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FreeBSD 9.3 Released
First time accepted submitter k4w0ru writes "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE. This is the fourth release of the stable/9 branch, which improves on the stability of FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE and introduces some new features.
Some of the highlights: ZFS bookmarks, OpenSSL 0.9.8za, OpenSSH 6.6p1, SNI, BIND 9.9.5. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the online release notes and errata list.
Will it run well on an ARM based TV Stick / BOX ?
There is no alternative, with a license compatible with BSD.
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
9.2 EOL has been moved to the end of the year allowing a longer migration period for those still running the stable 9 branch. .. as expected ..thanks BSD.
I'm running 10 with zfs-on-boot in production. working excellently
For the usual knockers, give it go ! - though i do admit that non-tier-1 such as ARM, could pose challenging.
like all choices, fit for purpose.
It wasn't done at the time of testing. Besides, it's not recommended for use on non OpenBSD systems yet.
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LibreSSL is not even a mature project. FreeBSD doesn't change things on a whim... well sometimes they do but they warn users like 2 years in advance:
Dropping GCC for Clang
putting LZMA into the base system (thereby screwing up everyone upgrading from 8.x to 8.3 and beyond)
Changing all the version numbers in the source code for no damn reason.
I know that BSD lives somewhere in the guts of my Mac OS and I used it many years ago only to stop because of a single incompatibility (but a critical one).
So I am honestly asking, what is BSD good for. I presently use CentOS and I am perfectly happy with it but for some reason BSD has a magical "hard core" allure. So what I should ask is: what excuse do I need to use it?
Give me BIND or give me... well, nothing. BIND of GTFO.
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
za - the South African release?
FreeBSD 10.x comes with unbound instead of bind, however this change is likely not done in the 9.x series because it would be a large change that would go against POLA (the principle of least astonishment). FreeBSD tries to keep binary compatibility and a consistent base system throughout a Release-Branch.
This basically means 9.x and lower will stick with BIND whereas from 10.x onward the base system will come with unbound instead. Also i seem to recall there are efforts underway to replace the basesystem sendmail as well.
Yes, why can't they use alphabetically-sequenced Alliterative Animal names, or maybe choose selections in no particular sequence from an unordered set such as large cat species?
Sure, they could be clearer, but they're very far from the worst version naming out there.. Count your blessings.
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I don't code and rarely recompile. But I do take an interest in licenses since I find it has an effect in both my user experience and also my interaction with the community. This is what users need to understand.
I buy older cars rather than BMW because I don't want to have to find an authorised garage and pay the premium to decode the onboard computer for the repairs. Likewise, a difference in license can make a difference. In linux vs BSD there are probably some difference which I tend to summerise in my head as:
- if BSD can do it, then the functionality is probably safe in the free software world; it's going to be there in the future and if it's not then a company can be paid through closed software to fix the void
- if linux can do it then the function is less likely to be something to rely on, but it's better than closed software
"Finally, the license. I'm neither a programmer nor a recompiler so my use of BSD licensed software is essentially identical to my use of GPL software ('free as in beer', with the occasional bug report). For purists and programmers, there is a difference in what is and isn't allowed under the respective licenses."
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I can't find the quote, but one of the FreeBSD devs mentioned that BIND represented something like 50% of all security vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD base for the past 10+ years. BIND is the OpenSSL of DNS servers, but it does have a lot of features that can't be found anywhere else.
It's not recommended for use on any system yet.