by Cao | Feb 23, 2017 | Apple, FreeBSD, macOS, Podcast
The folks at The Mac Observer interview Jordan Hubbard regarding his time as a founder of FreeBSD, heading Apple’s UNIX team, and his many contributions to open source. Check out the link below to listen to the podcast. Jordan Hubbard, the co-founder of FreeBSD,...
by Cao | Dec 9, 2016 | Apple, macOS, Notebook
This is a lengthy discussion from Hacker News, derived from a tutorial by user mpasternacki on how to get FreeBSD set up on a MacBook Pro. Top comment: wwweston 15 days ago [-] > Six years later, it less and less “Just Works”, started turning into spyware...
by Cao | Dec 2, 2016 | Apple, macOS
The developers of Apple have released the Darwin source code for macOS 10.12 Sierra. Darwin comprises of the kernel, BSD portions, drivers, and developer tools. The source code can be found at the links provided. The lowest layers of macOS, including the kernel, BSD...
by Cao | Dec 2, 2016 | FreeBSD Foundation, WhatsApp
Last year, Jan Koum donated $1 million to the FreeBSD Foundation, allowing the organization to surpass their fundraising goal for 2015. This year in 2016, Koum donated a large amount once again, helping the organization continue their efforts in funding FreeBSD...
by Cao | Nov 17, 2016 | bsdnow.tv, Netflix, Video
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Kris Moore interview Scott Long of Netflix regarding his work on FreeBSD for the online streaming giant. Press play below to tune in: Show notes from Jupiter Broadcasting –...
by Cao | Aug 5, 2016 | RootBSD
RootBSD, recently announced a data center opening in Toronto, along with dedicated servers in Hong Kong. This adds on to their expansion to datacenters in San Jose, CA and Dallas, TX. The most popular plan is the Lambda plan, for those who are looking to start hosting...
