by iXsystems | Jun 4, 2013 | Google
Google has chosen the 15 FreeBSD related projects below for Google Summer of Code 2013 which will start this month. You will notice that most of the work will be around package management (ports, pkgng) and virtualisation (Xen, BHyve, VirtualBox) and file systems...
by iXsystems | May 9, 2013 | FreeBSD, Google
FreeBSD is pleased to announce that once again we have been selected to participate in the Google Summer of Code program. This gives University students the opportunity to earn a $5000 USD stipend in exchange for working on Open Source software over their Summer...
by iXsystems | Apr 16, 2013 | FreeBSD, FreeBSD Foundation, Google
The FreeBSD Foundation has announced that Pawel Jakub Dawidek has been awarded a development grant to further improve the Capsicum framework. The grant is jointly funded by Google’s Open Source Programs Office. The project includes the integration of previous...
by iXsystems | May 29, 2012 | FreeBSD Conferences, Google
MeetBSD California 2012 meetBSD 2012 will be held on Yahoo!’s campus in Sunnyvale, California, from 3 – 4 November 2012 and will be co-hosted by Yahoo! and iXsystems. MeetBSD California is no normal conference – it’s a meeting of the minds from...
by iXsystems | Apr 24, 2012 | FreeBSD, Google
It’s that time of the year again. Holiday season is approaching in a few months time, so it’s time to get ready for the annual Google Summer of Code, GSoC 2012. Each year Google pays quite a number of mainly students to contribute to an open source...
by iXsystems | Aug 3, 2011 | BSD World, Google
I have started to share news and information on the Google+ social network. I find the Google+ interface nicer and easier to update and follow than Facebook’s and Twitter’s. And, the privacy settings are more transparant and better than Facebook’s....