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Freebsd – Backup & restore for disaster recovery

Gerard — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:41:35 +0000

Data are all around servers. To name a few, file server, email server, LDAP server, web server, DNS server and these are just a few essential servers that make up part of IT section of your company. ERP, CRM, financial projection system, database server, accounting & payroll system are the example of business application. Imagine, [...]

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Freebsd – Backup & restore for disaster recovery

DataPipe most reliable web hoster - June 2009

Gerard — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:38:47 +0000

DataPipe had the most reliable hosting company site in June 2009. The company’s site responded without fail to every request made by Netcraft’s performance collectors throughout the month. This is DataPipe’s second appearance at the top so far this year FreeBSD is taking the top 2 places This is a post by Gerard van Essen from: FreeBSD - [...]

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DataPipe most reliable web hoster - June 2009

Firefox 3.5 Released

Gerard — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:33:42 +0000

Firefox 3.5 is now available in the FreeBSD ports (/usr/ports/www/firefox35/). There are some issues with HTML5 and video On Windows I still prefer Google Chrome as it’s faster and uses less resources. Just waiting for the extenstions to come. This is a post by Gerard van Essen from: FreeBSD - the unknown Giant Firefox 3.5 Released

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Firefox 3.5 Released

Save the BSD Magazine

Gerard — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:27:02 +0000

I have been a subscriber since issue no 1, and I’m looking forward to many more issues. Karolina, the editor of BSD Magazine, has send round the following email: I am sure most of you already heard that BSD magazine is going to be closed, due to much lower benefits than expected and the economy in general… There is [...]

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Save the BSD Magazine

BSD Magazine - support it

Gerard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:07:24 +0000

The BSD Magazine has been round for over a year now and has produced some very interesting issues. The editors have now provided a brochure suitable to give away at BSD/Linux events. Those who’d like to have a look at the magazine without having to commit to a subscription, can now download some articles from the NetBSD issue and [...]

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BSD Magazine - support it

BSDTalk 175 - Michael Dexter and BSDFund

Gerard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:40:45 +0000

Will Backman has uploaded BSDTalk 175 , a 23 minute interview with Michael Dexter of BSD Fund. This is an interview with Michael Dexter about BSD Fund. They talk about the release of the BSD Fund Visa Credit Card, PCC, and various other projects. Download as OGG | MP3 Michel Dexter has now announced the Beastie Visa Card. Every [...]

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BSDTalk 175 - Michael Dexter and BSDFund

Sun VirtualBox available as PC-BSD PBI

Gerard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:28:55 +0000

Virtualbox can now be easily installed as PBI on PC-BSD VirtualBox is a powerful x86 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of [...]

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Sun VirtualBox available as PC-BSD PBI

Bordeaux 1.8 for FreeBSD Released

Gerard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:24:09 +0000

Bordeaux 1.8 has had many changes on the back end, our build process has been totally rewritten, packaging has been totally rewritten. This release adds Microsoft Office 97, Adobe Photoshop 6 & 7 and Image Ready 3.0 and 7.0 support. The winetricks script has been synced to the latest official release, Steam should now install [...]

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Bordeaux 1.8 for FreeBSD Released

iXsystems releases iX-Apollo Extreme Series Workstation

Gerard — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:03:30 +0000

iXsystems has unveiled the iX-Apollo Extreme Series, the first fully qualified PC-BSD workstation. The iX-Apollo Extreme Series ships with PC-BSD 7.x Pre-Installed and Pre-Configured. PC-BSD is a complete desktop operating system with a robust feature set including KDE 4.2.2. PC-BSD is inherently virus-resistant thereby offering stability, security and at the same time provides a comfortable [...]

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iXsystems releases iX-Apollo Extreme Series Workstation

FreeNAS 0.7RC1 (Sardaukar) released

Gerard — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:30:10 +0000

Volker Theile has announced the availability of FreeNAS 0.7 RC1. This release candidate can be downloaded from here. Majors changes: Upgrade to FreeBSD 7.2. Include ZFS support. Upgrade iSCSI initiator to 2.1.1. Replace iSCSI target by istgt. Thanks to Daisuke Aoyama for the WebGUI adaption. Please note, if you have used devices with the previous iSCSI target software you have [...]

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FreeNAS 0.7RC1 (Sardaukar) released