February 5, 2025

 

 


 



News – January 2025

Welcome to the January 2025 Newsletter!

Thank you to our incredible community and partners for making another remarkable year for FreeBSD possible, your support drives FreeBSD forward! 2025 is the year of opportunities for FreeBSD. Help shape the future by donating today.

 

The FreeBSD Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting the FreeBSD Project. Funding through donations purchases hardware, funds projects, and supports advocacy efforts for the long-term viability of the project.

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Zero-Trust Builds for FreeBSD

The Foundation is pleased to announce that a planned project to deliver zero-trust builds has begun in January 2025. This project is a key component of the work commissioned by the Sovereign Tech Agency (STA) and is one of five initiatives that together are aimed at advancing Zero Trust builds, Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), CI/CD automation, security controls in Ports and Packages, and technical debt reduction.

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Laptop Support and Usability Project Update: First Monthly Report & Community Initiatives

The FreeBSD Foundation’s Laptop Support and Usability Project is in full swing, and staying updated has never been easier. The first monthly report is now available. The full report contains progress updates on supported laptop models, desktop environments, and technical debt work. 

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FreeBSD Journal

The November/December 2024 issue of the FreeBSD Journal is here! This issue is all about Virtualization. Articles are now available in both HTML and PDF. Best of all? It’s Free!

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FreeBSD User Stories



Enhancing Network Management by Switching from Linux to FreeBSD: The Metify Approach​

Metify was running on Linux but needed added stability and the ability to tune a kernel for performance. It also needed tight ZFS integration and ports and packages it could depend on, which Linux lacks. Finally, Metify wanted enhanced security out-of-the-box, open, uncomplicated, and unchanging licensing, and comprehensive documentation.

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Upcoming 2025 Events

SCALE 22X, Pasadena, CA (March 6-9)

June 2025 FreeBSD Developer Summit, Ottawa, Canada (June 11-12)

BSDCan 2025, Ottawa, Canada (June 11-14)