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FreeBSD 5.3 Released

Posted by michael on from the only-mostly-dead dept.

cpugeniusmv writes "FreeBSD 5.3 has been released! This release marks a milestone in the FreeBSD 5.x series and the beginning of the 5-STABLE branch of releases. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the release notes and errata list. Bittorrent Download."

6 of 328 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Doesn't Matter by mkro · · Score: 5, Funny
    In five years, either FreeBSD will have adopted DragonflyBSD's model, or nobody will be using FreeBSD.
    Matt? Is that you?
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    I shall go and tell the indestructible man that someone plans to murder him.
  2. obiligatory scriptage by chadpnet · · Score: 2, Funny

    wget "ftp://ftp3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i38 6/5.3/5.3-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso" && echo "Wah Hoo!"

  3. Re:FreeBSD, dead at 5.3 by agent+dero · · Score: 2, Funny

    It did

    Enjoy ;)

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    Error 407 - No creative sig found
  4. Re:been a while by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    okay...

    #define BROKE 1
    this of course, is not GNU/Broke, because if it was it could also read email.
  5. Crazy period?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    My teacher was right. The world collapsed the moment the Rex Sox Won.

    Look at everything that's happening since.
    - New releases of *BSD variants.
    - Bush re-elected
    - /. robot topics scaring the shit outta us
    - Half life 2 released in about a week.

    What next? Flying pigs? (Name that Simpson episode!)

  6. Now playing: by beaviz · · Score: 2, Funny

    FreeBSD 5.3: Resurrection