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FreeBSD 14.1 Released With Performance Improvements, OpenZFS Upgrade & Better Sound

([BSD] 9 Minutes Ago FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE)


FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE is now available as the newest stable release to this leading BSD operating system. There are a number of package updates, new features, and expanded hardware support to find with FreeBSD 14.1.

FreeBSD 14.1 pulled in fixes back-ported from FreeBSD 15 development along with other changes like the date program now supporting nanoseconds, updated OpenSSH and other application updates, various device driver updates, upgraded OpenZFS file-system driver (OpenZFS 2.2.4), more reproducible kernel builds, compiler updates and other package updates. FreeBSD 14.1's C library now has SIMD implementations of string and memory operations on AMD64 for better performance. There is also sound subsystem improvements such as better sound device hot-plugging.

Downloads and more details on the FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE via [1]FreeBSD.org . Now hopefully the stars will align for my fresh BSD benchmarking comparison - likely being done on [2]AMD EPYC 4004 hardware .



[1] https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.1R/announce/

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-4004


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Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Linus Torvalds

SILLYCON VALLEY -- Nearly 130 former system administrators have filed suit
against Linus Torvalds in which they claim Linux cost them their jobs.
Recently several companies migrated from Windows to Linux, increasing
their productivity but decreasing the need for a large staff of tech
workers, prompting a wave of layoffs.

"The good old days when it required five full-time system administrators
to maintain a Microsoft Exchange server are history, all because of that
cancer known as Linux," explained the lead litigant in the lawsuit.

"It all started two years ago when some pimply-faced idiot down in
Accounting decided to smuggle in a Linux box to automate some of his work.
Before long every tech-savvy person in Accounting, Billing, and Sales was
secretly using Linux."

"That's when the troubles started. Productivity soared. Downtime was
limited to an average of three milliseconds per day. Macro viruses ceased
to spread. It was horrible! The entire IT staff was replaced by one
part-time bearded wonder, who was able to administrate the entire Linux
network! Due to the layoffs, I'm now sitting in a homeless shelter with
little hope to find work. Nobody wants to hire an MCSE anymore!"