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FreeBSD 5.1 Released
LogicX writes "FreeBSD 5.1 is now available. Mirrors and press release are at FreeBSD.org. Enjoy." Here are the release notes for this new version. Update: 06/09 18:15 GMT by S : Here's a BitTorrent link at scarywater.net, and another BitTorrent link from the original poster.
I am so bummed. I really was looking forward to a release that included Java "out of the box."
And not announce the release early thereby crushing the servers as in previous releases?
It is official; Netcraft now confirms: *BSD is growing
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Windows community when IDC confirmed that *BSD market share has risen yet again, now up to more than 30 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that *BSD has gained more market share , this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *BSD is sending other OSes into complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by topping the charts in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Daemon to predict *BSD's future. The hand writing is on the wall: *BSD faces a long and prosperous future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Windows Server because *BSD is growing. Things are looking very good for *BSD. As many of us are already aware, *BSD continues to gain market share. Red ink flows from Redmond like a river of blood.
FreeBSD is the most loved of them all, having gained 93% more core developers. The sudden and pleasant release of the long developed 5.0 only serves to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: FreeBSD is growing.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
OpenBSD leader Theo states that there are 70000 users of OpenBSD. How many users of NetBSD are there? Let's see. The number of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 70000/5 = 14000 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of NetBSD posts. Therefore there are about 7000 users of BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 percent of the *BSD market. Therefore there are (70000+14000+7000)*4 = 364000 FreeBSD users. This is consistent with the number of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Due to the release of OSX, cool new technologies and so on, FreeBSD is expanding into more desktops than ever. FreeBSD has become more than the sum of its parts.
All major surveys show that *BSD has steadily gained in market share. *BSD is very powerful and its long term survival prospects are very bright. If Windows is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. *BSD continues to improve. The progress achieved is nothing short of a miracle. For all practical purposes, *BSD is alive and kicking.
Fact: *BSD will kick your ass
The linux hippies would just fork it and call it LinuxBSD, thus disgracing the good name of BSD.
announcing themselves so much, else SCO could give a look to their code, and find it strickingly similar to their own...
5.1 speaker support has been lacking from FreeBSD for years. I'm very excited this added this feature, since I can now using my speaker set-up to the fullest.
Which virtual machine/emulator is best for running BSD5 on a Linux host on x86?
FreeBSD runs in native mode on an x86. There is no need for a VM or emulator. Just install it on a drive partition and it boots and runs.
What's your goal here? Trying to slow down FreeBSD so that it doesn't make your Linux OS look bad?
And if they didn't, I suspect that they will have one mailed to them today... ;)
"Time is long and life is short, so begin to live while you still can." -EV
...what???? AAAaaaaauuugggghhhhhhh .... !!
*runs screaming from slashdot*
No, no, no, no!!! You got it all wrong! It's *FreeBSD* who is dieing!
Sheesh, can't people get even trolls right these days?
(8-DCS)
"man wipe"
"wipe not found"
No, I don't think you're funny. NEXT!
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
Dear Free Software Zealot,
WE the undersigned have reason to believe that the software referred to as *BSD contains source code ("Code") that is the Intellectual Property ("Stuff") of the SCO Group, Inc. Or maybe the SCO Group Stuff contains Code that is the property of *BSD, we're not really sure. But we want your money, either way.
Please stop using *BSD until our lawyers are able to send you an invoice for the Code you are using. If it is easier for you, you can just mail us a check in advance and we'll subtract it from your balance.
Best regards,
D. Boies
Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe
Attorneys for the SCO Group, Inc
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
It said you needed floppies, not a floppy drive, can't you read! You boot from the CDROM then juggle the floppies while you install. It would be too hard to juggle three floppies, so FreeBSD makes it easy for newbies by only requiring two.
Seriously, if you read the instructions carefully, including the commas, you'll see that the floppies for are installing over anonymous FTP or NFS. You could still boot from the CDROM in such a case, but if you have a CDROM then you don't need to install from a network.
A Government Is a Body of People, Usually Notably Ungoverned
This is just plain not true. I use FreeBSD and I have no intention of getting any work done...
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