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FreeBSD 4.10 Released

Posted by timothy on from the move-a-decimal-to-get-a-shotgun dept.

lorand writes "After some delay (initially scheduled to be released on May 5th) the long awaited 4.10 version of FreeBSD was released today. It features a large merge of the USB code from the -CURRENT development branch, some conservative updates to a number of programs in the base system and many bugfixes. The detailed release notes can be found here. Use one of the many mirrors if you need to get the ISOs." feargal adds "There are no sweeping changes from 4.9, mostly a consolidation of security and bug fixes. Looking forward, it is also the first in a new 'Errata Branch' which increases the scope of fixes applied. In the past only critical security fixes were applied to the release branch. The Errata branch will include local DoS fixes and well-tested non-security fixes."

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  1. Is it just me by MrRuslan · · Score: 4, Funny

    or did all of slashdot run off to download this because its already been more that 5 minutes and no posts....scarry stuff.

  2. Here's looking to 4.11 !! by green+pizza · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hopefully there'll be a 4.11 soon.... anything .10 looks so bizzare. FreeBSD 4.10 reminds me of IRIX 6.5.10. They almost look like typos!

  3. Re:Bsd is dying :P by gazbo · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're praising the FreeBSD developers for continuing to support the current stable release series? You're pretty easy to please.

  4. Re:For the *BSD nay sayers by grahamlee · · Score: 2, Funny
    I swear that I'm no BSD zealot

    Even in the face of evidence that it helps you keep it up for longer? Your server, that is. Although.. there is help for that other affliction....

  5. Paradox by kensai · · Score: 3, Funny

    BSD is dying, yet they keep on releasing new stuff. Does that mean that BSD is the zombie OS? :P

    1. Re:Paradox by molnarcs · · Score: 2, Funny

      They have a fine sense of humour too ... OpenBSD's deadly.org was renamed to undeadly.org :)))

  6. Conservative updates? by What'sInAName · · Score: 5, Funny
    some conservative updates to a number of programs in the base system

    But I'm a liberal, you insensitive clod!

  7. Re:I like it by n0dez · · Score: 2, Funny

    make world
    Oops, wrong window!

  8. Re:Long awaited uh? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Funny
    FreeBSD stable did have USB support before Linux stable did

    Linux has a stable branch now?

    (Sorry, couldn't resist. Feel free to mod troll.)

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  9. BSD 4.1? by twenex · · Score: 4, Funny

    Personally I can't wait until the 4.1 NET release to get TCP/IP networking, although I understand that BSD 4.2 will be the real killer release.

  10. Re:For the *BSD nay sayers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Especially GL Pipes! OMG, I freakin' LOVE that screen saver!!!!!111