FreeBSD 7.2 Released 204
An anonymous reader writes "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE. This is the third release from the 7-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of FreeBSD 7.1 and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights: Support for fully transparent use of superpages for application memory; Support for multiple IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for jails; csup(1) now supports CVSMode to fetch a complete CVS repository; Gnome updated to 2.26, KDE updated to 4.2.2; Sparc64 now supports UltraSparc-III processors. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the online release notes and errata list."
Adds another anonymous reader, "You can grab the latest version from FreeBSD from the mirrors or via BitTorrent. There is also a quick review of the new features and upgrade instructions."
Re:I really wish BSD would take off. (Score:2, Funny)
That's only because they're geekier.
Re:I really wish BSD would take off. (Score:5, Funny)
I really feel for the BSD guys. Just hope they can keep users. Having choice in OS selection is great.
There will always be a market for BSD. Afterall, what will us elitists use once Linux becomes too mainstream?
Re:Jails (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yaaaaay! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:It not about the technical excellence (Score:5, Funny)
I think BSD needs a new, cuddly but cool mascot. how do you compete with tux? Is the cresta (remember that?) polar bear available?
He's MIA after his glacier suddenly melted. Witnesses saw a little guy with some sort of trident fleeing the scene.
Re:I really wish BSD would take off. (Score:2, Funny)
[citation (and pics) needed]
Re:I really wish BSD would take off. (Score:4, Funny)
> I really feel for the BSD guys. Just hope they can keep users.
There are quite a few changes in there, so I can imagine that they will both be happy.
Re:!free !BSD (Score:2, Funny)
Sorry, couldn't resist... ;-)
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