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FreeBSD 6.0 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the friday-downloading dept.

Reyad Attiyat writes FreeBSD 6.0 is ready for release! New features, and there are lots, can be reviewed at the official site. One of the biggest and most anticipated features (mentioned before on Slashdot) is wireless support, which has been greatly improved upon. This includes support for a lot more cards, WAP support, and integration into the dhcpd client. This release comes only mere days off NetBSD's release and an OpenBSD release. Version 6.0 was intended to be released way back in August but due to a number of factors it had to be delayed till now. Aside from this major release the FreeBSD project has also had some major changes, including most recently a new logo and also a brand new website."

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  1. BSD is dead? by eric2hill · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like BSD lives to die another day :)

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    LOAD "SIG",8,1
    LOADING...
    READY.
    RUN
  2. Variants. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is there a Dead-CD version of FreeBSD that I can boot on my machine, just to try out?

  3. Oh man .... by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just burned my 5.4 discs so I could upgrade from 4.8 two days ago.

    Bah.

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    Lost at C:>. Found at C.
  4. Digging up grandma? by GooberToo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't this announcement like digging up grandma and throwing her a birthday party?

    For the humor impaired, this was a joke!

    Glad to hear that BSD keeps on chugging along...Linux has a reputation for taking some excellent ideas and even implementation from the BSD guys....BSD improvements often translate into Linux improvements too.

    Good job guys!

  5. Time to release Damselfly BSD... by andrewski · · Score: 1, Funny

    Since Dragonfly BSD was released by a couple people who couldn't stand the thought of FBSD5, can we expect a fork of 5 for the people who can't stand 6?

    Inquiring minds want to know!