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Last Update: Sat Jun 7 15:32:51 2008

+ Jibbed LiveCD 0.14.64 released + Zafer Aydogan wrote me that he has released a new version of his Jibbed NetBSD LiveCD . News in version 0.14.64 include sources [...] ISO is currently more than 1GB, as there's a bug in NetBSD's handling of compressed vnc(4) images, which leads to kernel panics.

+ EuroBSDCon needs you + Emmanuel Dreyfus writes: `` EuroBSDCon 2008 needs you (or at least your papers). The deadline for paper submission has been moved [...] please submit an abstract to pc at eurobsdcon.org The new call for papers is here: http://2008.eurobsdcon.org/cfp.html ''

+ Book: BSD UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD + From the Business Wire press release : `` This handy, compact guide teaches you to use BSD UNIX systems as the experts do: [...] '' For more information, see the Business Wire press release and of course the publisher's information on the book .

+ NetBSD-based Force10 switch receives 2008 Product Innovation Award + From the Business Wire press release : `` Force10 Networks(R), the pioneer in building and securing reliable networks, today [...] For additional information about the Force10 C300 resilient switch, please visit force10networks.com/products/cseries.asp ''

+ The great source-changes catch-up for late March, April, and May 2008 + Ok, after more weeks of slacking, some gems that I've found noteworthy, i.e. that have some "enduser" effect, where I also [...] with something smaller, Rob Marpled's DHCP Client Daemon dhcpcd(8) was imported. It is 1/6 of the size, yet has about all t

+ DracoPKG: an attempt at merging pkgtools and pkgsrc + According to the homepage , DracoPKg is `` a humble attempt at merging pkgtools and pkgsrc through a simple wrapper. Hiding the [...] dracopkg homepage , go and have a look. Maybe this is the thing that gives pkgsrc the "product readiness" it's been lacking so far?

+ Hackathon #11 this weekend: Bugathon + Preparations of the NetBSD 5.0 release will start soon, and to reduce the number of outstanding bugs before the pre-branch feature [...] to join #netbsd-code on irc.freenode.net for coordination. There's quite a bit to do, so if you have time -> join in!

+ NetBSD on a Stick + Pierrick Brossin pointed me at the new NetBSD on a Stick page , which is `` a project devoted to installing the NetBSD [...] you would want to put NetBSD on a USB stick, the page has an install guide that describes how to get NetBSD on a memory stick.

+ distbb - A new tool for distributed bulk builds + NetBSD's packages collection knows the concept of "bulk builds" since the NetBSD 1.3 days, when I wrote the bulk build [...] me, I'll define the winner as the system that gives me binary packages for a NetBSD release for all platforms that NetBSD supports.

+ DaemonForums - New *BSD Forums + Kienja Kenobi wrote me to advertize the new DaemonForums website: `` The community is one of the most important aspects of *BSD. [...] the movement to the new forums, which are built specifically to prevent spam and outlast any single administrator. '' Enjoy!

+ More kernel works: preemption and realtime, devfs, modules, testing + The following kernel-related projects were raised in the past few weeks: Kernel Preemption: Andrew Doran has [...] then used as root-filesystem for the kernel, containing the install tools. In order to split things and eventually use a stock GE

+ NetBSD reference card + Leonardo Taccari had the idea to make a reference card for NetBSD and pkgsrc , and has posted about it . The card is available [...] the system, the NetBSD rc.d startup system, starting and stopping of services, wscons, pkgsrc and related tools and more.

+ pkgsrcCon 2008 - Registration and CFP Reminder + Lubomir Sedlacik has sent out a reminder about the pkgsrcCon 2008 registration and Call for Paper : `` There is only a month left [...] How to register, and How to submit a presentation proposal, please visit http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2008/ ''

+ BSD Magazine: 1st issue is out now! + After the DaemonNews paper magazine is long gone, there's a new paper magazine BSD Magazine now! Dru Lavigne lists the [...] to show what NetBSD is and can do. I'm sure the publishers will be happy to receive more articles about NetBSD -- contribute!

+ Reducing libc size + In embedded environments, space is always scarce - be it physically, for storage (disk/flash space), or for for computer memory. [...] the install media from src/distrib, but it's also a very undocumented area of NetBSD. Any takers for a "beastybox" article? :-)

+ Recent development related to puffs, ReFUSE, rump, and more (Updated) + NetBSD's kernel is under very active development these days, and while many changes are related to improve SMP, it's not the only [...] puffs in the kernel (putter) Using putter to implement support for userspace block/char device drivers (pud). pud does still

+ Plat'Home's SSD Linux: Linux Kernel + NetBSD Userland + Google News has pointed this outa few times, but as the NetBSD/evbppc port runs on their OpenBlockS for some time, I haven't [...] See the User's Guide for more information. While the OS uses a Linux kernel, most of the userland is taken from NetBSD. ''

+ Call For Open Source Awards 2008 Nominations + Let me quote this in full from O'Reilly's Allison Randal's blog : `` For the 4th year running, Google and O'Reilly will present a [...] cannot be nominated. '' Who's your #1 NetBSD person? Discuss at netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.org, suggest to osawards@oreilly.com!

+ Summer of Code, and Security Advisories + Just a mini-catchup, I'm too lazy to duplicate the details here: This year's Google Summer of Code projects have been [...] plenty of stuff in NetBSD's src that could be phased out with the help of a properly integrated packaging system. Any takers?

+ Draco GNU/Linux 0.3.0 - powered by pkgsrc + From the e-linux.it announcement : `` Draco GNU/Linux is a distribution based on Slackware Linux and "pkgsrc", a package [...] managers. Download the CD images from here: draco-0.3.0.iso (232MB, MD5 ), draco-desktop-2007Q4.iso (596MB, MD5 ). ''