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FreeBSD is a rapidly developing operating system. Keeping up on the latest developments can be a chore! To keep on top of things, be sure and check this page periodically. Also, you may wish to subscribe to the freebsd-announce mailing list or the RSS feed.

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12 2008

  • 25 12: The second and last release candidate of FreeBSD 7.1 is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

  • 9 12: The first release candidate of FreeBSD 7.1 is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

  • 3 12: We are pleased to announce the availability of a dedicated YouTube channel for technical lectures about FreeBSD and other BSD operating systems. The channel is available at www.youtube.com/bsdconferences.

    This channel allows us to post full hour long lectures from FreeBSD conferences. The first four videos that Julian Elisher recorded at MeetBSD have been posted, and more are on the way.

11 2008

  • 28 11: FreeBSD 6.4-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 6.4. More information about FreeBSD releases can be found on the Release Information page.

  • 18 11: Commit bit restored: Peter Holm (src)

  • 16 11: The FreeBSD project is finally, after much work, pleased to announce the availability of an official FreeBSD web based discussion forum. It is our hope that this forum will serve as a public support channel for FreeBSD users around the world and as a complement to our fine mailing lists.

    You can register and start using our new service here: http://forums.FreeBSD.org.

  • 10 11: The July - September, 2008 Status Reports are now available with 14 entries.

  • 3 11: New committer: René Ladan (doc-nl)

  • 3 11: The second Release Candidate for FreeBSD 6.4 is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are available for download on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites. FreeBSD 6.4-RC2 should be the last of the public test builds for the FreeBSD 6.4 release cycle, therefore we encourage people to test and report any outstanding bugs as soon as possible.

  • 1 11: New committer: Konrad Jankowski (src). Konrad participated in Summer Of Code 2008. He will begin his work in the i18n area, specifically in bringing his SoC code (UTF-8 collation) to the coming releases.

10 2008

9 2008

  • 18 9: We are happy to report that 19 students successfully completed their FreeBSD Summer of Code projects. Congratulations to both mentors and students, and thanks to Google for running this program and providing funding.

  • 18 9: New committer: Marko Zec (src)

  • 15 9: PC-BSD 7 has just 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. The release may be downloaded or purchased on DVD.

  • 15 9: New committer: Robert Noland (src)

  • 13 9: The final stage of the FreeBSD-6.4 and FreeBSD-7.1 Release cycle has begun with the first beta releases. The ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites. We encourage people to test and report any outstanding bugs. Please find more information about these releases on the Release Engineering Information page.

  • 5 9: New committer: Josh Paetzel (ports)

8 2008

7 2008

  • 28 7: The FreeBSD Foundation is seeking the submission of proposals for work relating to any of the major FreeBSD subsystems or infrastructure. A budget of $80,000 was allocated for 2008 to fund multiple development projects. Proposals will be evaluated based on desirability, technical merit and cost-effectiveness.

    To find out more about the proposal process please read the call.

  • 21 7: New committer: Robert Noland (ports)

  • 21 7: New committer: Yvan Vanhullebus (src)

  • 18 7: The FreeBSD Foundation has published their Semi-Annual July 2008 newsletter which summarizes what they have done to help the FreeBSD Project and community.

  • 17 7: The FreeBSD Project is pleased to announce the conclusion of our fourth consecutive democratic election of project leadership. The FreeBSD Core Team constitutes the project's "Board of Directors" and is responsible for vetting new src committers, arbitrating technical disagreements, weighing in on policy and administrative issues, and appointing sub-committees for handling specific duties (security officer, release engineers, port managers, webmasters, etc..). The core team has been democratically elected every 2 years by active FreeBSD committers since 2000.

    Peter Wemm is rejoining the team after a 2 year hiatus, and Kris Kennaway is joining the team for the first time. The remaining 7 slots were filled with incumbents Wilko Bulte, Brooks Davis, Giorgos Keramidas, George V. Neville-Neil, Hiroki Sato, Murray Stokely, and Robert Watson.

    The new core team would like to especially thank outgoing members Wes Peters and Warner Losh for their many years of service to FreeBSD, our electioneer Dr. Josef Karthauser for running another election for us, and our returning core secretary Philip Paeps.

  • 17 7: New committer: Philip M. Gollucci (ports)

  • 17 7: New committer: Greg Larkin (ports)

  • 8 7: A press release announcing the launch of iXsystems' Professional Services Division which will provide Professional Enterprise Grade support, consulting, and development for FreeBSD and PC-BSD.

  • 8 7: New committer: Stacey Son (src)

  • 3 7: New committer: Nathan Whitehorn (src)

6 2008

  • 23 6: New committer: Erik Cederstrand (projects)

  • 23 6: A press release describing FreeBSD technologies used by Mozilla Firefox.

  • 19 6: New committer: Dmitry Marakasov (ports)

  • 16 6: New committer: Ermal Luçi (src)

  • 10 6: Ivan Voras is now a src/ committer. He participated in the Google Summer of Code program in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

  • 3 6: The FreeBSD Project has begun the switch of its source code management system from CVS to Subversion. At this point in time, FreeBSD's developers are making changes to the base system in the Subversion repository. We have a replication system in place that exports our work to the legacy CVS tree on a continuous basis.

    People who are using our extensive CVS based distribution network (including anoncvs, CVSup, cvsweb, ftp) will not be interrupted by our work-in-progress. We are committed to maintaining the existing CVS based distribution system for at least the support lifetime of all existing "stable" branches. Security and errata patches will continue to be made available in their usual CVS locations.

    We expect to make our Subversion based source tree and other supporting infrastructure public soon. There will be new mailing lists to subscribe to if you wish to receive Subversion commit notifications.

    Our ports, doc and www trees are not affected at this time. A separate decision will be made regarding those CVS repositories soon.

    Many people have contributed to the effort, but we wish to thank Michael Haggerty and the cvs2svn project developers for their assistance with cvs2svn. Peter Wemm spent several weeks of Yahoo!'s time repairing the CVS tree, preparing for and performing the conversion, and the configuration of the Subversion infrastructure. Yahoo! donated the server hardware.

5 2008

4 2008

  • 22 4: The FreeBSD Project received over 100 applications for Google's Summer of Code program, amongst which 21 were selected for funding. Unfortunately, there were far more first rate applications than available spots for students. However, we encourage students to work together with us all year round. The FreeBSD Project is always willing to help mentor students learn more about operating system development through our normal community mailing lists and development forums. Contributing to an open source software project is a valuable component of a computer science education and great preparation for a career in software development.

    A complete list of the winning students and projects is available here. A Summer of Code wiki has been created and additional information about the projects will be added there soon.

  • 22 4: New committer: Gábor Páli (Hungarian doc/www)

3 2008

  • 31 3: The deadline for student applications to participate in the Google Summer of Code has been extended by one week. The new deadline is Monday, April 7, 2008. If you haven't already, please visit our FreeBSD Summer of Code page and look at the example project ideas we've listed there, or propose your own. There are many new ideas listed since the first announcements went out.

  • 26 3: The student application period for the Google Summer of Code 2008 program has begun. Please peruse our list of FreeBSD specific projects and potential mentors and prepare your application before the March 31 deadline. Earlier applications are encouraged as this provides an opportunity for potential mentors to work on improving the applications with students before the deadline.

  • 17 3: The FreeBSD Project will soon be accepting applications for the Google Summer of Code 2008 program. This program will provide funding for students to spend the summer contributing to open source software projects. A list of FreeBSD specific projects and potential mentors is available here.

    Once a suitable project and mentor have been identified, interested students should complete a proposal and submit it to Google. The application period begins on March 24, 2008 and the final deadline is April 1, 2008 0:00 UTC. Please see the Google FAQ for more information.

  • 14 3: Roman Divacky is now a src/ committer. He participated in the Summer of Code program in 2006 and 2007, where he worked on Linux 2.6 compatibility.

  • 8 3: New committer: Felippe M. Motta (ports)

  • 2 3: New committer: Philippe Audeoud (ports)

2 2008

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