From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 4 09:47:00 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D38106566B for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 09:47:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt@ixsystems.com) Received: from mail.iXsystems.com (newknight.ixsystems.com [206.40.55.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B7788FC0C for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 09:46:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ixsystems.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.iXsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76723A6645C; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 02:29:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.iXsystems.com ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.ixsystems.com (mail.ixsystems.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16392-10; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 02:29:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.64] (unknown [75.5.244.241]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.iXsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D9480A66409; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 02:29:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BB85C07.4010809@ixsystems.com> Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:29:43 -0700 From: Matt Olander User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Macintosh/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: announce@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:21:56 +0000 Cc: Denise Ebery , theresa@freebsdmall.com Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] Definitive Guide to PC-BSD by Dru Lavigne X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:47:00 -0000 Please forgive the long email but it's been awhile since I've read such a great BSD book like this one! Skip to the links below if you just need to buy the book now!! Based on the books that I purchase from Amazon, I was delighted to see a notification for a pre-order of Dru Lavigne's Definitive Guide to PC-BSD! I pre-ordered it from Amazon but unfortunately, Apress, the publisher did not have enough time to get the Live PC-BSD DVDs in there. So, FreeBSD Mall to the rescue! Yes, I ordered it from there, too, so I could keep one at home and one at the office, like my Absolute FreeBSD 2nd Edition *cough* Lucas update this! You got off easy not writing the PC-BSD book! Here's a link to the Mall Guide wit the DVD sleeve: http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/pcbsdguide This book for 44.99 USD includes the sleeve edition of the PC-BSD Live DVD so you can check it out and work through it on the fly. It's been great for qualifying laptops at local stores and makes great handouts for *NIX user groups and tradeshows. I noticed that Amazon has dropped the price by 4.50 so maybe we can get Theresa at FreeBSD Mall or Denise at iX to throw in some stickers or something special :D For those of you that would like the box set DVD along with Dru's Definitive Guide to PC-BSD, you can get the bundle for a few bucks more, at 59.95 USD: http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/pcbsdguide.bn Make no mistake, while the book is the Definitive Guide to PC-BSD, it is loaded with FreeBSD goodness as well. Of course, FreeBSD Mall and iXsystems are big sponsors of FreeBSD and PC-BSD so rest assured your money goes towards further development :) I can't say enough about this Guide and the Hubble edition of PC-BSD. We've been using it at work for years and some long time Free/PC-BSD users learned some new tricks. Thanks, Dru! Thanks to some ideas by Nick Clayton, Harrison Grundy, Josh Paetzel, and some others at EuroBSD over many beers, this is definitely getting ready for primetime, especially for quick deployments for home and enterprise users. Thanks to Kennedy Kasina for writing the new GUI that has gotten some rave reviews. Kris and Josh Paetzel have redone the build servers so that we now have snapshots! ftp://ftp.pcbsd.org/pub/snapshots/8/ These snapshots are based on STABLE and will include patches from mav@ and delphi@ from CURRENT to increase driver support and performance. Kris has also completely rewritten the installer backend in pure shell scripting. The latest one includes GPT support, ZFS improvements, unattended installs and a vanilla FreeBSD install option! We're looking for volunteers to improve the vanilla FreeBSD install to that users can choose distributions as it's a bit simple right now. This and many more things are documented in Dru's book. Kudos, Dru, another fine Guide :) If you've thought about giving PC-BSD a try before but didn't want to dual or triple boot, now is your chance! You can even install the image right from the Live DVD. It's a little slow to boot as we ended up doing kernel modules instead of having it all built-in as there were some conflicts. There might even be some Easter Eggs in the latest snapshot via James Nixon! Also, we have made some extra PC-BSD sleeves that we have been shipping around the world for events. If you have an open source event or would like to get your University to try this out, please let Denise and Theresa know, with some advance notice so shipping costs can be minimized. Cheers! -matt -- Matt Olander CTO, iXsystems - "Servers for Open Source" http://www.iXsystems.com Public Relations, The FreeBSD Project http://www.FreeBSD.org BSD on the Desktop! http://www.pcbsd.org Phone: (408)943-4100 ext. 113 Fax: (408)943-4101 From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 6 19:10:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C78C5106564A for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:10:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=705c9fd0a=Brooks.E.Davis@aero.org) Received: from email1-west.aero.org (email1-west.aero.org [130.221.16.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1C048FC08 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:10:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=aero.org; i=brooks@aero.org; q=dns/txt; s=mailhub; t=1270581029; x=1302117029; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version; z=Date:=20Tue,=206=20Apr=202010=2012:00:02=20-0700|From: =20Brooks=20Davis=20|To:=20announce@free bsd.org|Subject:=2072=20hours=20remaining=20to=20apply=20 for=20GSoC|Message-ID:=20<20100406190002.GG15148@face.aer o.org>|MIME-Version:=201.0; bh=UAgZMzkYtyKs6wPHdMtqt5o5kup2xKwO6Hzj2XRZGFY=; b=pTvJwUsGsOKshffH2Yz0OshNAzbYjt3NEO/NwpOEl2tIeg3ztaWqcRyc xWwEDulktAtC/KHrFrW6Ga4O4YKl0jg2cj9YB4m/MkWDpyqDCjXsDJd+n RvxmgS8z6+dZupghfn1GAIjeaHI64UBplmyC7Tfhb6/kxYU4gNTiFYeup A=; x-SBRS: None x-SenderGroup: Internal_Relay_hosts X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AkcFAAYiu0uC3R90/2dsb2JhbACPUotocbsLhQkEgyQ X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="5400,1158,5943"; a="29282959" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.51,374,1267430400"; d="scan'208";a="29282959" Received: from happy.face.aero.org ([130.221.31.116]) by mailhub1.aero.org with ESMTP/TLS/AES256-SHA; 06 Apr 2010 12:00:02 -0700 Received: from brooks by happy.face.aero.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NzE0I-0005Mn-1b for announce@freebsd.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:00:02 -0700 Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:00:02 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: announce@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100406190002.GG15148@face.aero.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:39:48 +0000 Cc: Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] 72 hours remaining to apply for GSoC X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:10:28 -0000 Just a quick reminder to anyone who was thinking of applying to do a Google Summer of Code project with FreeBSD: There are now less than 72 hours in which to apply! A few things to keep in mind with your application: - The earlier you submit, the more likely you are to get quality feed back. - Consider submitting more than one proposal. It's more work, but significantly reduces your risk of losing out to a similar project proposal if your idea happens to be popular. - Please use the template. It helps make sure you provide everything we need. We look forward to reading your proposals! -- Brooks From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 9 14:42:45 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34BB0106564A for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:42:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deb@freebsdfoundation.org) Received: from aslan.scsiguy.com (www.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D98D88FC20 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:42:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.16.105] (c-71-196-155-13.hsd1.co.comcast.net [71.196.155.13]) (authenticated bits=0) by aslan.scsiguy.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o39EghCS097061 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 08:42:44 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from deb@freebsdfoundation.org) Message-ID: <4BBF3CCE.7090402@freebsdfoundation.org> Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:42:22 -0600 From: Deb Goodkin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:24:25 +0000 Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] Last day to submit BSDCan 2010 travel grant applications X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:42:45 -0000 Dear FreeBSD Community, Today is the last day to submit your travel grant application for BSDCan 2010! The FreeBSD Foundation will be providing a limited number of travel grants to individuals requesting assistance. Please fill out and submit the Travel Grant Request Application at http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/documents/TravelRequestForm.pdf by April 9, 2010 to apply for this grant. How it works: This program is open to FreeBSD developers of all sorts (kernel hackers, documentation authors, bugbusters, system administrators, etc). In some cases we are also able to fund non-developers, such as active community members and FreeBSD advocates. (1) You request funding based on a realistic and economical estimate of travel costs (economy airfare, trainfare, ...), accommodations (conference hotel and sharing a room), and registration or tutorial fees. If there are other sponsors willing to cover costs, such as your employer or the conference, we prefer you talk to them first, as our budget is limited. We are happy to split costs with you or another sponsor, such as just covering airfare or board. If you are a speaker at the conference, we expect the conference to cover your travel costs, and will most likely not approve your direct request to us. (2) We review your application and if approved, authorize you to seek reimbursement up to a limit. We consider several factors, including our overall and per-event budgets, and (quite importantly) the benefit to the community by funding your travel. Most rejected applications are rejected because of an over-all limit on travel budget for the event or year, due to unrealistic or uneconomical costing, or because there is an unclear or unconvincing argument that funding the applicant will directly benefit the FreeBSD Project. Please take these points into consideration when writing your application. (3) We reimburse costs based on actuals (receipts), and by check or bank transfer. And, we do not cover your costs if you end up having to cancel your trip. We require you to submit a report on your trip, which we may show to current or potential sponsors, and may include in our semi-annual newsletter. There's some flexibility in the mechanism, so talk to us if something about the model doesn't quite work for you or if you have any questions. The travel grant program is one of the most effective ways we can spend money to help support the FreeBSD Project, as it helps developers get together in the same place at the same time, and helps advertise and advocate FreeBSD in the larger community. Thank You, The FreeBSD Foundation