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- FreeBSD is a rapidly developing operating system.
- Keeping up on the latest developments can be a chore! To
- keep on top of things, be sure and check this page
- periodically. Also, you may wish to subscribe to the FreeBSD is a rapidly developing operating system. Keeping up on
+ the latest developments can be a chore! To keep on top of things,
+ be sure and check this page periodically. Also, you may wish to
+ subscribe to the freebsd-announce
mailing list.
- The FreeBSD Real-Quick (TM) Newsletter
- (RQN) is a monthly (sometimes bi-weekly) newsletter containing
- recent developments in the FreeBSD arena. Subscribe to
+
The FreeBSD Real-Quick (TM)
+ Newsletter (RQN) is a monthly (sometimes bi-weekly) newsletter
+ containing recent developments in the FreeBSD arena. Subscribe to
freebsd-announce
to receive this newsletter via e-mail.
-For a detailed description of past, present, and future releases,
-see the Release
-Information page.
+ For a detailed description of past, present, and future releases,
+ see the Release
+ Information page.
January 2000
- - 22-Jan-2000 The FreeBSD
- Diary, a chronicle of what one guy is doing with FreeBSD, has been
- around for almost two years. Until today, it was tucked away in a
- corner of his site. Following significant growth, a new-look site was
- launched today. The site contains a huge number of how-to guides and
- the readership includes NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux users.
+ - 22-Jan-2000
+ The FreeBSD Diary, a
+ chronicle of what one guy is doing with FreeBSD, has been around
+ for almost two years. Until today, it was tucked away in a corner
+ of his site. Following significant growth, a new-look site was
+ launched today. The site contains a huge number of how-to guides
+ and the readership includes NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux
+ users.
- - 04-Jan-2000 The Compaq Testdrive program
- is now making testdrives available of the the latest FreeBSD
- 4.0-20000101-CURRENT release running on an Alpha XP1000 EV6.7.
- running at 667MHz and loaded with two gigs of ram. To get a free
- shell account as a participant in the testdrive program, all you
- need to do is register at the site. These accounts aren't for
- playing, the goal of the program is to make brand new systems
- available to developers so they can test, build and port their
- apps to the world's fastest computer. The testdrive program also
- offers other systems running FreeBSD, including a Proliant 5500
- dual Xeon 450MHz and a DPW500a.
+ - 04-Jan-2000
+ The Compaq Testdrive
+ program is now making testdrives available of the the latest
+ FreeBSD 4.0-20000101-CURRENT release running on an Alpha XP1000
+ EV6.7. running at 667MHz and loaded with two gigs of ram. To get
+ a free shell account as a participant in the testdrive program,
+ all you need to do is register at the site. These accounts aren't
+ for playing, the goal of the program is to make brand new systems
+ available to developers so they can test, build and port their
+ apps to the world's fastest computer. The testdrive program also
+ offers other systems running FreeBSD, including a Proliant 5500
+ dual Xeon 450MHz and a DPW500a.
December 1999
October 1999
- - 24-Oct-1999 The
- FreeBSD Con '99 event this year was a big success! Over
- 350 people attended, and both the vendors and attendees alike
- said they found the event to be both entertaining and valuable.
- Many thanks to Walnut Creek CDROM
- for producing this event and to
- Dr. Marshall Kirk McKusick for teaching two kernel internals
- tutorials and giving his
- History of BSD
- talk at the conference.
+ - 24-Oct-1999
+ The FreeBSD Con '99 event
+ this year was a big success! Over 350 people attended, and both
+ the vendors and attendees alike said they found the event to be
+ both entertaining and valuable. Many thanks to Walnut Creek CDROM for producing
+ this event and to Dr. Marshall
+ Kirk McKusick for teaching two kernel internals tutorials and
+ giving his History of
+ BSD talk at the conference.
September 1999
August 1999
-
- - 10-Aug-1999 C-Forge,
- an Integrated Development Environment, has been released (beta) for
- FreeBSD, supporting C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and many other languages.
-
+ - 10-Aug-1999
+ C-Forge, an Integrated
+ Development Environment, has been released (beta) for FreeBSD,
+ supporting C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and many other
+ languages.
June 1999
-
- - 10-Jun-1999 FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE CDs are shipping.
- Subscribers who did not make any special shipping arrangements should
- be receiving their CDs soon. Anyone who wishes to order 3.2-RELEASE or
- to subscribe may do so via The
- FreeBSD Mall.
+ - 10-Jun-1999
+ FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE CDs are shipping. Subscribers who did not
+ make any special shipping arrangements should be receiving their
+ CDs soon. Anyone who wishes to order 3.2-RELEASE or to subscribe
+ may do so via The FreeBSD
+ Mall.
- - 08-Jun-1999 A new Australian FreeBSD Web Mirror
- now exists. Thanks to ITworks
- Consulting for providing the host.
+ - 08-Jun-1999
+ A new Australian FreeBSD
+ Web Mirror now exists. Thanks to ITworks Consulting for
+ providing the host.
May 1999
-
- - 18-May-1999
- FreeBSD 3.2 has been released. Please see the
- Release Information
- page for more details. Also be sure to check the
- release errata
- after installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.2 that
- you might need to be aware of.
+ - 18-May-1999
+ FreeBSD 3.2 has
+ been released. Please see the Release Information page for
+ more details. Also be sure to check the release errata after
+ installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.2 that you might
+ need to be aware of.
April 1999
-
March 1999
+ - 05-Mar-1999
+ The USENIX Association has
+ announced the 1999 USENIX Annual
+ Technical Conference, scheduled for 06-11 June 1999 in
+ Monterey, CA, USA. Our own Jordan Hubbard is chairing the FREENIX
+ Track, devoted to open source software's latest developments and
+ interesting applications.
- - 05-Mar-1999 The USENIX
- Association has announced the 1999 USENIX Annual
- Technical Conference, scheduled for 06-11 June 1999 in Monterey,
- CA, USA. Our own Jordan Hubbard is chairing the FREENIX Track, devoted
- to open source software's latest developments and interesting
- applications.
+ - 01-Mar-1999
+ A secure server has been set up to accept monetary donations to
+ the FreeBSD Project. For more information, see: http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/.
- - 01-Mar-1999 A secure server has been set up to accept
- monetary donations to the FreeBSD Project. For more information, see:
-
- http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/.
-
- - 01-Mar-1999 FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE CDs are now shipping.
- Subscribers should receive their CDs soon. See
- http://www.cdrom.com/ to
+
- 01-Mar-1999
+ FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE CDs are now shipping. Subscribers should
+ receive their CDs soon. See http://www.cdrom.com/ to
order.
February 1999
- - 17-Feb-1999 The Gartner Group has released a report,
- Divorcing Thin Server Software from the Hardware, examining the
- trend in the OEM market of using software and hardware from different
+
- 17-Feb-1999
+ The Gartner Group has released a report, Divorcing Thin Server
+ Software from the Hardware, examining the trend in the OEM
+ market of using software and hardware from different
vendors.
- - 15-Feb-1999
- FreeBSD 3.1 has been released. Please see the
- Release Information
- page for more details. Also be sure to check the
- release errata
- after installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.1 that
- you might need to be aware of.
+ - 15-Feb-1999
+ FreeBSD 3.1 has
+ been released. Please see the Release Information page for
+ more details. Also be sure to check the release errata after
+ installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.1 that you might
+ need to be aware of.
- - 04-Feb-1999 The
- FreeBSD Diary, a collection of how-to entries aimed at Unix
- novices, is now available.
+ - 04-Feb-1999
+ The FreeBSD Diary, a
+ collection of how-to entries aimed at Unix novices, is now
+ available.
January 1999
- - 20-Jan-1999 3.0-stable has now departed the -current
- branch. The next release on this branch will be 3.1-RELEASE, in
- mid-February 1999.
+ - 20-Jan-1999 3.0-stable has now departed the -current
+ branch. The next release on this branch will be 3.1-RELEASE,
+ in mid-February 1999.
- - 13-Jan-1999 The FreeBSD ezine is a
+
- 13-Jan-1999
+ The FreeBSD ezine is a
monthly collection of easy to read (we hope) articles written by
FreeBSD users and administrators just like you.
- - 10-Jan-99 Jordan Hubbard's "State of
- the Union", a look back at 1998, and a look forward to the
- future.
+ - 10-Jan-99
+ Jordan Hubbard's "State of the Union",
+ a look back at 1998, and a look forward to the future.
December 1998
- - 28-Dec-98 Unless circumstances dictate otherwise,
- FreeBSD 3.0 will depart the -current branch late in the day
- on 15 January 1999. The 3.1 release will follow 30 days
- later, on 15 February 1999. Developers should consider this
- as ADVANCE NOTICE of these events.
+ - 28-Dec-98
+ Unless circumstances dictate otherwise, FreeBSD 3.0 will depart
+ the -current branch late in the day on 15 January 1999. The 3.1
+ release will follow 30 days later, on 15 February 1999.
+ Developers should consider this as ADVANCE NOTICE of these
+ events.
- - 13-Dec-98 Walnut Creek CD-ROM has opened the FreeBSD Mall, a site devoted to the
- commercial aspects of FreeBSD, including add-ons, hardware, and
- commercial tech-support. To advertise or sell your products or
- services at the FreeBSD Mall, contact Walnut Creek CD-ROM.
+ - 13-Dec-98
+ Walnut Creek CD-ROM has opened the FreeBSD Mall, a site
+ devoted to the commercial aspects of FreeBSD, including add-ons,
+ hardware, and commercial tech-support. To advertise or sell your
+ products or services at the FreeBSD Mall, contact Walnut Creek
+ CD-ROM.
November 1998
- - 30-Nov-98
- FreeBSD 2.2.8 has been released. Please see the
- Release Information
- page for more details. Also be sure to check the
- release errata
- after installation for any late-breaking issues with 2.2.8 that
- you might need to be aware of.
+ - 30-Nov-98
+ FreeBSD 2.2.8
+ has been released. Please see the Release Information page for
+ more details. Also be sure to check the release errata after
+ installation for any late-breaking issues with 2.2.8 that you
+ might need to be aware of.
- - 26-Nov-98 FreeBSD
- Rocks is an initiative designed to provide the FreeBSD community
- with the latest FreeBSD news, software and resources. All areas
- include search facilities, making keyword searching of historical
- posts a breeze. The pages are updated daily and everyone is invited
- to sign up an post an article. If it happened today, you'll see it
+
- 26-Nov-98
+ FreeBSD Rocks is an
+ initiative designed to provide the FreeBSD community with the
+ latest FreeBSD news, software and resources. All areas include
+ search facilities, making keyword searching of historical posts
+ a breeze. The pages are updated daily and everyone is invited to
+ sign up an post an article. If it happened today, you'll see it
on FreeBSDRocks.
+
October 1998
- - 15-Oct-98
- FreeBSD 3.0 has been released. See the
- Release Information page for
- details. Also be sure to check the
- release errata
- after installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.0 that you
- might need to be aware of.
+ - 15-Oct-98
+ FreeBSD 3.0 has
+ been released. See the Release Information page for
+ details. Also be sure to check the release errata after
+ installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.0 that you might
+ need to be aware of.
September 1998
- - 15-Sep-98 September 15th is the scheduled date
- for entering BETA with the 3.0-current tree. As all of you
- already (should) know, 3.0 is scheduled for release on October
- 15th so this gives us a nice 30 day BETA period. During this
- time, I don't expect anyone to drop in significant new work or
- otherwise perturb the 3.0-current tree in such a way that
- violates the general idea of a BETA (you're supposed to test
- what you have, not move the goalposts every couple of days :).
-
+ - 15-Sep-98
+ September 15th is the scheduled date for entering BETA with the
+ 3.0-current tree. As all of you already (should) know, 3.0 is
+ scheduled for release on October 15th so this gives us a nice 30
+ day BETA period. During this time, I don't expect anyone to drop
+ in significant new work or otherwise perturb the 3.0-current tree
+ in such a way that violates the general idea of a BETA (you're
+ supposed to test what you have, not move the goalposts every
+ couple of days :).
- - 13-Sep-98
- After more than a year of development, the Common Access
- Method SCSI layer for FreeBSD will be integrated into
- 3.0-current on Sunday, September 13th. The CAM development
- team is currently busy ensuring that the integration process
- goes as smoothly as possible, so please understand that we may
- be slow to respond to questions about CAM in the days.
-
+ - 13-Sep-98
+ After more than a year of development, the Common Access Method
+ SCSI layer for FreeBSD will be integrated into 3.0-current on
+ Sunday, September 13th. The CAM development team is currently
+ busy ensuring that the integration process goes as smoothly as
+ possible, so please understand that we may be slow to respond to
+ questions about CAM in the days.
- - 9-Sep-98
- Perl5 is now imported into the 3.0-CURRENT source tree.
-
-
- - 5-Sep-98
-
- The BSD CD Giveaway List.
- If somebody has a CD to give away (recipient pays for shipping) or to
- lend locally, they can put their email address on the list. Hardware
- and literature can also be given away. We encourage people to donate
- CDs to local libraries and put them on the list as well.
+ - 9-Sep-98
+ Perl5 is now imported into the 3.0-CURRENT source
+ tree.
- - 1-Sep-98
- First issue of Daemon News arrives day earlier. This electronic
- ezine is by BSD community for BSD community. See
- http://www.daemonnews.org
-
+ - 5-Sep-98
+ The BSD CD
+ Giveaway List. If somebody has a CD to give away (recipient
+ pays for shipping) or to lend locally, they can put their email
+ address on the list. Hardware and literature can also be given
+ away. We encourage people to donate CDs to local libraries and
+ put them on the list as well.
+
+ - 1-Sep-98
+ First issue of Daemon News arrives day earlier. This electronic
+ ezine is by BSD community for BSD community. See http://www.daemonnews.org
August 1998
- - 31-Aug-98
- FreeBSD -CURRENT branch (the future 3.0-RELEASE) has switched to
- ELF from a.out format. People involved did a great job: transition
- went smooth. Check
-
- freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org mail archive for more information
- on the transition to ELF.
+ - 31-Aug-98
+ FreeBSD -CURRENT branch (the future 3.0-RELEASE) has switched to
+ ELF from a.out format. People involved did a great job;
+ transition went smooth. Check freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
+ mail archive for more information on the transition to
+ ELF.
- - 23-Aug-98
- Suidcontrol-0.1 utility has been released. The suidcontrol is an
- experimental utility for managing suid/sgid policy under FreeBSD.
- You can get more information at
-
- http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html
-
+ - 23-Aug-98
+ Suidcontrol-0.1 utility has been released. The suidcontrol is an
+ experimental utility for managing suid/sgid policy under FreeBSD.
+ You can get more information at http://www.watson.org/fbsd-hardening/suidcontrol.html
- - 9-Aug-98
- FreeBSD Security How-To has been published. This work is currently
- in beta and can be found at
-
- http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt
+ - 9-Aug-98
+ FreeBSD Security How-To has been published. This work is
+ currently in beta and can be found at http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt
July 1998
-
June 1998
- - 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.
+ - 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.
-
May 1998
- - 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.
+ - 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.
- - 23-May-98
- The second issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in
-
- Adobe PDF format (also by
-
- FTP). A
-
- help file is available to assist you in selecting and using
- a PDF viewer.
- 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.
-
-
+ - 23-May-98
+ The second issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in Adobe
+ PDF format (also by FTP).
+ A help
+ file is available to assist you in selecting and using a PDF
+ viewer. 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.
+
April 1998
- - 16-Apr-98
+
- 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.
-
+ 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,
- otherwise known as Mozilla.
-
+ - 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, otherwise
+ known as Mozilla.
March 1998
- - 25-Mar-98
- FreeBSD 2.2.6 has been released.
- See the Release
- Information page for details. Also be sure to
- check the
-
- release errata after installation for any late-breaking issues
- with 2.2.6 that you should know about.
+ - 25-Mar-98
+ FreeBSD 2.2.6 has been released. See the Release Information page for
+ details. Also be sure to check the release
+ errata after installation for any late-breaking issues with
+ 2.2.6 that you should know about.
February 1998
-
+
January 1998
- - 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
-
-
+ - 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
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