FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE Now Available 100
cperciva writes "FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE, the fourth release from the highly successful 6-STABLE branch of FreeBSD development, has been released. In addition to being available from many FTP sites, ISO images can be downloaded via the BitTorrent tracker, or for users of earlier FreeBSD releases, FreeBSD Update can be used to perform a binary upgrade."
Wait, what? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wait, what? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A very niche OS (Score:5, Funny)
FreeBSD has the advantage of not being for bitches. [linuxisforbitches.com]
That's the main reason I use it ;)
Re:Well, this is slashdot after all (Score:2, Funny)
I'm thinking yes and hell yes. PC-BSD is going to be carried in Fry's and Microcenter (for starters).
And, whenever one is choosing an OS, even for the desktop, you've got consider what sort [pcbsdbabe.com] of crowd [pcbsdgirl.com] you'll be getting mixed up with.
"Unleash your desktop with PC-BSD! [spreadbsd.org]"
Re:Wait, what? (Score:3, Funny)
So while it cannot be said in strict truth to be "alive and kicking", it nonetheless is still "kicking", and will continue to do so until somebody can devise the operating system equivalent of a wooden stake through the heart.
That'd be something involving unresolved intellectual property rights, I suppose, although there is little chance at this late date that might happen. If vampires could only be killed by wood from the descendants of a particular tree, they could breath, er rest easily once that line was extinct.