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FreeBSD 5.3 Beta1
Tezkah writes "From the announcement: 'The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is proud to announce the availability of FreeBSD 5.3-BETA1. This is the first BETA of the 5.3 release cycle. It is intended for early adopters and those wishing to help find and/or fix bugs. The 5.3 release cycle will continue with weekly BETA builds while bugs are being fixed and features finalized. The schedule is at www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/schedule.html . Be sure to check the "Known issues" below, there are known problems still being worked on at this time.' New features include fully threaded and multi-processor safe network stack, X.org instead of XFree86, many ACPI enhancements, GCC updated to 3.4.2, gdb updated to 6.1.1, binutils updated, and much more. Expect 5.3 to be released in full on October 3rd, if everything goes according to schedule!"
Oh where, oh where is my BSD?
I just loaded Beta 5.3
It's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good,
So I can see the OS when I leave this world.
I'd started to load it in my roommate's Dell,
the hard drive was taking it pretty well.
During the load, it crashed the heads,
the distro was stalled, *BSD was dead.
I couldn't stop, so I yanked the cord.
I'll never forget, the sound , oh Lord--
the screamin' drives, the speaker's blast,
the painful scream that I-- heard last.
Oh where, oh where is my *BSD?
That load took it away from me.
It's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good,
So I can see *BSD when I leave this world.
When I woke up, the sparks were pourin down.
There were admins standin all around.
Some burned-out chips had fallen on the tiles,
but somehow I found my disc of files.
I lifted the CD, the devil winked and said,
"Load me darlin just a little while."
I held it close, I kissed the label--our last kiss.
I found the love that i knew i had missed
well now it's gone, even though I loaded it right
I lost my *BSD and the Dell-- that night.
Oh where, oh where is my *BSD?
I tried to load it yesterday.
It's gone to heaven so I've got to be good,
So I can see *BSD when I leave this world.
When I next went to Slashdot, where so many had trolled.
Any so many times "BSD's Dead!" was told.
Tears fallin' on the keyboard, I checked "Anonymous"
and I eulogized *BSD, in memory, of us....
When I logged on next, my post was modded down.
In my heartbreak and sorrow, treated like a clown....
No matter what the mods do, it's in my heart and head
We'll always know "*BSD IS DEAD!"
Oh where, oh where is my *BSD?
I tried to load it yesterday.
It's gone to heaven so I've got to be good,
So I can see *BSD when I leave this world.
# expect -v
expect version 5.38.0
That's funny, I'm already up to 5.38! Damn consequences of time travel.
--TheOrangeSquid Is it any wonder things seem so awry? We swim in a sea of confusion and don't have to think to survive
Watch out for our brand new Linux distro: LinSux! (by FreeBSDrules productions)
:-D
;)
Our brand new distro is based on every existing Linux distribution. Indeed, as the name suggests, it's based on the very common denominator of all of them.
Since we felt than the other Linux OSs weren't patchworked enough, we decided to assemble an OS out of pieces coming from every possible Linux distribution. Why? Well, cos we totally *love* chaos & anarchy. To tell you the truth, it's because in a chaotic environment our hacking lameness, poor planning skills & shallow academic computer-science background (if any...) have a fat chance of getting unnoticed. And the best part is, we're totally proud of it!
We modified the Linux IP stack, and we managed to make it up to 2.5% slower than the original! And this is, indeed, an amazing result: until the last minute, we weren't very confident this was actually possible. Let me take the chance to thank all the people involved in this long and costly process: guys, that would have been impossible without your efforts, thank you so much. There isn't really room enough for all your names, but I wanna let you know that your sacrifices proved the point: even the most hopeless task is within reach when you have faith. There'll always be a place in my heart for all of you.
Last but not least: we felt that around Linux there wasn't enough political crap. The fact concerned us a lot, and we decided to take action: now, our license requires you to declare explicitly that you're a loser, and that you hate the following:
1) proprietary software;
2) people who have ideas and use them to get rich;
3) Bill Gates.
Sorry Linux pals, declaring it implicitly is no longer enough.
See ya at the next release!
The LinSux developers team
Oh, btw... FreeBSD forever.