FreeBSD 6.0 RELEASE and STABLE

4 Nov 2005

A day or so ago RELENG_6_0_0_RELEASE got tagged, I also noticed that if you retrieve RELENG_6 you'll get FreeBSD 6.0 STABLE. I upgraded a few machines to STABLE and have been quite happy so far. Right now the ISO images for 6.0-RELEASE is on the Main FreeBSD FTP Server ready for the taking.

As have been announced all over FreeBSD has decided to move the friendly daemon logo to the side to get something a bit more corporate. A few days ago they announced the new logo and said they'd update the site soon.

So far the first real knock on of this change in Logo and direction is obvious the moment the install CD boots, you're greeted with this:


Any long term BSD users will immediately spot the absence of the old ASCII Art BSD Daemon. I like the new logo, but it's a sad day either way.

Posted by R.I.Pienaar on Friday, November 4, 2005 at 12:29 AM

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go to the /boot/loader.conf file and add the line

loader_logo="beastie"

OR

loader_logo="beastiebw"

depending on if you want the BSD daemon in colour or not; and restart.

PS. I know this is a hella old blog entry

Matt H | May 5, 2007 7:31 PM | Reply

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