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NetBSD Project Releases NetBSD 7.0.2 (softpedia.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the Unix-like-operating-systems dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "After spending six months in development, the NetBSD 7.0.2 release is now available for those running NetBSD 7.0 or NetBSD 7.0.1," reports Softpedia, "but also for those who are still using an older version of the BSD-based operating system and haven't managed to upgrade their systems, bringing them a collection of security patches and recent software updates." Release engineer Soren Jacobsen wrote that "It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons. If you are running an earlier release of NetBSD, we strongly suggest updating to 7.0.2."

The security fixes eliminate a race condition in mail.local(8), and also update OpenSSL, ntp and BIND. In addition, "there are various MIPS pmap improvements, a patch for an NFS (Network File System) crash, as well as a crash that occurred when attempting to mount an FSS snapshot as read and write. NetBSD 7.0.2 also fixes an issue with the UFS1 file system when it was created outside the operating system." Download NetBSD 7.0.2 at one of these mirror sites.

22 comments

  1. And the crowd goes wild! by s1d3track3D · · Score: 1

    haha, sorry, actually I used to enjoy running Free and OpenBSD, never really got around to NetBSD.

    1. Re:And the crowd goes wild! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I ran it for nearly a decade on an old DEC Alpha box. Rock solid and never needed anything besides software updates. OpenBSD had some issues where it would freeze after 24 hours.

    2. Re:And the crowd goes wild! by drinkypoo · · Score: 2

      netbsd used to be the go-to when you had weird hardware. it supported more platforms than anything. the focus was on ports and portability. but these days, Linux runs on more platforms, so it's less relevant.

      I used to run it on Mac IIci with a cache card, on which it ran flawlessly... if slowly

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      "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
    3. Re:And the crowd goes wild! by jmccue · · Score: 3, Informative

      Actually interesting things are going on in NetBSD, lua support in the kernel and the rumpkernel. Also, for 32 bit systems, I always suggest people install NetBSD, no 2038 issue. (OpenBSD also does not have the 2038 problem).

      And on NetBSD, X11 is installed were it belongs, /usr/X11R7 :)

    4. Re:And the crowd goes wild! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Blah. NetBSD (while not my favorite OS) is far more consistent across its supported platforms than Linux has ever been.

    5. Re: And the crowd goes wild! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Netbsd 7 claim to fame was RPi support. Well it stinks. And a .0.2 release can't help

    6. Re:And the crowd goes wild! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Also, NetBSD is BSD. God knows what Linux is, other than a way to make young administrators lazy and arrogant.

    7. Re:And the crowd goes wild! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      > God knows what Linux is

      It's a kernel.

    8. Re:And the crowd goes wild! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I used to run it on my Sun 4 (the old pizzabox workstation). It seemed really solid and well documented. This was pre 2000, iirc.

    9. Re: And the crowd goes wild! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Give them time; they will get it right.

      If they're moving too slow for you, offer to help.

  2. BSD is coming to ftp by AHuxley · · Score: 1

    He's reading the code,
    And compiling it twice;

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    Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
  3. NetBSD is dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    netcraft just confirmed it

  4. Slashdot and chocolate covered shrooms confirms by future+assassin · · Score: 1

    NetBSD is not dead!

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    by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
  5. NetBSD is my side OS project by The_Dougster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I mostly run Gentoo, but I like the correlations it has with NetBSD so I run it as my side OS. It is very well written and high quality.

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  6. Still my favorite. by Danzigism · · Score: 1

    NetBSD is definitely still my favorite in the world of BSD. It just works. On everything. If you have an old computer with a standard BIOS (non-UEFI) then definitely don't try FreeBSD 8.x and above. NetBSD is the only thing that works. It's fast as hell and solid as a rock. As far as the Raspberry Pi support, it's getting there, but they don't have nearly the same resources as the Linux community does. But they've had support for ARM for far longer.

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    *plays the Apogee theme song music*
    1. Re:Still my favorite. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you have an old computer with a standard BIOS (non-UEFI) then definitely don't try FreeBSD 8.x and above. NetBSD is the only thing that works. It's fast as hell and solid as a rock.

      BullShit! FreeBSD 11 works on my 10+ year old hardware just fine.

  7. Re:TAILS Linux: Slashdot still doesn't announce ne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    At least it's not a BSD story on the linux. subdomain ...

  8. Why NetBSD? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I love the BSDs, and run FreeBSD on my desktop, but is anyone here using NetBSD for any reason, besides hardware support?

    1. Re:Why NetBSD? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When I ran it for a while, I found its X11 integration the most polished of the BSDs. Not just X11, but pretty much everything else too.

      Ironically, hardware support is why I didn't continue to run it. There wasn't a driver for my (admittedly quite rare) sound card.

      I'm on FreeBSD now, but somehow it feels quite ... hodgepodgey? Inconsistent or rough edges or something like that...

  9. Re:TAILS Linux: Slashdot still doesn't announce ne by armanox · · Score: 1

    You're complaining in the wrong area. Go submit something to the Linux subsection if you care, but I think you'll find that most people do not care about it

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    I'm starting to think GNU is the problem with "GNU/Linux" these days.
  10. Re:TAILS Linux: Slashdot still doesn't announce ne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "I think you'll find that most people do not care about it"

    Well, if they're ... ahem ... like a lot of people, they won't know because THERE'S NEVER FP STORES about it! Hurrr!

    But if it's like everyday's take a M$ story out to FP and have a picnic, that's just fine!