diff --git a/en/news/news.xml b/en/news/news.xml index 8886782e27..691a346b99 100644 --- a/en/news/news.xml +++ b/en/news/news.xml @@ -1,1744 +1,1754 @@ - $FreeBSD: www/en/news/news.xml,v 1.362 2006/01/20 13:09:03 matteo Exp $ + $FreeBSD: www/en/news/news.xml,v 1.363 2006/01/20 17:43:49 pav Exp $ 2006 1 + + 26 + + October-December 2005 Status Report + +

The October-December, 2005 status report is now + available with 26 entries.

+ + 19

New committer: Matteo Riondato (src)

New committer: Vasil Dimov (ports)

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New committer: Rink Springer (src)

 2005 12 23 FreeBSD Foundation December Newsletter Published

The FreeBSD Foundation has published its December Newsletter, which summarizes the activities the Foundation has undertaken this year.

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Returned committer: Jason Evans (src)

 17 Release schedule for 2006

The release engineering team, represented by Scott Long, has announced the release schedule for 2006. Please refer to the announcement for more information.

 14 Read-only XFS support in FreeBSD-CURRENT

Read-only support for the XFS file system has been committed to FreeBSD-CURRENT. The code is derived from sources provided by SGI and is covered by the GPL. Additional information can be found in the announcement.

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New committer: Andrey Slusar (ports)

 7 New website section: Projects and ideas for volunteers

The FreeBSD project has hundreds of active developers spread all over the world, and many of them have their own parts of the source-tree that they work on. However, there are always a lot of new interesting projects and ideas that needs to be investigated and evaluated, and this is where the FreeBSD project relies on heroic efforts from volunteers. A new section on the FreeBSD website has been created with the purpose of listing such projects. The list is in no way complete, but it should serve as a nice starting point for volunteers who would like to become committers in the future. You can view the projects list here.

 1 Hewlett-Packard Donates Blade Cluster to The FreeBSD Foundation

The FreeBSD Foundation received a donation of a blade system from Hewlett-Packard for use as a third-party software build cluster. This 20-node HP BladeSystem cluster triples the speed of the build process for i386 packages. You can see more details from here.

New committer: Tim Bishop (ports)

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New committer: Oleg Bulyzhin (src)

 27 New article: Building Products with FreeBSD

A new article, Building Products with FreeBSD describes the benefits of collaborating with the FreeBSD project when developing products. Much of the engineering cost of software product development for a successful product comes from the need to evolve to keep pace with the market. By working with a mature, reuse-friendly source base like that of the FreeBSD project, and by following the best-practices listed in this article, organizations can reap the benefits of reduced engineering costs and improved market adaptability.

 18 July-October 2005 Status Report

The July-October, 2005 status report is now available with 37 entries.

 5 KDE 3.4.3 available for FreeBSD

KDE 3.4.3 has been merged into the ports tree. For a detailed list of improvements since the KDE 3.4.2 release, please refer to the KDE 3.4.2 changelog. For more information, see the KDE 3.4.3 info page. For general information about KDE on FreeBSD, please see the KDE on FreeBSD project page.

 GNOME 2.12.1 available for FreeBSD

Now that 6.0 is out the door, GNOME 2.12.1 has been merged into the ports tree. Be sure to checkout our upgrade FAQ for all the changes, upgrade instructions, and known issues. Additional resources can be found at the FreeBSD GNOME homepage.

 4 FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE is Now Available

FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE has been released. Please check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 6.0. The Release Information page has more information about FreeBSD releases.

 1 FreeBSD Logo Design Competition Result

We are pleased to announce the winner of our logo competition: Anton K. Gural. For competition details, please see the result page. With our new logo, we will be able to show our own identity on the 'net, and this will make our marketing efforts much easier. We will publish soon a guideline page which gives usage rules and usable (vector format) logo data under the same BSD license as the rest of FreeBSD.

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New committer: Aaron Dalton (ports)

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New committer: Ariff Abdullah (src)

 11 FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 Available

The first release candidate of FreeBSD 6.0 is now available. The RC1 ISO images and FTP based install support are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

 6 New Case Study: Argentina.com

A new case study, argentina.com, describes how a successful ISP in Latin America excels in a competitive market with FreeBSD.

 5 New website launched

A new website has been launched. We hope you find the new design easier to navigate. The site was implemented by Emily Boyd as part of Google's Summer of Code program. A copy of the old site for comparison purposes is archived here. Please post your comments and suggestions about the new site to the freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org list.

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New committer: Vitaly Bogdanov (doc)

New committer: Emanuel Haupt (ports)

New committer: Andrej Zverev (ports)

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New committer: Tom McLaughlin (ports)

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New committer: Marcus Alves Grando (ports)

 7 FreeBSD 6.0-BETA4 Available

6.0-BETA4 announcement.

 8 29 FreeBSD 6.0-BETA3 Available

6.0-BETA3 announcement.

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New committer: Gary W. Swearingen (doc)

 21 New Security Officer: Colin Percival

After 43 months Jacques Vidrine has passed the Security Officer hat to Colin Percival, known for his FreeBSD Update, portsnap, and bsdiff utilities, and recently for his paper "Cache missing for fun and profit" regarding sensitive information disclosure within hyperthreaded processor systems. You can read more about this here.

17 FreeBSD Events iCalendar Feed Introduced

Users with organisational software that understands iCalendar format files can now subscribe to the FreeBSD Events Calendar.

 New Article: Choosing a FreeBSD Version

A new article, Choosing the FreeBSD Version That Is Right For You, discusses considerations that should go into the selection of the most suitable version of FreeBSD for individual needs. Included are such concepts as the differences between a Release and a Branch, and between FreeBSD-STABLE and FreeBSD-CURRENT. Also covered is how FreeBSD development is moving towards a goal of more frequent major releases, each of which introduces smaller feature sets, as compared to how releases were done in the past. The target audience is both the user who is considering installing FreeBSD, and also existing users who wish to plan their future upgrades.

 5 FreeBSD 6.0-BETA2 Available

6.0-BETA2 announcement.

 1 New FreeBSD/Linux Whitepaper

Dru Lavigne has just published FreeBSD: An Open Source Alternative to Linux. The objective of this whitepaper is to explain some of the features and benefits provided by FreeBSD, and where applicable, compare those features to Linux. This paper provides a starting point for those interested in exploring Open Source alternatives to Linux.

 7 22 March-June 2005 Status Report

The March-June, 2005 status report is now available with 43 entries.

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New committer: Vsevolod Stakhov (ports)

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New committer: Bruno Ducrot (src)

 16 Funded Student Projects Announced

The FreeBSD Project received over 350 applications for Google's Summer of Code program, amongst which 18 were selected for funding. Unfortunately, there were far more first rate applications than available spots for students. However, we encourage students to work together with us all year round. The FreeBSD Project is always willing to help mentor students learn more about operating system development through our normal community mailing lists and development forums. Contributing to an open source software project is a valuable component of a computer science education and great preparation for a career in software development.

More information about the funded student projects is available from the FreeBSD Summer of Code Wiki.

 15 FreeBSD 6.0-BETA1 Available

6.0-BETA1 announcement.

 11 6-STABLE branch (RELENG_6) forked

Next milestone in 6.0-RELEASE process is reached. RELENG_6 CVS branch is forked from HEAD. The upcoming 6.0-RELEASE, and all following 6.x releases will be cut from this branch. For more information see: 6.0-RELEASE schedule, RELENG_6 announcement.

New committer: Renato Botelho (ports)

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New committer: Jung-uk Kim (src)

 2 Snapshot Release in July 2005 Available

The FreeBSD 6-CURRENT snapshot releases in July 2005 are now available. This will likely be the last snapshot of 6.0-CURRENT before the RELENG_6 branch is made. The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team has released snapshot releases of 5-STABLE and 6-CURRENT to encourage people to test new features and improve the reliability. For more details, please visit the snapshots page.

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New committer: Wayne Salamon (src)

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New contributor: Matteo Riondato (PR database)

New committer: Kip Macy (src)

 11 Code Freeze for 6.0-RELEASE

The FreeBSD 6.0 code freeze has begun. Developers must have approval from re@FreeBSD.org to commit to the HEAD branch of src/. 6.0 snapshots are available from the FTP sites for those able to help test the upcoming major new release of FreeBSD. For more information, please see the release engineering area of the web site.

 1 Funded Student Coding Opportunity

The FreeBSD Project is happy to participate in Google's Summer of Code 2005 program. This program will provide funding for students to spend the summer contributing to open source software projects. A list of FreeBSD specific projects and potential mentors is available here.

New committer: Brad Davis (doc)

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New committer: Andrew Thompson (src)

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New committer: Craig Rodrigues (src)

 15 Successful BSDCan Concluded

Another great BSD conference in Ottawa has just concluded. There was a highly successful 2 day FreeBSD Developer summit preceding the official conference. Special thanks should go to Dan Langille for organizing the conference and to Scott Long for organizing the developer summit.

 9 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE is Now Available

FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE has been released. Please check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 5.4. The Release Information page has more information about FreeBSD releases.

 3 FreeBSD 5.4-RC4 Release Available

The FreeBSD 5.4-RC4 release is now available. The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 5.4-RC4, the last Release Candidate of the FreeBSD 5.4 unless a major problem is discovered as part of RC4. The RC4 ISO images and FTP based install support are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

 PF updated to 3.7

The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to the upcoming OpenBSD release 3.7. Several new features including nested anchors and connection rate limiting are now available to the FreeBSD userbase.

 4 21 January-March 2005 Status Report

The January-March, 2005 status report is now available with 39 entries.

 18 FreeBSD 5.4-RC3 Release Available

The FreeBSD 5.4-RC3 release is now available. The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 5.4-RC3, the third Release Candidate of the FreeBSD 5.4 release cycle. The RC3 ISO images and FTP based install support are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

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New committer: Qing Li (src)

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New committer: Jean-Yves Lefort (ports)

New committer: Sam Lawrance (ports)

 11 FreeBSD 5.4-RC2 Release Available

The FreeBSD 5.4-RC2 release is now available. The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 5.4-RC2, the second Release Candidate of the FreeBSD 5.4 release cycle. We encourage people to help with testing so that any final bugs can be identified and worked out before the actual release. The RC2 ISO images and FTP based install support are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

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New committer: Joel Dahl (doc)

 5 FreeBSD 5.4-RC1 Release Available

The FreeBSD 5.4-RC1 release is now available. The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 5.4-RC1, the first Release Candidate of the FreeBSD 5.4 release cycle. We encourage people to help with testing so that any final bugs can be identified and worked out before the actual release. The RC1 ISO images and FTP based install support are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

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Enhanced commit privileges: Alexander Leidinger (src, ports)

 20 FreeBSD 5.4-BETA1 Release Available

The FreeBSD 5.4-BETA1 release is now available. This is the first BETA release for the FreeBSD 5.4 release cycle and the Release Engineering Team encourages people to help with testing so that any final bugs can be identified and worked out before the actual release. The BETA1 ISO images and FTP based install support are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

 17 Snapshot Release in March 2005 Available

The FreeBSD 6-CURRENT snapshot releases in March 2005 are now available. Note that 5-STABLE snapshots are not available in this month because 5.4-PRERELEASE builds will be available soon. The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team has released snapshot releases of 5-STABLE and 6-CURRENT on a monthly basis to encourage people to test new features and improve the reliability. For more details, please visit the snapshots page.

 12 GNOME 2.10.0 available for FreeBSD

GNOME 2.10.0 has been released and merged into the ports tree in time for 5.4-RELEASE. Be sure to checkout our upgrade FAQ for all the changes, upgrade instructions, and known issues. Additional resources can be found at the FreeBSD GNOME homepage.

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New committer: Roman Bogorodskiy (ports)

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New committer: Damien Bergamini (src)

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New committer: Jesus R. Camou (doc)

New committer: Florent Thoumie (ports)

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New committer: Simon Barner (ports)

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Logo design competition is open

New committer: Tai-hwa Liang (src)

 1 25 FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE is Now Available

FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE has been released. Please check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 4.11. The Release Information page has more information about FreeBSD releases.

 17 July-December 2004 Status Report

The July-December, 2004 status report is now available with 44 entries.

 FreeBSD 4.11 RC3 Available

The third Release Candidate for FreeBSD 4.11 has been made available. Please see the full announcement on the FreeBSD-STABLE mailing list here. The full 4.11 release schedule is here.

 2 FreeBSD 4.11 RC2 Available

The second Release Candidate for FreeBSD 4.11 has been made available. Please see the full announcement on the FreeBSD-STABLE mailing list here. The full 4.11 release schedule is here.

 2004 12 28 Mozilla approves FreeBSD's thunderbird and firefox ports

The Mozilla License Team has granted permission to the FreeBSD Gnome Team for use of the Firefox and Thunderbird names, official icons, and permission to do officially branded builds.

New committer: Sam Hopkins (src)

 23 FreeBSD Foundation Quarterly Newsletter Published

The FreeBSD Foundation has published its Quarterly Newsletter, which includes a call for donations so the Foundation can keep its non-profit public charity 501(c)3 status.

 18 FreeBSD 4.11 RC1 Available

The first Release Candidate for FreeBSD 4.11 has been made available. Please see the full announcement on the FreeBSD-STABLE mailing list here. The full 4.11 release schedule is here.

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New committer: Niels Heinen (ports)

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The FreeSBIE 1.1 FreeBSD Live CD is released -- see the release announcement for details.

New committer: Palle Girgensohn (ports)

 2 FreeBSD 4.11 release schedule announced

The schedule for the FreeBSD 4.11 Release has been announced, with a target release date of January 24th, 2005. The full schedule is here.

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New committer: Jean-Sébastien Pédron (src)

 11 27 FreeBSD trademark transferred to Foundation

The 'FreeBSD' trademark, which was originally granted to Walnut Creek CDROM (now FreeBSD Mall, Inc.) in 1996, has been transferred to the FreeBSD Foundation.

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New committer: Vicente Carrasco (doc)

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New committer: Johann Kois (doc)

 7 GNOME 2.8.1 released for FreeBSD

GNOME 2.8.1 was merged into the ports tree following the release of FreeBSD 5.3. See the FreeBSD GNOME Homepage for more details as well as upgrade instructions.

 6 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE is Now Available

FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE has been released. Please check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 5.3. The Release Information page has more information about FreeBSD releases.

 10 31 FreeBSD 5.3-RC2 released

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is proud to announce the availability of FreeBSD 5.3-RC2. Two critical issues came up during RC1 testing and it is felt the fixes warrant one more RC so they receive widespread testing. If no more show-stopper problems are found this will be the last test release done before 5.3-RELEASE. Please see the full announcement on FreeBSD-CURRENT here.

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New committer: Michael Johnson (ports)

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New committer: Remko Lodder (doc)

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New committer: George V. Neville-Neil (src)

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New committer: Stephan Uphoff (src)

 9 15

New committer: Koop Mast (ports)

New committer: Xin Li (src, doc)

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New committer: Alexey Dokuchaev (ports)

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New committer: Dejan Lesjak (ports)

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New committer: Cheng-Lung Sung (ports)

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New committer: Dmitry Morozovsky (doc)

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New committer: Herve Quiroz (ports)

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New committer: Pyun YongHyeon (src)

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New committer: Bjoern A. Zeeb (src)

 26 May 2004 - June 2004 Status Report

The May-June status report is now available; see the status reports Web page for more information.

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New committer: Suleiman Souhlal (PowerPC)

 23 FreeBSD switches to X.Org

FreeBSD-CURRENT now ships with X.Org's X Window System per default, though XFree86 is still supported. For more information on how to upgrade for -CURRENT and -STABLE, take a look at this HEADS UP.

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New committer: Gleb Smirnoff (src)

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New committer: Sergey Matveychuk (ports)

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New committer: Lars Thegler (ports)

 27 FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE is Now Available

FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE has been released. Please check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 4.10. The Release Information page has more information about FreeBSD releases.

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New committer: Koichi Suzuki (doc)

 15 March 2004 - April 2004 Status Report

The March-April status report is now available; see the status reports Web page for more information.

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New committer: Christian S.J. Peron (src)

New committer: Stefan Farfeleder (src)

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New committer: Jeremy Messenger (ports)

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New committer: Tony Ackerman (src)

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New committer: Marius Strobl (src)

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New committer: Daniel Hartmeier (src)

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New committer: Niklas J. Saers (doc)

 25 Removal of Gallery

Because of the hard maintenance and low benefit the gallery pages bring to the Project and the listed websites, it has been decided to spend the time working on other stuff related to FreeBSD than these pages. The gallery will be removed in two weeks, no further submissions will be processed. However, this has no influence on the Commercial Gallery.

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New committer: Mark Santcroos (src)

 17 January 2004 - February 2004 Status Report

The January-February status report is now available; see the status reports Web page for more information.

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New committer: Thierry Thomas (ports)

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New committer: Volker Stolz (ports)

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New committer: Peter Edwards (src)

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New committer: Vinod Kashyap (src)

 25 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE is Now Available

FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE has been released. Please check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 5.2.1. The Release Information page has more information about FreeBSD releases.

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New committer: Markus Brüffer (Ports)

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New committer: Jim Rees (src)

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Core member resigned: Greg Lehey

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New committer: Max Laier (src)

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New committer: Lukas Ertl (src)

New committer: Pawel Jakub Dawidek (src)

 1 28 October 2003 - December 2003 Status Report

The October-December status report is now available; see the status reports Web page for more information.

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New committer: Philip Paeps (src)

New committer: Colin Percival (src)

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New committer: Josef El-Rayes (docs)

 12 FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE is Now Available

FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE has been released. Please check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 5.2. The Release Information page has more information about FreeBSD releases.

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New committer: Vincent Tougait (Documentation Project)