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FreeBSD 5.0-RC1 Now Available

Posted by michael on from the five-candles-on-the-cake dept.

Dan writes "Murray Stokely of FreeBSD release engineering team announces that they're one milestone closer with the immediate availability of FreeBSD first release candidate for the i386, alpha, sparc64, and ia64 platforms. ISO images and FTP installation directories are available now from the FreeBSD FTP site."

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  1. I'm confused... by mschoolbus · · Score: 1, Funny

    Murray Stokely of FreeBSD release engineering team announces that they're one milestone closer with the immediate availability of FreeBSD first release candidate for the i386, alpha, sparc64, and ia64 platforms.

    So what are you saying here? That FreeBSD has never been released before?

  2. Yes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But does it run Linux?

    1. Re:Yes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      To spoil your joke: yes, it runs Linux. (kldload linux ; ./sick-linux-binary ; rejoice! )

    2. Re:Yes... by drdink · · Score: 5, Funny

      That is the funny part. VMWare runs courtesy of the Linux ABI. So you'd be running a Linux OS on a FreeBSD system using a Linux binary.

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  3. In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    FreeBSD releases you!

  4. Not Dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Look it moves... It must be alive!

  5. uhh... by vorovsky · · Score: 5, Funny

    great, I just installed 4.7 last night...

  6. I swirched to FreeBSD... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...because those Linux folks started to get to culty--kinda like the Mac people.

    1. Re:I swirched to FreeBSD... by Nevermore-Spoon · · Score: 4, Funny

      and FreeBSD'ers aren't culty at all...riiiight

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    2. Re:I swirched to FreeBSD... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      you're just jealous because we're just better than you are.

    3. Re:I swirched to FreeBSD... by jpmahala · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, I once felt the same way you did, but ever since I drank that Red (Hat) Kool-Aid, everything's O.K. ...

    4. Re:I swirched to FreeBSD... by Ded+Bob · · Score: 4, Funny

      um dude, having a devil as your mascot doesn't show that you're not religious. in fact quite the opposite as the devil only exists in religion.

      What about in the details? :)

  7. So what can we expect that will follow? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    BSD is dead?

    BSD sux, Linux rocks!

    "I switched to FreeBSD and was amazed..."

    "I tried FreeBSD and it sucked..."

    "Not to troll, but why should I use FreeBSD instead of Linux"

    FreeBSD and SMP sucks!

    "In Soviet Russia, the RC1 releases YOU!"

    "BSD != DEAD"

    So you se my friends, no need to post further! Thank you, come again.

    1. Re:So what can we expect that will follow? by Hoe · · Score: 5, Funny

      you left one more type of post off the list, the type that are summaries of all the typical posts.

    2. Re:So what can we expect that will follow? by Unregistered · · Score: 1, Funny

      You forgot: Imagine a beowulf cluster of Freebsd 5 boxes

  8. Re:Good enough for production use? by __past__ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why do you think they call it a "release candidate"?

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  9. Re:Good enough for production use? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You are not smart enough to be determining what it is used in a "production environment." I hereby revoke your status of geek. Sorry.

  10. ia64 by MosesJones · · Score: 5, Funny


    Isn't it great how people can release things for hardware you wouldn't even know how to buy if you wanted to. I've often wondered how elements like the FreeBSD team and Linux get people interested in doing these things. Its not like an "itch you need to scratch" because you don't even have the body part to have the itch on!

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  11. Future news! by leomekenkamp · · Score: 5, Funny

    02-12-09 14:33 BSD: FreeBSD 5.0-RC1 Now Available

    My monitor sometimes thinks it is a crystal ball; using it I can predict future /. headlines. Here goes:

    03-01-06 9:25 BSD: FreeBSD 5.0-RC2 Now Available
    03-01-14 9:25 BSD: FreeBSD 5.0-RC3 Now Available
    03-01-25 9:25 BSD: FreeBSD 5.0-RC4 Now Available
    03-02-02 9:25 BSD: FreeBSD 5.0-RC5 Now Available
    03-02-17 9:25 BSD: FreeBSD 5.0 Released
    03-02-19 9:25 BSD: FreeBSD 5.0.1 Released

    Funny thing though, apart from the different version numbers the discussion is always exactly the same...

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    1. Re:Future news! by peterpi · · Score: 5, Funny
      You forgot these two:

      03-02-17 9:26 BSD: FreeBSD 5.0 not actually released, please wait for official announcement.
      03-02-17 9:27 BSD: FreeBSD 5.0 Now Available

    2. Re:Future news! by glenstar · · Score: 5, Funny
      And then there is always:

      03-02-17 9:26 (2014): GNU Hurd Alpha RC 0.1 Released

  12. I thought you said TOLKEIN RING by Gothmolly · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was going to say...not necessarily support I'd be looking for. Unless of course you're going to build a DNS server - you know, one server to rule them all, one server to BIND them...

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  13. Don't just it there by karmawarrior · · Score: 4, Funny
    FreeBSD, as an operating system, would not exist if it wasn't for an army of volunteers who are willing to put the time in to make things happen. It's very easy to just talk about this kind of thing on Slashdot, but without your help, FreeBSD is never going to grow.

    You can help by getting off your rear and writing to your congressman or senator. Tell them FreeBSD is important to you. Tell them that without FreeBSD, you would have to find less managable and intelligently designed alternatives. Let them know that this is an issue that effects YOU directly, that YOU vote, and that your vote will be influenced, indeed dependent, on his or her policy on FreeBSD.

    You CAN make a difference. Don't treat voting as a right, treat it as a duty. Keep informed, keep your political representatives informed on how you feel. And, most importantly of all, vote.

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  14. Already Cracked? by slide-rule · · Score: 0, Funny

    I know everyone was saying how better and more secure BSD is, but didn't we hear how RC5 was cracked? Why the heck would I want RC1, then? ;-)

  15. Re:the forgotten smaller machines by benedict · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, they moved perl and games out of the base
    system, and they took i386 support out of the
    default kernel build. I don't know how it is
    over-all, but those are steps in the right
    direction.

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    Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."