From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 6 16:32:07 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4070BB2F for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:32:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Received: from aslan.scsiguy.com (mail.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A83A8FC12 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:32:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Deb-Goodkins-MacBook-Pro.local (c-71-196-153-166.hsd1.co.comcast.net [71.196.153.166]) (authenticated bits=0) by aslan.scsiguy.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qA6GW52O017189 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:32:06 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <50993B80.6090006@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:32:00 -0700 From: Deb Goodkin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121026 Thunderbird/16.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (aslan.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]); Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:32:06 -0700 (MST) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:06:27 +0000 Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] Announcing Foundation Funded Project! X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:32:07 -0000 Dear FreeBSD Community, The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that Aleksandr Rybalko has been awarded a grant to port FreeBSD to the Genesi Efika MX SmartBook laptop and SmartTop nettop devices. Both use the Freescale i.MX515, an ARM Cortex-A8 System-on-Chip (SoC). These low power devices will provide convenient reference platforms for FreeBSD on ARM, as they are low-cost complete systems. The Smartbook includes a 10" display, 3G connectivity and a battery life of 6 to 8 hours for $199. When this project is completed, it will be possible to run X11 applications on FreeBSD on the Efika, with full support for sound and networking. It will also make it much easier to support other devices, such as some Android tablets, that ship with the i.MX515 SoC. This project will be completed by the end of 2012. The FreeBSD Foundation