FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 Now Ready

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Posted by Hemos on Monday January 13, 2003 @03:16AM 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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Look it moved by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-13 03:17 · Score: 5, Funny

So it can't be completely dead!
You know... by sofo · 2003-01-13 03:25 · Score: 5, Funny

...saying *BSD is dead is dead.
Watch out. SCO might sue you! by Newer+Guy · 2003-01-13 03:48 · Score: 5, Funny

After all, you're an OS that runs on a computer. They have a patent for that you know!
Darn! by leomekenkamp · 2003-01-13 03:52 · Score: 5, Funny

My prediction is one day off...

Can anyone recommend a display cleaner?

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1. Re:Darn! by shlong · 2003-01-13 04:37 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Hey, you look like a good candidate for the release engineering team!
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Re:You can't fool us by Strog · 2003-01-13 04:35 · Score: 3, Funny

This is the premature announcement. Please wait for the following before trying to download.

"FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 NOT ready yet. Sorry."

"I'm downloading FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 now, wait, this is really RC2"

"FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 finally released"
Re:Java integration just rocks! by jandrese · 2003-01-13 04:39 · Score: 5, Funny
You forgot to include the second bullet point:
- 1/10/2003: Dropped floppy based installer for CD only approach to accomodate the extra 55MB of compressed kernel needed for boot.
- 1/10/2003: Upped minimum requirements from a 386 with 5MB of ram to a Pentium II-400 with 64MB of ram, 128MB of ram if you want to run X.
- 1/10/2003: Upped minimum reccomended size of root partition to 1 GB to fit new kernel and associated files
- 1/10/2003: Redirected FreeBSD download page to Sun's site. Users wishing to download FreeBSD will need to click through badly worded and or hidden links on 5 different pages, sign up twice, and click through at least three liceneses, then do it all again for the patch set.
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Re:Java integration just rocks! by jayed_99 · 2003-01-13 05:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Damn! I missed that commit message! Thanks for pointing it out!

It must have come fast on the heels of the following commit message that so enthralled me:
From the changelog:
"1/10/2003: Replaced our TCP/IP stack with one licensed from Microsoft. Work continues on porting over the Linux virtual memory management system. "
No wonder I missed it.

*grumbles at the trolls -- even the funny ones*
No One Expects the SCO Inquisition... oh nevermind by Nick+Driver · 2003-01-13 05:58 · Score: 4, Funny

Well since SCO thinks that Linux infinges on their patents and is wanting to charge every Linux user almost $100/CPU fee it's a good thing that FreeBSD is the highly refined, free unix that it is. :-)

(A die-hard FreeBSD user since 1996)
Re:Excellent System by gyratedotorg · 2003-01-13 07:04 · Score: 3, Funny

Well no offence but I hope you don't recommend it to newbies.

i think freebsd is a better choice for newbies who actually want to learn about unix, and i say this from experience. when i started playing with *nix, i tried linux and freebsd, and i found freebsd to be much more consistant in general. in linux, things tend to vary drastically between distros and versions, but freebsd has pretty much stayed the same over the last few years that ive used it. i've also found the freebsd handbook to be very helpful, since it doesnt become obsolete with every new release (unlike a lot of linux documentation).

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