Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

FreeBSD 8.1 Released

Posted by kdawson on from the while-it's-hot dept.

hsn and other readers pointed out that FreeBSD 8.1 has been released. "This is the second release from the 8-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of FreeBSD 8.0 and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights: zfsloader added; zpool version of ZFS subsystem updated to version 14; NFSv4 ACL support in UFS and ZFS; support added to cp(1), find(1), getfacl(1), mv(1), and setfacl(1) utilities; UltraSPARC IV/IV+, SPARC64 V support; SMP support in PowerPC G5; BIND 9.6.2-P2..." ... and much more. See the release notes summary and the details.

6 of 46 comments (clear)

  1. Who cares? by tulare · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hours old post, other posts after attracting normal comment volume, this has eleven (11) posts as of this moment. If an update to a shitty, feeble, archaic operating system that only the most devoted antisocial fanbois give a flying fuck about doesn't deserve the "whocares" tag, nothing does.

    --
    political_news.c: warning: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type
  2. You answered your own question. by tulare · · Score: -1, Troll

    There really are only eight of you. PS: there are enough geeks on here not using FreeBSD to suggest that your initial premise is laughably false.

    --
    political_news.c: warning: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type
  3. No Drivers - No Java - No Good by Pigskin-Referee · · Score: -1, Troll

    FreeBSD is a nice 'hobby' OS; however, it it lacks drivers for virtually all modern devices. There are no drivers for all but a few 'N' protocol wireless cards, and even those drivers are not as fully functional as those available for Windows. They have never gotten Java updated to where it is usable in the latest versions of Firefox either. Its support for SATA drives is somewhat limited. In fact, the number of devices that are not supported by FreeBSD is far larger than the number supported. Amd64 support is still not up to snuff either. Supposedly, they have improved their ACL support. I will have to investigate to see if it is up to the levels of other *.nix systems.

    The FreeBSD team appears more interested in bumping its version number every few months than it is in getting its OS fully functional in a modern world. It took years before they even got support for nVidia drivers in 64bit mode. Of all the non Windows operating systems available, I would put FreeBSD at the bottom of the list.

    --
    Pigskin-Referee
    Linux: Yesterday's technology, tomorrow ...
    1. Re:No Drivers - No Java - No Good by Pigskin-Referee · · Score: 0, Troll

      If anyone here is a troll, it is you. I simply stated my own personal experience with FreeBSD. I never made any claims regarding non Windows systems and ACL support. My statement was 100% accurate.

      --
      Pigskin-Referee
      Linux: Yesterday's technology, tomorrow ...
  4. And all 23 FreeBSD users rejoiced! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seriously, no one cares about FreeBSD any more.

  5. Re:Awesome! by Pigskin-Referee · · Score: 0, Troll

    It has poor support for virtually every modern chip on the market. I don't think they ever heard of the 'N' wireless protocol.

    --
    Pigskin-Referee
    Linux: Yesterday's technology, tomorrow ...