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FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 Now Ready

Posted by Hemos on from the go-out-and-get-it dept.

Dan writes "Scott Long announces that FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 has been released and available at all mirrors sites. Release notes can be viewed here, you can download 5.0 RC3 from ftp.freebsd.org or from one of your favorite mirror sites. Many thanks to the FreeBSD Release Engineering team for their work efforts!"

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  1. A more elegant means to acquire upgrades? by uncleFester · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If someone is able, please enlighten me...

    I'm starting to become a little frustrated with having to download new ISOs every time an update comes around; examples readily springing to mind are deadRat and FreeBSD. I'm trying out all these things to obtain a better Unix/Linux Background.

    I also use 2-3 distros that are a more piecemeal download structure: Gentoo, Debian & Slack. Slack, in particular, is what I'm most familiar with. When a change is made to the Slack9 (slack-current) layout I simply pull the CHANGES via rsync and then build my own isos: thus, I'm not overly wasting bandwidth.

    Is there a similar process for other distros, notably Mandrake, SuSE, RHat & *BSD? Or do I have to roll my own for this stuff?

    Curious,
    -fester

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    -'fester
  2. Re:RCs seem to be immune to slashdotting ! by Afrosheen · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Maybe that's just a clear sign that BSD is dying? Alot less demand than a linux distro announcement would create....