FreeBSD 6.2 released
As some of you already know FreeBSD released it’s newer version of branch 6.x which is FreeBSD 6.2 which is the most stable and best performance release since the release of 6.x branch.
SMP for multi CPUs and cores has been improved with better stability.
Also there is a great new feature for the security got added too.
Security event auditing is now supported in the FreeBSD kernel, and is enabled by the AUDIT kernel configuration option. More information can be found in the audit(4) manual page.
FreeBSD now runs on the Xbox, whose architecture is nearly identical to the i386.
Check FreeBSD 6.2 release notes here.
Also they have upgraded the GCC compiler to 3.4.6, and FreeBSD working in getting GCC 4.x in FreeBSD 7.0 too, which will increase the performance of the apps run on the server as well
And for Desktop users, finally KDE got upgraded to 3.5.4 and 3.5.5 via the ports as well.
My servers got better performance since the upgrade to FreeBSD 6.2 I guess it’s the time for you to upgrade your server, or desktop OS via the cvsup and great chance for new comers to FreeBSD world to enjoy the best free Unix OS in the world for their servers or Desktop/laptops or tablet pc too.
One more thing to mention here, DesktopBSD 1.6 will be released soon which is based on FreeBSD 6.2, now some users testing the release candidate which is based on FreeBSD 6.2
New laptop or desktop users should try it, it has good gui to install with plug and play support which is based on the great real UNIX FreeBSD 6.2
Thank you FreeBSD Commiters for making such great OS for all of us!
Posted by By: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri |