The first beta of FreeBSD 5,3 operating system has now been released, and the final release date has been set for the beginning of October

The first beta of FreeBSD 5.3, the popular open source operating system, was released on Sunday.

The final release is now scheduled for the beginning of October.

The 5.3 release will boost performance on multi-processor systems and allow the use of Windows drivers for network cards, and is considered a significant milestone for FreeBSD.

Scott Long, the software engineer leading the release work, said the first beta release revealed some significant bugs in the way the software handled multiprocessor operations. These are now being addressed in the second beta version.

The second beta is scheduled for release next Sunday.

The full release FreeBSD release schedule is posted here.


Source : ZDNET UK