FreeBSD and PC-BSD release new version
The FreeBSD project announced the release of version 8.2 and 7.4 on 24 February. Both bring many new features and bug fixes. FreeBSD can run on a variety of architectures, and is still regarded as one of the most stable and hardened systems available. The most user friendly derivative, PC-BSD, also saw a new release on the same day.
The FreeBSD Project publishes two versions of its popular BSD clone line. 8.2 and legacy 7.4 published at the same time with many of the same improvements. You have 2.32.1 GNOME and KDE of 4.5.5. asynchronous logging queue support has been improved, to variable-length messages is set to allow execution of flags for more flexibility. Sysctl has been improved to allow more current updates and large free range in memory management and several new virtual memory variable options. Other memory improvements were seen in the areas of detection and reallocation of shared memory blocks. Now supports GUID partition table and partition table and header checksum verification has been fixed. Number of disk and network improvements and bug fixes have been implemented at the kernel level, as well as in user-space applications. Many network and graphics driver improvements and additions have been implemented. Different filesystem support elements have been improved across the Board. The security fixes are a bzip2-integer overflow and multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL. And, of course, all of your favorite applications have been updated as well as.
Updating existing installations is supported and FreeBSD comes in multiple install media formats. CD and DVD ISO images are frequently, but other methods such as such as network installed are also supported.
Not to exceed, PC-BSD published their latest and greatest on 24 February to. PC-BSD is sometimes known as the Ubuntu of * BSD. It embody many of the same elements as most Linux distributions. Nice and simple easy to use graphical installer, an attractive and useful desktop out-of-the-box, practical applications, and a graphical Software Manager.
Based on FreeBSD 8.2, many of the same improvements in your PC-BSD 8.2 are inherited. BC-BSD 8.2 features things like KDE 4.5.5, xorg 7.5 and nvidia driver 260.19.29. The standard installation with software such as GIMP, ImageMagick, digiKam comes in addition to a number of KDE apps. If you are installing, can an extra software including FireFox 3.6, 3.2.1 OpenOffice and VLC 1.1.5 select.
Download-PC-BSD 8.2 for 32-bit or 64-bit computers. See the release notes and ChangeLog for more details.
Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" released in Linux, FreeBSD flavors
Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" released in Linux, FreeBSD flavors
Feb 7, 2011, 13 :02 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (1065 reads)
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"Here's some good news for all you Debian fans: Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) has now been released."And it's not just Linux users who should take note. For the first time, alongside Debian GNU/Linux (that's right, that's Debian's official name, and they get the "GNU"), Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is introduced as a "technology preview."
"Debian GNU/kFreeBSD will port both a 32- and 64-bit PC version of the FreeBSD kernel into the Debian userspace, making them the first Debian release without a Linux kernel. The Debian Project is serious about the technology preview label, though: these FreeBSD-based versions will have limited advanced desktop features.
"Whether it's Linux or FreeBSD inside, Debian 6.0 will include the usual range of desktop environments: KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments will all be on board."
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