What is the latest version of FreeBSD?
At this point in FreeBSD’s development, there are three parallel development branches; releases are being made from two of the three branches. The 5.X series of releases is being made from the 5-STABLE branch and the 6.X series of releases from 6-STABLE. Up until the release of 5.3, the 4.X series was the one known as -STABLE. However, as of 5.3, the 4.X branch will be designated for an “extended support” status and receive only fixes for major problems, such as security-related fixes. There will be more releases made from the 5-STABLE branch, but it is considered a “legacy” branch and most current work will only become a part of 6-STABLE. Version 6.1 is the latest release from the 6-STABLE branch; it was released in May 2006. Version 5.5 is the latest release from the 5-STABLE branch; it was released in May 2006. Briefly, -STABLE is aimed at the ISP, corporate user, or any user who wants stability and a minimal number of changes compared to the new (and possibly unstable) features of
At this point in FreeBSD’s development, there are two parallel development branches; releases are being made from both branches. The 6.X series of releases is being made from the 6-STABLE branch and the 7.X series of releases from 7-STABLE. Up until the release of 7.0, the 6.X series was the one known as -STABLE. However, as of 7.0, the 6.X branch will be designated for an “extended support” status and receive only fixes for major problems, such as security-related fixes. There will be more releases made from the 6-STABLE branch, but it is considered a “legacy” branch and most current work will only become a part of 7-STABLE. Version 7.2 is the latest release from the 7-STABLE branch; it was released in May 2009. Version 6.4 is the latest release from the 6-STABLE branch; it was released in Nov 2008. Briefly, -STABLE is aimed at the ISP, corporate user, or any user who wants stability and a minimal number of changes compared to the new (and possibly unstable) features of the latest -CU
