, ports)

New committer: Hiren Panchasara (src)

FreeBSD 8.4-RC1 Available

The first RC build for the FreeBSD-8.4 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, i386 and pc98 architectures are available on most of our FreeBSD mirror sites.

Enhanced commit privileges: Antoine Brodin (src, ports)

New committer: William Grzybowski (ports)

Enhanced commit privileges: Tijl Coosemans (src, ports)

FreeBSD 8.4-BETA1 Available

The first BETA build for the FreeBSD-8.4 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, i386 and pc98 architectures are available on most of our FreeBSD mirror sites.

New FreeBSD Foundation Technical Staff Member: Konstantin Belousov

The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that Konstantin Belousov has been hired as its first full-time member of technical staff, a key milestone of the Foundation's investment in staff for 2013.

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