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The PC-BSD Team announces the availablilty of PC-BSD 9.1.

We are excited to share our next story for our Faces of FreeBSD Series. This is a chance for us to spotlight different people who contribute to FreeBSD and have received funding from us to work on development projects, run conferences, travel to conferences, and advocate for FreeBSD.

Astute readers of our blog know that The FreeBSD Foundation’s annual year-end fundraising drive began last week. Every year over 50% of our donations arrive during this campaign. Read more…

Are you aware of the tangible benefits derived from our support of the FreeBSD community? In conjunction with our year-end fundraising drive we are going to be spotlighting different people on our website, blog, and Facebook page who have received funding to work on development projects, run conferences, travel to conferences, and advocate for FreeBSD. Read more…

TrueSatan writes “Perhaps a sign of our troubled times or a sign that FreeBSD is becoming less relevant to modern computing needs: the FreeBSD project has sought $500,000 by year end to allow it to continue to offer to fund and manage projects, sponsor FreeBSD events, Developer Summits and provide travel grants to FreeBSD developers. But with the end of this year fast approaching, it has raised just over $280,000, far short of its target.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

The FreeBSD Project has enabled Google Analytics to identify how users interact with the website. Users are encouraged to read the announcement.

The FreeBSD Project has enabled Google Analytics to collect anonymised statistics on web site use. More information can be found in the official announcement.

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