FreeBSD 11.0 Alpha 4 Released

Written by Michael Larabel in BSD on 19 June 2016 at 09:39 AM EDT. 44 Comments
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The fourth alpha release of the upcoming FreeBSD 11.0 is now available for testing.

FreeBSD 11.0 Alpha 4 ships the very latest fixes for this major BSD update. FreeBSD 11.0 is scheduled to be officially released in early September with the code freeze happening last week, the beta builds beginning in July, and release candidates in August. The FreeBSD 11.0 schedule can be found via FreeBSD.org.

FreeBSD 11.0 is bringing updated KMS drivers, Linux binary compatibility layer improvements, UEFI improvements, Bhyve virtualization improvements, and a wide range of other enhancements. FreeBSD 11.0 tentative release notes can be seen here for those wanting to learn more about this forthcoming OS update.

The latest FreeBSD development builds can be found at FreeBSD.org FTP.
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