FreeBSD 7.1 Released

January 5, 2009 · Filed Under FreeBSD · Comment 

FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE Announcement

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE. This is the second release from the 7-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of FreeBSD 7.0 and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights:

  • The ULE scheduler is now the default in GENERIC kernels for amd64 and i386 architectures. The ULE scheduler significantly improves performance on multicore systems for many workloads.

  • Support for using DTrace inside the kernel has been imported from OpenSolaris. DTrace is a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework.

  • A new and much-improved NFS Lock Manager (NLM) client.

  • Boot loader changes allow, among other things, booting from USB devices and booting from GPT-labeled devices.

  • The cpuset(2) system call and cpuset(1) command have been added, providing an API for thread to CPU binding and CPU resource grouping and assignment.

  • KDE updated to 3.5.10, GNOME updated to 2.22.3.

  • DVD-sized media for the amd64 and i386 architectures

For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the online release notes and errata list, available at:

For more information about FreeBSD release engineering activities, please see:

http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/

Read the entire release: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/announce.html

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Win4BSD now free for non-commercial use

October 31, 2008 · Filed Under Win4BSD · Comment 

Virtual Bridges is pleased to announce, effective immediately, Win4BSD for Desktops will be offered at no charge for non-commercial use.  Win4BSD.com, in addition to being the destination site for product downloads, will become a portal for FreeBSD and PC-BSD information.

Win4BSD was built by Virtual Bridges to determine the level of acceptance by the FreeBSD and PC-BSD community for high-grade commercial software.  After two years, we have concluded desktop BSD-oriented applications are best accepted by the non-commercial community when offered at no charge and made freely available.

In the future, support for non-commercial use of the product will be via the community forums which are available at http://win4bsd.com/forums.

The Win4BSD for Desktop product and support contracts will continue to be available for purchase to commercial users who should  continue to contact sales@vbridges.com for quantity sales and discount information.

Virtual Bridges is also the publisher of Win4Lin for Desktops, Win4Solaris for Desktops, and Win4VDI for Linux and Solaris and VERDE for Linux and Solaris.

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Win4BSD Desktop

October 2, 2008 · Filed Under Win4BSD · Comment 

Win4BSD Pro Desktop allows FreeBSD/PC-BSD users to run Windows applications and desktop from the safety and security of their BSD desktop, completely eliminating the need to dual-boot or keep additional hardware just to use their remaining Windows applications.

Individuals and organizations wishing to use FreeBSD/PC-BSD can now also use the Windows legacy applications which until now have been unavailable to the BSD Desktop user.

  • Win4BSD Pro Desktop runs as a well-behaved FreeBSD/PC-BSD process sharing BSD memory and the file system without surrendering control to the Windows guest operating system.
  • Because of the FreeBSD highly stable architecture, PCs are no longer at the mercy of Windows viruses and other malware.
  • A system failure or security flaw in Windows is limited to only the virtual sandbox which contained the Windows problems. Windows malfunctions are now insulated from causing system-wide failures.
  • Win4BSD Pro Desktop allows you to run your favorite Windows applications on the BSD Desktop in Windows; this allows you to take advantage of the secure BSD environment and still continue to use your Windows applications.
  • The stability, security, and administrative capabilities of BSD are now partnered with the Windows applications on which you have still depend, allowing you to have the best of both worlds.
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