Wednesday, October 29, 2003


FreeBSD 4.9 Released


My favorite x86 OS just announced a new release on its production branch. My work machine [the one I actually like to use ;) ] is running one of the betas — I’ll CVSup my way to glory later this week. The trolls are in full flower on Slashdot, of course. A great bulk of the posts that aren’t the billionth repetition of the “BSD Is Dying!” trolls are predictable license flames.

addendum: This is why I love free software — can you imagine Longhorn shipping with a note like this in its documentation? (from the cvsup manpage)

At present, the GUI does not support changing the parameters specified in the supfile. That is planned for a future release. Despite its relative uselessness, the GUI is fun to watch.


:: Dave Walker 12:40 (EST/EDT) [+]

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The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.