FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 Available

Nirbo writes "FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 is now available! Get it while it's hot! Here is the mailing list post. Remember folks, this is currently the last beta that will be released for 5.3, we're only a week from a Release Candidate, and two weeks from a release!"

Comments

Re:ugh

[BasharTeg]

I agree that DragonFly has fantastic potential and that FreeBSD 5.x has been a long and bumpy road. However, when your post begins with:

Yeah, I know. It's a beta. However,

Stop typing.

Re:Honest Opinion?

[molnarcs]

You are right about zealotry, of course. It just felt good for a second to say: [tongue in cheek]Hey my OS is better than your OS, muhaha[/tongue in cheek].

8 OS? whoops! I know 3: linux (more or less), freebsd, windows (98 - forgetting quickly). Recently I got accustomed with win2k (I have three OS on my puter: freebsd (use it 90%), win2k, slackware (5-5). I will try out XP soon (replace my win2k partition). I'm sorry to say I don't know any programming languages (few things in bash and even fewer in python), but it isn't related in any way to my studies or my work. In fact, I think I am one of the few (if not the only) geeks in the department (of arts and literature) lol.

Funny thing is, that I just wanted to use the OS. When I got to FreeBSD and ports, I thought that this is what I'll do. Then it became more and more interesting, and I found myself learning apache, ftp, firewall configuration, and developing an interest in programming. I think I am doomed. Ciao!

Re:Honest Opinion?

[Open $ource Advocate]

You'll see a Solaris there. Occasionally. I don't think I've ever seen a Linux. It's exclusively BSD/OS and FreeBSD most of the time.

The reason why is explained on the site, particularly the FAQ entry why don't some operating systems show an uptime above 497 days?. Another choice quote from the FAQ: "HP-UX, Linux, NetApp NetCache, Solaris and recent releases of FreeBSD cycle back to zero after 497 days, exactly as if the machine had been rebooted at that precise point. Thus it is not possible to see a HP-UX, Linux or Solaris system with an uptime measurement above 497 days." I think you'd likely see a fairly good distribution of different operating systems, including the BSDs and Linuxes (Linices?), if this 497 day limitation weren't there.