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NetBSD 1.6.1 Released 11

Posted by Hemos from the update-your-machines dept.
jschauma writes "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that release 1.6.1 of the NetBSD operating system is now available . NetBSD 1.6.1 is a maintenance release for users of NetBSD 1.6 and earlier, with binary releases for 40 ports, and of course also including NetBSD's Packages Collection. A complete list of changes can be found in CHANGES-1.6.1. Please use a mirror close to you."
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  • The changes.... (Score:2, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Major Changes Between 1.6 and 1.6.1
    The complete list of changes can be found in the CHANGES-1.6.1 file in the top directory of the source tree. Some highlights include:

    Kernel

    * Support for some newer Ultra/133 controllers has been added to pciide(4).
    * Hardware random number support for some Intel chipsets has been added.
    * Support for additional Adaptec RAID controllers has been added to aac(4).
    * A number of bugs in the VM system have been fixed.
    * Bug fixes to audio(4), dpt(4), eap(
  • BSD might not be dead, but people sure don't have a lot to say about it these days. WTF?

  • I was weaned on slackware, then tried FreeBSD and got hooked. Been learning the drivers code of the FreeBSDs lately, to try and add some tokenring cards to em, especially to OpenBSD, so I could use BSD again on my machine. Sadly, will have to stick to FreeBSD till nVidia opensources the Geforce drivers.

    A lotta people using Linux and Solaris are torn between idealism (BSD) and pragmatism (M$), instead of being just Penguin zealots
    • Sadly, will have to stick to FreeBSD till nVidia opensources the Geforce drivers. Why? I'm running OpenBSD with a Geforce 2 and X, works fine. Are you trying to run dual head (Twinview I think is the _only_ reason you'd need nvidia drivers)? --Dox

      • Re:Gotta love the BSDs (Score:3, Informative)

        by mnmn ( 145599 )
        No I'm trying Mesa OpenGL using SDL. The riva drivers of standard XFree4 will work for a Geforce, but not take the full advantage. On a Geforce3, theres a programmable GPU, that can be used to support the GUI code too.

  • Obligitory NetBSD Rules Post! (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward
    If the linux folks can have a million (BLAH) rules, why can't we?


    NetBSD Rules!

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