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FreeBSD 8.2 has been released!

February 24, 2011
FreeBSD 8.2 has been released!

FreeBSD 8.2 was officially released today. This release includes

  • 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
  • Other improvements and bug fixes.

All new orders will now have 8.2-RELEASE unless otherwise specified. For existing customers, you can update your system using the following:# freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE# freebsd-update install# shutdown -r nowAfter rebooting,# freebsd-update installIf you are updating from 7.4-RELEASE or earlier you will be prompted to rebuild all third-party applications due to updates in system libraries. Then you will have to run freebsd-update install and reboot once more.To read the official announcement, seehttps://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/announce.html

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