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October-December 2003 FreeBSD Status Report
Dan writes "FreeBSD Release Engineering Team's Scott Long has posted the 2003 FreeBSD year-end edition status report. He says many new projects are starting up and gaining momentum, including SGI XFS port, MIPS, PowerPC on PPCBug-based embedded boards, and networking locking and multithreading. The end of 2003 also saw the release of FreeBSD 4.9, the first stable release to have greater than 4GB support for the ia32 platform. Work on FreeBSD 5.2 also finished up and was released early in January of 2004."
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woo woo. sorry, but I always wanted to do that.
Roses are red
violets are blue
In soviet russia,
BSD's dead too
Since Linux users are gay, marrage is illegal.
And we thank god you don't live here, too.
"Yesterday".
Work on FreeBSD 5.2 also finished up and was released early in January of 2004."
Don't say in 7 words what you can say in 4. -- Brad Pitt in Ocean's 11
If this article confuses you, don't worry. It was posted yesterday in a much clearer fashion.
Look at this British nerd !
Hahahahahaha !!!!!
I didn't read the article. I just came in here to check for "BSD is dead" jokes.
I'm not gay, I'm transsexual. But my girlfriend and I are getting married before my surgery, so we can circumvent these silly-assed, fundie christian laws against gay marriage.
Linux forever!
Especially Ninnle Linux!
Look at this British nerd !
Hahahahahaha !!!!!
Off topic but what the hell. This is the only place I'll get some help!
Hey I need some help all you advocates. I've ran X before on Slackware years ago but then switched back to windows.
I've used OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD for serving before, but now I want to run FreeBSD on the desktop.
My question is, which is better, 4.9 or 5.2 for a desktop OS and why? I'd like to use KDE not Gnome if that makes a difference, so KDE 3.1 or 3.2? I guess it is now... which comes with this already on the CD? I'm guessing 5.2 cause its the latest?
Look at this British nerd !
Hahahahahaha !!!!!
Would that make her a lesbian?
Wonderfully on-topic. I wonder if this will make it into the next version of FreeBSD?
add "rediculous", "that good of a system", "dubya", and you're almost spot on.
Once the SRS is done, yes. Me too. Looking forward to it!
You may thing BSD is dying, but NinnleBSD is almost as popular as Ninnle Linux!
I know this is a troll, but I've heard these arguments enough to know that quite a few people actually think this way.
OK, my counter: find Kentucky on a US. OK, now New Hampshire. How did the settling of Arizona differ from the Western-immigration fueled growth of the railroad towns in Missouri?
For some reason, Europeans like to think of the United States as one amorphous region on a map. Bluntly, it's not. Poland has as much in common with England as Louisiana has with Wyoming, but noone claims that non-Americans are ignorant for not knowing the distinct histories of the vastly different states. The common bond is that most Americans speak English as their native tongue, but everything else is as different between two states in the US as between two "states" in the European Union.
So, enough with the "ignorant American" jokes. Sure, there's a lot we don't know (and aren't interested in) about your history, and there's a lot you don't know (and aren't interested in) about ours. Drop the smugness.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
I sell CDs of Linux and FreeBSD and NetBSD on Ebay. So far I have done ok on FreeBSD. Not getting rich but I have sales and interest enough to keep listing them. Am getting interest in NetBSD and expanding the sellection there too.
The FreeBSD and NetBSD listings get alot of views. Never know why poeple look and not buy, price? Just curious? I dunno but so far I have sold as many FreeBSD CDs as any Linux Distro. Just listed NetBSD this week and have one sale already.
Linux wise Fredora and Rehat are my top sellers. I do not sell Mandrake anymore. They do not seem to have the same open mindframe of the other distros to sharing. It was demanded I remove the downloadable version from my listings. Ebay was even contacted and told to remove the listings.
I am doing ok enough with the others that I do not need Mandrake. In reading the info on the *BSD and other Linux Distros web sites they have very open and sharing minded policies except for Mandrake, OpenBSD and SUSE. No matter, it's their work they can demand what they want I guess.
But the openess of Fedora, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenOffice.org is so inspiring I have decided to doante a portion of every sell to their respective organizations to help and to share back.
These guys are really cool and what they are doing is really cool. I know you already know that but after the Mandrake acted the point has been further driven home to me.
Blantant self promotion:
http://stores.ebay.com/poppageeks
Why did the BSD user cross the road?
Who cares, we have walking dead people.
How many BSD users does it take to change a light bulb?
None at all. The lights have been out on this project long ago.
Why are BSD users so jealous of Tux?
Even though Tux is a bit overweight, at least he can show himself in public and not be chased down the street by a bunch of zealous Christians.
Why is BSD dying?
10 000 Slashdot readers can't be wrong.
OUR LADY PEACE - *BSD's Dead Lyrics
do you worry that you're not liked
how long till you break
you're happy cause you smile
but how much can you fake
an ordinary OS an ordinary name
but ordinary's just not good enough today
alone I'm thinking
why is *BSD dead
is it in my head
we'll just laugh instead
you worry about the weather and
whether or not you should hate
are you worried about your faith
kneel down and obey
you're happy you're in love
you need someone to hate
an ordinary OS an ordinary waist
but ordinary's just not good enough today
doesn't anybody ever know that the
world's a subway...
I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through.
Oh-a oh
They took the credit for your second symphony.
Rewritten by machine and new technology,
and now I understand the problems you can see.
Oh-a oh
I met your children
Oh-a oh
What did you tell them?
Linux 2.6 killed *BSD.
Linux 2.6 killed *BSD.
Pictures came and broke your heart.
Oh-a-a-a oh
And now we meet in an abandoned studio.
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago.
And you remember the jingles used to go.
Oh-a oh
You were the first one.
Oh-a oh
You were the last one.
Linux 2.6 killed *BSD.
Linux 2.6 killed *BSD.
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone to far
Oh-a-aho oh,
Oh-a-aho oh
Linux 2.6 killed *BSD.
Linux 2.6 killed *BSD.
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone to far.
Pictures came and broke your heart, put the blame on VTR.
You are a *BSD User.
You are a *BSD User.
Linux 2.6 killed *BSD.
Linux 2.6 killed *BSD.
Linux 2.6 killed *BSD.
Linux 2.6 killed *BSD.
Linux 2.6 killed *BSD. (You are a *BSD User.)
Even though the concept of "no guns = no gun-related crimes" is alien to the average Yank, it'll give you a false sense of security in this country with the highest crime rates in the developed world.
Criminals will still have guns. They'll have them illegally.
England has a higher crime rate for muggings, rapes, and burglary, and their rate of successful prosecution for crimes is lower. Our murder rate is higher, but ours has steadily declined for the past 10 years, while theirs has risen.
Horribly off-topic, I know.
"Poland has as much in common with England as Louisiana has with Wyoming"
No offence, but you are incredibly, amazingly ignorant. I can't even begin the list the flaws in that comparison. Suffice to say, both England and Poland have 2,000+ years of unique history each, both have totally separate governments, both have different languages, etc. etc. etc.
You've only served to reiterate the OP's point. Your comparison is not only laughable, but worrying.
Sure, and who killed Malcolm and JFK what you deserve.
good stuff.