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FreeBSD 7.2 Released

An anonymous reader writes "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE. This is the third release from the 7-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of FreeBSD 7.1 and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights: Support for fully transparent use of superpages for application memory; Support for multiple IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for jails; csup(1) now supports CVSMode to fetch a complete CVS repository; Gnome updated to 2.26, KDE updated to 4.2.2; Sparc64 now supports UltraSparc-III processors. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the online release notes and errata list." Adds another anonymous reader, "You can grab the latest version from FreeBSD from the mirrors or via BitTorrent. There is also a quick review of the new features and upgrade instructions."

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  1. Re:I really wish BSD would take off. by _merlin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    At least the BSD-user chicks are hotter than their Linux-loving counterparts.

  2. Re:I'm stunned it actually made it to the front pa by Brandybuck · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I love the way they always say "Fubuntu Linux is sooooo popular! You should use what everyone else is using!"

    Funny, Windows has more users than Linux, so why aren't they following their own advice and use Windows?

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    Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!