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FreeBSD has given us the "it just works" experience, without sacrificing the full control. It feels and behaves mature and stable with great performance!

2016 6 FreeBSD Project: Under the Hood http://www.hostingadvice.com/blog/freebsd-project-under-the-hood/ HostingAdvice.com http://hostingadvice.com June 9 2016 Alexandra Leslie

With over 400 volunteer devs at its helm, the FreeBSD Project is a dynamic force that puts the control in administrators' hands. Project Committer Allan Jude has been a fan of the project since 2002. He discusses the system's internal structure and the feature functionality that drew him in — contributing to its documentation and then to its development — and what he's working on now, more than a decade later.

FreeBSD now available in Azure Marketplace https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/freebsd-now-available-in-azure-marketplace/ Microsoft Azure Blog https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/ June 8 2016 Jason Anderson

Microsoft excited to announce the availability of FreeBSD 10.3 as a ready-made VM image available directly from the Azure Marketplace. This means that not only can you quickly bring-up a FreeBSD VM in Azure, but also that in the event you need technical support, Microsoft support engineers can assist.

2015 10 Cascadia Community Builder Award recognizes &os; contributor Michael Dexter http://seagl.org/news/2015/10/26/cascadia-award-announcement.html Seattle GNU/Linux Conference http://seagl.org/ 26 October 2015 SeaGL Blog

The Cascadia Community Builder Award recognizes a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the free software movement in the Cascadia region. Michael Dexter was chosen because his work with the Portland Linux/Unix Group and the BSD community exemplified the type of unsung community-building work that is so critical to the growth of the free software movement.

7 Enabling &os; on AArch64 https://community.arm.com/groups/processors/blog/2015/07/07/enabling-freebsd-on-aarch64 ARM Ltd. Blog https://community.arm.com/groups/processors/blog/ 7 July 2015 Andrew Wafaa

A summary of the activities around porting &os; to ARM's new AArch64 (or ARM64) platform.

3 Running &os; on the server: a sysadmin speaks http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/67420-running-freebsd-on-the-server-a-sysadmin-speaks iTWire http://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/ 23 March 2015 Sam Varghese

For years now, Linux has been all the rage. But in recent times, there have been murmurings among some veterans — long-time users — after the introduction of systemd, the init system that seems to overstep its boundaries.

1 Presenting FreeBSD! How We Made It Happen https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/presenting-freebsd-how-we-made-it-happen/ Digital Ocean Inc. Blog https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/ 14 January 2015 Neal Shrader

&os; virtual private servers with IPv6 support are now available on the DigitalOcean platform in: San Francisco, New York, London, Amsterdam, and Singapore. DigitalOcean is also seeking &os; tutorials, for which they are offering $200 USD each.

2014 12 Get started with FreeBSD: A brief intro for Linux users http://www.infoworld.com/article/2858288/unix/intro-to-freebsd-for-linux-users.html InfoWorld http://www.infoworld.com/ 15 December 2014 Paul Venezia

A brief introduction to FreeBSD for curious Linux users. Covers the installation and updating process, building a basic firewall, installing binary packages, and finally installing and configuring a typical web stack with Apache, PHP, and MySQL.

11 The &os; Foundation Announces Generous Donation and Fundraising Milestone http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.com/2014/11/freebsd-foundation-announces-generous.html The &os; Foundation https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ 18 November 2014 The &os; Foundation Board

The &os; Foundation is pleased to announce the receipt of a record-breaking donation from Jan Koum, CEO and Co-Founder of WhatsApp.

10 Cavium to Sponsor &os; ARMv8 Based Implementation http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cavium-to-sponsor-freebsd-armv8-based-implementation-277724361.html PR Newswire http://www.prnewswire.com/ 1 October 2014 Cavium, Inc.

Cavium, Inc., a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking announced today that it is collaborating with the &os; Foundation to develop and deliver the first ARMv8 reference design and implementation of the &os; Operating System based on the ThunderX workload optimized processor family for next generation Data Center and Cloud workloads.

9 Parole de Tux : Tux et &os; [french] http://www.captainposix.net/?q=articles/episode-36-tux-et-freebsd Captain Posix http://www.captainposix.net/ 24 September 2014 Captain Posix

"Parole de Tux" is a Belgian monthly podcast which talks about news and technical topics regarding Free and Open Source Software. For the first time, this episode is dedicated to &os;. The guest, a &os; developer, sums up the history of the BSDs and their differences. He then briefly explains similarities and differences between a typical Linux distribution and &os; before moving on to the main topic: the graphics stack, and how &os; performs in this area.

Atlantic.Net Announces SSD-based &os; VPS Services http://talkincloud.com/cloud-computing-and-open-source/090214/atlanticnet-unveils-freebsd-cloud-vps-hosting-plans Talkin' Cloud http://talkincloud.com/ 2 September 2014 Chris Talbot

SSD cloud VPS hosting solutions provider Atlantic.net has rolled out &os; to its data centers in Orlando, Dallas and Toronto.

1 &os; to support secure boot by mid-year http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/62855-freebsd-to-support-secure-boot-by-mid-year ITWire http://www.itwire.com/ 20 January 2014 Sam Varghese

Kirk McKusick describes the progress &os; has been making in supporting UEFI secure boot, which is scheduled for inclusion in &os; 10.1.

McKusick Denies &os; Lagging on Security http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/62728-mckusick-denies-freebsd-lagging-on-security ITWire http://www.itwire.com/ 06 January 2014 Sam Varghese

Kirk McKusick denies that &os; is trailing behind when it comes to security practices, asserting that over the past decade &os; has made good design and engineering choices in random(4).

2013 6 Fixing Network Attached Storage with commodity hardware and BSD http://boingboing.net/2013/06/23/fixing-network-attached-storag.html Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/ 23 June 2013 Ben Laurie

Ben Laurie discusses how and why he replaced a proprietary NAS with one based on &os; and commodity hardware.

2 2012 - A BSD Year in Retrospective http://www.osnews.com/story/26787/2012_a_BSD_year_in_retrospective OSnews http://www.osnews.com/ 14 February 2013 Julian Djamil

A retrospective of all the exciting developments in the BSD-family of operating systems in 2012, focusing on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Dragonfly BSD.

1 A Decade of OS Access-control Extensibility https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2430732 ACM Queue https://queue.acm.org/ 18 January 2013 Robert N. M. Watson

To discuss operating system security is to marvel at the diversity of deployed access-control models.

2012 11 A world without Linux: Where would Apache, Microsoft — even Apple be today? http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/world-without-linux-where-would-apache-microsoft-even-apple-be-today-206680 Infoworld http://www.infoworld.com 12 November 2012 Paul Venezia

If Linux hadn't conquered the world, we'd all be running FreeBSD, maybe even on our desktops.

8 FreeBSD Now Supported on Windows Server Hyper-V Via Beta Release http://redmondmag.com/articles/2012/08/09/freebsd-beta-for-windows-server-hyper-v.aspx Redmondmag http://redmondmag.com 9 August 2012 Kurt Mackie

Microsoft and collaborators today announced a beta release of drivers that enable the open source FreeBSD 8.2 server operating system to run in a virtual machine (VM) using Microsoft's Hyper-V Server.

6 X.Org 7.7 Goes Into FreeBSD, KMS Is Ready http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTExNzY phoronix http://www.phoronix.com 11 June 2012 Michael Larabel

While X.Org 7.7 was only released last week, this updated set of X packages have already worked their way into FreeBSD. The FreeBSD developers request your help in testing.

Netflix Open Connect Network: FreeBSD, Not Linux http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTExNDM phoronix http://www.phoronix.com 6 June 2012 Michael Larabel

This week Netflix announced their Open Connect Network as their own open CDN (Content Distribution Network), but rather than using Linux as the base for this open-source platform, they decided to use FreeBSD.

5 Why Should You Use FreeBSD? Here's Some Reasons http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTExMDg phoronix http://www.phoronix.com 31 May 2012 Michael Larabel

FreeBSD is wondering why are you using FreeBSD. David Chisnall of the FreeBSD project is working on updating their advocacy material regarding this leading *BSD operating system. As such, he asked on the mailing list "Why Are You Using FreeBSD?"

Colocation Provider NYI Launches East Coast Mirror for FreeBSD Foundation http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/colocation-provider-nyi-launches-east-coast-mirror-for-freebsd-foundation The WHIR http://www.thewhir.com 25 May 2012 Nicole Henderson

Colocation provider NYI announced on Friday that it has launched the East Coast mirror for The FreeBSD Foundation. "FreeBSD has been a critical component of everything we do," Phillip Koblence, VP operations, NYI said in a statement. "We look upon this launch as our way of giving back to a community whose open source projects have enabled us to craft customized solutions for our customers from the inside out."

FreeBSD and Microsoft Hyper-V Interoperability Expected This Summer http://redmondmag.com/articles/2012/05/14/microsoft-hyperv-interoperability.aspx Redmondmag http://redmondmag.com 14 May 2012 Kurt Mackie

Microsoft and its partnering companies are finalizing a project that will enable FreeBSD interoperability with Windows Server Hyper-V.

FreeBSD 10 To Use Clang Compiler, Deprecate GCC http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwMjI phoronix http://www.phoronix.com 12 May 2012 Michael Larabel

As indicated by the Q1-2012 FreeBSD Status Report, LLVM's Clang compiler is quickly replacing GCC for this popular BSD operating system. The developers are also making much progress in a GNU-free C++11 stack. For FreeBSD 10 they're aiming for Clang as the default C/C++ compiler, deprecate GCC, and to have a BSD-licensed C++ stack.

FreeBSD Achieved A Lot In Q1'2012 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwMjE phoronix http://www.phoronix.com 12 May 2012 Michael Larabel

For the first three months of the 2012 calendar year, the FreeBSD project achieved a lot when it came to advancing their open operating system. Here's some of the interesting highlights from their quarterly status report.

4 FreeBSD Gets A New X.Org With Intel KMS http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA5MTc phoronix http://www.phoronix.com 23 April 2012 Michael Larabel

The FreeBSD team working on X support have announced a set of X.Org updates to bring the FreeBSD package support to X.Org 7.5.2, which now includes Intel KMS support.

3 Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in March 2012 http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2012/04/02/most-reliable-hosting-company-sites-in-march-2012.html Netcraft Ltd. http://www.netcraft.com/ 02 March 2012 Netcraft

FreeBSD the OS of 3 of the top 10 most reliable hosting company sites in March 202.

2 PC-BSD 9 review ? to FreeBSD what Ubuntu is to Debian http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/pc-bsd-9-review-to-freebsd-what-ubuntu-is-to-debian/ Linux User & Developer http://www.linuxuser.co.uk 09 February 2012 Koen Vervloesem

PC-BSD offers you a fully functional desktop environment based on rock solid FreeBSD technology, which makes it the perfect operating system for your first steps with BSD?

1 [Review] FreeBSD 9.0 http://linuxconfig.net/review/freebsd-review/freebsd-9-0-review.html linuxconfig.net http://linuxconfig.net 10 January 2012 linuxconfig.net

This article provides an overview of some of the new features available in FreeBSD 9.0.

2011 11 Why aren't you using FreeBSD? http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/why-arent-you-using-freebsd-178119?page=0,0 Infoworld http://www.infoworld.com 11 November 2011 Paul Venezia

This article writes about why Paul Venezia is using FreeBSD for his servers

9 FreeBSD: A Faster Platform For Linux Gaming Than Linux? http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_games_bsd Phoronix http://www.phoronix.com/ 07 September 2011

Michael Larabel shows how FreeBSD runs some linux programs faster than linux does.

7 Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in June 2011 http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2011/07/08/most-reliable-hosting-company-sites-in-june-2011.html Netcraft Ltd. http://www.netcraft.com/ 08 July 2011 Jennifer Cownie

FreeBSD the OS of top 3 most reliable hosting company sites in June 2011.

3 PC-BSD 8.2 review http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/03/03/pc-bsd-8-2-review/ LinuxBSDos.com http://www.linuxbsdos.com/ 03 March 2011 LinuxBSDos.com

LinuxBSDos.com looks at the installation (especially at the disk encryption features), system configuration and system management (including the installation of third party software packages via PC-BSD's PBI system) of PC-BSD 8.2.

2 FreeBSD 8.2 expands ZFS support http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3926181/FreeBSD-82-Expands-ZFS-Support----Without-Oracle.htm Datamation.com http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/ 25 February 2011 Sean Michael Kerner

The author looks at the status and the future of ZFS under FreeBSD. The information is based on interviews the website did with FreeBSD developer Josh Paetzel and Matt Olander from iXsystems.

2010 8 PC-BSD 8.1 review http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2010/08/17/pc-bsd-8-1-review/ LinuxBSDos.com http://www.linuxbsdos.com/ 17 August 2010 LinuxBSDos.com

LinuxBSDos.com looks at the installation, system configuration and system management (including the installation of third party software packages via PC-BSD's PBI system) of PC-BSD 8.1.

2 Health Check: FreeBSD - The unknown giant http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Health-Check-FreeBSD-The-unknown-giant-920248.html The H http://www.h-online.com/ 04 February 2010 Richard Hillesley

Richard Hillesley looks at the history of FreeBSD, the BSD license, Beastie and the new features in FreeBSD 8.0.