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+ 2 22 PC-BSD 8.0 Released

PC-BSD 8.0 has been released. PC-BSD is a successful desktop operating system based on FreeBSD that focuses on providing an easy to use desktop system for casual computer users. A list of new features/updates since the last version can be found here.

The new release can be downloaded or purchased on DVD.

15 &os; 7.3-RC1 Available

The first Release Candidate build for the &os;-7.3 release cycle is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

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Enhanced commit privileges: Benedict Reuschling (full doc/www)

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New committer: Bernhard Schmidt (src)

2 Enhanced commit privileges: <a href="mailto:gabor@FreeBSD.org">Gábor Kövesdán</a> (src, ports, doc)

Gábor Kövesdán participated in Google Summer of Code 2008/2009 and for his work he has been given commit access to the source code. His first pieces of work will be bringing in the result of his summer work into the tree.

1 30 &os; 7.3-BETA1 Available

The first BETA build for the &os;-7.3 release cycle is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

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New committer: Bruce Cran (src)

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New committer: Ulrich Spörlein (src)

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New committer: Romain Tartière (ports)

New committer: Alberto Villa (ports)

17 October-December, 2009 Status Report

The October-December, 2009 Status Report is now available with 38 entries.

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New committer: Ryusuke SUZUKI (doc/ja_JP, www/ja)

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New committer: Gavin Atkinson (src)

3 Official support for NVIDIA graphics cards on amd64 architecture

The NVIDIA Corporation releases an initial BETA version of NVIDIA 195.22 &os; graphics drivers for both i386 and amd64 architectures. The drivers support recent versions of the &os; operating system, i.e. 7.2-STABLE and 8.0-RELEASE and provide support for features like SLI, improved compatibility and performance, especially on systems with 4GB or more of RAM. This marks the first driver release for amd64, as it was previously available only for i386 architecture. Please see the original announcement for more information.

11 27 FreeBSD 8.0 press release

The FreeBSD 8.0 press release is now available.

26 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE Available

FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check the Release Notes and Release Errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 8.0. More information about FreeBSD releases can be found on the Release Information page.

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New committer: Matthias Andree (ports)

12 &os; 8.0-RC3 Available

The third of the Release Candidates for the &os;-8.0 release cycle is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures and a memory stick image for amd64/i386 are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

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New committer: Sylvio Cesar Teixeira (ports)

28 &os; 8.0-RC2 Available

The second of the Release Candidates for the &os;-8.0 release cycle is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures and a memory stick image for amd64/i386 are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

11 April-September, 2009 Status Report

The April-September, 2009 Status Report is now available with 38 entries.

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New committer: Jaakko Heinonen (src)

9 21 &os; 8.0-RC1 Available

The first of the Release Candidates for the &os;-8.0 release cycle is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures and a memory stick image for amd64/i386 are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

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New committer: Wen Heping (ports)

7 &os; 8.0-BETA4 Available

The fourth and last of the BETA builds for the &os;-8.0 release cycle is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures and a memory stick image for amd64/i386 are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

8 24 &os; 8.0-BETA3 Available

The third of the BETA builds for the &os;-8.0 release cycle is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures and a memory stick image for amd64/i386 are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

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New committer: Dima Panov (ports)

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New committer: Yi-Jheng Lin (ports)

18 &os; 8.0-BETA2 Available

The final stage of the &os;-8.0 Release cycle continues with the second public beta release. The &os; 8.0-BETA2 ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most of the &os; mirror sites. As with the first beta release, this is not yet intended for use in a production environment. However we encourage our users to test this release and report any bugs and problems you may have found. For more information about this release and updating details please see the official announcement.

7 &os; 8.0-BETA1 Available

The final stage of the &os;-8.0 Release cycle has begun with the first public beta release. The &os; 8.0-BETA1 ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most of the &os; mirror sites. We encourage our users to give &os; 8.0-BETA1 a try and provide us with the feedback, however please read the official announcement carefully before starting to use this release.

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New committer: Navdeep Parhar (src)

New committer: Michael Tuexen (src)

4 Portmgr reorganization

Portmgr is happy to announce that two new members will join the team.

Martin Wilke has been one of our most active committers since receiving his commit bit today 3 years ago. He has been working in a number of subgroups including python, ports-security and the KDE team.

Ion-Mihai Tetcu has been interested in regression testing and qualitiy assurance, creating QAT automated tinderbox testing of all port commits on a per-commit basis, and adding on-the-fly feedback to the snapshot builds from the pointyhat package cluster.

Unfortunately, we will also be saying goodbye to Kirill Ponomarew, who hasn't had much time to spend on FreeBSD and will be stepping down from portmgr.

We thank Kirill for all his contributions in the past and wish Martin and Ion-Mihai the best of luck with the new tasks bestowed upon them.

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New bugmeister members: Gavin Atkinson, Volker Werth

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New committer: Alexander Logvinov (ports)

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New committer: Kris Moore (ports)

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New committer: Benedict Reuschling (doc/de_DE, www/de)

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New committer: Jilles Tjoelker (src)

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New committer: TAKATSU Tomonari (ports)

10 Google Summer of Code Projects Announced

The FreeBSD Project again received many high quality applications from students participating in Google's Summer of Code program. This year 20 student proposals were accepted to work with the FreeBSD Project as part of this program. For those with projects that were not accepted this year, we'd like to note that the FreeBSD Project is always willing to help mentor students so they can learn more about operating system development through our normal community mailing lists and development forums.

The complete list of student projects selected for funding is :

The Summer of Code wiki contains additional information about FreeBSD Participation in this program. Coding starts May 23, so please join us in welcoming the 20 new students to our community.

7 January - March, 2009 Status Reports

The January - March, 2009 Status Reports are now available with 15 entries.

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New committer, SoC alumnus: Nick Barkas (src)

4 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE Available

FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check the Release Notes and Release Errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 7.2. More information about FreeBSD releases can be found on the Release Information page.

4 24 FreeBSD 7.2-RC2 Available

The second of two planned Release Candidates for the &os; 7.2-RELEASE cycle is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

21 DCBSDCon Videos Posted

All of the technical sessions from the recent DCBSDCon 2009 conference were recorded and are now available in the BSDConferences channel on YouTube. There are now 50 separate videos of technical talks from MeetBSD, NYCBSDCon, AsiaBSDCon, and BSDCan available in the channel.

17 FreeBSD 7.2-RC1 Available

The first of two planned Release Candidates for the &os; 7.2-RELEASE cycle is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

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Enhanced commit privileges: Gábor Páli (ports, doc)

10 PC-BSD 7.1 Released

PC-BSD 7.1 has been released. PC-BSD is a successful desktop operating system based on FreeBSD that focuses on providing an easy to use desktop system for casual computer users. A list of new features/updates since the last version can be found here.

The new release may be downloaded or purchased on DVD.

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New committer: Rick Macklem (src)

3 FreeBSD 7.2-BETA1 Available

The final stage of the &os; 7.2-RELEASE cycle has begun with the first beta release. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

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New committer: Steven Kreuzer (ports)

22 The &os; Project participates in the Google Summer of Code 2009 program

We are pleased to announce that Google has invited the &os; Project to participate in their Summer of Code 2009 program, which allows students to get paid to work on the &os; source code. We invite students interested in working on &os; to submit their proposals as soon as possible.

For more information please see the &os; Summer Projects page for recommended project ideas and the official announcement.

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New committer: Fabien Thomas (src)

12 Follow FreeBSD on Twitter

There are a number of semi-official Twitter streams available now with the latest updates from the FreeBSD Project. The @freebsdannounce stream provides a short summary and link to the full newsflash posts. @freebsdblogs syndicates the FreeBSD developer blogs from Planet FreeBSD. @freebsd syndicates both of the above sources and more. Finally, the new @bsdevents stream includes all the events from our events page plus additional reminders and notices of BSD gatherings.

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New committer: Dennis Herrmann (ports)

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New committer: Marcus von Appen (ports)

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New committer: Andriy Gapon (src)

14 KDE 4.2.0 available for FreeBSD

KDE 4.2.0 has been merged into the ports tree. For a detailed list of improvements, please refer to the announcement. For general information about KDE on FreeBSD, please see the KDE on FreeBSD project page.

1 28 October - December, 2008 Status Reports

The October - December, 2008 Status Reports are now available with 19 entries.

New committer: Beat Gätzi (ports)

New committer: Jamie Gritton (src)

17 FreeBSD Kernel Internals Video Posted

The first lecture from Kirk McKusick's full length FreeBSD Kernel Internals course has been posted to the BSD Conferences channel on YouTube.

9 GNOME 2.24.2 Available for FreeBSD

The FreeBSD GNOME team is proud to announce the release of GNOME 2.24.2 for FreeBSD. More details can be found on the FreeBSD GNOME Project page.

5 FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE Available

FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check the Release Notes and Release Errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 7.1. More information about FreeBSD releases can be found on the Release Information page.