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DragonFly 2.4 Released

Posted by kdawson on from the four-wings dept.

electrostaticcarrot writes "DragonFly — that fourth major BSD — has had its 2.4 release. The 'most invasive change' is the addition and usage of a DevFS for /dev; building on this, drives are now also recognized by serial number (along with /etc/devtab for aliases) as listed in /dev/serno. This is also the first release with a x86-64 ISO, stable but with limited pkgsrc support. Other larger changes include a ported and feature-extended (with full hotplug and port multiplier support) AHCI driver (and SILI driver based on it) originally taken from OpenBSD, major NFS changes, and HAMMER updates. A pkgsrc GIT mirror has also been set up and put in use to make future pkgsrc updates quicker and smoother. Here are two of the mirrors."

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  1. In other news: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who the fuck cares? I thought this project died months ago..

  2. step-by-step, right? by flex941 · · Score: 0, Troll

    devfs? and the next release will switch to udev presumably?

  3. Re:Can someone enlighten me why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Because of the Linux cult, a variant would get shot down, ridiculed and belittled regardless of its technical merits by people who never used it (or Linux for that matter)

  4. Re:Fourth major BSD? by PalmKiller · · Score: 0, Troll

    They won't be admitting that because they know OS X is gay.

  5. So? by Godji · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not trolling here, but why would I care? What focus or unique features does this operating system have?