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FreeBSD 5.3 RC2 Released
ValiantSoul writes "FreeBSD 5.3 Release Candidate 2 was just released. This new RC includes an updated network stack that fixes a bug where the system stops responding when under severe network load, the complete disabling of the ULE scheduler due to instability, and other fixes. Originally the FreeBSD team decided not to release a RC 2 however the fixes in the latest CURRENT were important enough to do so. As long as there are no severe problems with RC 2, this will be the last test release until a final one. See the full announcement on the mailing lists."
Whell, FreeBaSeD is only on Version 5.3 - speak to the hand, thats so like 2002 retro - You aren't all that and a bag of potato chips.
Like whateva, Solaris is on version 8 and Fedora is on 9, Slickware is leading with 10, Gentoo is Gentoo is.... As if I would use something so not invouge. I run this click so I might just use 2003 since it has such highya numba.
Where is my lip gloss. Don't mess with me. I'm one crazy mo-fo. I once popped a cop cause he wasn't giving my props in Oak town. I've heard that somewhere.
I am really impressed with the work that went into this RC. GDB fixes, plus work on memory allocations and networking data structures.
Bravo! I hereby increase my bid to $52,000.
Sincerely,
Jeff Merkey
(Please remember that directing vitriol against the mentally disabled may be a violation of Federal Hate Crimes statues)
Yeah, but this release is probably just to show off to the NetBSD team that the FreeBSD team has the guts to stick with the demon logo.
Lemon curry???
[Man with OS slung over his shoulder] 'ere's one!
[FreeBSD, slung over shoulder] But I'm not dead yet!
[Man with cart] 'e sez e's not dead.
[Man with OS] Don't mind 'im, what does he know?
[Man with cart] Well
[FreeBSD] Netcraft? Netcraft! Well, that bloody does it!
FreeBSD jumps off the second man's shoulder and begins to club both men, vigorously.
See what I've been reading.
...includes an updated network stack ...
In other news, Microsoft has declared they have just improved the network-stack of Windows XP, making it more robust under heavy loads....
10 ?"Hello World" life was simple then
My daemon pumpkin http://www.joyrank.com/misc/daemon-finish-20041028 .jpg
I did Tux last year with a stencil I found on the net so this year I made the daemon one from scratch. Kinda rough in a few places but overall, I was pretty satisfied with the results.
Cheers,
> This 5.3 release is full of bugs and is slow too.
It certainly has some bugs. Regarding slow, it is far from slow for what I happen to do with it, but it might be for your case.
> It still does not release the Big Giant Lock like it was promised a year ago.
It does for some and not for other cases. It is definitely not free from giant locks for now.
> It looks like it's time to give the DragonFly branch of FreeBSD 4 a try.
I find Dragonfly very interesting but at the moment it is not usable for production for me for the simple reason that it lacks support for hardware that I have and use (and so does FreeBSD 4.x), so little choice there (alternative woudl be to run Linux on that hardware)
What hardware?
Broadcom gigabit ethernet chipset (yea, I know its crappy, but it is on many mid/lowcost systemboards, and it does work well enough for most workstation purposes)
Any graphics hardware with accelerated opengl that actually performs somewhat better then software rendering.
Support for multiple audio cards, preferably with virtual audio channels.
Now, those may not be features you require, fine for you. I do happen to need them, so I will pcik a platform that supports them.
If/when Dragonfly happens to support either smp on a hypersparc machine or most of the hardware that I happen to use every day, it will have a good chance of finding a spot on a machine here.
I wonder about your post tho. Commenting on the scheduler and locking problems is justified tho hardly new, but do you think you are doing anyone a favor by acting similar to that HawkinsOS guy? (ie, hijack each and every FreeBSD related thread anywhere to promote your system of choice while re-iterating the same argument over and over)
I know a 16yo girl who installed FreeBSD on her own. She loves using Firefox, Gaim, and AbiWord.
She even tells me about how she uses Yahoo chat rooms to get FreeBSD support (when I'm not around).
I know a 16yo girl
Yeah, right.