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DragonFlyBSD 1.2 Released

Posted by timothy on from the live-cd-bsd dept.

vsarunas writes "The DragonFlyBSD Team is pleased to announce the official release of DragonFly 1.2.0! Get it here, or here, or as a torrent. DragonFlyBSD is a continuation of the stable and high-performance FreeBSD 4 branch of FreeBSD with acpica5 and updated drivers so it runs on more and newer machines. DragonFlyBSD can execute FreeBSD 4 and Linux binaries and uses the FreeBSD ports collection. In addition, DragonFlyBSD is also officially supported by pkgsrc. This release represents a significant milestone in efforts to improve the kernel infrastructure. It features a standards-conformant SACK implementation, improvements to the VFS layer, and a multithreaded networking stack that utilizes the DragonFly lightweight message passing system to communicate among processors. More information can be found on Matt Dillon's journal and the Status page of the DragonFly wiki."

8 of 184 comments (clear)

  1. DragonFly is awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fly Fred Fly!!!!

  2. I have to hand it to BSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It outlived the Pope.

  3. blah blah Netcraft confirms by kirun · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh, I can't be bothered. Somebody else do it.

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    I'm scared of numbers that can't be written as a fraction. It's an irrational fear.
  4. Re:BSD? by compass46 · · Score: 2, Funny
    OpenBSD's Install is a nightmare for a new user

    http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html ;)

    Specifically section 4.5. I use both Free and Open and I like the Open installer MUCH better and find it actually easier to deal with. I printed out section 4 of the FAQ and read along as I installed one of my first times. That install was my first successful one.

  5. Are you sure he's dead? by MikeCapone · · Score: 3, Funny

    It outlived the Pope.

    Are you sure he's dead? Has Netcraft confirmed it?

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  6. Not Your Ordinary BSD.. by \\ · · Score: 2, Funny

    ..features a standards-conformant SACK implementation..

    DragonFlyBSD: The BSD with Balls

  7. Chow Yun Fat as Matt Dillon in "A Better FreeBSD" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    John Woo reprises his HK classic movie of redemption with a bullets-flying Open Source rendition about two BSD Projects and their struggle for respectability.

  8. Re:BSD? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    "...Linux-kid OS..."

    Theo, is that you?