FreeBSD

FreeBSD è una distribuzione basata su BSD e predisposta per un utilizzo su server, desktop e dispositivi embedded. Supporta diverse architetture di processori: i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 e UltraSPARC

Versione 11.1

Questa versione contiene (in Inglese):

• Clang, LLVM, LLD, LLDB, and libc++ have been updated to version 4.0.0.
• Many third-party (contributed) software updates, such as the Elf Tool Chain, ACPICA, libarchive(3), ntpd(8), unbound(8), and more.
• Support for blacklistd(8) has been added to OpenSSH.
• The zfsbootcfg(8) utility has been added, providing one-time boot.config(5)-style options for zfsboot(8).
• The efivar(8) utility has been added, providing an interface to manage UEFI variables.
• Support for Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Generation 2 virtual machines has been added.
• The ena(4) driver has been added, providing support for “next generation” Enhanced Networking on the Amazon® EC2™ platform.
• The NFS client now supports the Amazon® Elastic File System™ (EFS).
• The EFI loader can now access remote files via TFTP in addition to NFS as a runtime configuration option.
• ZFS now stores compressed data in cache, improving cache hit rates and performance.
• Several updates to provide build reproducibility.

Risorse

La distribuzione può essere scaricata da:

• 64 bit (3GB): https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/11.1/FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso
• 32 bit (2,8GB): https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/11.1/FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso

Il sito web della distribuzione è: http://www.freebsd.org/

Screenshot

FreeBSD 9.1: Desktop

Conclusioni

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