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URIX OS
URIX OS (formerly NetSecL) was a security-focused distribution and live DVD based on openSUSE. To improve the security aspect of the distribution, servers have been removed, incoming ports closed and services turned off. Additionally, several penetration tools have been included.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2016-02-06 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 10.3-BETA1 |
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Marius Strobl has announced the availability of the initial beta of FreeBSD 10.3: "The first beta build of the 10.3-RELEASE release cycle is now available." The release announcement provides little information about any new features other than the usual bug reporting and system upgrading notes: "If you notice problems you can report them through the Bugzilla PR system or on the -stable mailing list. If you would like to use SVN to do a source-based update of an existing system, use the 'stable/10' branch. A list of changes since 10.2-RELEASE are available on the stable/10 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 10.3-RELEASE cycle progresses. VM disk images are available for the amd64 and i386 architectures." Here are the quick download links to the installation DVD images for the amd64 and i386 architectures: FreeBSD-10.3-BETA1-amd64-dvd1.iso (2,633MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-10.3-BETA1-i386-dvd1.iso (2,442MB, SHA256). |
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| FreeBSD is a UNIX-like operating system for the i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. FreeBSD comes with over 20,000 packages (pre-compiled software that is bundled for easy installation), covering a wide range of areas: from server software, databases and web servers, to desktop software, games, web browsers and business software - all free and easy to install.
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| 2024-06-04 |
BSD Release: FreeBSD 14.1 |
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Colin Percival has announced the release of FreeBSD 14.1, the latest stable version of the popular operating system used to power modern servers, desktops and embedded platforms: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE. This is the second release of the stable/14 branch. Some of the highlights: the C library now has SIMD implementations of string and memory operations on amd64 for improved performance; improvements to the sound subsystem, including device hotplug; initial native cloud-init (configuration drive) support compatible with OpenStack and many hosters; OpenZFS has been upgraded to version 2.2.4; Clang/LLVM have been upgraded to version 18.1.5; OpenSSH has been upgraded to version 9.7p1. FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv7, aarch64 and riscv64 architectures. Based on the new FreeBSD support model, the FreeBSD 14 release series will be supported until at least January 31, 2026." See the release announcement and the release notes for further details. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (1,120MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (914MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (977MB, SHA512). |
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| 2024-05-20 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 14.1-BETA3 |
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Colin Percival has announced that the FreeBSD team have published a new beta snapshot for the project's upcoming 14.1 release. The new beta fixes crashes on i386, addresses large RISC-V binaries, and turns on soft updates by default when using newfs. "The third BETA build of the 14.1-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since BETA2 includes: newfs now turns on softupdates by default on UFS2; boot breakage on RPi 4 and large amd64 systems fixed; i386 panics with drm-kmod fixed; OpenMP scheduling issues fixed; fixes to kernel handling of userland mutexes; in6_addr fields made visibile to userland; non-UFS vm image build fixes; bogusly large riscv binaries fixed; man page fixes/addition; removeal of accidental GDB_LOG setting; nfsd RFC8881 compliance fixes. A list of changes since 14.0 is available in the releng/14.1 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 14.1-RELEASE cycle progresses." Additional information on the third beta snapshot can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download: FreeBSD-14.1-BETA3-amd64-disc1.iso (1,118MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-14.1-BETA3-i386-disc1.iso (915MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-14.1-BETA3-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (977MB, SHA512). |
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| 2024-03-05 |
BSD Release: FreeBSD 13.3 |
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Colin Percival has announced the release of FreeBSD 13.3, the production release in the legacy branch of the popular BSD-derived operating system: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE. This is the fourth release of the stable/13 branch. Some of the highlights: LLVM and the Clang compiler have been updated to version 17.0.6; OpenSSH has been updated to version 9.6p1; Sendmail has been updated to version 8.18.1; ZFS has been updated to OpenZFS 2.1.14; there have been many stability fixes to native and LinuxKPI-based WiFi drivers; the NFS server can now run in an appropriately configured vnet jail. FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv6, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures." Please read the release announcement and the release notes for more information. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-13.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (1,023MB, SHA512, signature), FreeBSD-13.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (842MB, SHA512, signature), FreeBSD-13.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (842MB, SHA512, signature). |
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| 2024-02-21 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 13.3-BETA3 |
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The FreeBSD project has released a new development snapshot for FreeBSD 13.3. The new snapshot, BETA 3, updates Sendmail, fixes a kernel panic bug, and corrects an issue with creating RISCV binaries. The release announcement lists the changes since the previous BETA snapshot: "The third BETA build of the 13.3-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 13.3-BETA2 includes: a kernel panic fix affecting the net-mgmt/ng_ipacct port; a fix to invalid birthtime values generated by fusefs; an update to the TLS root certificate bundle; Sendmail update to 8.18.1; allowing mac_priority's authorized users to set realtime priority; an update to the source for the leap seconds database; a workaround for an elftoolchain bug which yielded boated RISCV binaries." Additional information is provided in the release notes. Download: FreeBSD-13.3-BETA3-amd64-disc1.iso (1,054MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.3-BETA3-i386-disc1.iso (869MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.3-BETA3-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (842MB, SHA512). The installation ISO images are also available for the arm-armv6, arm-armv7, powerpc-powerpc64, powerpc-powerpc64le, powerpc-powerpcspe and riscv-riscv64 architectures. |
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| 2023-11-20 |
BSD Release: FreeBSD 14.0 |
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Colin Percival (the new Release Engineering Team Lead) has announced the release of FreeBSD 14.0. It is available for the amd64, aarch64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv7 and riscv64 architectures. "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE. This is the first release from the stable/14 branch. Some of the highlights: OpenSSH has been updated to version 9.5p1; OpenSSL has been updated to version 3.0.12, a major upgrade from OpenSSL 1.1.1t in FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE; the bhyve hypervisor now supports TPM and GPU passthrough; FreeBSD supports up to 1024 cores on the amd64 and arm64 platforms; ZFS has been upgraded to OpenZFS release 2.2, providing significant performance improvements; it is now possible to perform background filesystem checks on UFS file systems running with journaled soft updates; experimental ZFS images are now available for AWS and Azure; the default congestion control mechanism for TCP is now CUBIC." For further information please see the release announcement and the release notes. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (1,087MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (886MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (935MB, SHA512). |
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| 2023-11-04 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 14.0-RC4 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the fourth release candidate for FreeBSD 14.0. This snapshot was not part of the original release schedule which means that the final release of FreeBSD 14.0 is now delayed by one week, to 14 November 2023. This late release candidate postpones the removal of the ISA and GIANT-locked drivers to FreeBSD 15 and it also addresses a couple of fixes: "The fourth RC build of the 14.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 14.0-RC3 includes: ISA and GIANT-locked driver removal has been delayed to FreeBSD 15 and system messages have been updated to reflect such; an update to OpenZFS correcting block cloning between encrypted and unencrypted datasets has been included; a fix for Hyper-V emulation within QEMU resulting in system crashes has been addressed. A list of changes since 13.2-RELEASE is available in the releng/14.0 release notes." Read the full release announcement for further details and upgrade instructions. Here are the download links of installation images for the amd64, i386 and aarch64 architectures: FreeBSD-14.0-RC4-amd64-disc1.iso (1,086MB), FreeBSD-14.0-RC4-i386-disc1.iso (887MB), FreeBSD-14.0-RC4-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (934MB). |
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| 2023-10-28 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 14.0-RC3 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the third (and likely last) release candidate for FreeBSD 14.0. The product's final release is scheduled for 7 November 2023. This release candidate adds support for the Realtek Killer E2600 Ethernet controller driver and upgrades OpenSSL to the recently-released version 3.0.12. "The third RC build of the 14.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 14.0-RC2 includes: test suite fixes; support for IUTF8 in (s)tty has been added; support for Realtek Killer E2600 has been added; several kernel TLS updates have been added; OpenSSL has been updated to version 3.0.12; other miscellaneous bug fixes and updates. A list of changes since 13.2-RELEASE is available in the releng/14.0 release notes." Continue to the full release announcement for more details and upgrade instructions. Here are the download links of installation images for the amd64, i386 and aarch64 architectures: FreeBSD-14.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso (1,086MB), FreeBSD-14.0-RC3-i386-disc1.iso (886MB), FreeBSD-14.0-RC3-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (936MB). |
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| 2023-10-21 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 14.0-RC2 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the second release candidate for FreeBSD 14.0. The release process continues as scheduled, with a possible third release candidate expected one week from now and the FreeBSD 14.0 final on 7 November 2023. "The second RC build of the 14.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 14.0-RC1 includes: OpenSSH has been updated to version 9.5p1; OpenSSL has been updated to version 3.0.11; various VFS-related fixes; OpenZFS has been updated to zfs-2.2-release; support for ZFS-backed Azure images has been implemented; a crash with smartpqi(4) or mpi3mr(4) devices has been resolved; an issue building virtual machine images for GCE has been resolved; and various other miscellaneous fixes. A list of changes since 13.2-RELEASE is available in the releng/14.0 release notes." Read the complete release announcement which includes upgrade instructions. Here are the quick download links of installation images for the amd64, i386 and aarch64 architectures: FreeBSD-14.0-RC2-amd64-disc1.iso (1,087MB), FreeBSD-14.0-RC2-i386-disc1.iso (887MB), FreeBSD-14.0-RC2-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (935MB). |
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| 2023-10-14 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 14.0-RC1 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the initial release candidate for FreeBSD 14.0, the project's first major release since version 13.0 delivered in April 2021. FreeBSD 14.0 is currently scheduled for final release on 7 November 2023. It is available for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv7, aarch64 and riscv64 architectures. "The first RC build of the 14.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 14.0-BETA5 includes: a race condition in swap_pager_swapoff_object() had been fixed; various updates to the Linux KPI, 802.11, iwlwifi, and rtw88; other miscellaneous fixes." Some of the userland configuration changes in FreeBSD 14.0 include: "The default shell for the root user is now sh(1), which now has many features for interactive use; the default mail transport agent is now the Dragonfly Mail Agent (dma(8)), replacing sendmail(8); the mta_start_script configuration variable has been retired in rc.conf(5), along with the othermta startup script; the one-time password facility OPIE, opie(4), has been removed from the base system." Continue to the release announcement for further details and upgrade instructions. Download: FreeBSD-14.0-RC1-amd64-disc1.iso (1,087MB), FreeBSD-14.0-RC1-i386-disc1.iso (888MB), FreeBSD-14.0-RC1-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (935MB). |
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