Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 11:40:00 -0500 From: Dave Littell <davidl@efficient.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: formatting error... Message-ID: <3551E3E0.5819@efficient.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DA3F1A5DBC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think the "May 1998" entry on the FreeBSD News Flash page shouldn't have but one bullet. http://www.freebsd.org/newsflash.html Thanks, Dave --------------DA3F1A5DBC Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1; name="newsflash.html" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="newsflash.html" Content-Base: "http://www.freebsd.org/newsflash.html" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by efficient.com id LAA17533 <BASE HREF=3D"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=3D"#FFFFFF" TEXT=3D"#000000" ALINK=3D"#FFCC33"><IMG SRC=3D"= ./gifs/bar.gif" ALT=3D"Navigation Bar" HEIGHT=3D"33" WIDTH=3D"565" BORDER= =3D"0" USEMAP=3D"#bar"> <H1 ALIGN=3D"LEFT"><FONT COLOR=3D"#660000">FreeBSD News flash!</FONT></H1= ><BR CLEAR=3D"ALL"> <MAP NAME=3D"bar"> <AREA SHAPE=3D"RECT" COORDS=3D"1,1,111,31" HREF=3D"./index.html" ALT=3D"T= op"> <AREA SHAPE=3D"RECT" COORDS=3D"112,11,196,31" HREF=3D"./ports/index.html"= ALT=3D"Applications"> <AREA SHAPE=3D"RECT" COORDS=3D"196,12,257,33" HREF=3D"./support.html" ALT= =3D"Support"> <AREA SHAPE=3D"RECT" COORDS=3D"256,12,365,33" HREF=3D"./docs.html" ALT=3D= "Documentation"> <AREA SHAPE=3D"RECT" COORDS=3D"366,13,424,32" HREF=3D"./commercial.html" = ALT=3D"Vendors"> <AREA SHAPE=3D"RECT" COORDS=3D"425,16,475,32" HREF=3D"./search.html" ALT=3D= "Search"> <AREA SHAPE=3D"RECT" COORDS=3D"477,16,516,33" HREF=3D"./index-site.html" = ALT=3D"Index"> <AREA SHAPE=3D"RECT" COORDS=3D"516,15,562,33" HREF=3D"./index.html" ALT=3D= "Top"> <AREA SHAPE=3D"RECT" COORDS=3D"0,0,564,32" HREF=3D"./index.html" ALT=3D"T= op"> </MAP> <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=3D"ha= ndbook/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=3D"./releases/index.html">Release Information</A></STRONG> page.</P> =20 <H2>May 1998</H2> <UL> <LI><B>1-May-98</B> The FreeBSD Project set up </LI> <LI><A NAME=3D"anoncvs" HREF=3D"handbook/anoncvs.html">Anonymous CVS</A> for the <A HREF=3D"http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">FreeBSD CVS tr= ee</A>.=20 Among other things, it allows users of FreeBSD to perform,=20 with no special privileges, read-only CVS operations against one of the FreeBSD project's official anoncvs servers.=20 <P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>April 1998</H2> <UL> <LI><B>16-Apr-98</B> 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=20 <A HREF=3D"http://www.cdrom.com">http://www.cdrom.com</A>. <P></P></LI> <LI><B>11-Apr-98</B> The new FreeBSD project <A HREF=3D"mozilla.html">FreeBSD Mozilla Group</A> is created. The FreeBSD Mozilla Group supports and=20 improves the free available Netscape web browser, otherwise known as <A HREF=3D"http://www.mozilla.org">Mozilla</A>. </LI> </UL> <H2>March 1998</H2> <UL> <LI><B>25-Mar-98</B> FreeBSD 2.2.6 has been released. See the <A HREF=3D"./releases/index.html">Release Information</A> page for details. Also be sure to check the <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/ERRATA= .TXT"> release errata</A> after installation for any late-breaking= issues with 2.2.6 that you should know about. </LI> </UL> <H2>February 1998</H2> <UL> <LI><B>08-Feb-98</B> A page detailing the <A HREF=3D"y2kbug.html">FreeBSD Year 2000 compliance statement</A> is now available, linked through the <A HREF=3D= "docs.html">Documentation</A> page.</LI> </UL> =20 <H2>January 1998</H2> <UL> <LI><B>08-Jan-98</B> 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 <A HREF=3D"handbook/cvsup.html">CVSup</A> utility or in binary release snapshots from <A HREF=3D"ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">current.FreeBSD.org</A= > <P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>December 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>26-Dec-97</B> A convenient front-end tool for installing and configuring the <A HREF=3D"handbook/cvsup.html">CVSup</A> utility is now available. To use it, simply login or su to root and run: <TT><B>pkg_add</B> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsupit.tgz</TT>; <P></P></LI> <LI><B>2-Dec-97</B> The "FOOF" bug has now been fixed in our 3.0-current and 2.2-stable branches and can either be incorporated by using the <A HREF=3D"handbook/cvsup.html">CVSup</A> utility, as described b= elow for the LAND attack fix, or by applying <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/updates/f00f.= diff.2.2">these patches</A>.<P></P></LI> <LI><B>1-Dec-97</B> The "LAND attack" bug in TCP/IP has now been fixed in all relevant branches and can be incorporated by using the <A HREF=3D"handbook/cvsup.html">CVSup</A> utility to track the latest 2.2 or 3.0 sources.<P></P></LI> <LI><B>1-Dec-97</B> Team FreeBSD is a group of FreeBSD users and supporters contributing CPU idle time in an effort to crack RSA's 64-bit encryption code. For more information, visit=20 <A HREF=3D"http://www.circle.net/team-freebsd">Team FreeBSD's WWW site</A>.<P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>November 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>21-Nov-97</B> <EM>Pentium bug</EM> -- We are aware of the "F00F" Pentium halting bug a= nd are=20 working with Intel on a fix. When we have a fix ready for public consumption it will be announced here, on the mailing list announce@freebsd.org and to the Usenet newsgroup <A HREF=3D"news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.fre= ebsd.announce</A>. Your patience is appreciated.<P></P></LI> <LI><B>09-Nov-97</B> FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE CDROMS are now in stock and shipping to customers worldwide. More information is available at <A HREF=3D"http://www.cdrom= .com/titles/os/fbsd25.htm"> http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd25.htm</A>= .<P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>October 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>22-Oct-97</B> FreeBSD 2.2.5 has been released. See the <A HREF=3D"./releases/index.html">Release Information</A> page for details. Also be sure to check the <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/ERRATA= .TXT"> release errata</A> after installation for any late-breaking= issues with 2.2.5 that you should know about. </LI> </UL> <H2>September 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>01-Sep-97</B> FreeBSD performed well in an Internet Week <A HREF=3D"http://techweb.cmp.com/internetwk/reviews/rev0901.htm">; revie= w</A> of WWW server platforms.<P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>August 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>11-Aug-97</B> Researchers in Duke University's <A HREF=3D"http://www.cs.duke.edu/ari/index.html">Trapeze Project</A> have developed a high-speed Myrinet driver for FreeBSD. More=20 information about the driver, Trapeze Project, and its parent project, the Collaborative Cluster Computing Iniative, including the code for the Myrinet driver, are available from the CCCI's <A HREF=3D"http://www.cs.duke.edu/ari/index.html">WWW page</A>. <P></P></LI> <LI><B>03-Aug-97</B> Netscape Communications has released a beta version of=20 Netscape Communicator v4.0 for FreeBSD. It can be obtained via FTP from <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.03/4.03b8/= english/unix/freebsd/base_install/">ftp.netscape.com</A> or its mirrors.<= /LI> </UL> <H2>July 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>22-Jul-97</B> MacIP, an AppleTalk-to-IP gateway program for FreeBSD, is in beta testing. To get the latest version, see <A HREF=3D"http://www.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/">; http://www.= promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/</A> or <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/">; ftp://ftp.pr= omo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/</A>. <P></P> </LI> <LI><B>17-Jul-97</B> The first issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in=20 <A HREF=3D"http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/newsletter/issue1.pdf">; Ad= obe PDF format</A> (also by=20 <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/newsletter/issue1.pdf">; FTP= </A>). A <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/newsletter/README.TXT">; hel= p file</A> is available to assist you in selecting and using a PDF viewer.=20 An <A HREF=3D"http://www.communique.net/~bryankc/news.htm">HTML version</A>= =20 is also available. Article submissions, advertisements, and letters=20 to the editor should be sent to=20 <A HREF=3D"mailto:newsletter@freebsd.org">newsletter@freebsd.org<= /A>.=20 <P></P> </LI> </UL> <H2>June 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>17-Jun-97</B> FreeBSD <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/">; = 2.2.2-RELEASE</A> CD-ROM discs are now in stock; subscription=20 customers should receive them shortly.<P></P> </LI> </UL> <H2>May 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>16-May-97</B> FreeBSD <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/">; 2.= 2.2-RELEASE</A> has been released. The=20 <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/RELNOTES.TXT"= > Release Notes</A> and <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD2.2.2-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">; E= rrata List</A> can provide 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=3D"ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">; ftp://current.freebs= d.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>28-Apr-97</B> The 3.0-current src tree now contains support for building Symmetric=20 MultiProcessor kernels. For details go to the=20 <A HREF=3D"http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html">SMP</A>; page. <P></P></LI> <LI><B>22-Apr-97</B> A RELENG_2.2 snap-of-the-day server has been established at <A HREF=3D"ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">; ftp://releng22.free= bsd.org/pub/FreeBSD</A>. The <A HREF=3D"ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/README.TXT">; README.TX= T</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=3D"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.=20 <A HREF=3D"http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/kjc/programs.html">More information</A> and the=20 <A HREF=3D"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=3D"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=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.1-RELEASE/README.TXT">; = README.TXT</A> file or the <A HREF=3D"./releases/2.2.1R/notes.html">Release Notes</A> =20 for more information.<P></P></LI> <LI><B>16-Mar-97</B> <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE/">FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE</A> is now available. Read the=20 <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE/README.TXT">; RE= ADME.TXT</A> file or the <A HREF=3D"./releases/2.2R/notes.html">Release Notes</A>=20 for more information.<P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>February 1997</H2> <UL> <LI><B>20-Feb-1997</B> <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7-RELEASE">FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE</A> is now available. Read the <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7-RELEASE/README.TXT">; = README.TXT</A> file or the <A HREF=3D"./releases/2.1.7R/notes.html"> Release Notes</A> for more inf= ormation.<P></P></LI> <LI><B>10-Feb-1997</B> <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970209-SNAP">FreeBSD 3.0-970209-SNAP</A> has been released. Read the <A HREF=3D"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=20 read more about the problem and solution from the <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-9= 7:01.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 avai= lable. 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=20 <A HREF=3D"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=20 <A HREF=3D"releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</A> release of FreeBSD 2.2. Read the=20 <A HREF=3D"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=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970124-SNA= P/"> 3.0-970124-SNAP</A> has been released. Please see the=20 <A HREF=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970124-SNAP/RELNOT= ES.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=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-BETA">2.2-= BETA</A> has been released. Please see the <A HREF=3D"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=3D"releases/2.2R/install-media.html">announcement</A> for m= ore information. <P></P></LI> </UL> <H2>November 1996</H2> <UL> <LI><B>15-Nov-1996</B> FreeBSD <A HREF=3D"./releases/2.1.6R/security.html"> 2.1.6-REL= EASE</A> is out. Please see the <A HREF=3D"./releases/2.1.6R/security.ht= ml"> release notes</A> for more information. <P></P></LI> <LI><B>4-Nov-1996</B> The FreeBSD <A HREF=3D"http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">CVS</= A> development tree has branched again. <A HREF=3D"branch.html">See h= ere</A> for more information. <P></P></LI> </UL> <ADDRESS><A HREF=3D"./mailto.html">questions@FreeBSD.ORG</A><BR> Copyright =A9 1995-1998 FreeBSD Inc. =20 All rights reserved.<BR>$Date: 1998/05/04 10:13:43 $</ADDRESS></BODY> </HTML> --------------DA3F1A5DBC-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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