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FreeBSD 9.0 Released

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 12, 2012 @10:21AM from the get-it-while-it's-hot dept.

An anonymous reader writes "FreeBSD 9.0 has been released. A few highlights include: A new installer, bsdinstall(8) has been added and is the installer used by the ISO images provided as part of this release, The Fast Filesystem now supports softupdates journaling, and Kernel support for Capsicum Capability Mode, an experimental set of features for sandboxing support."

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Re:Clang/LLVM in FreeBSD by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-12 10:48 · Score: 0, Flamebait

From an end-user prospective? Nothing. From the perspective of a lazy developer or corporation who refuse share their modifications with the devloper community, or allow their clients full control over their software? A lot of things. This is why people always complain that the GPL is too "philosophical".