Release Information

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Current Release(s)

Release 5.1 (June 2003) Announcement : Release Notes : Hardware Notes : Errata : Early Adopter's Guide

Release 4.8 (April 2003) Announcement : Release Notes : Hardware Notes : Errata

The latest daily snapshots from our FreeBSD-stable and FreeBSD-current branches are also available. Please see Getting FreeBSD for details.

Future Releases

We will continue to bring you new releases from both our FreeBSD-stable and FreeBSD-current branches, both as developer's snapshots and as regular full releases.

For more information about the release engineering process, or to see a comprehensive schedule of upcoming releases, please visit the Release Engineering section of this web site.

The release documentation files for FreeBSD-stable and FreeBSD-current are available for viewing in HTML format on the Release Documentation page. These files are rebuilt periodically, and reflect the changing state of FreeBSD's development.

Past Releases

• 5.0 (January, 2003) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Errata: Early Adopter's Guide
• 4.8 (April, 2003) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Errata
• 4.7 (October, 2002) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Errata
• 4.6.2 (August, 2002) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Errata
• 4.6 (June, 2002) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Errata
• 4.5 (January, 2002) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Errata
• 4.4 (September, 2001) Announcement: Release Notes: Hardware Notes: Errata
• 4.3 (April, 2001) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
• 4.2 (November, 2000) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
• 4.1.1 (September, 2000) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
• 4.1 (July, 2000) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
• 4.0 (March, 2000) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
• 3.5 (June, 2000) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
• 3.4 (December, 1999) Announcement: Release Notes: Errata
• 3.3 (September, 1999) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
• 3.2 (May, 1999) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
• 3.1 (February, 1999) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
• 3.0 (October, 1998) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
• 2.2.8 (December, 1998) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
• 2.2.7 (July, 1998) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
• 2.2.6 (March, 1998) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
• 2.2.5 (October, 1997) Announcement : Release Notes : Errata
• 2.2.2 (May, 1997) Release Notes : Errata
• 2.2.1 (April, 1997) Release Notes
• 2.2 (March, 1997) Announcement : Release Notes
• 2.1.7 (February, 1997) Announcement : Release Notes
• 2.1.6 (December, 1996) Announcement : Release Notes
• 2.1.5 (July, 1996) Announcement : Release Notes
• 2.1 (November, 1995) Announcement : Release Notes
• 2.0.5 (June, 1995) Announcement : Release Notes
• 2.0 (November, 1994) Announcement : Release Notes
• 1.1.5.1 (July, 1994)
• 1.1.5 Release Notes
• 1.1 (May, 1994) Release Notes
• 1.0 (November, 1993)

Release Usage Statistics

A snapshot of the current FreeBSD release usage is available at http://www.FreeBSD.org/statistic/release_usage/2003/.