From owner-freebsd-doc Thu May 7 09:38:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA14521 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Thu, 7 May 1998 09:38:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from relay.efficient.com (relay.efficient.com [198.211.94.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA14485 for ; Thu, 7 May 1998 09:38:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from davidl@efficient.com) Received: from efficient.com ([198.211.94.14]) by relay.efficient.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id LAA10642 for ; Thu, 7 May 1998 11:38:37 -0500 Received: from daze (daze [199.183.10.174]) by efficient.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA17533 for ; Thu, 7 May 1998 11:37:37 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3551E3E0.5819@efficient.com> Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 11:40:00 -0500 From: Dave Littell Reply-To: davidl@efficient.com Organization: Efficient Networks, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: formatting error... Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------DA3F1A5DBC" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 FreeBSD News flash! 3D"Navigation

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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 freebsd-announce mailing list.

For a detailed description of past, present, and future releases, see the Release Information page.

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May 1998

  • 1-May-98 The FreeBSD Project set up
  • Anonymous CVS for the FreeBSD CVS tr= ee.=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

April 1998

  • 16-Apr-98 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 http://www.cdrom.com.

  • 11-Apr-98 The new FreeBSD project FreeBSD Mozilla Group is created. The FreeBSD Mozilla Group supports and=20 improves the free available Netscape web browser, otherwise known as Mozilla.

March 1998

  • 25-Mar-98 FreeBSD 2.2.6 has been released. See the Release Information page for details. Also be sure to check the release errata after installation for any late-breaking= issues with 2.2.6 that you should know about.

February 1998

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January 1998

  • 08-Jan-98 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 CVSup utility or in binary release snapshots from current.FreeBSD.org

December 1997

  • 26-Dec-97 A convenient front-end tool for installing and configuring the CVSup utility is now available. To use it, simply login or su to root and run: pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsupit.tgz

  • 2-Dec-97 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 CVSup utility, as described b= elow for the LAND attack fix, or by applying these patches.

  • 1-Dec-97 The "LAND attack" bug in TCP/IP has now been fixed in all relevant branches and can be incorporated by using the CVSup utility to track the latest 2.2 or 3.0 sources.

  • 1-Dec-97 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 Team FreeBSD's WWW site.

November 1997

  • 21-Nov-97 Pentium bug -- 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 comp.unix.bsd.fre= ebsd.announce. Your patience is appreciated.

  • 09-Nov-97 FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE CDROMS are now in stock and shipping to customers worldwide. More information is available at http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd25.htm= .

October 1997

  • 22-Oct-97 FreeBSD 2.2.5 has been released. See the Release Information page for details. Also be sure to check the release errata after installation for any late-breaking= issues with 2.2.5 that you should know about.

September 1997

  • 01-Sep-97 FreeBSD performed well in an Internet Week revie= w of WWW server platforms.

August 1997

  • 11-Aug-97 Researchers in Duke University's Trapeze Project 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 WWW page.

  • 03-Aug-97 Netscape Communications has released a beta version of=20 Netscape Communicator v4.0 for FreeBSD. It can be obtained via FTP from ftp.netscape.com or its mirrors.<= /LI>

July 1997

June 1997

May 1997

April 1997

March 1997

February 1997

  • 20-Feb-1997 FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE is now available. Read the = README.TXT file or the Release Notes for more inf= ormation.

  • 10-Feb-1997 FreeBSD 3.0-970209-SNAP has been released. Read the README.TXT file for more information about this release.

  • 06-Feb-1997 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 FreeBSD-SA-97:01.setlocale security announcement.

  • 06-Feb-1997 The final pre-release version of FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA, is now avai= lable. The README.TXT file has more information.

  • 05-Feb-1997 The administrative position of FreeBSD Project President has been eliminated with the=20 resignation of former president Jordan K. Hubbard.

  • 02-Feb-1997 A snap-of-the-day server has been set up for the most current=20 snapshot release of FreeBSD 2.2. Read the=20 README.= TXT file for more information.

January 1997

December 1996

  • 24-Dec-1996 FreeBSD 2.2-= BETA has been released. Please see the Release Notes for more information.

  • 13-Dec-1996 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 announcement for m= ore information.

November 1996

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