Released: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE and 7.4-RELEASE

After some delays FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE and FreeBSD 7.4-RELEASE are now available. Originally scheduled for January 24 the releases were put back to allow for a third release candidate. Be sure to check the Release Notes (8.2 | 7.4) and Release Errata (8.2 | 7.4) before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues. More information about FreeBSD releases can be found on the Release Information page. Some of the highlights:

• Xen HVM support in FreeBSD/amd64 and Xen PV support in FreeBSD/i386 improved
• ZFS on-disk format updated to version 15
• aesni(4) driver for Intel AESNI crypto instruction set
• BIND and OpenSSL updates
• Gnome updated to 2.32.1
• KDE updated to 4.5.5
• Many misc. improvements and bugfixes

You can upgrade your system with the freebsd-update command:

# freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE
# freebsd-update install
# shutdown -r now
# freebsd-update install

Many thanks to the Release Engineering Team, the many developers, companies and users’ feedback that have made these release possible. @Vasilache Anton Ciprian, thanks for emailing a few days ago about the 8.2 ISO’s being available on some of the servers and bittorrent. I didn’t announce this in case of any show stoppers.