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FreeBSD XP^H^H 4.5 available now

Posted by Nik on from the this-time,-with-feeling dept.

The_Rift was one of many who wrote in with this news: "The official mail has gone out to the FreeBSD-announce mailing list announcing the availability of Freebsd 4.5. Check your local mirrors for the ISOs.". The release notes have all the details, but take it from me -- this one is worth it just for the TCP/IP performance improvements by Matt Dillon and others. Kudos to Murray, Bruce, and the rest of the release engineering team.

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  1. Linus and vers. numbers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linus doesn't actually *DO* anything worth bumping up the numbers.

    2.x aout
    3.x elf
    4.x cam
    5.x new smp

    Linux - 2.4 - the kernel of pain
    What will 2.5 be? The kernel of torment?
    Then 2.7 The kernel of icy death?
    3.0 The Kernel of eternal buring flesh?
    @.8 could just be the kernel of itchy rash.