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authorEitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>2013-04-27 13:24:28 +0000
committerEitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>2013-04-27 13:24:28 +0000
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Begin to modernize the myths.xml page.
Approved by: bcr (mentor)
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Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=41510
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@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
particular project it is indicated as such.</blockquote>
<blockquote>If you are aware of an omission or error on this page, please
- let the maintainer, Tom Rhodes &lt;<a href="mailto:trhodes@FreeBSD.org">trhodes@FreeBSD.org</a>&gt;
- know.</blockquote>
+ let the <a href="mailto:doc@freebsd.org">FreeBSD
+ documentation project mailing list</a> know.</blockquote>
<h2>Index</h2>
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
from the Internet, 24 hours a day. You don't need to wait for
someone else to roll a release.</p>
- <p><b>FreeBSD, NetBSD:</b> An installable snapshot of the current
- progress is made every 24 hours. These snapshots can be installed
+ <p><b>FreeBSD:</b> An installable snapshot of the current
+ progress is made weekly. These snapshots can be installed
exactly like an ordinary release, and do not require installation
over an existing system.</p>
@@ -105,13 +105,6 @@
released, simply because for most *BSD users it is an every day
event.</p></li>
- <li><p>All the *BSD Projects use CVS to maintain their source code.</p>
-
- <p><b>All the *BSD Projects:</b> make a CVS tree available for anyone to
- browse and download, 24 hours a day. The tree can be retrieved using
- Anonymous CVS, CVSup, CVSupit, CTM (by e-mail), or through simple
- FTP.</p></li>
-
<li><p>Anyone can submit patches, bug reports, documentation, and
other contributions. They can do this by using the <tt>send-pr</tt>
program installed on their *BSD system, or by using a web based
@@ -185,8 +178,7 @@
<li><p><a href="http://code.google.com/p/tinybsd/">TinyBSD</a> is
a set of tools made up of shell scripts designed to allow easy
- development of Embedded Systems based on FreeBSD 5.x and
- 6.x.</p></li>
+ development of Embedded Systems based on FreeBSD.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://thinbsd.zefyris.com/">ThinBSD</a> is a small
FreeBSD based boot image that allows a standard PC to act as
@@ -258,40 +250,8 @@
outdated nor dying. Many professional users like the stability that years
of testing has provided FreeBSD.</p>
- <p>Technological enhancements continue to be added to *BSD, including,
- but not limited to;</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li><p>SMP: Symmetric Multi-Processing, making use of systems with
- multiple CPUs.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>SoftUpdates: Makes the BSD filesystem at least as fast as the
- Linux filesystem, <strong>without</strong> needing to enable
- asynchronous writes, with their associated risk.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>VM system: The VM (Virtual Memory) subsystem continues to be
- refined. The merged VM/cache design helps systems like
- wcarchive.cdrom.com juggle thousands (literally, more than 10,000)
- simultaneous FTP connections without falling over.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Architecture ports: FreeBSD supports seven main architectures
- currently: Alpha, AMD64, i386, Itanium, PC-98, PowerPC and UltraSPARC.
- There are also ongoing works to port the project for further
- architectures. See the <a
- href="../platforms/index.html">Supported Platforms</a> page
- for more information.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>MAC Framework: FreeBSD supports Mandatory Access Control, a feature
- usually found in trusted operating systems available for high
- prices. FreeBSD gives you advanced security for free! The
- <a href="http://www.trustedbsd.org">TrustedBSD Project</a>
- provides further trusted operating system extensions.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>GEOM classess: GEOM is a modular disk framework that lets
- you concatenate, mirror, stripe, or encrypt disks. It is rich
- in functionality and keeps your data safe.</p></li>
-
-</ul>
+ <p><a href="../features.html">Technological
+ enhancements</a> continue to be added to *BSD.</p>
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