Registration Open for MeetBSD California
Registration has opened for MeetBSD California, to be held in Mountain View on November 5-6. From the announcement:
Category Archives: BSD
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:
New *BSD Planet Website
AboutBSD launched recently as a new planet for aggregating *BSD blogs. The founder of the site describes the goals of the website as follows:
Autumn Exam Events
The autumn conference season is starting to gel and the BSDA exam will be available at a number of events across the globe. The conferences we have confirmed so far include:
BSD Professional (BSDP) Exam Objectives Nearing Final Draft
Jim Brown from the BSD Certification Group provides an update on the BSDP exam objectives. We hope to publish these by end of month or very early August, and need as many people as possible to review and comment on the draft before it is published. Jim writes:
Update on FreeBSD GSoC Projects
The latest FreeBSD quarterly status report has updates on some of the GSoC projects. Lots of interesting functionality coming down the pipe. From the report:
PC-BSD 8.1 Released
PC-BSD 8.1 has just been released. From the announcement:
Latest Funded Projects
The FreeBSD Foundation funds various projects each year and there are several interesting projects in progress:
NYCBSDCON Call for Papers Announced
This is an excellent opportunity for new speakers to share their knowledge--note there may be travel assistance available. From the announcement:
July Issue of BSD Mag Available
The July issue of BSD Mag has just been announced. This month's editorial theme is OpenBSD and the authors include:
Reviewers Needed
Are you familiar with system administration on BSD systems? If so, the BSD Certification Group needs your help in reviewing the exam objectives for the upcoming BSDP (BSD Professional) exam. Even if you don't have the time yourself, help us spread the word so we can get as many eyeballs as possible reviewing the objectives in preparation for their publication.
Changing Jobs
The announcement went out earlier this morning: on August 2 I'll start as the Community Manager for the PC-BSD project. Since this will be a full-time position, I'll be leaving the OSBR after the publication of the July issue.
BSD Mag: BSD Firewalls
The latest issue of BSD Mag is out. From the table of contents:
SouthEast LinuxFest
SouthEast LinuxFest will have a BSD presence:
PC-BSD 8.1-BETA1 Now available
Kris Moore has just announced the availability of PC-BSD 8.1 BETA:
Kirk McKusick on Journaling Soft Updates in FreeBSD
Dr. Kirk McKusick has produced a high quality recording of his talk on Journaled Soft-Updates at BSDCan 2010. This is the 92nd BSD conference video in the BSD Conferences YouTube channel.
Kirk McKusick on Journaling Soft Updates in FreeBSD
Dr. Kirk McKusick has produced a high quality recording of his talk on Journaled Soft-Updates at BSDCan 2010. This is the 92nd BSD conference video in the BSD Conferences YouTube channel.