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FreeBSD 5.0 Available

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-has-a-better-mascot dept.

Vegard writes "Although not yet officially announced, the 5.0 version of FreeBSD is beginning to appear on the FreeBSD FTP site and mirrors world wide." Congrats to the developers. Update: 01/19 17:44 GMT by T : Some more detail -- Dan writes "Scott Long of FreeBSD Release Engineering team has officially announced the availability of FreeBSD 5.0 release. Improvements include second generation UFS filesystem, GEOM, the extensible and flexible storage framework, DEVFS, the device virtual filesystem, Bluetooth, ACPI, CardBus, IEEE 1394 and many more! FreeBSD is also available on 64-bit sparc64 and ia64 platforms."

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  1. Release Notes by Squeezer · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you want to see what is new in FreeBSD 5.0 then click to view the release notes.

    http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/relnotes.html

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    1. Re:Release Notes by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Some companies are already well aware of the benefits of the BSD license. The net result? One company is now the largest single producer of UNIX operating systems in the world, measured in terms of number of units shipped per year.

      The BSD license is a beautiful thing. Software that carries the BSD license can really, seriously, no-shit change the world for the better.

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  2. A few mirros by KAMiKAZOW · · Score: 5, Informative

    The ISOs are not yet on all mirrors, but at least on the following servers:
    ftp://ftp.uk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO -IMAGES-i3 86/5.0/
    ftp://ftp2.uk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO -IMAGES-i 386/5.0/
    ftp://ftp5.uk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/IS O-IMAGES-i 386/5.0/
    ftp://ftp6.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-I MAGES-i386 /5.0/
    ftp://ftp14.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMA GES-i38 6/5.0/

    Please look also if the files appeared on the other mirrors.

  3. Hasnt this happened before by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Time and time again everyone says DO NOT LINK DIRECTLY to the main site, link to a mirror list. The fact that you still linked to the primary site and even said it has not been announced makes me wonder do you ever fucking read our comments. You guys need to develop a checklist before you post news items. 1. is it a dupe? 2. did i spell check this? 3. if there's a link to an product that was just released did i post the mirror link instead of the primary link? 4. And finally ask yourself this question, is this news the slashdot crowd really cares about? (*note this does not pertain to the current story)

  4. RC3 was a good experience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Good to hear the final 5.0 release is out. I installed FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 on my Pentium 100MHz with 32MB of RAM and I must say I'm really impressed how well the system performs. I'm a console freak so I try to do everything I need to do using console programs. It's been a really great thing to notice all of the utilities I have needed are also available as console programs.
    I use "slrn" to read the Usenet news, "lynx"/"links" to surf the web, "mutt" to read/send e-mail, "mpg123" to listen to music/internet radiostations. Truly great experience and imagine it works _really_ smoothly and fast on computer which was bought in 1995. I am impressed and a happy FreeBSD user!

  5. Mirror by huhmz · · Score: 5, Informative

    Has been available for a couple of days now, since the mirrors are gonna get hit bad now i figure i could contribute with my unofficial 100Mbit mirror.
    ISOs for i386 here:
    mirror

    Dont forget to check the md5sums, I could be an evil blackhat after all. Enjoy.

  6. Its slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I knew this would happen, so i uploaded it to my oc-255 server, enjoy!

  7. Early Adopter's Guide by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    And if you want to read some thoughts on whether you should upgrade, then click to view the early adopter's guide.

    http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/early-adopter .html

    Summary:

    "While FreeBSD 5.0 contains a number of new and exciting features, it may not be suitable for all users at this time. In this document, we presented some background on release engineering, some of the more notable new features of the 5.X series, and some drawbacks to early adoption. We also presented some future plans for the 4-STABLE development branch and some tips on upgrading for early adopters."

  8. MOD PARENT DOWN by ChrisCampbell47 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Absolutely the only +5 comments on this thread should be people excoriating CmdrTaco for A) posting before PGP-signed announcement and B) linking directly to the master ftp site instead of the web page listing the mirrors.

    I mean, I expect this from one of the junior "editors", but Cmdr Taco? Come on.

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