FreeNAS 8.0.1-BETA1 Available

The first preview of the upcoming 8.0.1-Release for FreeNAS is available for testing. If you test this beta and find any bugs, please report them on the freenas-testing mailing list. From the announcement: Since the release of FreeNAS 8.0 it has seen widespread use and testing. We’ve been hard at work fixing the issues users […]

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Introduction to FreeNAS 8.0 Article in June BSD Mag

The June 2011 issue of BSD Mag has an article “Introducing FreeNAS 8.0” on pages 14-18. You can download this issue for free here. The publisher has also made this article available as a separate PDF which is available here. The article describes: * the reasons behind the redesign * differences between .7 and 8.0 […]

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Requesting Software for 8.1 Plugin System

Beginning with 8.1, FreeNAS will support the installation of software packages through the use of a plugin system. These packages will be in the form of PBIs (Push Button Installers) which is the packaging system used by PC-BSD. There is a PBI forum where you can request the creation of PBIs. If there is an […]

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New FreeNAS 8 Forums

Until now, FreeNAS 8 forum discussions took place in a sub-forum of the Sourceforge FreeNAS forums. This was confusing to users as it wasn’t always clear if the information in the rest of the forums was applicable to 8 or only worked on earlier versions of FreeNAS. FreeNAS 8 now has its own dedicated Forums […]

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FreeNAS Review on Sourcetrunk

Dimitri Larmuseau, host of the Sourcetrunk podcast, recently took FreeNAS 8-RC5 for a test drive. The result is a 40 minute review (not counting the first 4 minutes where he discusses beer) that is available in MP3 and OGG formats at the Sourcetrunk website.

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FreeNAS 8 Documentation

FreeNAS 8 documentation is a work in progress and is steadily moving along. The documentation has been moved from the old wiki to a new wiki which can be accessed from the Documentation page of the website. Please update your bookmarks accordingly and point people to the new location as the old one is now […]

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FreeNAS 8 is Ready for Localization

Are you interested in seeing the menus in the FreeNAS 8 graphical administrative interface localized to your native language? If so, we are looking for translators! A Pootle server has been setup for FreeNAS 8 localization and all of the text strings have been imported into the server. Pootle is an easy way to find […]

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FreeNAS 0.7.2.5462 Sabanda Released!

The FreeNAS Development Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeNAS 0.7.2 Sabanda. This is a maintenance release of FreeNAS 0.7. it improves it’s functions and the translations of the WEBGUI. Also we did add 2 new translations and give it some new features. New Features ========== – Samba 3.5.5. – AIO settings from […]

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