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FreeBSD 6.1 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-it-while-its-hot dept.

nbritton writes "FreeBSD 6.1 has been released! This release is the next step in the development of the 6.X branch, delivering several performance improvements, many bugfixes, and a few new features. Of note are the major improvements to the filesystem and SATA code, possibly making FreeBSD the number one choice for SATA RAID implementations. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the release notes, errata list, Bittorrent Downloads, Mirrors, Hardware Notes, and Installation Guide."

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  1. Two Keyboards. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Addition of a keyboard multiplexer. This allows USB and PS/2 keyboards to coexist without any special options at boot.

    Yes! Its about time, been waiting for ages for this one. Signed,

    Doctor Octavius

  2. Re:Oh, great! by Ingolfke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes! I've been saying the same thing about CP/M and DOS 6.1 for years now.