The much anticipated release of NetBSD 2.0 is getting closer and closer.
After NetBSD-2.0_RC1 was tagged recently, there have been a few pullups that
fix some issues with Linux emulation under NetBSD/i386 as well as some installation
problems under some of the ARM-based ports. A second Release
Candidate, RC2, was tagged on October 1st. This means that the final release
of NetBSD 2.0 will need to be pushed back approximately 1-2 weeks to allow for
testing of this Release Candidate.
As usual, binary snapshots will soon
be available on the release engineering
ftp server — any problems should be reported using send-pr or the GNATS
web frontend.
Glad to hear they’re fixing issues with Linux emulation. It’s needed for java, openoffice, and firefox with flash.
BTW, over 2000 users have already signed the “Macromedia Flash For *BSD Petition” and more signatures are still welcomed.
http://arameus.net/petition/index.php
Bring it on!
>BTW, over 2000 users have already signed the “Macromedia >Flash For *BSD Petition” and more signatures are still >welcomed.
OK, somehow this one slipped right past me, thanks for giving us this one, i’ve cast my name in to the hat.
NetBSD looks really cool. I hope it runs well on my laptop. They seem to keep their repository very up to date. They even have Gnome 2.8 in there (which Debian, Gentoo and others don’t have yet).
> They even have Gnome 2.8 in there
Yup, but you have to compile it from sources….
for anyone who wants SPECIFIC info;
http://www.netbsd.org/Changes/changes-2.0.html
eagerly waiting for this release….
This is the First Operating System which got World Record before getting released completely..
Great Goin NetBSD Team.
Man, I’m almost as excited about this 2.0 as I am for Half-Life’s. Looks like they will be out around the same time. Thank you Cedega… No need for that windows install.
Anonymous: “NetBSD looks really cool. I hope it runs well on my laptop.”
I wouldn’t expect it to be cool on your laptop. Most modern laptops use ACPI, which is a rich source of troubles. NetBSD will work, but power management may not.
I’ve been waiting for this for a long time; I’ve wanted to use a BSD for years, but hardware problems stopped me. Looking through the mailing lists, I find that all of my hardware is now supported by NetBSD, so it’s switch time
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RC3 is now tagged
FreeBSD 5.3 finally got the ACPI working for me, now my laptop runs cooooooooool!
I hope this release finally solves the problem that made it freeze during install in my Dell Inspiron Laptop. I really like NetBSD, like its small size, its clean design, its comitment to correctness and yes, why not, I like its hypelessness as well. I guess everybody has his motivations, those are mine concerning operating systems.
does netbsd 2.0 support serial ata? most current linux distros don’t support the Silicon Integrated Si3512 .. which is not unpopular. is there a hw compatibility list for netbsd?
what is acpi? a modern apm? and why is it necessary to work on laptops? can you use a non-acpi os on a laptop and just not use power-saving features such as dimming the display and frequency scaling? or is there more to it… such as reading the battery state?
does netbsd 2.0 support serial ata? most current linux distros don’t support the Silicon Integrated Si3512 .. which is not unpopular. is there a hw compatibility list for netbsd?
I am not too sure, however, I am surprised that that linux didnt work with your SiS chipset, normally the generic driver quites well with both SATA and IDE.
what is acpi? a modern apm? and why is it necessary to work on laptops? can you use a non-acpi os on a laptop and just not use power-saving features such as dimming the display and frequency scaling? or is there more to it… such as reading the battery state?
ACPI, its Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, it rolls up configuration and power management into one rather than having seperate technologies.
The problem isn’t so much the ACPI standard but the number of dodgy motherboard vendors who use dodgy BIOS’s which don’t 100% conform to the specification.
Yes, NetBSD supports SATA. Look at http://www.netbsd.org/Hardware/pci.html“