FreeBSD 4.7 Release

[SPeedY_B]

Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:47:54 -0700
From: "Murray Stokely" <murray@FreeBSD.org>
To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org
Subject: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE is now available

I am happy to announce the availability of FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE, the latest release of the FreeBSD -STABLE development branch. Since FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE in June 2002, we have updated a number of software programs in the base system, such as GCC and sendmail. Several new drivers have been added for USB devices and disk controllers. We have also incorporated updates for XFree86 and our Linux emulation libraries.

FreeBSD 4.7 also incorporates all of the security and bug fixes from 4.6.2 (released in August 2002), including several ATA-related bugfixes, updates for OpenSSL and OpenSSH, and fixes to address several security advisories.

More info over at http://www.freebsd.org
Just thought it worth a mention

 

[NetRyder]

Thanks for the info Speedy

 

[SPeedY_B]

No problem, I'd actually just finished downloading the (627mb) 4.6 .iso on my 56k when this was announced
Typical isn't it

 

[SPeedY_B]

You can tell im randomly browsing stuff now....

(Related) Open BSD 3.2 will be released on November 1st, pre-orders have started to be taken at www.openbsd.org
and just for info's sake, NetBSD is on version 1.6

 

[NetRyder]

Originally posted by SPeedY_B
No problem, I'd actually just finished downloading the (627mb) 4.6 .iso on my 56k when this was announced
Typical isn't it

Hehe ... the typical 56k woes.
Poor Speedy

 

[SPeedY_B]

It's a good job I know people with dsl (of course I do...everyone has it but me )
A mate has downloaded the 4.7 .iso for me

 

[SPeedY_B]

Update:

FreeBSD Mall is happy to announce that the FreeBSD 4.7 CDROMs are
now available and shipping. You can order your four-disc set at
http://www.freebsdmall.com.

Most of the USA subscriptions shipped today (Saturday) via Priority
Mail. The remainder (mostly California addresses) will ship on Monday
by Media Mail. So USA residents should all have their discs by
Wednesday. All Canada/Mexico orders will ship on Monday. All other
International orders will ship on either Monday or Tuesday, and should
arrive in 7 to 10 days. If you have any questions about your
subscription please email info@freebsdmall.com.

The FreeBSD 4.7 DVDs are not available yet, but should be ready
to ship next week. You can pre-order a FreeBSD 4.7 DVD at
http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsddvd4.7

In addition to CD and DVD products, we also have a large collection of
FreeBSD shirts, hats, jackets, boxer shorts, stickers, case-plates,
mugs, mouse pads, and other promotional materials.

-bob

bob@freebsdmall.com
http://www.freebsdmall.com
A Daemon on Every Desktop

Prices are $39.95 for the 4 cd set and $59.95 for the DVD edition
Of course if you're not willing to pay for it, you can download it from the site/ftp

 

[SPeedY_B]

Woop, got the 4.7 Release .iso burned and ready to go off a mate last night.
I should get round to installing it tommorow, and then of course getting ppp to work with PAP auth etc ... such fun