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FreeBSD and Skype - ntfs-3g and OpenBSD - TrueNAS and Citrix - GhostBSD updates - MidnightBSD updates - JabirBSD sources

Linux Skype 4.0.0.8 on FreeBSD working

If you need Skype on FreeBSD (be aware though ;-), Artyom Mirgorodskiy managed to get the Linux version of Skype (4.0.0.8) to work on FreeBSD. The FreeBSD Skype port is deprecated, but if you follow the steps in Artyom’s guide, it should work fine.
Linux Skype 4.0.0.8 on FreeBSD

OpenBSD ntfs-3g complete !

sysutils/ntfs-3g is now in ports, patches are needed on libfuse but that's now merged in the tree. What will be needed at the moment is to add two lines in the kernel config (yes, it mean that you need to recompile the kernel until the following is added to GENERIC)
option FUSE
pseduo-device fuse 10
That's cool to see ntfs support in OpenBSD ! :)

TrueNAS Unified Storage Appliance now Citrix Certified

iXsystems, the all-around FreeBSD company that builds FreeBSD certified servers and storage solutions, has announced that their TrueNAS Unified Storage Appliance has been now been certified as Citrix Ready.
"As a member of the Citrix Ready program, we are able to offer our clients intelligent solutions that combine TrueNAS unified storage with Citrix XenServer,” said Peter Allen, Applied Engineering Specialist. “The offering demonstrates our plans to work with trusted partners, through the Citrix Ready partner ecosystem, in order to provide the highest quality experience for our clients.”

GhostBSD May 2013 Reports

GhostBSD 3.5 development is started. The new installer development is in heavy testing and debugging stage. The software list on 3.5 will be more uniform, like Firefox, Thunderbird, Banshee, Brasero, gThumb, Apache OpenOffice and more. This will prevent some confusion for some user and more easy for developers to maintain.

MidnightBSD

New branch for 0.4 created RELENG_0_4.

We're in the process of updating X.org mports to fix the previously reported security vulnerabilities. The ports tree might be unstable during this process as we flush out bugs caused by the updates.
x11-servers, x11-fonts, x11, x11-toolkits (related to X), devel/xorg-macros, devel/pkgconf, etc. have been updated so far. "X.org 7.7" We've got updated GNUstep back, base & gui ports so far. Bacula and tarsnap were added to mports tonight.

The new JabirOS sources are available now!

Hi. The new JabirOS sources available for download now. you can download, compile and upload your custom images. we’re looking for people who can compile system and build ISOs. Download link is available in Downloads page.

Wallpaper of the week

as found at http://goo.gl/Ir8ia, from +Randy Belk

Did I miss some important news? Let the others know in comments!

JabirBSD: New kid in the block [Interview]

You might noticed something like this on your favourite forums:

Jabir Technologies Foundation is proud to announce the first release of JabirBSD.
After a year of development, We decided to use BSD in our projects. Now we have created JabirBSD as a rebrand of “FreeBSD” . after a while , we’ll fork it from FreeBSD and we’ll create a new BSD variant like “DragonFly” .
Now you can download and test version “1.0″ of JabirBSD .

More info and download :
http://jabirproject.org/?p=305

Yes, that's the "New kid in the block" of BSD based OS. I've been mailing with developer of this new OS and here is the result.

Q: Before going into details, could you please shortly introduce yourself
and project?

A: Hi All. I'm Muhammadreza Haghiri , I was born in 1996 and I'm Linux/BSD user/developer.
I started Jabir Project at 2011 as a Desktop OS , and in 2012 , I released the 1st Version of JabirOS (based on Ubuntu, Debian). After a while we decided to use other open source operating systems for base. and I started research about "BSD" family. in 2013 , I released JabirBSD as a test and it will be turned to JabirOS (as a fork of FreeBSD).

Q: I see you are very young, what is your occupation now?
A: My Occupation is now student. I study mathematics in high-school .

Q: What was the idea behind first JabirOS?

A: A professional hobby first , but after a while I decided to optimize it for beginners , and Jabir Project targets beginner and professional users at a way.

Q: Later, you changed from Linux to FreeBSD. What were the reasons for this change? What do you find better with FreeBSD in comparison with Linux?

A: Ok , FreeBSD is better than Linux. because FreeBSD is more Unix compatible than Linux . Also , I'm interested in BSD(Simplified) License.

Q: The first release, as your website says, is rebrand of FreeBSD. Later you want to fork it. What is the reason to fork it?

A: Many reasons. but main reasons are :
A)JabirOS won't be a FreeBSD variant. It will be a desktop & server oriented BSD variant.
B)We want to do many changes on kernel. I don't think FreeBSD team accepts these changes.

Q: Can you be more specific about changes you want to make?

A: can't explain anymore, because they're secret parts of our project.

Q: Does this mean that your OS will be closed source software and you wont share it with community?

A: Team (Me, Reza and Mohamad) don't decide to share sources or close them. but all parts of FreeBSD aren't BSD Licensed. It has a lot of GPL Licensed parts like gcc.
But, I promise you we won't release a closed operating system.
Ideas and Secrets are private , but sources will be public ;-)

Q: How will JabirBSD differ from other FreeBSD based OSes like PC-BSD, GhostBSD or DesktopBSD? How do you want to attract users?

A: JabirBSD (or JabirOS) will actract users automatically. Because we optimized it for all kind of users. As fact, we have a development method like "Arch Linux" or "Slackware Linux".

Q: Slogan at your website says: 'Avoid the pain of everything that say “is not Unix”'. Can you explain what led to it?

A: "Every thing is not unix" means any Unix like project that say "*** is not Unix". can you guess what's that?

Q: Parts of your website and forums are in Persian. What will be the relationship of JabirBSD and Persian language?

A: Ha Ha! I'm Iranian and I speak Persian.

Q: So primary JabirBSD language will be English or Persian? There are speculations JabirBSD will be FreeBSD variant for Persian users.

A: Nope. JabirOS isn't the "FreeBSD for Persian users.". Because "FreeBSD for Persian users" doesn't need "Forking". It can be a pure FreeBSD (or other FreeBSD re-spins like GhostBSD) with a collection of Persian localizations. One of our targets is "BSD for Persian users" but it is not our main target ;).

Thanks for interview!