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FreeBSD 13.5 Released With Device Driver Updates & Fixes

([BSD] 4 Hours Ago FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE)


FreeBSD 13.5 is out today as the final update to the [1]FreeBSD 13 series. Users should begin making plans for upgrading to the current FreeBSD 14 stable series or eyeing the future FreeBSD 15.0 release.

FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE brings a number of minor software updates such as for XZ, SQLite3, OpenSSH, and other applications. FreeBSD 13.5 also adds support for Purism keyboards in conjunction with Coreboot, moving Realtek 8156/8156B network driver support to the URE driver, and support for Brainboxes USB-to-serial adapters. The man page for the AGP driver has also been updated ot properly indicate its planned removal within FreeBSD 15.0.

The UFS1 file-system also [2]overcomes its Y2038 problem to 7 February 2106 , micro-second precision disk latency within gstate, and a variety of network driver updates.

Downloads and more details on today's FreeBSD 13.5 stable release via [3]FreeBSD.org .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/FreeBSD+13

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-13.5-Beta-2

[3] https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.5R/announce/


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The Guy on the Right Doesn't Stand a Chance
The guy on the right has the Osborne 1, a fully functional computer system
in a portable package the size of a briefcase. The guy on the left has an
Uzi submachine gun concealed in his attache case. Also in the case are four
fully loaded, 32-round clips of 125-grain 9mm ammunition. The owner of the
Uzi is going to get more tactical firepower delivered -- and delivered on
target -- in less time, and with less effort. All for $795. It's inevitable.
If you're going up against some guy with an Osborne 1 -- or any personal
computer -- he's the one who's in trouble. One round from an Uzi can zip
through ten inches of solid pine wood, so you can imagine what it will do
to structural foam acrylic and sheet aluminum. In fact, detachable magazines
for the Uzi are available in 25-, 32-, and 40-round capacities, so you can
take out an entire office full of Apple II or IBM Personal Computers tied
into Ethernet or other local-area networks. What about the new 16-bit
computers, like the Lisa and Fortune? Even with the Winchester backup,
they're no match for the Uzi. One quick burst and they'll find out what
Unix means. Make your commanding officer proud. Get an Uzi -- and come home
a winner in the fight for office automatic weapons.
-- "InfoWorld", June, 1984