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FreeBSD Unveils FreeBSD 5.4
The FreeBSD Project released version 5.4 of the FreeBSD operating system.
According to the organization, this new release offers new features, new tools,
and improvements in security, hardware, and networking support for the Unix-like
operating system. The FreeBSD release supports various hardware architectures
including HP/Compaq Alpha systems, AMD's AMD64, Intel EM64T, Intel IA-64 (Itanium),
NEC PC-98x1, UltraSPARC, and standard Intel x86 compatible hardware. The release
also provides new support for natively running many Windows 64-bit NDIS (network)
drivers on the AMD64 platform and improved performance and support for the LSI
MegaRAID and Adaptec ServeRAID adapters.
The FreeBSD release also includes various software updates including BIND,
Heimdal Kerberos, OpenSSL, and Sendmail. And the third-party software packages
collection has numerous updates including to KDE, GNOME, and the X.org X Window
System. The FreeBSD 5.4 release is available via online stores and can be downloaded
for free via the FreeBSD website. For more information, visit: http://www.FreeBSD.org.
Microway Announces Navion-DC Series
Microway announced the Navion-DC Series, custom 2- and 4-processor SMP servers,
based on Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors. According to the company, the Navion-DC-4
is ideal for compute-intensive applications including DSP, CFD, and FEA as well
as high-performance database and enterprise-class applications, running on Linux
and the upcoming 64-bit release of Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 x64 operating
system. The Navion-DC-2 features two Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors 200 Series
packed into a cooled 1U chassis. For more information, visit: http://www.m
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