| The full 3.0 Snapshot version of the PC 32-bit UNIX operating system. (22 May 1997) |
A two disc, early release of FreeBSD 3.0. Only for those who want to easily track the state of FreeBSD's development.
New Support: 4.4BSD-Lite2 merge complete for kernel sources. SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing) branch also merged into this release. The default username length has increased to 16 characters. Enhanced support for if_media selection. /etc/sysconfig now replaced by more compact /etc/rc.conf file (new since 2.2.1). Multi-session ISO-9660 CDROMs are now fully supported. Numerous speedups and miscellaneous performance enhancements to systems like vfork(). Security fixes, new bundled utilities (like top) and many other interesting new things. Please see the release notes for more details!
Price: $29.95
Subscription: $14.95
Released: May 1997
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