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FreeBSD Foundation December 2015 Update

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FBSDF15-yearsThe FreeBSD Foundation has released a summary of their updates for December 2015. This issue highlights development updates, the Silicon Valley Vendor & Developer Summit, TeachBSD Courses, as well as their fundraising goals. Thank you for 15 years and more to come, FreeBSD Foundation!

It’s hard to believe 2016 is right around the corner. The past year has been very productive for the Foundation. From funding important development projects and spreading the word about FreeBSD to new audiences, to supporting Project infrastructure and publishing the informative Journal, your donations have allowed us to work hard supporting the Project you love. Take a moment to see what we’ve been up to over the past twelve months and join me as the excitement builds to see what new initiatives the coming year has in store.

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Read the full updates here: https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/2015decupdate.pdf

Faces of FreeBSD: Erin Clark

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Check out Erin’s story of how her contributions helped make a difference in the FreeBSD community. Erin is currently a developer for the FreeNAS project, and has managed FreeBSD servers as a system administrator.

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My name is Erin Clark.  I am 32 years old, and I live in San Jose, California.  I have had an interest in tinkering with computers since I learned to program in Logo in the 3rd grade on IBM PS/2 computers.  I pursued my passion in computers on into college where I received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri.  In my free time I enjoy practicing martial arts, playing video games, and reading science fiction and fantasy novels.

Read her full story: http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.com/2015/12/faces-of-freebsd-2015-erin-clark.html

How-To: Django w/ Gunicorn + Nginx on FreeBSD 10.2

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Thanks to user , we can get Django set up on FreeBSD along with Gunicorn and Nginx. Follow the link below for full instructions.

Django is web framework based on python, maintain by Django Software Foundation. It is free and opensource python framework for building a macro web applications. Django is powerful, make your develpment process is so fast, make your application simple and useful. Make your developer easy to maintain and deploy the project. Django is a high-level python framework with MVC (Model-View-Controller) concept, used by big company like mozilla, pinterest, disquss, instagram, bitbucket etc. In this tutorial we will guide about django installation. We will install django 1.9 with gunicorn, supervisord and nginx as the web server. Nginx running on port 80 and django framework running under gunicorn with gunicorn sock file.

Full tutorial: http://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-django-gunicorn-nginx-freebsd-10-2/

Running Windows under FreeBSD’s bhyve

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bhyve Thanks to the folks at pr1ntf.xyz, we can get Windows virtualized with bhyve on FreeBSD. Follow the link below for full instructions.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Windows Operating System Family.

As I wrote about in the past, Windows support was coming to the FreeBSD hypervisor bhyve. Support officially came with FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT r288524 when it was announced via the FreeBSD Virtualization mailing list. Shortly after, Windows Diplomat Michael Dexter wrote a great how-to on the FreeBSD Wiki to get Windows up and going under bhyve.

Full tutorial: http://pr1ntf.xyz/windowsunderbhyve.html

Ubuntu vs FreeBSD Hosting: Is There A Difference?

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pairBlog highlights several differences between Ubuntu and FreeBSD, for those looking for a hosting solution.

Choosing an Operating System for your account can feel a bit daunting. When first setting up a Hosting Account, many worry which OS is right for their needs. What’s the difference between FreeBSD and Ubuntu? Which one is right for me?

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Well good news is that unless you are planning on performing some “in-depth” development on your account, you are unlikely to notice much of a difference between an Ubuntu & FreeBSD hosting account. Generally the systems are more alike than they are different. Both are open source, free for use, and based on Unix-like operating systems.

Full article: https://blog.pair.com/2015/12/17/ubuntu-vs-freebsd-hosting-difference/

Phoronix: Popular BSD Stories Of 2015

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Phoronix has rounded up their most popular BSD related stories of 2015. Follow the link below to view the full round up.

While we primarily focus on Linux operating system news and releases, I do enjoy watching the *BSD space and covering their major events. This year has saw some great updates for DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, and friends. Here’s a look at the most popular BSD news on Phoronix for 2015.

BSD in 2015 made much progress in their catching up of DRM/KMS graphics driver support ported from the Linux kernel, ZFS on FreeBSD continues marching, HAMMER2 for DragonFlyBSD continued to be developed, the various BSDs using Clang have continued advancing, etc. The ten most popular BSD news stories on 2015 as found on Phoronix were:

Most Popular BSD Stories of 2015: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Popular-BSD-News-2015

How-To: PostgreSQL and PhpPgAdmin on FreeBSD 10.2

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Thanks to user , we can get PostgreSQL and PhpPgAdmin set up on FreeBSD 10.2. Follow the link below for the full instructions.

Postgresql or postgres is open-source object relational database system developed by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. 15 years active development, and until now has proven for the intregity, reliabelity and ability as the database server. It is powerfull and is very suitable for the use of large-scale database, support for all major operating system, including Linux, Unix, Mac OS X and Windows.

In this tutorial we will guide you about postgresql installation and configuration on Unix operating system FreeBSD 10.2. And then will install a phppgadmin as the premier web-based administration tool for postgresql that required apache and php.

Full tutorial: http://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-postgresql-phppgadmin-freebsd-10-2/

Microsoft Loves Linux Deep Dive #12: Summary of Running and Managing Linux and FreeBSD in Your Datacenter

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HyperV Foundation.png-550x0In part 12 of the Microsoft Loves Linux Deep Dive series, user Michael Kelley gives us a summary of using Linux and FreeBSD in your datacenter. Take a look at the link below to read the full article.

Second, doing a great job of running Linux and FreeBSD as guest operating systems on Hyper-V is fundamental.  We’ve heard your feedback as customers that your datacenters are heterogeneous.  You run workloads on Windows, you run workloads on Linux, and you probably run some workloads on UNIX.  Being able to run Linux and FreeBSD as a guest on Hyper-V enables you to operate a single infrastructure for both workloads, and not have to bifurcate the underlying hardware, the hypervisor, and the management infrastructure.  The first few posts in this series describe how Microsoft works with the Linux and FreeBSD communities to build the drivers for running these operating systems on Hyper-V.  The posts also describe how high I/O performance is achieved in a virtual environment, and the sophisticated management features, such as online backup and dynamic memory, that accrue to Linux and FreeBSD guests running on Hyper-V.

Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2015/12/17/microsoft-loves-linux-deep-dive-12-summary-of-running-and-managing-linux-and-freebsd-in-your-datacenter.aspx

Larry the BSD Guy: Plotting Out the BSD Year

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Larry the BSD Guy is back again, in this entry he talks about BSD related trade shows going on throughout the year. Take a look at his page to follow along with his trade show schedule.

First things first: Remember when I said I didn’t have access to Michael Larabel’s fine set of Phoronix tools to do diagnostic hardware comparisons? Well, while looking around for something else in BSD’s very cool AppCafe, I found them — Phoronix tools available for BSD users. So while I go sit in the corner with a pointy hat, I will apologize for that error.

With that out of the way, the holiday season only means one thing to me. Well, two actually, if you count great food accompanied by good friends, but mostly the holiday season means I have to set up my schedule for the upcoming year when it comes to Linux/BSD/FOSS events.

Plotting Out the BSD Year: http://fossforce.com/2015/12/plotting-bsd-year/