[olug] Fw: FreeBSD 5.0 Release Available

Tue Jan 21 10:17:53 UTC 2003

I use OpenBSD primarily for routers/firewalls/servers...

Nate

>From: neal r <neallist at wispair.net>
>Reply-To: olug at olug.org
>To: olug at olug.org
>Subject: Re: [olug] Fw: FreeBSD 5.0 Release Available
>Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:57:26 -0600
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>   I've had 5.0rc1 running on a workstation for some time ... no 
>complaints. I
>think the actual release was rc3,  so its had much bug fixing since the
>version I've got working, which has been trouble free.
>
>   There are some who are more conservative - I am pretty sure 4.8-RELEASE
>will be out within the next thirty days.
>
>
>   Is anyone besides me using BSD? Chris Garrity, apparently Brian, too - 
>any
>others willing to come out of the closet?
>
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>
>Brian Roberson wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott Long" <scottl at freebsd.org>
> > To: <freebsd-announce at freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 11:03 AM
> > Subject: FreeBSD 5.0 Release Available
> >
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > It is my privilege and pleasure to announce the availability of 
>FreeBSD
> > > 5.0-RELEASE.  The culmination of nearly three years of work, this
> > > release starts FreeBSD on the path of advanced multiprocessor and
> > > application thread support and introduces support for the sparc64 and
> > > ia64 platforms.  Among the long list of new and improved features:
> > >
> > >   - UFS2, the second generation UFS filesystem, shatters the current 
>1TB
> > >     filesystem barrier.
> > >   - Background filesystem checking (bgfsck) and filesystem snapshots
> > >     eliminate the need for downtime to do filesystem repair and backup
> > >     tasks.
> > >   - Experimental support for Mandatory Access Controls (MAC) provide
> > >     an extensible and flexible means for administrators to define 
>system
> > >     security policies.
> > >   - Fine-grained locking in the kernel paves the road for much higher
> > >     efficiency of multi-processor systems.
> > >   - Support for Bluetooth, ACPI, CardBus, IEEE 1394, and experimental
> > >     hardware crypto acceleration keeps FreeBSD at the forefront of new
> > >     technology.
> > >   - The GCC 3.2.1 compiler provides the latest installment of the
> > >     ever-improving GNU Compiler Collection.
> > >   - GEOM, the extensible and flexible storage framework, and DEVFS,
> > >     the device virtual filesystem, simplify storage and device
> > >     management while opening the door for new enterprise storage
> > >     technologies.
> > >   - Support for the sparc64 and ia64 platforms expands FreeBSD's
> > >     support of advanced 64-bit computing platforms.
> > >
> > > Although FreeBSD 5.0 contains a number of new and exciting features, 
>it
> > > may not be suitable for all users.  More conservative users may prefer
> > > to continue using FreeBSD 4.X.  Information on the various trade-offs
> > > involved, as well as some notes on future plans for both FreeBSD 4.X
> > > and 5.X, can be found in the Early Adopter's Guide, available here:
> > >
> > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.0R/early-adopter.html
> > >
> > > For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the
> > > release notes and errata list, available here:
> > >
> > >       http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.0R/relnotes.html
> > >       http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.0R/errata.html
> > >
> > > For more information about FreeBSD release engineering activities,
> > > please see:
> > >
> > >       http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/
> > >
> > > Availability
> > > - ------------
> > >
> > > FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE supports the i386, pc98, alpha, sparc64, and
> > > ia64 architectures and can be installed directly over the net using 
>the
> > > boot floppies or copied to a local NFS/FTP server.  Distributions for
> > > all architectures are available now.
> > >
> > > Please continue to support the FreeBSD Project by purchasing media
> > > from one of our supporting vendors.  The following companies will be
> > > offering FreeBSD 5.0 based products:
> > >
> > >    FreeBSD Mall, Inc.        http://www.freebsdmall.com/
> > >    Daemonnews, Inc.          http://www.bsdmall.com/freebsd1.html
> > >
> > > If you can't afford FreeBSD on media, are impatient, or just want to
> > > use it for evangelism purposes, then by all means download the ISO
> > > images.  We can't promise that all the mirror sites will carry the
> > > larger ISO images, but they will at least be available from:
> > >
> > >    ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/
> > >    ftp://ftp12.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/
> > >    ftp://ftp.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/
> > >    ftp://ftp{2,3,4,5}.jp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/
> > >    ftp://ftp.cz.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/
> > >    ftp://ftp7.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/
> > >    ftp://ftp.lt.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/
> > >    ftp://ftp2.za.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/
> > >    ftp://ftp.se.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/
> > >    ftp://ftp{1,2,4}.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/
> > >
> > > FreeBSD is also available via anonymous FTP from mirror sites in the
> > > following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada,
> > > China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,
> > > Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Lithuania,
> > > Mitchistan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
> > > Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain,
> > > Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
> > >
> > > Before trying the central FTP site, please check your regional
> > > mirror(s) first by going to:
> > >
> > > ftp://ftp.<yourdomain>.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD
> > >
> > > Any additional mirror sites will be labeled ftp2, ftp3 and so on.
> > >
> > > More information about FreeBSD mirror sites can be found at:
> > >
> > > 
>http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.ht
> > > ml
> > >
> > > For instructions on installing FreeBSD, please see Chapter 2 of The
> > > FreeBSD Handbook.  It provides a complete installation walk-through
> > > for users new to FreeBSD, and can be found online at:
> > >
> > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html
> > >
> > > Acknowledgments
> > > - ---------------
> > >
> > > Many companies donated equipment, network access, or man-hours to
> > > finance the release engineering activities for FreeBSD 5.0 including
> > > The FreeBSD Mall, Compaq, Yahoo!, Sentex Communications, and
> > > NTT/Verio.
> > >
> > > The release engineering team for 5.0-RELEASE includes:
> > >
> > >   Scott Long <scottl at FreeBSD.org>         Release Engineering and
> > > Building
> > >   Bruce A. Mah <bmah at FreeBSD.org>         Release Engineering,
> > > Documentation
> > >   Robert Watson <rwatson at FreeBSD.org>     Release Engineering, 
>Security
> > >   John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD.org>          Release Engineering
> > >   Murray Stokely <murray at FreeBSD.org>     Release Engineering
> > >   Marcel Moolenaar <marcel at FreeBSD.org>   IA64 Release Building
> > >   Takahashi Yoshihiro <nyan at FreeBSD.org>  PC98 Release Building
> > >   Kris Kennaway <kris at FreeBSD.org>        Package Building
> > >   Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar at FreeBSD.org> Security Officer
> > >
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