FreeBSD 8.0 Released 235
An anonymous reader writes "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 8 stable release. Some of the highlights:
Xen DomU support, network stack virtualization, stack-smashing protection, TTY layer rewrite, much improved ZFS v13, a new USB stack, multicast updates including IGMPv3, vimage — a new virtualization container, Fedora 10 Linux binary compatibility to run Linux software such as Flash 10 and others, trusted BSD MAC (Mandatory Access Control), and rewritten NFS client/server introducing NFSv4. Inclusion of improved device mmap() extensions will allow the technical implementation of a 64-bit Nvidia display driver for the x86-64 platform. The GNOME desktop environment has been upgraded to 2.26.3, KDE to 4.3.1, and Firefox to 3.5.5. There is also an in-depth look at the new features and major architectural changes in FreeBSD 8.0, including a screenshot tour, upgrade instructions are posted here. You can grab the latest version from FreeBSD from the mirrors (main ftp server) or via BitTorrent. Please consider making a donation and help us to spread the word by tweeting and blogging about the drive and release."
Re:Jumping the gun... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Awesome! (Score:1, Funny)
I won't believe it until Netcraft confirms it.
Re:Why would a desktop user would run it? (Score:3, Funny)
But to each her own.
Well, aren't you hip and and with it.
Re:Jumping the gun... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why would a desktop user would run it? (Score:4, Funny)
Her? This is Slashdot you know.
Re:Jumping the gun... (Score:3, Funny)
I was wondering about that; I saw "FreeBSD 8.0 Final" a few days ago on FileForum [betanews.com], but the FreeBSD homepage said RC3 was the latest.
Was it released by RAZOR1911?
Re:Funny how similar the free Unices are (Score:1, Funny)
I wish! My FreeDOS drivel never got that much attention despite it being a full featured, state of the art, operating system with a mature code base.
Re:Awesome! (Score:1, Funny)
Which explains why Win2000 was the best version of windows ever made.
Re:Funny how similar the free Unices are (Score:3, Funny)
FreeBSD may not have the best accelerated 3D graphics drivers, or the flashiest X desktops and themes, ...
Hey, Neither does Windows 7!
Re:Awesome! (Score:5, Funny)
Be happy that no grammar Nazi is close. With that amount of errors he would have ripped you to shreds. ^^
Yes, well, you'll do until he shows up.