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FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE Now Available

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the put-the-daemon-back-in-the-box dept.

cperciva writes "FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE, the fourth release from the highly successful 6-STABLE branch of FreeBSD development, has been released. In addition to being available from many FTP sites, ISO images can be downloaded via the BitTorrent tracker, or for users of earlier FreeBSD releases, FreeBSD Update can be used to perform a binary upgrade."

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  1. Re:Wait, what? by jd · · Score: 4, Funny

    You see, if it dies more than 32767 times, you get an overflow, the sign bit flips and it becomes alive again. This is the problem with using fixed-length integers. If computers were using variable-length precision, you wouldn't get this problem.

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    It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
  2. Re:A very niche OS by jcgf · · Score: 4, Funny

    FreeBSD has the advantage of not being for bitches.

    That's the main reason I use it ;)