392: macOS inspired Desktop

Author: JT Pennington
Published: Thu 04 Mar 2021
Episode Link: https://www.bsdnow.tv/392

FreeBSD 13 BETA Benchmarks, FreeBSD Jails Deep Dive by Klara Systems, FreeBSD Foundation looking for a Senior Arm Kernel Engineer & OSS Project Coordinator, macOS-Inspired BSD Desktop OS by helloSystem, A Trip into FreeBSD and more.

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Headlines

FreeBSD 13 BETA Benchmarks - Performance Is Much Better

FreeBSD Jails – Deep Dive into the Beginning of FreeBSD Containers

In recent years, containers and virtualization have become a buzzword in the Linux community, especially with the rise of Docker and Kubernetes. What many people probably don’t realize is that these ideas have been around for a very long time. Today, we will be looking at Jails and how they became part of FreeBSD.

News Roundup

FreeBSD Jobs

The FreeBSD Foundation is looking for a Senior Arm Kernel Engineer

The FreeBSD Foundation is also looking for an Open Source Project Coordinator.
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### helloSystem Releases New ISOs For This macOS-Inspired BSD Desktop OS
> The helloSystem motto is being a "desktop system for creators with focus on simplicity, elegance, and usability. Based on FreeBSD. Less, but better!" The desktop utilities are written with PyQt5.
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### A Trip into FreeBSD
> I normally deal with Linux machines. Linux is what I know and it's what I've been using since I was in college. A friend of mine has been coaxing me into trying out FreeBSD, and I decided to try it out and see what it's like. Here's some details about my experience and what I've learned.
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