8.0.4-RELEASE is Available
FreeNAS 8.0.4-RELEASE and FreeNAS-8.0.4-multimedia are now available from the Sourceforge website. 8.0.4 is primarily a bug fix release, meaning that there will not be a published 8.0.4 version of the Users Guide. Instead, use the 8.0.3 Users Guide plus the 8.0.4 Release Notes (available on the download page).
FreeNAS DVDs in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
On Saturday, March 3, in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, Martin Wilke (FreeBSD Developer, Ports Management, Security Officer), will give a presentation about FreeBSD development and share his experience on how he became a FreeBSD Developer. FreeNAS DVDs will also be given away at this event. The event will be held at Old Town White Coffee, Bangsar […]
8.0.4-RC1 Available for Testing
8.0.4-RC1 is available for testing. Please report any problems by creating a ticket at http://support.freenas.org with the version set to 8.0.4-RC1. At this point, the 8.0.x branch is fairly mature and 8.0.4-RELEASE should appear very shortly.
FreeNAS DVDs at Open Source Days
This year’s Open Source Days will take place at Copenhagen Business School (in Denmark) on March 10 and 11. Sven Esbjerg will be bringing a supply of FreeNAS 8.0.3 DVDs to give away–you can find him in the “hallway track”.
New Video: FreeNAS 8.0.3: FTP Configuration
A new instructional video on configuring FTP is now available on the FreeNAS YouTube channel.
PLUG Advanced Topics: FreeNAS 64-bit
Michael Dexter will present “Hands-on FreeNAS” at next week’s PLUG meeting in Portland, OR. The presentation will look at the issues relating to building your own 64-bit new hardware system and explore ZFS resource usage. Details regarding the event are here.
8.0.4-BETA2 Available for Testing
8.0.4-BETA2 is now available for testing. The change notes and downloads are available from Sourceforge.
Vote for FreeNAS!
FreeNAS is in the running for the Sourceforge March Project of the Month. Take a minute to vote for FreeNAS.
FreeNAS on FLOSS Weekly
In episode 198 of FLOSS Weekly, Simon Phipps interviews James Nixon from the FreeNAS Project.
FreeNAS 8.0.3 Users Guide Available
The FreeNAS 8.0.3 Users Guide is now available in the following formats: EPUB HTML PDF This version addresses the changes between FreeNAS versions 8.0.2 and 8.0.3 and adds two new chapters to cover the new Loaders and Sysctls functionality. This will be the last documentation in the 8.0.x series and the next published version will […]