FreeBSD 5.2 released

Frank Neugebauer writes “FreeBSD 5.2 contains a number of significant stability and performance improvements
over FreeBSD 5.1. However, it is still considered a ‘New Technology’ release
and might not be suitable for all users. Users with more conservative needs
may prefer to continue using FreeBSD 4.X.

The features are:

• Full Tier-1 support for single and multiprocessor AMD Athlon64 and Opteron
  systems.
• Dynamically linked root partition for a smaller installation footprint
  and better integration with the Name Service Switch subsystem.
• New and improved driver support for IDE, SATA, and 802.11a/b/g devices,
  and significantly better integration with the ACPI power management subsystem.
• Client support for the Network File System version 4 protocol.
• Experimental first-stage support for multithreaded filtering and forwarding
  of IP traffic. This also provides the foundation for a fully multi-threaded
  network stack in the next release of FreeBSD.
• In-box support for the latest Gnome 2.4 and KDE 3.1 desktops.

Get
more information here.“