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FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 Available

Posted by michael on from the not-quite-done dept.

ulib writes "The FreeBSD 5.3 testing cycle goes on with a brand new BETA Release. Eager for the Final? Then try this Beta out (mirrors) and help them find/fix bugs! Here are the announcement (check it for fixes, enhancements & known issues), the schedule (could be updated soon), and the todo list."

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  1. Re:Am I ready to take the BSD plunge? by R.Caley · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I didn't say X doesn't come with FreeBSD. I said: It's not part of the base system.

    This is rather theological from the POV of a normal user. X is shipped with the system, is installed as part of the normal instalation (if you like), is declared in /etc/mtree/, it's in /usr, not /usr/local and so on.

    That it isn't part of the base system is interesting for developers, but from the POV of a user you'd be hard pushed to notice any difference in status between X and, say, OpenSSH.

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  2. One /. article for every beta? by chrysalis · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is there really a need to announce *every* beta version of the development branch of FreeBSD?

    If you need to follow what's going on in the CVS tree, there are mailing-lists for that.

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