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<sect2 id="relnotes">
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<title>The Current &os; Release</title>
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<title>Third Party Programs</title>
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<indexterm><primary>NetBSD</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>OpenBSD</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>386BSD</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>Free Software
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Foundation</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>U.C. Berkeley</primary></indexterm>
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<primary>Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG)</primary>
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<para>&os; is a freely available, full source 4.4BSD-Lite based
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operating systems. It is based primarily on software from U.C.
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Berkeley's CSRG group, with some enhancements from NetBSD,
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OpenBSD, 386BSD, and the Free Software Foundation.</para>
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<para>Since our release of &os; 2.0 in late 1994, the
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performance, feature set, and stability of &os; has improved
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dramatically.
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The largest change is a revamped virtual memory system with a
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merged VM/file buffer cache that not only increases
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performance, but also reduces &os;'s memory footprint, making
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a 5 MB configuration a more acceptable minimum. Other
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enhancements include full NIS client and server support,
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transaction TCP support, dial-on-demand PPP, integrated DHCP
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support, an improved SCSI subsystem, ISDN support, support for
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ATM, FDDI, Fast and Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
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adapters, improved support for the latest Adaptec controllers,
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and many thousands of bug fixes.</para>
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<para>In addition to the base distributions, &os; offers a
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<para>In addition to the base distributions, &os; offers a
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ported software collection with thousands of commonly
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ported software collection with thousands of commonly
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sought-after programs. At the time of this writing, there
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sought-after programs. At the time of this writing, there
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were over &os.numports; ports! The list of ports ranges from
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were over &os.numports; ports! The list of ports ranges from
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http (WWW) servers, to games, languages, editors, and almost
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http servers, to games, languages, editors, and almost
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everything in between. The entire Ports Collection requires
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everything in between. The entire Ports Collection requires
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approximately &ports.size; of storage, all ports being
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approximately &ports.size;. To compile a port, you simply change
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expressed as <quote>deltas</quote> to their original sources.
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to the directory of the program you wish to install, type
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This makes it much easier for us to update ports, and greatly
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reduces the disk space demands made by the older 1.0 Ports
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Collection. To compile a port, you simply change to the
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directory of the program you wish to install, type
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<command>make install</command>, and let the system do the
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<command>make install</command>, and let the system do the
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rest. The full original distribution for each port you build
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rest. The full original distribution for each port you build
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is retrieved dynamically off the CD-ROM or a local FTP site,
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is retrieved dynamically
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so you need only enough disk space to build the ports you
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so you need only enough disk space to build the ports you
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want. Almost every port is also provided as a pre-compiled
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want. Almost every port is also provided as a pre-compiled
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<quote>package</quote>, which can be installed with a simple
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to compile their own ports from source. More information on
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to compile their own ports from source. More information on
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packages and ports can be found in <xref
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linkend="ports"/>.</para>
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<para>All recent &os; versions provide an option in the
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<para>All recent &os; versions provide an option in the
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installer (either &man.sysinstall.8; or &man.bsdinstall.8;) to
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