FreeBSD Foundation Newsletter, December 23, 2005
In this Edition: Letter From the Secretary/Treasurer Annual Giving Campaign Events Sponsored (Including Travel Grants) Letter From a Grant Recipient EuroBSDCon Report Travel Grant Request Form and Expense Reports Coverity License Agreement and Software All I Want for Christmas is Java 1.5: Donating to the FreeBSD Foundation by Matthew Olander of the FreeBSD Marketing Team […]
Education & Advocacy
Teaching others and spreading the word about FreeBSD is an important part of the Foundation’s mission. This includes sponsoring and attending many BSD and non-BSD conferences, supporting work on creating FreeBSD curriculum to be taught in schools and universities, publishing the high-quality FreeBSD focused magazine, The FreeBSD Journal, and developing collateral to spread the word about the […]
FreeBSD Foundation Update, January 2019
December 2018/January 2019 Update MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear FreeBSD Community Member, Happy New Year! It’s always exciting starting the new year with ambitious plans to support FreeBSD in new and existing areas. We achieved our fundraising goal for 2018, so we plan on funding a lot of work this year! Though it’s the […]
Custom Poudriere Packages in Your Own Repository
By Benedict Reuschling I’m forever grateful for the people who made ports and package installations on FreeBSD so easy. Whereas other Unix-like systems need to either manually install a bunch of libraries or dependencies, let alone package origins as text files, the BSDs typically don’t need any of that. A simple pkg install foo does […]
FreeBSD Foundation Update, June 2018
June 2018 Update MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR June was an exciting month for the Foundation and the Project.We kicked off FreeBSD’s 25th Anniversary celebration on FreeBSD Day. Well, we actually kicked it off, with cake, at the BSDCan FreeBSD Developer Summit on June 5. The cake was good, but celebrating in conjunction with FreeBSD […]
FreeBSD Foundation Update, August 2018
August 2018 Update MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear FreeBSD Community Member, It’s been a busy summer for the Foundation. From traveling around the globe spreading the word about FreeBSD to bringing on new team members to improve the Project’s Continuous Integration work, we’re very excited about what we’ve accomplished. Take a minute to check […]
FreeBSD Foundation Update, October 2018
October 2018 Update MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear FreeBSD Community Member, It’s so hard to believe that we’re already in the final quarter of 2018. The year is flying by(although it might be all of the time I’ve spent flying these past few weeks) and I’m very proud of all the work the FreeBSD […]
FreeBSD Foundation Update, September 2018
September 2018 Update MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear FreeBSD Community Member, It is hard to believe that September is over. The Foundation team had a busy month promoting FreeBSD all over the globe, bug fixing in preparation for 12.0, and setting plans in motion to kick off our 4th quarter fundraising and advocacy efforts. Take […]
FreeBSD Foundation Update, November 2018
November 2018 Update MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear {FIRST_NAME|FreeBSD Community Member}, November is typically a time when we in the States give thanks for the kindness and generosity we’ve received throughout the year. I’d like to kick off this month ’s newsletter with a thank you to everyone who generously supported our #GivingTuesday campaign last […]
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