Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 14:11:47 -0700 From: Scott Sewall <scott@conxion.net> To: webmaster@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD News flash! Message-ID: <3380C213.3609@conxion.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------5C4D63578F4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Check out spelling error on this pasge: budled --> bundled http://www.freebsd.org/newsflash.html --------------5C4D63578F4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1; name="newsflash.html" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="newsflash.html" Content-Base: "http://www.freebsd.org/newsflash.html" <BASE HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/newsflash.html">; <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>FreeBSD News flash!</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000"> <CENTER><IMG SRC="./gifs/topbar.gif" ALT="" HEIGHT="14" WIDTH="576"></CENTER> <IMG SRC="./gifs/daemon.gif" ALT="" ALIGN="LEFT" HEIGHT="76" WIDTH="80"> <H1 ALIGN="RIGHT">FreeBSD News flash!</H1><BR CLEAR="ALL"><HR NOSHADE> <P>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 <A HREF="handbook/eresources:mail.html">freebsd-announce mailing list</A>.</P> <P>For a detailed description of past, present, and future releases, see the <STRONG><A HREF="./releases/index.html">Release Information</A></STRONG> page.</P> <H2>May 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>16-May-97</B> FreeBSD <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/">; 2.2.2-RELEASE</A> has been released. The <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/RELNOTES.TXT">; Release Notes</A> can provide more information. This release will also be the basis for the upcoming <EM>FreeBSD Desktop/Pro</EM> product, a release which includes budled software from Xi Graphics, Inc., for desktop users. Stay tuned for more information.<P></P> </LI> <LI><B>12-May-97</B> A 3.0-Current SNAP-of-the-day server has been established at <A HREF="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">; ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/</A>. A 3.0-SNAPshot will be generated daily, and old SNAPshots will be kept for a minimum of one week.<P></P> </LI> </UL> <H2>April 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>22-Apr-97</B> A RELENG_2.2 snap-of-the-day server has been established at <A HREF="ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">; ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD</A>. The <A HREF="ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/README.TXT">; README.TXT</A> has more information. <P></P></LI> <LI><B>15-Apr-97</B> FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE CDs are shipping. Please see <A HREF="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd22.htm">; http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd22.htm</A>; for more information. <P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>March 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>28-Mar-97</B> Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Inc. has released an alpha version of ALTQ/CBQ, an alternative queuing framework for BSD Unix. <A HREF="http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/kjc/programs.html">More information</A> and the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.csl.sony.co.jp/pub/kjc/altq.tar.gz">source code</A> is available.<P></P></LI> <LI><B>25-Mar-97</B> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.1-RELEASE/">FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE</A> is now available, replacing 2.2-RELEASE. Read the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.1-RELEASE/README.TXT">; README.TXT</A> file or the <A HREF="./releases/2.2.1R/notes.html">Release Notes</A> for more information.<P></P></LI> <LI><B>16-Mar-97</B> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE/">FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE</A> is now available. Read the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE/README.TXT">; README.TXT</A> file or the <A HREF="./releases/2.2R/notes.html">Release Notes</A> for more information.<P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>February 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>20-Feb-1997</B> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7-RELEASE">FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE</A> is now available. Read the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7-RELEASE/README.TXT">; README.TXT</A> file or the <A HREF="./releases/2.1.7R/notes.html"> Release Notes</A> for more information.<P></P></LI> <LI><B>10-Feb-1997</B> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970209-SNAP">FreeBSD 3.0-970209-SNAP</A> has been released. Read the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970209-SNAP/README.TXT">; README.TXT</A> file for more information about this release.<P></P></LI> <LI><B>06-Feb-1997</B> A serious security problem affecting FreeBSD 2.1.6 and earlier systems was found. The problem has been corrected within the -stable, -current, and RELENG_2_2 source trees. As an additional precaution, FreeBSD 2.1.6 is no longer available from the FTP distribution sites. You can read more about the problem and solution from the <A HREF="ftp://freebsd.org/pub/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-97:01.setlocale">; FreeBSD-SA-97:01.setlocale</A> security announcement. <P></P></LI> <LI><B>06-Feb-1997</B> The final pre-release version of FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA, is now available. The README.TXT file has more information.<P></P></LI> <LI><B>05-Feb-1997</B> The administrative position of FreeBSD Project President has been eliminated with the <A HREF="resignation.html">resignation</A> of former president Jordan K. Hubbard.<P></P></LI> <LI><B>02-Feb-1997</B> A snap-of-the-day server has been set up for the most current <A HREF="releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</A> release of FreeBSD 2.2. Read the <A HREF="ftp://22gamma.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/README.TXT">README.TXT</A>; file for more information. <P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>January 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>25-Jan-1997</B> FreeBSD <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970124-SNAP/">; 3.0-970124-SNAP</A> has been released. Please see the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970124-SNAP/RELNOTES.TXT">; Release Notes</A> for more information. <P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>December 1996</H2> <UL> <LI><B>24-Dec-1996</B> FreeBSD <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-BETA">2.2-BETA</A>; has been released. Please see the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-BETA/RELNOTES.TXT">; Release Notes</A> for more information. <P></P></LI> <LI><B>13-Dec-1996</B> FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE will not support installation on machines with less than 5MB of RAM or 1.2MB floppy drives. Please see the original <A HREF="releases/2.2R/install-media.html">announcement</A> for more information. <P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>November 1996</H2> <UL> <LI><B>15-Nov-1996</B> FreeBSD <A HREF="./releases/2.1.6R/security.html"> 2.1.6-RELEASE</A> is out. Please see the <A HREF="./releases/2.1.6R/security.html"> release notes</A> for more information. <P></P></LI> <LI><B>4-Nov-1996</B> The FreeBSD <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">CVS</A>; development tree has branched again. <A HREF="branch.html">See here</A> for more information. <P></P></LI> </UL> <HR NOSHADE><A HREF="./"><IMG SRC="./gifs/home.gif" ALT="FreeBSD Home Page" ALIGN="RIGHT" HEIGHT="33" WIDTH="101" BORDER="0"></A><ADDRESS><A HREF="./mailto.html">www@FreeBSD.ORG</A><BR> Copyright © 1995-1997 FreeBSD Inc. All rights reserved.<BR>$Date: 1997/05/19 02:49:23 $</ADDRESS></BODY> </HTML> --------------5C4D63578F4--
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