MidnightBSD Developer Journal

One of the most common problems we've had is getting MidnightBSD.  Previously, I wrote about a torrent available for disc1.  One user has reported problems with that torrent.   The other options are typically the mirrors.  

The main site is currently rsyncing with two mirrors to distribute the new amd64 release.  The site will most likely be slow for the next 24 hours.  

I've been asked why I don't distribute using bittorrent myself. There are several reasons.

1. I need my bandwidth for the website, etc.
2. I have Comcast (business class) which does not officially block torrents, but things mysteriously get very slow after using one.  

I did post a torrent using a third party tracker for 0.1-RELEASE and things went very poorly.  The tracker was often down.  I don't have the speed to run my own tracker.  I can't get away with this at work either.  

I added several ports last night at the request of a user.  Amarok is now available.  I recommend that you grab the gcc 4.1 package before building as this will save you a lot of time.  Without a newer version of GCC, I received several C++ errors.  It sucks, but it's better than not having the port.  GNUstep users will already have this installed most likely.

With that port, I brought in several additional audio libraries including support for Dell and Creative mp3 players.  

I also updated the Opera  browser and XChat.  

Some of these ports may require more testing.  ctriv@ is working on some exciting new features for magus so we must wait to run the new ports until that has been well tested.  We're also setting up the build cluster at EMU again with some newer nodes.