Welcome to the March 2024 update from the FreeBSD Foundation! We have software development news, advocacy and marketing updates, a new Alpha-Omega grant, fundraising information, release engineering and FreeBSD 13.3 updates, Beacon Awards winners, and our position on the EU Cyber Resiliency Act (CRA).
As we conclude our fundraising efforts for 2023, we are delighted to announce that, thanks to your valuable support, the FreeBSD Foundation has exceeded our goal and raised over $1.2M!
Your generosity has enabled us to continue our mission of supporting and advancing the FreeBSD operating system.Read more
Advocacy and Marketing
Our primary objective for 2024 was to promote the practical application of the FreeBSD Project through various means,such as content creation, media publications, and social media channels.
Thanks to our persistent efforts, we’ve witnessed a substantial rise in visibility and user engagement across our social media platforms and website traffic. Read more
“FreeBSD is the cornerstone of Metify’s stack and helps us drive Mojo’s innovation. We moved from Linux to FreeBSD for the flexibility its licensing offers and its unparalleled performance capabilities… it has significantly streamlined our software architecture while enhancing system uptime.” — Ian Evans, CTO, Metify.
The FreeBSD Foundation has officially announced a range of software development projects that will be launched in 2024, focusing on improving wireless networks and advancing cloud and file systems, among other areas. Read more
Alpha-Omega Grant
The FreeBSD Foundation is one of the four grant recipients of the Alpha-Omega project. The grant will be used to conduct code audits on critical subsystems, identify vulnerabilities and suboptimal coding practices, and improve the FreeBSD Project code. Read more
FreeBSD Foundation Sponsors Beacon Awards
The FreeBSD Foundation recently celebrated innovation and security at the Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Ecosystem Beacon Awards. The event, hosted at London’s Kia Oval on March 13, showcased trailblazers in the adoption and development of CheriBSD and Morello technologies.
Winning entries included a new OpenJDK port, virtualization architecture, and a CHERI memory protection model for server environments.
FreeBSD Foundation Statement on the European Union Cyber Resiliency Act
FreeBSD is a security trailblazer, and many leading security vendors trust our platform to provide their solutions. The FreeBSD community takes cybersecurity measures seriously to protect digital infrastructure and user data. We welcome the revisions made in the final version of the European Cyberresiliency Act (CRA), which contains important exceptions for open source projects, communities, foundations, and their development and package distribution platforms. Read our position statement.
EuroBSDCon 2024, Dublin, Ireland (Sept 19-22). The Call for Proposals ends May 15.
January/February 2024 FreeBSD Journal is Here!
The January/February 2024 issue marks the 10th Anniversary of the FreeBSD Journal! Join us in commemorating this momentous event by checking out this exceptional issue dedicated to Networking. Best of all? It’s free! Read the Journal
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