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name = "Em Do What?"
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url = "https://youtu.be/dA-TNsVG9IY"
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siteName = "FreeBSD YouTube"
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siteUrl = "https://youtube.com/@freebsdproject"
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date = "2026-05-01"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Most of us probably use sudo or doas. Did you know about mdo though?"
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name = "Cleaning Up Critical Infrastructure in FreeBSD"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/cleaning-up-critical-infrastructure-in-freebsd/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2026-04-20"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "A look at how the Beach Cleaning Project improved FreeBSD’s security and infrastructure foundations."
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name = "AsiaBSDCon 2026 Trip Report – Minsoo Choo"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/asiabsdcon-2026-trip-report-minsoo-choo/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2026-04-15"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Minsoo Choo reports back from his visit to AsiaBSDCon 2026"
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name = "Call for testing: introducing the Laptop Integration Testing project"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/call-for-testing-introducing-the-laptop-integration-testing-project/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2026-04-06"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Learn how to participate in the Laptop Integration Testing project and contribute to improving FreeBSD on real hardware."
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name = "March 2026 FreeBSD Newsletter"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/newsletter/march-newsletter/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Newsletter"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/newsletter/"
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date = "2026-04-02"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "The March FreeBSD Newsletter"
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name = "Build a NAS using FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/build-a-nas-using-freebsd-on-a-raspberry-pi/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2026-03-17"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "It’s easy to get FreeBSD running on a Raspberry Pi. So we were wondering if it’s possible to make a simple NAS out of a Pi…"
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name = "February 2026 FreeBSD Newsletter"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/newsletter/february-newsletter/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Newsletter"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/newsletter/"
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date = "2026-03-03"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "The February FreeBSD Newsletter"
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name = "Getting ready for the Cyber Resilience Act"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/getting-ready-for-the-cyber-resilience-act/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2026-02-25"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "The FreeBSD Foundation has launched its Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) Readiness project for 2026"
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name = "FreeBSD Foundation Q4 2025 Status Update"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-q4-2025-status-update/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2026-02-25"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Highlights of the FreeBSD Foundation’s contributions to the FreeBSD Project’s Q4 2025 Status Report."
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name = "January 2026 FreeBSD Newsletter"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/newsletter/january-newsletter/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Newsletter"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/newsletter/"
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date = "2026-02-02"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "The January FreeBSD Newsletter"
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name = "The Q4 2025 Issue of the FreeBSD Journal is Now Available!"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/the-q4-2025-issue-of-the-freebsd-journal-is-now-available/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2026-01-27"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "We are pleased to announce the October/November/December 2025 issue of the FreeBSD Journal, focused on FreeBSD 15.0, is now available"
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name = "The Register takes a look at FreeBSD 15"
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url = "https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/freebsd_15"
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siteName = "The Register"
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siteUrl = "https://theregister.com"
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date = "2025-12-05"
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author = "Liam Proven"
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description = "FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE arrived this week, the latest release of the Unix world's leading alternative to Linux"
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name = "FreeBSD Officially Supported in OCI Runtime Specification v1.3"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-officially-supported-in-oci-runtime-specification-v1-3/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-11-04"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "FreeBSD has been included as an officially supported platform in version 1.3 of the Open Container Initiative (OCI) runtime specification"
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name = "An introduction to OCI Containers on FreeBSD"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/oci-containers-on-freebsd/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-10-31"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Run Containers on FreeBSD using Podman"
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name = "FreeBSD Vendor Summit, Nov 6-7"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-vendor-summit-happening-next-week-november-6-7-2025/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-10-28"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "The 2025 FreeBSD Vendor Summit is taking place November 6–7 at NetApp Headquarters in San Jose, CA"
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name = "Insights from the 2025 FreeBSD Community Survey"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/insights-from-the-2025-freebsd-community-survey/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/"
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date = "2025-09-23"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Your feedback on how FreeBSD is being used today"
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name = "FreeBSD Jails are Simple and Easy"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-jails-are-simple-and-easy/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-08-25"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Jails. The lightweight answer to containerisation"
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name = "From Minecraft to Markets: Java Hiding in Plain Sight"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/from-minecraft-to-markets-java-hiding-in-plain-sight/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-07-22"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Did you know Java was used here and here?"
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name = "An Introduction to FreeBSD’s Periodic System"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/an-introduction-to-freebsds-periodic-system/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-07-08"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "The FreeBSD periodic utility is a built-in system to schedule and run regular maintenance jobs in the form of shell scripts"
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name = "How To Install and Configure Galene Video Meeting Server"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/how-to-install-and-configure-the-galene-video-meeting-server-on-freebsd/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-07-07"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/how-to-install-and-configure-the-galene-video-meeting-server-on-freebsd/"
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name = "FreeBSD Foundation Welcomes New Board Member: John Baldwin"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-welcomes-new-board-member-john-baldwin/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-06-27"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Long-time FreeBSD community member, John Baldwin, was elected to the FreeBSD Foundation Board during the Annual Meeting"
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name = "Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for FreeBSD Project"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/software-bill-of-materials-sbom-for-freebsd-project/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-06-26"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Commissioned by the Sovereign Tech Agency, work began in April 2025 on a new project to enable SBOMs for FreeBSD"
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name = "FreeBSD Ports and Packages Security Project"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-ports-and-packages-security-project/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-06-26"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Commissioned by the Sovereign Tech Agency, work began in April 2025 on a new project to further Ports and Package Security"
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name = "Three Ways to Try FreeBSD in Under Five Minutes"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/three-ways-to-try-freebsd-in-under-five-minutes/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-06-06"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Let’s take a quick look at getting started with the latest production release of FreeBSD via three different platforms"
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name = "The Road to Better Wi-Fi on FreeBSD"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/the-road-to-better-wi-fi-on-freebsd/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-06-05"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "To understand how far we’ve come, it helps to look back at the road that led to today, starting with the earliest wireless work in FreeBSD"
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name = "ZFS automatic snapshots with Sanoid on FreeBSD"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/zfs-automatic-snapshots-with-sanoid-on-freebsd/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-05-27"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Take automatic ZFS snapshots at regular intervals and rotate them with Sanoid"
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name = "How to unlock high speed Wi-Fi on FreeBSD 14"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/how-to-unlock-high-speed-wi-fi-on-freebsd-14/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-05-13"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Faster Wi-Fi is coming to 14.3, but you can enable it today"
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name = "The Hidden Costs of Stagnation: Why Running EOL Software is a Ticking Time Bomb"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/the-hidden-costs-of-stagnation-why-running-eol-software-is-a-ticking-time-bomb/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-05-02"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Why regularly updating your systems is essential"
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name ="March/April 2025 FreeBSD Newsletter"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/newsletter/march-april-2025-freebsd-newsletter/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-04-30"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "The March/April FreeBSD Newsletter"
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name = "From PlayStation to routers, you've probably been using FreeBSD without knowing it"
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url = "https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/freebsd_foundation_25/"
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siteName = "The Register"
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siteUrl = "https://www.theregister.com"
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date = "2025-04-28"
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author = "Liam Proven"
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description = "The OS came first, the foundation later – so what does it do?"
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name = "ZFS Log Compression on FreeBSD"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/zfs-log-compression-on-freebsd/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-04-16"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Compressing system logs on the fly with ZFS"
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name = "Advocating for FreeBSD: A FOSDEM 2025 Trip Report"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/advocating-for-freebsd-a-fosdem-2025-trip-report/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-04-08"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Tom Jones reports back from his visit to FOSDEM 2025"
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name = "OpenZFS Cheat Sheet"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/openzfs-cheat-sheet/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-04-03"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "To help use OpenZFS, we created an OpenZFS cheat sheet"
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name = "Improvements to the FreeBSD CI/CD systems"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/improvements-to-the-freebsd-ci-cd-systems/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-03-12"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Announcing the start of the CI/CD Improvement project"
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name = "BSDCan 2025 Travel Grant Application Now Open"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/bsdcan-2025-travel-grant-application-now-open/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-03-06"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Announcement that the BSDCan 2025 travel grant application is open"
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name = "January 2025 Laptop Support and Usability Project Update"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/january-2025-laptop-support-and-usability-project-update/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-03-05"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Highlights the latest efforts from the Foundation's Laptop Support and Usability Project"
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name = "OpenZFS RAID-Z Expansion: A New Era in Storage Flexibility"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/openzfs-raid-z-expansion-a-new-era-in-storage-flexibility/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-02-21"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Review of the OpenZFS Raid-Z Expansion development project"
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name = "New CHAOSScast Episode: GrimoireLab at FreeBSD"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/latest-news/new-chaosscast-episode-grimoirelab-at-freebsd/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-02-06"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Discussion of FreeBSD’s adoption of GrimoireLab for enhanced project metrics and bug management"
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name = "Laptop Support and Usability Project Update: First Monthly Report & Community Initiatives"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/laptop-support-and-usability-project-update-first-monthly-report-community-initiatives/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2025-02-03"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Update on the Foundation-sponsored Laptop Support and Usability development project"
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name = "Sovereign Tech Fund to Invest €686,400 in FreeBSD Infrastructure Modernization"
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url = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/sovereign-tech-fund-to-invest-e686400-in-freebsd-infrastructure-modernization/"
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siteName = "FreeBSD Foundation Blog"
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siteUrl = "https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/"
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date = "2024-08-26"
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author = "FreeBSD Foundation"
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description = "Investment to accelerate zero trust builds, SBOM, security tooling, and developer experience"
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name = "FreeBSD 14 Release: Best New Features"
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url = "https://www.debugpoint.com/freebsd-14-features/"
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siteName = "debugpoint.com"
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siteUrl = "https://www.debugpoint.com"
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date = "2023-11-15"
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author = "Arindam"
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description = "Description of new features brought by FreeBSD 14"
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name = "FreeBSD can now boot in 25 milliseconds"
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url = "https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/29/freebsd_boots_in_25ms/"
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siteName = "theregister.com"
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siteUrl = "https://www.theregister.com"
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date = "2023-08-29"
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author = "Liam Proven"
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description = "FreeBSD can now boot in 25 milliseconds. On AWS Firecracker – but there are other new micro-VM engines around, too"
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name = "Happy 30th, FreeBSD!"
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url = "https://www.infoworld.com/article/3699263/happy-30th-freebsd-why-the-freebsd-open-source-project-has-endured.html"
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siteName = "infoworld.com"
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siteUrl = "https://www.infoworld.com"
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date = "2023-06-13"
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author = "Deb Goodkin"
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description = "Happy 30th, FreeBSD! Why the FreeBSD open source project has endured"
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name = "FreeBSD comes to Amazon's lightweight hypervisor"
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url = "https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/19/freebsd_comes_to_amazons_lightweight/"
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siteName = "theregister.com"
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siteUrl = "https://www.theregister.com"
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date = "2022-10-19"
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author = "Liam Proven"
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description = "The FreeBSD developer who brought FreeBSD to Amazon EC² has now got it working on the company's lightweight Firecracker hypervisor."
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name = "CheriBSD-based computer runs KDE for the first time"
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url = "https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/26/cheri_computer_runs_kde/"
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siteName = "theregister.com"
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siteUrl = "https://www.theregister.com"
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date = "2022-07-26"
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author = "Liam Proven"
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description = "Wayland and the KDE Plasma desktop now run on CheriBSD, the special version of FreeBSD for Arm's experimental Morello hardware."
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name = "FreeBSD 13.1 is out for everything from PowerPC to x86-64"
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url = "https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/20/freebsd_131/"
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siteName = "theregister.com"
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siteUrl = "https://www.theregister.com"
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date = "2022-05-20"
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author = "Liam Proven"
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description = "The latest version of FreeBSD, 13.1, was released this week for both 32 and 64-bit forms of x86, Arm, POWER – and 64-bit RISC-V."
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name = "License to thrill"
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url = "https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/10/the_state_of_freebsd/"
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siteName = "theregister.com"
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siteUrl = "https://www.theregister.com"
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date = "2021-03-10"
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author = "Tim Anderson"
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description = "Ahead of v13.0, the FreeBSD team talks about Linux and the completed toolchain project that changes everything"
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name = "Discussing Past, Present and Future of FreeBSD Project"
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url = "https://itsfoss.com/freebsd-interview-deb-goodkin/"
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siteName = "itsfoss.com"
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siteUrl = "https://itsfoss.com"
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date = "2020-02-24"
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author = "Abhishek Prakash"
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description = "FreeBSD is one of the most popular BSD distributions. It is used on desktop, servers and embedded devices for more than two decades. We talked to Deb Goodkin, executive director, FreeBSD Foundation and discussed the past, present and future of FreeBSD project."
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name = "Supporting an open source operating system: a Q&A with the FreeBSD Foundation"
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url = "https://www.techradar.com/news/supporting-an-open-source-operating-system-a-qanda-with-the-freebsd-foundation"
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siteName = "techradar.com"
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siteUrl = "https://techradar.com"
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date = "2020-02-20"
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author = ""
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description = "When discussing alternative operating systems to Microsoft’s Windows or Apple’s macOS, Linux often comes to mind. However, while Linux is a recreation of UNIX, FreeBSD is more of a continuation. The free and open source operating system was initially developed by students at the University of California at Berkeley which is why the BSD in its name stands for Berkeley Software Distribution."
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name = "Meet FreeBSD Project – A Journey of 26 Years and Beyond"
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url = "https://hub.pfind.com/meet-freebsd-project/"
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siteName = "pfind.com"
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siteUrl = "https://hub.pfind.com"
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date = "2019-08-29"
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author = "William Chapman"
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description = "When talking about operating systems or platforms to run the whole computing processes for various devices, you might have heard about FreeBSD quite often. However, today’s implementations of this operating system are apparently not too well-known, and many people don’t know the contributions of FreeBSD in today’s computing technology. Since this operating system is not generally available for the average users, FreeBSD remains to be something that many people nowadays are not well-acquainted with. Yet, it has been used in various hardware and online platforms today, and it has been actively used for more than 26 years now."
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name = "FreeBSD Turns 26"
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url = "https://lwn.net/Articles/791609/"
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siteName = "LWN.net"
456
siteUrl = "https://lwn.net"
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date = "2019-06-21"
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author = "Sean Kerner"
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description = "The FreeBSD operating system is continuing to make progress, 26 years after it got its name. Among the areas where work is being done is on improved support for RISC-V, FUSE filesystem updates, C runtime changes, and security improvements. FreeBSD Day is celebrated on June 19, in recognition of the date in 1993 when the name FreeBSD was coined for a fork of the 386BSD project. The first official release of FreeBSD did not occur until November 1, 1993, however."
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name = "8 Popular Products You Didn't Know Were Built with Open Source"
463
url = "https://www.designnews.com/design-hardware-software/8-popular-products-you-didnt-know-were-built-open-source"
464
siteName = "DesignNews"
465
siteUrl = "https://www.designnews.com"
466
date = "2019-06-18"
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author = "Chris Wiltz"
468
description = "A popular streaming service, video games consoles, and mobile messaging all owe a debt to FreeBSD."
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[[press]]
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name = "FreeBSD Foundation Announces FreeBSD Day on June 19, 2019"
472
url = "http://brilliancesecuritymagazine.com/press-release/freebsd-foundation-announces-freebsd-day-on-june-19-2019/"
473
siteName = "Brilliance Security Magazine"
474
siteUrl = "https://www.brilliancesecuritymagazine.com"
475
date = "2019-06-06"
476
author = "Editorial Staff"
477
description = "The FreeBSD Foundation, supporters of FreeBSD, one of the oldest and largest open source computer operating systems in the world and used by many top corporations, has announced that June 19, 2019 is FreeBSD Day. FreeBSD Day marks the date in 1993 that developers named the new open source operating system and celebrates the impact FreeBSD has had on open source computing."
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[[press]]
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name = "FreeBSD ZFS vs. ZoL Performance, Ubuntu ZFS On Linux Reference"
481
url = "https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=freebsd-zol-april"
482
siteName = "Phoronix"
483
siteUrl = "https://www.phoronix.com"
484
date = "2019-04-22"
485
author = "Michael Larabel"
486
description = "Overall, the FreeBSD ZFS On Linux port is looking good so far and we are looking forward to it hopefully maturing in time for FreeBSD 13.0. Nice job to iX Systems and all of those involved, especially the ZFS On Linux project. Those wanting to help in testing can try the FreeBSD ZoL spins. Stay tuned for more benchmarks and on more diverse hardware as time allows and the FreeBSD ZoL support further matures, but so far at least the performance numbers are in good shape."
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[[press]]
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name = "Why did we build our solution on top of FreeBSD?"
490
url = "https://www.synergysky.com/blog/whydidwebuildoursolutionontopof_freebsd"
491
siteName = "Synergy SKY"
492
siteUrl = "http://synergysky.com"
493
date = "2017-11-07"
494
author = "Egil Hasting"
495
description = "FreeBSD has given us the \"it just works\" experience, without sacrificing the full control. It feels and behaves mature and stable with great performance!"
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[[press]]
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name = "FreeBSD Project: Under the Hood"
499
url = "http://www.hostingadvice.com/blog/freebsd-project-under-the-hood/"
500
siteName = "HostingAdvice.com"
501
siteUrl = "http://hostingadvice.com"
502
date = "2016-06-09"
503
author = "Alexandra Leslie"
504
description = "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."
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[[press]]
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name = "FreeBSD now available in Azure Marketplace"
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url = "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/freebsd-now-available-in-azure-marketplace/"
509
siteName = "Microsoft Azure Blog"
510
siteUrl = "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/"
511
date = "2016-06-08"
512
author = "Jason Anderson"
513
description = "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."
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[[press]]
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name = "Cascadia Community Builder Award recognizes contributor Michael Dexter"
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url = "http://seagl.org/news/2015/10/26/cascadia-award-announcement.html"
518
siteName = "Seattle GNU/Linux Conference"
519
siteUrl = "http://seagl.org/"
520
date = "2015-10-26"
521
author = "SeaGL Blog"
522
description = "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."
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name = "Enabling on AArch64"
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url = "https://community.arm.com/groups/processors/blog/2015/07/07/enabling-freebsd-on-aarch64"
527
siteName = "ARM Ltd. Blog"
528
siteUrl = "https://community.arm.com/groups/processors/blog/"
529
date = "2015-07-07"
530
author = "Andrew Wafaa"
531
description = "A summary of the activities around porting to ARM's new AArch64 (or ARM64) platform."
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name = "Running on the server: a sysadmin speaks"
535
url = "http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/67420-running-freebsd-on-the-server-a-sysadmin-speaks"
536
siteName = "iTWire"
537
siteUrl = "http://www.itwire.com/"
538
date = "2015-03-23"
539
author = "Sam Varghese"
540
description = "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."
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[[press]]
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name = "Presenting FreeBSD! How We Made It Happen"
544
url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20150115001300/https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/presenting-freebsd-how-we-made-it-happen/"
545
siteName = "Digital Ocean Inc. Blog"
546
siteUrl = "https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/"
547
date = "2015-01-14"
548
author = "Neal Shrader"
549
description = "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 tutorials, for which they are <a href=\"https://www.digitalocean.com/community/get-paid-to-write\">offering $200 USD</a> each."
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name = "Get started with FreeBSD: A brief intro for Linux users"
553
url = "http://www.infoworld.com/article/2858288/unix/intro-to-freebsd-for-linux-users.html"
554
siteName = "InfoWorld"
555
siteUrl = "http://www.infoworld.com/"
556
date = "2014-12-15"
557
author = "Paul Venezia"
558
description = "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."
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[[press]]
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name = "The Foundation Announces Generous Donation and Fundraising Milestone"
562
url = "http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.com/2014/11/freebsd-foundation-announces-generous.html"
563
siteName = "The Foundation"
564
siteUrl = "https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/"
565
date = "2014-11-18"
566
author = "The Foundation Board"
567
description = "The Foundation is pleased to announce the receipt of a record-breaking donation from Jan Koum, CEO and Co-Founder of <a href=\"https://www.whatsapp.com/\">WhatsApp</a>."
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[[press]]
570
name = "Cavium to Sponsor ARMv8 Based Implementation"
571
url = "http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cavium-to-sponsor-freebsd-armv8-based-implementation-277724361.html"
572
siteName = "PR Newswire"
573
siteUrl = "http://www.prnewswire.com/"
574
date = "2014-10-01"
575
author = "Cavium, Inc."
576
description = "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 Foundation to develop and deliver the first ARMv8 reference design and implementation of the Operating System based on the ThunderX workload optimized processor family for next generation Data Center and Cloud workloads."
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579
name = "Parole de Tux: Tux et [french]"
580
url = "http://www.captainposix.net/?q=articles/episode-36-tux-et-freebsd"
581
siteName = "Captain Posix"
582
siteUrl = "http://www.captainposix.net/"
583
date = "2014-09-24"
584
author = "Captain Posix"
585
description = "\"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. The guest, a developer, sums up the history of the BSDs and their differences. He then briefly explains similarities and differences between a typical Linux distribution and before moving on to the main topic: the graphics stack, and how performs in this area."
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[[press]]
588
name = "Atlantic.Net Announces SSD-based VPS Services"
589
url = "http://talkincloud.com/cloud-computing-and-open-source/090214/atlanticnet-unveils-freebsd-cloud-vps-hosting-plans"
590
siteName = "Talkin' Cloud"
591
siteUrl = "http://talkincloud.com/"
592
date = "2014-09-02"
593
author = "Chris Talbot"
594
description = "SSD cloud VPS hosting solutions provider Atlantic.net has rolled out to its data centers in Orlando, Dallas and Toronto."
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[[press]]
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name = "to support secure boot by mid-year"
598
url = "http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/62855-freebsd-to-support-secure-boot-by-mid-year"
599
siteName = "ITWire"
600
siteUrl = "http://www.itwire.com/"
601
date = "2014-01-20"
602
author = "Sam Varghese"
603
description = "Kirk McKusick describes the progress has been making in supporting UEFI secure boot, which is scheduled for inclusion in 10.1."
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[[press]]
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name = "McKusick Denies Lagging on Security"
607
url = "http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/62728-mckusick-denies-freebsd-lagging-on-security"
608
siteName = "ITWire"
609
siteUrl = "http://www.itwire.com/"
610
date = "2014-01-06"
611
author = "Sam Varghese"
612
description = "Kirk McKusick denies that is trailing behind when it comes to security practices, asserting that over the past decade has made good design and engineering choices in."
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[[press]]
615
name = "Fixing Network Attached Storage with commodity hardware and BSD"
616
url = "http://boingboing.net/2013/06/23/fixing-network-attached-storag.html"
617
siteName = "Boing Boing"
618
siteUrl = "http://boingboing.net/"
619
date = "2013-06-23"
620
author = "Ben Laurie"
621
description = "Ben Laurie discusses how and why he replaced a proprietary NAS with one based on and commodity hardware."
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[[press]]
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name = "2012 - A BSD Year in Retrospective"
625
url = "http://www.osnews.com/story/26787/2012_a_BSD_year_in_retrospective"
626
siteName = "OSnews"
627
siteUrl = "http://www.osnews.com/"
628
date = "2013-02-14"
629
author = "Julian Djamil"
630
description = "A retrospective of all the exciting developments in the BSD-family of operating systems in 2012, focusing on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Dragonfly BSD."
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[[press]]
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name = "A Decade of OS Access-control Extensibility"
634
url = "https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2430732"
635
siteName = "ACM Queue"
636
siteUrl = "https://queue.acm.org/"
637
date = "2013-01-18"
638
author = "Robert N. M. Watson"
639
description = "To discuss operating system security is to marvel at the diversity of deployed access-control models."
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[[press]]
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name = "A world without Linux: Where would Apache, Microsoft even Apple be today?"
643
url = "http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/world-without-linux-where-would-apache-microsoft-even-apple-be-today-206680"
644
siteName = "Infoworld"
645
siteUrl = "http://www.infoworld.com"
646
date = "2012-11-12"
647
author = "Paul Venezia"
648
description = "If Linux hadn't conquered the world, we'd all be running FreeBSD, maybe even on our desktops."
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name = "FreeBSD Now Supported on Windows Server Hyper-V Via Beta Release"
652
url = "http://redmondmag.com/articles/2012/08/09/freebsd-beta-for-windows-server-hyper-v.aspx"
653
siteName = "Redmondmag"
654
siteUrl = "http://redmondmag.com"
655
date = "2012-08-09"
656
author = "Kurt Mackie"
657
description = "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."
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[[press]]
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name = "X.Org 7.7 Goes Into FreeBSD, KMS Is Ready"
661
url = "http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTExNzY"
662
siteName = "phoronix"
663
siteUrl = "http://www.phoronix.com"
664
date = "2012-06-11"
665
author = "Michael Larabel"
666
description = "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."
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[[press]]
669
name = "Netflix Open Connect Network: FreeBSD, Not Linux"
670
url = "http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTExNDM"
671
siteName = "phoronix"
672
siteUrl = "http://www.phoronix.com"
673
date = "2012-06-06"
674
author = "Michael Larabel"
675
description = "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."
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[[press]]
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name = "Why Should You Use FreeBSD? Here's Some Reasons"
679
url = "http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTExMDg"
680
siteName = "phoronix"
681
siteUrl = "http://www.phoronix.com"
682
date = "2012-05-31"
683
author = "Michael Larabel"
684
description = "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?\""
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[[press]]
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name = "Colocation Provider NYI Launches East Coast Mirror for FreeBSD Foundation"
688
url = "http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/colocation-provider-nyi-launches-east-coast-mirror-for-freebsd-foundation"
689
siteName = "The WHIR"
690
siteUrl = "http://www.thewhir.com"
691
date = "2012-05-25"
692
author = "Nicole Henderson"
693
description = "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.\""
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[[press]]
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name = "FreeBSD and Microsoft Hyper-V Interoperability Expected This Summer"
697
url = "http://redmondmag.com/articles/2012/05/14/microsoft-hyperv-interoperability.aspx"
698
siteName = "Redmondmag"
699
siteUrl = "http://redmondmag.com"
700
date = "2012-05-14"
701
author = "Kurt Mackie"
702
description = "Microsoft and its partnering companies are finalizing a project that will enable FreeBSD interoperability with Windows Server Hyper-V."
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[[press]]
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name = "FreeBSD 10 To Use Clang Compiler, Deprecate GCC"
706
url = "http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwMjI"
707
siteName = "phoronix"
708
siteUrl = "http://www.phoronix.com"
709
date = "2012-05-12"
710
author = "Michael Larabel"
711
description = "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."
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[[press]]
714
name = "FreeBSD Achieved A Lot In Q1'2012"
715
url = "http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwMjE"
716
siteName = "phoronix"
717
siteUrl = "http://www.phoronix.com"
718
date = "2012-05-12"
719
author = "Michael Larabel"
720
description = "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."
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[[press]]
723
name = "FreeBSD Gets A New X.Org With Intel KMS"
724
url = "http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA5MTc"
725
siteName = "phoronix"
726
siteUrl = "http://www.phoronix.com"
727
date = "2012-04-23"
728
author = "Michael Larabel"
729
description = "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."
730
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[[press]]
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name = "Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in March 2012"
733
url = "http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2012/04/02/most-reliable-hosting-company-sites-in-march-2012.html"
734
siteName = "Netcraft Ltd."
735
siteUrl = "http://www.netcraft.com/"
736
date = "2012-03-02"
737
author = "Netcraft"
738
description = "FreeBSD the OS of 3 of the top 10 most reliable hosting company sites in March 202."
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[[press]]
741
name = "PC-BSD 9 review ? to FreeBSD what Ubuntu is to Debian"
742
url = "http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/pc-bsd-9-review-to-freebsd-what-ubuntu-is-to-debian/"
743
siteName = "Linux User & Developer"
744
siteUrl = "http://www.linuxuser.co.uk"
745
date = "2012-02-09"
746
author = "Koen Vervloesem"
747
description = "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?"
748
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[[press]]
750
name = "[Review] FreeBSD 9.0"
751
url = "http://linuxconfig.net/review/freebsd-review/freebsd-9-0-review.html"
752
siteName = "linuxconfig.net"
753
siteUrl = "http://linuxconfig.net"
754
date = "2012-01-10"
755
author = "linuxconfig.net"
756
description = "This article provides an overview of some of the new features available in FreeBSD 9.0."
757
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[[press]]
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name = "Why aren't you using FreeBSD?"
760
url = "http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/why-arent-you-using-freebsd-178119?page=0,0"
761
siteName = "Infoworld"
762
siteUrl = "http://www.infoworld.com"
763
date = "2011-11-11"
764
author = "Paul Venezia"
765
description = "This article writes about why Paul Venezia is using FreeBSD for his servers"
766
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[[press]]
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name = "FreeBSD: A Faster Platform For Linux Gaming Than Linux?"
769
url = "http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_games_bsd"
770
siteName = "Phoronix"
771
siteUrl = "http://www.phoronix.com/"
772
date = "2011-09-07"
773
description = "Michael Larabel shows how FreeBSD runs some linux programs faster than linux does."
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name = "Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in June 2011"
777
url = "http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2011/07/08/most-reliable-hosting-company-sites-in-june-2011.html"
778
siteName = "Netcraft Ltd."
779
siteUrl = "http://www.netcraft.com/"
780
date = "2011-07-08"
781
author = "Jennifer Cownie"
782
description = "FreeBSD the OS of top 3 most reliable hosting company sites in June 2011."
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[[press]]
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name = "PC-BSD 8.2 review"
786
url = "http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/03/03/pc-bsd-8-2-review/"
787
siteName = "LinuxBSDos.com"
788
siteUrl = "http://www.linuxbsdos.com/"
789
date = "2011-03-03"
790
author = "LinuxBSDos.com"
791
description = "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."
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[[press]]
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name = "FreeBSD 8.2 expands ZFS support"
795
url = "http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3926181/FreeBSD-82-Expands-ZFS-Support----Without-Oracle.htm"
796
siteName = "Datamation.com"
797
siteUrl = "http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/"
798
date = "2011-02-25"
799
author = "Sean Michael Kerner"
800
description = "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."
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[[press]]
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name = "PC-BSD 8.1 review"
804
url = "http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2010/08/17/pc-bsd-8-1-review/"
805
siteName = "LinuxBSDos.com"
806
siteUrl = "http://www.linuxbsdos.com/"
807
date = "2010-08-17"
808
author = "LinuxBSDos.com"
809
description = "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."
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[[press]]
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name = "Health Check: FreeBSD - The unknown giant"
813
url = "http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Health-Check-FreeBSD-The-unknown-giant-920248.html"
814
siteName = "The H"
815
siteUrl = "http://www.h-online.com/"
816
date = "2010-02-04"
817
author = "Richard Hillesley"
818
description = "Richard Hillesley looks at the history of FreeBSD, the BSD license, Beastie and the new features in FreeBSD 8.0."
819
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