Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 09:36:57 -0700 (PDT)
+ From: Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org>
+ To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org
+ Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] ]FreeBSD 5.1 Released!
+It is my great privilege and pleasure to announce the availability of +FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE. This release continues FreeBSD on the path of +advanced multiprocessor and application thread support and includes +many improved and widely-sought features: +
+ ++Although stability is greatly improved and many bugs have been fixed, +FreeBSD 5.1 might 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/5.1R/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/5.1R/relnotes.html
+http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.1R/errata.html
+ ++For more information about FreeBSD release engineering activities, +please see: +
+ ++http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/ +
+ ++This release is dedicated to the memory of Alan Eldridge. Alan was a +talented and dedicated member of the KDE On FreeBSD team and the FreeBSD +community, and his passing is mourned by all of us. For more information, +please see +http://freebsd.kde.org/memoriam/alane.php. +
+ +Availability
+ +
+FreeBSD 5.1-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 5.1 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: +
+ ++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, +Saraville, 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.html +
+ ++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 5.1 including +The FreeBSD Mall, Compaq, Yahoo!, Sentex Communications, and +NTT/Verio. +
+ +
The release engineering team for 5.1-RELEASE includes:
+ +| Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org> | +Release Engineering, IA32 and Alpha Release Building | +
| Bruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | +Release Engineering, Documentation | +
| Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | +Release Engineering, Security | +
| John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | +Release Engineering | +
| Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> | +Release Engineering | +
| Bill Fenner <fenner@FreeBSD.org> | +Sparc64 Release Building | +
| Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org> | +IA64 Release Building | +
| Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> | +AMD64 Release Building | +
| Takahashi Yoshihiro <nyan@FreeBSD.org> | +PC98 Release Building | +
| Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> | +Package Building | +
| Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> | +Security Officer | +