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FreeBSD 10.0-RC1 now available

77 points by samwilliams 13y ago

chrisblackwell 13y ago
Looking at the schedule, we can expect the full release to be out the day after New Years.
- cperciva 13y ago
  The published schedules are always "best-case" scenarios, since FreeBSD developers look at these to know how long they have to get work into the tree. There is always the anticipation that schedules will slip as issues arise, so I'd guess January 9th for the announcement rather than the 2nd. (But that's fine -- we do .0 releases somewhere in the November-February time period, and early January falls right in the middle of the range.)
  - kchoudhu 13y ago
    I'm still waiting for the Nakatomi Socrated BSD release (9.2). Are we expecting to take the 10.0 series all the way through to .4?
    - X-Istence 13y ago
      9.2 was already released ... it is the latest production release.
McGlockenshire 13y ago
They've published a change summary on the wiki: https://wiki.freebsd.org/WhatsNew/FreeBSD10 https://wiki.freebsd.org/WhatsNew/FreeBSD10
- vbit 13y ago
  So... no pkgng? I thought that was going to be the default in FreeBSD 10.
  - emaste 13y ago
    Pkgng is indeed the default in FreeBSD 10. That page is a useful collection of notes on changes in the base system, but isn't an official changelog of the release engineering team.
izietto 13y ago
I don't have much experience of FreeBSD, but I'm curious about it: for what purposes is FreeBSD used? Is it common in some work environments?
- octix 13y ago
  I'm not an expert, but based on my experience I can tell you following: 1. it is not a Linux, it is a Unix system; 2. it used mostly on servers, stable as centos/red hat/other solid linux; 3. can be used on desktop too; 4.it has a great support for ZFS I personally used it for a few years, but when I started to develop using java, had to switch to linux... I'm sure people with more experience can tell you more... but I personally like some parts more on FreeBSD than on Linux (like directory structure, device naming (no eth1,2...)) it just makes sense. IMHO
  - Freaky 13y ago
    > when I started to develop using java, had to switch to linux... May I ask why?
    - ghshephard 13y ago
      No FreeBSD JVM here: https://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp https://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp Windows/Mac/Linux/Solaris only.
      - X-Istence 13y ago
        OpenJDK is available in the ports tree though, and will work just fine!
        ghshephard 13y ago
        Does anyone use OpenJDK? I was never able to get the Atlassian suite running on that, and it was the last time I tried using anything other than the Official Java JDKs.
vacri 13y ago
FreeBSD X?
lvs 13y ago
The linux kernel basically already does this, right? http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/char/random.c#n1075 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.g...
- lvs 13y ago
  Oops, I somehow commented on the wrong thread.
lorenzfx 13y ago
I'll take that as an opportunity to remind you of the FreeBSD Foundation's Year-End-Fundraising campaign (I gave them some money for the first time just last week, to support some of the awesome work they have been doing) https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/ https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/

77 points by samwilliams 13y ago

chrisblackwell 13y ago

Looking at the schedule, we can expect the full release to be out the day after New Years.

cperciva 13y ago
The published schedules are always "best-case" scenarios, since FreeBSD developers look at these to know how long they have to get work into the tree. There is always the anticipation that schedules will slip as issues arise, so I'd guess January 9th for the announcement rather than the 2nd. (But that's fine -- we do .0 releases somewhere in the November-February time period, and early January falls right in the middle of the range.)
- kchoudhu 13y ago
  I'm still waiting for the Nakatomi Socrated BSD release (9.2). Are we expecting to take the 10.0 series all the way through to .4?
  - X-Istence 13y ago
    9.2 was already released ... it is the latest production release.

McGlockenshire 13y ago

They've published a change summary on the wiki: https://wiki.freebsd.org/WhatsNew/FreeBSD10 https://wiki.freebsd.org/WhatsNew/FreeBSD10

vbit 13y ago
So... no pkgng? I thought that was going to be the default in FreeBSD 10.
- emaste 13y ago
  Pkgng is indeed the default in FreeBSD 10. That page is a useful collection of notes on changes in the base system, but isn't an official changelog of the release engineering team.

izietto 13y ago

I don't have much experience of FreeBSD, but I'm curious about it: for what purposes is FreeBSD used? Is it common in some work environments?

octix 13y ago
I'm not an expert, but based on my experience I can tell you following: 1. it is not a Linux, it is a Unix system; 2. it used mostly on servers, stable as centos/red hat/other solid linux; 3. can be used on desktop too; 4.it has a great support for ZFS I personally used it for a few years, but when I started to develop using java, had to switch to linux... I'm sure people with more experience can tell you more... but I personally like some parts more on FreeBSD than on Linux (like directory structure, device naming (no eth1,2...)) it just makes sense. IMHO
- Freaky 13y ago
  > when I started to develop using java, had to switch to linux... May I ask why?
  - ghshephard 13y ago
    No FreeBSD JVM here: https://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp https://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp Windows/Mac/Linux/Solaris only.
    - X-Istence 13y ago
      OpenJDK is available in the ports tree though, and will work just fine!
      - ghshephard 13y ago
        Does anyone use OpenJDK? I was never able to get the Atlassian suite running on that, and it was the last time I tried using anything other than the Official Java JDKs.

vacri 13y ago

FreeBSD X?

lvs 13y ago

The linux kernel basically already does this, right? http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/char/random.c#n1075 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.g...

lvs 13y ago
Oops, I somehow commented on the wrong thread.

lorenzfx 13y ago

I'll take that as an opportunity to remind you of the FreeBSD Foundation's Year-End-Fundraising campaign (I gave them some money for the first time just last week, to support some of the awesome work they have been doing) https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/ https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/