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FreeBSD 14.2 Released With OpenZFS Upgrade, Installer Improvements

([BSD] 4 Hours Ago FreeBSD 14.2)


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/


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The Movement Formerly Known As Open Source

The battle over the Open Source trademark is heating up. Software in the
Public Interest and the Open Source Initiative both hold competing claims to
the trademark. In order to put an end to the infighting, a group of free
software advocates have founded the Association for the Movement Formerly
Known as Open Source (AMFKOS)

One AMFKOS founder said, "I find it ironic that a trademark representing free
software is itself proprietary. This situation must change. We propose that
the free software movement adopt another name besides 'Open Source'.
Hopefully then we can all Get-Back-To-Coding(tm) instead of fighting over
Bruce Perens' and Eric Raymond's egos."

Rumor has it that Richard Stallman plans to mount a campaign to
promote the phrase "GNU/Free Software" in place of "Open Source".
In addition, the terms "Ajar Source", "Unlocked Source", "Nude Source",
"Unclosed Source", and "Just-Type-make Software" have all
been proposed by various Usenet or Slashdot posters.