The new version brings ULE as the default scheduler, DTrace inside the kernel framework, booting from USB devices, improved NFS Lock Manager (NLM) client, a new cpuset(2) system call and cpuset(1) command that brings an API for thread to CPU binding and last but not least DVD-sized media …

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The long awaited FreeBSD 7.0 Release is out. Some highlights include:

  • Better scalability and performance improvements on SMP systems (benchmarks showed linear scaling on machines with 8 CPUs)
  • Improved the ULE and 4BSD schedulers
  • the new and highly scalable memory allocator jemalloc
  • Reading of XFS volumes
  • experimantal support of …

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JS/UIX is a virtual OS written entierly in JavaScript and uses DHTML to render a simple 80 columns terminal. It is designed to be run in any standard web-browser. It features a UN*X-like operating environment with no intention of any full POSIX compatibility. Some standard commands have been …

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