It took them long enough but FreeBSD 5.0 has finally be released. Head on over to the
FreeBSD Website and check it out.
Here are just a short list of new featuers:
-UFS2, the second generation UFS filesystem, shatters the current 1TB filesystem barrier.
-Background filesystem checking (bgfsck) and filesystem snapshots eliminate the need for downtime to do filesystem repair and backup tasks.
-Experimental support for Mandatory Access Controls (MAC) provide an extensible and flexible means for administrators to define system security policies.
-Fine-grained locking in the kernel paves the road for much higher efficiency of multi-processor systems.
-Support for Bluetooth, ACPI, CardBus, IEEE 1394, and experimental hardware crypto acceleration keeps FreeBSD at the forefront of new technology.
-The GCC 3.2.1 compiler provides the latest installment of the ever-improving GNU Compiler Collection.
-GEOM, the extensible and flexible storage framework, and DEVFS, the device virtual filesystem, simplify storage and device management while opening the door for new enterprise storage technologies.
-Support for the sparc64 and ia64 platforms expands FreeBSD\'s support of advanced 64-bit computing platforms.
