by Cao | Feb 20, 2019 | FreeBSD, Netflix
In this blog, user Abhishek Prakash discusses Netflix’s use of FreeBSD. In fact, quite a large amount of streaming bandwidth goes through FreeBSD servers that are deployed by Netflix in the US. To learn more, below you may also view a talk and slides by Jonathan...
by Cao | Dec 24, 2018 | Apple
The developers of macOS and iOS have made available the source code for the kernel of iOS 12 and macOS 12.14. FreeBSD code can be found within the operating system, in combination with the Mach kernel. You can download it here. XNU kernel is part of the Darwin...
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...
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...
