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16-Jul-98 A ``FreeBSD for Linux users'' documentation effort has started. Please see the list of current documentation projects for more information.
13-Jul-98 Jordan Hubbard writes an editorial on the past and future of the Unix community.
9-Jul-98 A Spanish translation of the FAQ has been completed @@ -52,24 +52,24 @@ Information page.
24-Jun-98 The FreeBSD Project is sponsoring an FreeBSD Desktop Theme Contest. Participants will design their own X11 configurations, and winners will have theirs distributed with future releases of - FreeBSD.
30-May-98 FreeBSD and Apache are used in this very useful article on implementing a web farm using round-robin DNS in - WEBTechniques.com
+ WEBTechniques.com23-May-98 The second issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in Adobe PDF format (also by @@ -81,29 +81,29 @@ Information page.
Article submissions, advertisements, and letters to the editor should be sent to newsletter@freebsd.org. - +1-May-98 The FreeBSD Project set up Anonymous CVS for the FreeBSD CVS tree. Among other things, it allows users of FreeBSD to perform, with no special privileges, read-only CVS operations against one of the FreeBSD project's official anoncvs servers. -
16-Apr-98 The new 4 CD set of FreeBSD 2.2.6 is now in stock and should start shipping to subscription and back-order customers tomorrow. More information on the CD contents are available from http://www.cdrom.com. -
11-Apr-98 The new FreeBSD project FreeBSD Mozilla Group is created. The FreeBSD Mozilla Group supports and improves the free available Netscape web browser, @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Information page.
25-Mar-98 FreeBSD 2.2.6 has been released. See the Release Information page for details. Also be sure to @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Information page.
08-Feb-98 A page detailing the FreeBSD Year 2000 compliance statement is now available, linked through the Documentation page.
08-Jan-98 Improved support for Plug-n-Play cards has now been integrated into both 3.0-current and 2.2-stable branches now. This is available in source form via the CVSup utility or in binary release snapshots from current.FreeBSD.org -
26-Dec-97 A convenient front-end tool for installing and configuring the CVSup utility is now available. To use it, simply login or su to root and run: pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsupit.tgz -
2-Dec-97 The "FOOF" bug has now been fixed in our 3.0-current and 2.2-stable branches and can either be incorporated by using the CVSup utility, as described below for the LAND attack fix, or by applying - these patches.
1-Dec-97 The "LAND attack" bug in TCP/IP has now been fixed in all relevant branches and can be incorporated by using the CVSup utility to track the - latest 2.2 or 3.0 sources.
1-Dec-97 Team FreeBSD is a group of FreeBSD users and supporters contributing CPU idle time in an effort to crack RSA's 64-bit encryption code. For more information, visit Team FreeBSD's WWW - site.
21-Nov-97 Pentium bug -- We are aware of the "F00F" Pentium halting bug and are working with Intel on a fix. When we have a fix ready for public consumption it will be announced here, on the mailing list announce@freebsd.org and to the Usenet newsgroup comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce. - Your patience is appreciated.
09-Nov-97 FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE CDROMS are now in stock and shipping to customers worldwide. More information is available at - http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd25.htm.
22-Oct-97 FreeBSD 2.2.5 has been released. See the Release Information page for details. Also be sure to @@ -208,16 +208,16 @@ Information page.
01-Sep-97 FreeBSD performed well in an Internet Week - review of WWW server platforms.
11-Aug-97 Researchers in Duke University's Trapeze Project have developed a high-speed Myrinet driver for FreeBSD. More @@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ Information page.
project, the Collaborative Cluster Computing Iniative, including the code for the Myrinet driver, are available from the CCCI's WWW page. -03-Aug-97 Netscape Communications has released a beta version of Netscape Communicator v4.0 for FreeBSD. It can be obtained via FTP from ftp.netscape.com or its mirrors.
22-Jul-97 MacIP, an AppleTalk-to-IP gateway program for FreeBSD, is in beta testing. To get the latest version, see http://www.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/ or - ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/.
+ ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/.17-Jul-97 The first issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in Adobe PDF format (also by @@ -255,112 +255,112 @@ Information page.
Article submissions, advertisements, and letters to the editor should be sent to newsletter@freebsd.org. - +17-Jun-97 FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE CD-ROM discs are now in stock; subscription - customers should receive them shortly.
+ customers should receive them shortly.16-May-97 FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE has been released. The Release Notes and - Errata List can provide more information.
+ Errata List can provide more information.12-May-97 A 3.0-Current SNAP-of-the-day server has been established at ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/. A 3.0-SNAPshot will be generated daily, and old SNAPshots will be kept for - a minimum of one week.
+ a minimum of one week.28-Apr-97 The 3.0-current src tree now contains support for building Symmetric MultiProcessor kernels. For details go to the SMP page. -
22-Apr-97 A RELENG_2.2 snap-of-the-day server has been established at ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD. The README.TXT has more information. -
15-Apr-97 FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE CDs are shipping. Please see http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd22.htm for more information. -
28-Mar-97 Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Inc. has released an alpha version of ALTQ/CBQ, an alternative queuing framework for BSD Unix. More information and the source code - is available.
25-Mar-97 FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE is now available, replacing 2.2-RELEASE. Read the README.TXT file or the Release Notes - for more information.
16-Mar-97 FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE is now available. Read the README.TXT file or the Release Notes - for more information.
20-Feb-1997 FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE is now available. Read the README.TXT file or the - Release Notes for more information.
10-Feb-1997 FreeBSD 3.0-970209-SNAP has been released. Read the - README.TXT file for more information about this release.
06-Feb-1997 A serious security problem affecting FreeBSD 2.1.6 and earlier systems was found. The problem has been corrected within the -stable, -current, and RELENG_2_2 source trees. @@ -369,80 +369,80 @@ Information page.
read more about the problem and solution from the FreeBSD-SA-97:01.setlocale security announcement. -06-Feb-1997 The final pre-release version of FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA, is now available. - The README.TXT file has more information.
05-Feb-1997 The administrative position of FreeBSD Project President has been eliminated with the resignation of former president - Jordan K. Hubbard.
02-Feb-1997 A snap-of-the-day server has been set up for the most current snapshot release of FreeBSD 2.2. Read the README.TXT file for more information. -
25-Jan-1997 FreeBSD 3.0-970124-SNAP has been released. Please see the Release Notes for more information. -
24-Dec-1996 FreeBSD 2.2-BETA has been released. Please see the Release Notes for more information. -
13-Dec-1996 FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE will not support installation on machines with less than 5MB of RAM or 1.2MB floppy drives. Please see the original announcement for more information. -
15-Nov-1996 FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE is out. Please see the release notes for more information. -
15-Nov-1996 FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE is out. Please see the release notes for more information. -
4-Nov-1996 The FreeBSD CVS development tree has branched again. See here for more information. -
16-Jul-98 A ``FreeBSD for Linux users'' documentation effort has started. Please see the list of current documentation projects for more information.
13-Jul-98 Jordan Hubbard writes an editorial on the past and future of the Unix community.
9-Jul-98 A Spanish translation of the FAQ has been completed @@ -52,24 +52,24 @@ Information page.
24-Jun-98 The FreeBSD Project is sponsoring an FreeBSD Desktop Theme Contest. Participants will design their own X11 configurations, and winners will have theirs distributed with future releases of - FreeBSD.
30-May-98 FreeBSD and Apache are used in this very useful article on implementing a web farm using round-robin DNS in - WEBTechniques.com
+ WEBTechniques.com23-May-98 The second issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in Adobe PDF format (also by @@ -81,29 +81,29 @@ Information page.
Article submissions, advertisements, and letters to the editor should be sent to newsletter@freebsd.org. - +1-May-98 The FreeBSD Project set up Anonymous CVS for the FreeBSD CVS tree. Among other things, it allows users of FreeBSD to perform, with no special privileges, read-only CVS operations against one of the FreeBSD project's official anoncvs servers. -
16-Apr-98 The new 4 CD set of FreeBSD 2.2.6 is now in stock and should start shipping to subscription and back-order customers tomorrow. More information on the CD contents are available from http://www.cdrom.com. -
11-Apr-98 The new FreeBSD project FreeBSD Mozilla Group is created. The FreeBSD Mozilla Group supports and improves the free available Netscape web browser, @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Information page.
25-Mar-98 FreeBSD 2.2.6 has been released. See the Release Information page for details. Also be sure to @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Information page.
08-Feb-98 A page detailing the FreeBSD Year 2000 compliance statement is now available, linked through the Documentation page.
08-Jan-98 Improved support for Plug-n-Play cards has now been integrated into both 3.0-current and 2.2-stable branches now. This is available in source form via the CVSup utility or in binary release snapshots from current.FreeBSD.org -
26-Dec-97 A convenient front-end tool for installing and configuring the CVSup utility is now available. To use it, simply login or su to root and run: pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsupit.tgz -
2-Dec-97 The "FOOF" bug has now been fixed in our 3.0-current and 2.2-stable branches and can either be incorporated by using the CVSup utility, as described below for the LAND attack fix, or by applying - these patches.
1-Dec-97 The "LAND attack" bug in TCP/IP has now been fixed in all relevant branches and can be incorporated by using the CVSup utility to track the - latest 2.2 or 3.0 sources.
1-Dec-97 Team FreeBSD is a group of FreeBSD users and supporters contributing CPU idle time in an effort to crack RSA's 64-bit encryption code. For more information, visit Team FreeBSD's WWW - site.
21-Nov-97 Pentium bug -- We are aware of the "F00F" Pentium halting bug and are working with Intel on a fix. When we have a fix ready for public consumption it will be announced here, on the mailing list announce@freebsd.org and to the Usenet newsgroup comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce. - Your patience is appreciated.
09-Nov-97 FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE CDROMS are now in stock and shipping to customers worldwide. More information is available at - http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd25.htm.
22-Oct-97 FreeBSD 2.2.5 has been released. See the Release Information page for details. Also be sure to @@ -208,16 +208,16 @@ Information page.
01-Sep-97 FreeBSD performed well in an Internet Week - review of WWW server platforms.
11-Aug-97 Researchers in Duke University's Trapeze Project have developed a high-speed Myrinet driver for FreeBSD. More @@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ Information page.
project, the Collaborative Cluster Computing Iniative, including the code for the Myrinet driver, are available from the CCCI's WWW page. -03-Aug-97 Netscape Communications has released a beta version of Netscape Communicator v4.0 for FreeBSD. It can be obtained via FTP from ftp.netscape.com or its mirrors.
22-Jul-97 MacIP, an AppleTalk-to-IP gateway program for FreeBSD, is in beta testing. To get the latest version, see http://www.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/ or - ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/.
+ ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/.17-Jul-97 The first issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in Adobe PDF format (also by @@ -255,112 +255,112 @@ Information page.
Article submissions, advertisements, and letters to the editor should be sent to newsletter@freebsd.org. - +17-Jun-97 FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE CD-ROM discs are now in stock; subscription - customers should receive them shortly.
+ customers should receive them shortly.16-May-97 FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE has been released. The Release Notes and - Errata List can provide more information.
+ Errata List can provide more information.12-May-97 A 3.0-Current SNAP-of-the-day server has been established at ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/. A 3.0-SNAPshot will be generated daily, and old SNAPshots will be kept for - a minimum of one week.
+ a minimum of one week.28-Apr-97 The 3.0-current src tree now contains support for building Symmetric MultiProcessor kernels. For details go to the SMP page. -
22-Apr-97 A RELENG_2.2 snap-of-the-day server has been established at ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD. The README.TXT has more information. -
15-Apr-97 FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE CDs are shipping. Please see http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd22.htm for more information. -
28-Mar-97 Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Inc. has released an alpha version of ALTQ/CBQ, an alternative queuing framework for BSD Unix. More information and the source code - is available.
25-Mar-97 FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE is now available, replacing 2.2-RELEASE. Read the README.TXT file or the Release Notes - for more information.
16-Mar-97 FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE is now available. Read the README.TXT file or the Release Notes - for more information.
20-Feb-1997 FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE is now available. Read the README.TXT file or the - Release Notes for more information.
10-Feb-1997 FreeBSD 3.0-970209-SNAP has been released. Read the - README.TXT file for more information about this release.
06-Feb-1997 A serious security problem affecting FreeBSD 2.1.6 and earlier systems was found. The problem has been corrected within the -stable, -current, and RELENG_2_2 source trees. @@ -369,80 +369,80 @@ Information page.
read more about the problem and solution from the FreeBSD-SA-97:01.setlocale security announcement. -06-Feb-1997 The final pre-release version of FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA, is now available. - The README.TXT file has more information.
05-Feb-1997 The administrative position of FreeBSD Project President has been eliminated with the resignation of former president - Jordan K. Hubbard.
02-Feb-1997 A snap-of-the-day server has been set up for the most current snapshot release of FreeBSD 2.2. Read the README.TXT file for more information. -
25-Jan-1997 FreeBSD 3.0-970124-SNAP has been released. Please see the Release Notes for more information. -
24-Dec-1996 FreeBSD 2.2-BETA has been released. Please see the Release Notes for more information. -
13-Dec-1996 FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE will not support installation on machines with less than 5MB of RAM or 1.2MB floppy drives. Please see the original announcement for more information. -
15-Nov-1996 FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE is out. Please see the release notes for more information. -
15-Nov-1996 FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE is out. Please see the release notes for more information. -
4-Nov-1996 The FreeBSD CVS development tree has branched again. See here for more information. -