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Ankur Bangla
Ankur Bangla was a desktop Linux distribution localised into Bengali. The project's earlier versions were based on Mandriva Linux, but later it switched to Ubuntu as its preferred base.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2007-10-23 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 7.0-BETA1 |
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Ken Smith has announced the availability of the first beta release of FreeBSD 7.0: "We have entered the final phases of the FreeBSD 7.0 Release cycle which also means the beginning of the FreeBSD-6.3 Release cycle. Because the people who support the ports for FreeBSD also need to go through a freeze cycle as part of releases we had decided to combine the two releases to try and minimize the impact on the ports maintainers. The 7.0-BETA1 builds have completed and are on many of the FreeBSD mirror sites. If you want to update an existing machine using cvsup use RELENG_7 as the branch tag. Instructions on using FreeBSD Update to perform a binary upgrade from FreeBSD 6.x to 7.0-BETA1 will be provided via the freebsd-stable list when available." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: 7.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso (636MB, MD5), 7.0-BETA1-amd64-disc1.iso (539MB, MD5).
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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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| 2023-04-11 |
BSD Release: FreeBSD 13.2 |
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Colin Percival has announced the release of FreeBSD 13.2, the latest stable version of the popular BSD-derived operating system that focuses on features, speed and stability: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE. This is the third release of the stable/13 branch. Some of the highlights: OpenSSH has been updated to version 9.2p1; OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.1.1t; the bhyve hypervisor now supports more than 16 vCPUs in a guest; Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is now enabled for 64-bit executables by default; ZFS has been upgraded to OpenZFS release 2.1.9; it is now possible to take snapshots on UFS filesystems when running with journaled soft updates; the kernel wg(4) WireGuard driver is now available; the kernel netlink(4) network configuration protocol is now available. FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv6, armv7, aarch64 and riscv64 architectures. FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE can be installed from bootable ISO images or over the network. Some architectures also support installing from a USB memory stick." Please read the release announcement and the release notes for more information. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (1.023MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (842MB, SHA512). |
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| 2022-12-06 |
BSD Release: FreeBSD 12.4 |
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Glen Barber has announced the release of FreeBSD 12.4, the fourth update to the project's legacy 12.x branch: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE. This is the fifth release of the stable/12 branch. Some of the highlights: the ena(4) kernel driver has been updated to 2.6.1; the if_epair(4) driver now allows multiple cores to be used to process traffic to improve performance; the unbound(8) utility has been updated to version 1.16.3; the telnetd(8) daemon has been deprecated; the tcpdump(1) utility now allow users to set a number on rules which will be exposed as part of the pflog header; OpenSSL has been updated to 1.1.1q; OpenSSH has been updated to 9.1p1; the LLVM toolchain suite has been updated to version 13.0.0; the dma(8) utility has been updated to snapshot 2022-01-27; the file(1) utility has been updated to version 5.43. FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv6, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures." See the release announcement and the release notes for further information. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (959MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (800MB, SHA512). |
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| 2022-11-12 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 12.4-RC2 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the second release candidate for FreeBSD 12.4. According to the published released process, the RC2 might be followed by an RC3 (if needed), while the final release of FreeBSD 12.4 is planned on 5 December 2022. "The second RC build of the 12.1-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 12.1-RC1 includes: if_vxlan(4) - check the size of data available in mbuf before using them; ofed - allow using IPv6 address in rc_pingpong server; ssh - correct parse_cert_times case for hex 'to' time; ipfw - have NAT steal the TH_RES1 bit, instead of the TH_AE bit. A list of changes since 12.3-RELEASE is available in the releng/12.4 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 12.4-RELEASE cycle progresses." See the full release announcement for more details and upgrade instructions. Interested testers can download the amd64 and i386 installation ISO images from here: FreeBSD-12.4-RC2-amd64-disc1.iso (958MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.4-RC2-i386-disc1.iso (801MB, SHA512). |
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| 2022-11-05 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 12.4-RC1 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the first release candidate for FreeBSD 12.4, scheduled for final release on 5 December 2022: "The first RC build of the 12.1-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 12.1-BETA3 includes: a NULL pointer dereference that could lead to a system crash had been fixed; a fix to correctly implement pmap_page_is_mapped() on arm64 and riscv; a fix to tun(4) and tap(4) when destroying interfaces had been added; a fix to krping to notify sleeping threads of device removal had been added; several updates to mlx5core, mlx5en(4), and mlx5ib(4); several fixes in libusb(3) and xhci(4) have been added; several SCTP and TCP fixes have been added. A list of changes since 12.3-RELEASE is available in the releng/12.4 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 12.4-RELEASE cycle progresses." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Quick links to download the amd64 and i386 installation ISO images: FreeBSD-12.4-RC1-amd64-disc1.iso (958MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.4-RC1-i386-disc1.iso (800MB, SHA512). |
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| 2022-05-16 |
BSD Release: FreeBSD 13.1 |
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Glen Barber has announced the release of FreeBSD 13.1, the second stable build in the project's 13 branch: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE. This is the second release of the stable/13 branch. Some of the highlights: OpenSSH has been updated to version v8.8p1; OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.1.1o; the use of FIDO/U2F hardware authenticators has been enabled in ssh, using the new public key types ecdsa-sk and ed25519-sk, along with corresponding certificate types; the ice(4) driver has been updated to 1.34.2-k, adding firmware logging and initial DCB support; the iwlwifi(4) driver along with a LinuxKPI 802.11 compatibility layer was added to supplement iwm(4) for newer Intel Wireless chipsets; ZFS has been upgraded to OpenZFS release 2.1.4; EC2 images are now built by default to boot using UEFI instead of legacy BIOS." See the release announcement and in the detailed release notes for further information. FreeBSD 13.1 is available for amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv6, armv7, aarch64 and riscv64 architectures; here are the links to download (mirrors) the installation images for the amd64 and i386 architectures: FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (999MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (824MB, SHA512). |
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| 2022-04-15 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 13.1-RC3 |
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The third release candidate for FreeBSD 13.1 is now available for download and testing. The release schedule and the relatively short changelog indicate that this is likely to be the last development build before the final release of FreeBSD 13.1, which is scheduled to happen two weeks from now, on 2 May 2022: "The third RC build of the 13.1-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 13.1-RC2 includes: a fix to libarchive(3) for zstd support; a build-time issue to resolve handling ldd including preloaded objects has been resolved; a build-time fix to resolve an issue with 'nodevice acpi' in the kernel configuration file; LLE lock leaks in the network stack had been addressed. A list of changes since 13.0-RELEASE is available in the releng/13.1 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 13.1-RELEASE cycle progresses." Continue to the release announcement for further information and upgrade instructions. Here are the download links to the amd64 and i386 installation ISO images: FreeBSD-13.1-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso (997MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.1-RC3-i386-disc1.iso (822MB, SHA512). |
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| 2022-04-08 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 13.1-RC2 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the second release candidate for FreeBSD 13.1: "The second RC build of the 13.1-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 13.1-RC1 includes: libc - restore fp state upon flush error in fputc; updates to the bsd-family-tree history file; update contrib/expat to 2.4.7; treat cache write as a read in arm64 data faults; pf - initialize the table entry zone limit at initialization time; mpr/mps/mpt - verify cfg page ioctl lengths; zlib updated to version 1.2.12; cxgbe - fix enabling lro & rxtimestamps; uart(4) - add a concept of 'unique' serial devices; powerpc - implement __clear_cache; fstyp - detect Raspberry Pi Pico boot filesystem as FAT; various LinuxKPI updates, fixes and KBI corrections; net80211 - validate Mesh ID length in ieee80211_parse_beacon; netmap - fix integer overflow in nmreq_copyin; netmap - fix TOCTOU vulnerability in nmreq_copyin; libarchive - merge vendor bug fixes; libbe - pull props for the correct dataset in be_mounted_at(); libbe - fix be_mounted_at() with props after bootonce; various bectl/libbe fixes and updates; mrsas(4) updates...." See the release announcement for a complete list of changes. Download: FreeBSD-13.1-RC2-amd64-disc1.iso (999MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.1-RC2-i386-disc1.iso (822MB, SHA512). |
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| 2022-04-01 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 13.1-RC1 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the first release candidate for the upcoming FreeBSD 13.1, scheduled for final release on 26 April (following two more RC builds): "The first RC build of the 13.1-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 13.1-BETA3 includes: handle interrupts racing with device suspend with the hdac driver; allow kern.ipc.maxsockets to be set to current value without error; call rtsx_init() on resume in the rtsx(4) driver; fixes to vfs; update to LLVM to fix the lang/rust port build on powerpc; several network-related updates and fixes; several Linux ABI-related updates and fixes; the riscv64sf build had been fixed; OpenZFS 2.1-release had been merged from upstream; updates and fixes to libarchive(3); updates and fixes to devd(8); various 802.11 wireless updates and bug fixes; various LinuxKPI updates and fixes; the kernel build without INET or INET6 had been fixed; several arm64-specific fixes." Here is the complete release announcement. Download links for the amd64 and i386 architectures: FreeBSD-13.1-RC1-amd64-disc1.iso (997MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.1-RC1-i386-disc1.iso (821MB, SHA512). |
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| 2022-03-18 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 13.1-BETA2 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the second beta release of FreeBSD 13.1, the upcoming new stable version scheduled for final release on 26 April (following one more BETA and three RC builds): "The second BETA build of the 13.1-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 13.1-BETA1 includes: OpenZFS has been updated to version 2.1.3; fixes to buf_alloc() and __sfvwrite(); support for obtaining early entropy from UEFI has been added; OpenSSL has been updated to prevent a consistent loop under certain circumstances; updates to fsck(8) and fsck_ffs(8) to ensure the correct exit code is returned for missing devices; a race condition in if_epair(4) on multi-core systems has been addressed. A list of changes since 13.0-RELEASE is available in the releng/13.1 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 13.1-RELEASE cycle progresses." Continue to the release announcement for further information and upgrade instructions. Download: FreeBSD-13.1-BETA2-amd64-disc1.iso (996MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.1-BETA2-i386-disc1.iso (823MB, SHA512). |
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