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| 2022-03-18 |
NEW • 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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| 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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| 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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| 2021-12-08 |
BSD Release: FreeBSD 12.3 |
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The FreeBSD team has announced the availability of the third update to the operating system's 12.x branch. FreeBSD 12.3 includes several bug fixes to the kernel, userland updates, and improvements to network drivers. The project's release announcement reports: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE. This is the fourth release of the stable/12 branch. Some of the highlights: updates to various networking drivers; several updates to upstream contributed software; several userland application improvements and kernel bug fixes. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the online release notes and errata list. The FreeBSD Project dedicates the FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE to the memory of Ian Lepore. FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, armv6, armv7 and aarch64 architectures. FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE can be installed from bootable ISO images or over the network. Some architectures also support installing from a USB memory stick." The release notes provide a list of fixes in this release along with their security advisories. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-12.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (937MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (776MB, SHA512). |
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| 2021-04-13 |
BSD Release: FreeBSD 13.0 |
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The FreeBSD project has announced the availability of FreeBSD 13.0. After an extended development cycle, FreeBSD has arrived with a number of key improvements and features, in particular ARM64 is now a Tier 1 architecture, meaning it will receive additional support: "Removed the obsolete version of the GNU debugger that was installed to /usr/libexec for use by crashinfo(8). Detailed kernel crash information can be obtained by installing modern GDB from ports or packages. Removed the obsolete binutils 2.17 and gcc(1) 4.2.1 from the tree. All supported architectures now use the LLVM/clang toolchain. The BSD version of grep(1) is now installed by default. The obsolete GNU version that was the previous default has been removed. Removed CU-SeeMe support from libalias(3). The qat(4) driver has been added, supporting some of the cryptographic acceleration functions of the Intel QuickAssist (QAT) device. The qat(4) driver supports the QAT devices integrated with Atom C2000 and C3000 and Xeon C620 and D-1500 platforms, and the Intel QAT Adapter 8950. Several deprecated drivers have been removed. Several drivers have been ported to the PowerPC64 architecture. The kernel now supports in-kernel framing and encryption of Transport Layer Security (TLS) data on TCP sockets for TLS versions 1.0 through 1.3." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (926MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (755MB, SHA512). |
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| 2021-03-30 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 13.0-RC4 |
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Due to some critical bugs, an unscheduled fourth release candidate for the upcoming FreeBSD 13.0 has been made available for another round of testing. As a result, the final release of FreeBSD 13.0 has been pushed back to 6 April. "The fourth RC build of the 13.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 13.0-RC3 includes: a fix affecting scripted installations has been addressed; several POWERPC fixes have been included; a memory leak in NETMAP_REQ_PORT_INFO_GET has been fixed; an issue with local-unbound and some IPv6 deployment has been fixed; historical output range from random(9) has been restored to previous behavior; OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.1.1k; a fix for validation of RDNSS options has been addressed; other miscellaneous items have been addressed. A list of changes since 12.2-RELEASE is available in the releng/13.0 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 13.0-RELEASE cycle progresses." Here is the full release announcement Download: FreeBSD-13.0-RC4-amd64-disc1.iso (925MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.0-RC4-i386-disc1.iso (756MB, SHA512). |
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| 2021-03-20 |
Development Release: FreeBSD 13.0-RC3 |
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Glen Barber has announced that the third release candidate for FreeBSD 13.0 is now ready for testing. This should be the final development build before the official release of FreeBSD 13.0 on 30 March: "The third RC build of the 13.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 13.0-RC2 includes: a virtual memory list locking fix has been addressed; a fix for systems running under VirtualBox has been addressed; a fix in the service(8) utility has been addressed; the if_wg(4) pseudo driver has been removed; a fix to TSO for TCP/IPV6 has been addressed in the vtnet(4) driver; several other miscellaneous fixes have been addressed. A list of changes since 12.2-RELEASE is available in the releng/13.0 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 13.0-RELEASE cycle progresses." See the complete release announcement for further information. Download links: FreeBSD-13.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso (927MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.0-RC3-i386-disc1.iso (757MB, SHA512). |
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