FreeBSD 2.2.6 Announcement

Date: Wed Mar 25 04:24:34 PST 1998
From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Subject: 2.2.6 RELEASE now available from ftp.freebsd.org (and some mirrors)

As always, it’s my great pleasure to announce the release of FreeBSD 2.2.6, our latest release on the 2.2-stable branch and the result of over 4 months of work since 2.2.5 was released. See the release notes for a list of significant changes since the previous release.

FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE is available on ftp.freebsd.org and various FTP mirror sites throughout the world. It can also be ordered on CD from Walnut Creek CDROM, from where it will be shipping shortly as a 4 CD set containing a lot of extra stuff of interest to the programmer and general user alike.

The official FTP distribution site for FreeBSD is:

Or via the WEB page at:

And on CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CDROM:

Additionally, FreeBSD is available via anonymous FTP from mirror sites in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand and the UK (among other countries :). Please check your regional mirrors first by going to:

The latest versions of export-restricted code for FreeBSD (2.0C or later) (eBones and secure) are also being made available at the following locations. If you are outside the U.S. or Canada, please get secure (DES) and eBones (Kerberos) from one of the following foreign distribution sites:

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