FreeBSD 14.2 Released With OpenZFS Upgrade, Installer Improvements
([BSD] 4 Hours Ago
FreeBSD 14.2)
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- News link: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.2-Released
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FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE is out today as a strong, incremental update to the FreeBSD 14 series.
FreeBSD 14.2 delivers on [1]OCI container images , [2]install image improvements around firmware handling , upgrading to OpenZFS 2.2.6 usage for ZFS file-system support, OpenSSL 3.0.15, and many other software package updates.
FreeBSD 14.2 also deprecates fdisk in favor of gpart, Intel Meteor Lake support is added to more drivers, a new Realtek "RTW89" WiFi driver for more wireless adapters, better LinuxKPI support for 802.11 wireless networking, fixing a boot failure with high core count AMD EPYC processors, and much more.
For downloads and details see the [3]FreeBSD.org announcement . There is also the [4]release notes . Overall a solid update for the FreeBSD 14 series while major feature development remains focused on FreeBSD 15.
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.2-Beta-3
[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.2-RC1
[3] https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.2R/announce/
[4] https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.2R/relnotes/
FreeBSD 14.2 delivers on [1]OCI container images , [2]install image improvements around firmware handling , upgrading to OpenZFS 2.2.6 usage for ZFS file-system support, OpenSSL 3.0.15, and many other software package updates.
FreeBSD 14.2 also deprecates fdisk in favor of gpart, Intel Meteor Lake support is added to more drivers, a new Realtek "RTW89" WiFi driver for more wireless adapters, better LinuxKPI support for 802.11 wireless networking, fixing a boot failure with high core count AMD EPYC processors, and much more.
For downloads and details see the [3]FreeBSD.org announcement . There is also the [4]release notes . Overall a solid update for the FreeBSD 14 series while major feature development remains focused on FreeBSD 15.
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.2-Beta-3
[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.2-RC1
[3] https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.2R/announce/
[4] https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.2R/relnotes/
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