FreeBSD 6.3 is out with performance and stability improvements, bug fixes and some new features, including new versions of KDE, Gnome, Xorg, Bind, Sendmail, the lagg driver from OpenBSD/NetBSD, a re-implementation of unionfs and freebsd-update support for i386 and amd64 binary upgrades from earlier versions.
Other Highlights: twa, pw, top, em
Some other highlights include:
- The twa driver has been updated to support AMCC’s 3ware 9650 series of SATA controllers.
- pw now supports a -M option to set the permissions of a user’s newly created home directory.
- top now supports a -j flag to display the jail ID for each process.
- The em driver has been updated to version 6.7.2 from Intel.
Downloads
You can get all the normal ISO downloads including torrents, which are at http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/
Something Great
I currently run FreeBSD 6.2/i386 on all my servers and have been pleased with it. I had some stability issues with 6.0 and 6.1, but 6.2 has been perfect. If 6.3 can do better than that, it will be something great indeed. I have no plans to upgrade my machines immediately but it is on my todo list. If you’re about to set up a new FreeBSD desktop or server, though, I would recommend installing 6.3.
Related Links
- FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE Release Notes
- FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE Errata
- Slashdot: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE Now Available
- OSNews: FreeBSD 6.3 Released
- DistroWatch: FreeBSD 6.3 has been released
- FreeBSD 6.3 Released | FreeBSD - the unknown Giant
- SysAdmin’s Diary :: FreeBSD 6.3 Released
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1 This Week in FreeBSD News for January 25, 2008 — Running FreeBSD // Jan 26, 2008 at 10:22 am
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