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First Official CD Release of FreeBSD

Posted by timothy on from the since-1994 dept.

Chris Coleman writes: "Daemon News is pleased to announce the availability of pre-orders for FreeBSD 4.5. This will be our first release of FreeBSD on CD. We will be using the official FreeBSD 4.5 ISOs created by the FreeBSD project. The expected release date for FreeBSD 4.5 is January 20th. We expect to have CDs available two weeks after that. We are taking pre-orders at this time to help gauge the number of CDs we will need to produce. You can pre-order CDs here. CD subscriptions are available here. Vendor pricing will be handled through cylogistics.com."

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  1. just the cd? by minusthink · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I looked on the page, and didn't see anything about what comes for the 40 dollars.

    Is it just the CD? Because I'd rather just donate 40 dollars and download the ISO when I can get it. (Which would seem to be less than 2 weeks after the release).

    =\ /shrug

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    1. Re:just the cd? by whee · · Score: 2, Interesting

      It says the standard 4 FreeBSD ISOS, so I'm assuming you get the following on CD (version 4.5 of course):

      4.x-install.iso - 4.x ISO 9660 bootable (El Torrito) CDROM image.
      4.x-disc2.iso - Live filesystem "Fix it" CD and CVS repository.
      4.x-disc3.iso - Extra packages for FreeBSD 4.x
      4.x-disc4.iso - Extra packages for FreeBSD 4.x

      This probably includes ports, tons of documentation, and everything else that you'd expect from FreeBSD.

  2. Why not a support fee? by GdoL · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There are already Cds with this. So why not create a way tosupport, wich should be reliable and tax deductible, for donate the money? It would be far less expensive, didn't had to have a hard logistics, only an account on some emonet stuff and a piece of paper for tax deductions!

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  3. Native Java ? by FauxPasIII · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This release is supposed to be the first one to include out of the box, native support for Java, right ? Does anyone know if they are still on track with that ?

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  4. Why I like FreeBSD by jetski666 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is just my opinion. Nothing more.

    After trying to use Linux (redhat 6x/7x, mandrake 7x/8x, debian, slackware) I found that none were upgradeable as easy as FreeBSD. Try upgrading from Redhat 7.1 -> 7.2. I've had it fail on 3 different machines (at work). Nightmares doing that. Plus everything is changing on a .x release. Debian sounds the best, but it didn't even install on the computer I tried. Mandrake just died one day (no clue)...the os wouldn't boot and i just gave up. Slackware is good, but it doesn't seem to have the documentation of FreeBSD. I used to love Linux, until I used it. The biggest problems I have had are with dependencies and non-kernel related problems. I think a centrally managed OS like the BSD's are much more efficient. With kernel releases every few months for Linux, how can you expect it to be stable? I'm a business person. I value time and money. /stand/sysinstall is the greatest utility FreeBSD has. From that 1 utility I can change anything I need to. Simple as that. Redhat had utilities that don't even work right!

    BSD is just rock solid. It's easy to install, upgrade and use. It has been proven. I can't wait to use 4.5 and try it out. Linux is trying to emulate Windows, and it never will. Linux should find it's niche over time. I know BSD has and it's thriving. Doing everything for everyone is bad, and I know BSD isn't.