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FreeBSD 5.4 Released

Posted by timothy on from the still-free-too dept.

FreeBSD 5.4 is out. Reader KFW excerpts from the announcement: "The Release Engineering Team is happy to announce the availability of FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE, the latest release of the FreeBSD Stable development branch. Since FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE in November 2004 we have made many improvements in functionality, stability, performance, and device driver support for some hardware, as well as dealt with known security issues and made many bugfixes." Here are the release notes.

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  1. Sorry guys by DarkHelmet · · Score: 1, Funny
    I'm not dead.

    I'm really sorry everyone, but a story like this is just begging for it.

    http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail-02.htm

    FreeBSD:
    I'm not dead!
    CART MASTER:
    What?
    CUSTOMER:
    Nothing. Here's your ninepence.
    FreeBSD:
    I'm not dead!
    CART MASTER:
    'Ere. He says he's not dead!
    CUSTOMER:
    Yes, he is.
    FreeBSD:
    I'm not!
    CART MASTER:
    He isn't?
    CUSTOMER:
    Well, he will be soon. Netcraft confirms it.
    FreeBSD:
    I'm getting better!

    --
    /^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
    1. Re:Sorry guys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      *sarcasm detector explodes*

  2. how... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok...So how much is FreeBSD 5.4 going to cost me?

    1. Re:how... by rubycodez · · Score: 2, Funny

      Outpacing the even the steep markups on Microsoft office products in the last 3 years, 5.4 will cost you 150% as much as 5.3 did ! ! ! !

    2. Re:how... by td · · Score: 3, Funny

      5.4 times as much as 1.0.

      --
      -Tom Duff
  3. It's not dead... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's just pining for the fjords.

    I mean, why do you think Linux was started in Finland?

  4. Better SMP support? Better MySQL performance? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hope so. SMP + MYSQL performance is horrible with the *BSD's across the board. :(

  5. The end is near. by Eric(b0mb)Dennis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sarge was frozen.

    FreeBSD has risen from the grave.

    It's hailing here in northern California in may.

    The end is near, put on your glasses and anti-radiation suits boys, we're in for a ride.

    --
    Excuse me, I don't mean to impose, but I am the ocean
    1. Re:The end is near. by grolschie · · Score: 1, Funny

      Does this mean Duke Nukem Forever is about to be released too?

  6. Fifty Dollars. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll come over to your house and install it for free. If you want me to shower first, that costs extra.

  7. Bloody Thieves!!! by The+Ancients · · Score: 5, Funny
    Software is released that someone has obviously put a lot of time and effort into, and within five minutes of the story on /. someone's posted torrent links.

    What is it with you people???

    You make me sick.

    --
    The Mothership
    1. Re:Bloody Thieves!!! by discogravy · · Score: 3, Funny

      oh, don't feel too bad -- the site that has the .torrents for download is slashdotted, so it's not like there are as many folks helping the download happen as there could be. :)

      --
      FreeBSD for the impatient.
  8. tail -f *log by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 3, Funny

    From the release notes:

    "The -f option of tail(1) utility now supports more than one file at a time."

    That enhancement alone is worthy of upgrading!

    --
    The party of stupid and the party of evil get together and do something both stupid and evil, then call it bipartisan.
  9. Re:BSD is dying 5.3 released by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Exactly. Get some throw-away e-mail accounts and register some slashdot accounts with them. Then make a bunch of posts pandering to whatever views are the most popular, thus building up your mod points. Note that you don't have to really mean what you write, you're just trying to build up points. Be sure to spread your points out among your various accounts. Kind of like building up a nuclear stockpile or patent portfolio, you can then use these points to blast anyone you later disagree with or just don't like don't like. Its great fun, but AC's aren't allowed to play!

  10. Re:BSD is dying 5.3 released by skingers6894 · · Score: 1, Funny

    You're a funny lad.

    I don't think Mod points are as powerful as a "nuclear stockpile" but you may have a point in terms of the "patent portfolio"

    I'd mod you up to "amusing" if I could...

  11. Re:good stuff by mrselfdestrukt · · Score: 3, Funny

    User starts typing:
    l
    *pop*
    Clippy on Unix:
    It looks like you're trying to write a cross-platform, intelligent forking, self-sustained, multi-thread application. Do you need help with that?
    User: Fuck off clippy. I just wanted ls!

    --
    "I used to have that really cool,funny sig ,but it got stolen."
  12. Heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I've been running 5.4 since Friday, when the source was tagged. cvsup is wonderful. :)