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FreeBSD 4.9 Released

Posted by timothy on from the new-toys dept.

Digital Dharma writes "Excellent! FreeBSD 4.9 has been released, and if it's anything like the RC series, this will be a release to remember. You can obtain it from the usual sources, or if you're feeling generous and supportive, you can buy the cd set. Support your local Daemon!" As Jani Laaksonen writes, the new release includes "numerous security advisory fixes, kernel changes and support for the Physical Address Extensions (PAE) capability on Intel Pentium Pro and higher processors (see page(4)). This release also adds support for a few more hardware NIC cards, ipfw network protocol enhancements, userland changes, and more. Check FreeBSD 4.9 Release Notes for more information."

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  1. Just In Time For Halloween by deadlinegrunt · · Score: 4, Funny

    To rise up yet once again from the dead!

    --
    BSD is designed. Linux is grown. C++ libs
  2. At least they didn't jump the gun this time by quantum+bit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, Slashdot posting the story of a BSD release AFTER the official release announcement and the web page being updated? Must be a first.

  3. FrreBSD collector's box by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you buy the complete CD Set from BSDMall, you get a collector's box. That's right, a mini-coffin to hold your *BSD CDs!

  4. Re:What I know about FreeBSD by Creepy · · Score: 2, Funny

    > > 2. It cannot be used by my grandma.
    > Then your grandma is dumb.

    Ouch scathing assault on Grandma's everywhere.

    I'll break it to Grandma that she's an idiot tomorrow... or whenever the snail mail letter gets there - she can't do Windows or Mac, either :)