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Home > Linux > DragonFly BSD 6.4.0 is now available

DragonFly BSD 6.4.0 is now available

The developers of the DragonFly BSD operating system have released a new version for the 6.x series, bringing a lot of bug fixes alongside a few improvements.


Rusen Gobel Rusen Gobel
January 6, 2023
2 min read
DragonFly BSD 6.4.0 is now available
  • The DragonFly BSD developers have announced the release of the latest version of the operating system, approximately 1 year after the release of 6.2.1 version.
  • The new version mostly focuses on bug fixes; delivering many fixes all across the operating system and a few improvements.
  • The systems with existing DragonFly BSD 5.x and 6.0 installations have the option of an upgrade instead of a fresh installation.

DragonFly BSD, one of the Berkeley Software Distribution-based operating systems, has received a new update and reached version 6.4.0. DragonFly BSD was forked from FreeBSD 4.8 in 2003, and it is now developed in a different direction. The new version of the operating system mostly delivers bug fixes and a few improvements.

Table of Contents

  • A long list of changes
  • Upgrade to DragonFly BSD 6.4.0
    • Step 1: Change the local /usr/src to 6.4
    • Step 2: Rebuild
    • Step 3: Upgrade the packages

A long list of changes

One of the most noticeable changes in DragonFly BSD 6.4.0 is the addition of the support type-2 hypervisors with NVMM (NetBSD Virtual Machine Monitor); NVMM was just ported to DragonFly with the 6.2.1 version, which came approximately 1 year before this release. It also brings an AMD GPU driver alongside a new feature to remote-mount HAMMER2 volumes in an experimental state. Additionally, DragonFly BSD 6.4.0 fixes a kernel vulnerability that can be exploited locally was fixed.

There is a very long list of small changes in DragonFly BSD 6.4; all of which can be found in the official announcement.


Upgrade to DragonFly BSD 6.4.0

DragonFly BSD 5.x or 6.0 users with the generic kernel can upgrade their systems to DragonFly BSD 6.4.0 by following the steps below:

Step 1: Change the local /usr/src to 6.4

cd /usr/src
git fetch origin
git branch DragonFly_RELEASE_6_4 origin/DragonFly_RELEASE_6_4
git checkout DragonFly_RELEASE_6_4
git pull

Step 2: Rebuild

make build-all
make install-all

Now, reboot the system.

Step 3: Upgrade the packages

pkg update
pkg upgrade

You can also download the installation images for fresh installations on x86_64 systems:

Click here to download DragonFly BSD 6.4.0

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Tags: FreeBSD
Rusen Gobel

Rusen Gobel

Rusen Gobel is a news editor at Cloud7 News. With more than 10 years of experience, Rusen worked as a hardware and software news editor for technology sites such as Shiftdelete, Teknokolis, Hardware Plus, BT Haber. In addition, Rusen publishes consumer product reviews on his YouTube channel. While consumer electronics has been his main focus for years, now Rusen is more interested in WordPress and software development. He had contributed different web application projects in his professional career. Rusen had graduated from Istanbul University, department of Computer Engineering. Rusen has a very high passion for learning and writing for every kind of technology. That's why he has been working as a tech editor for more than ten years on several different technology magazines and online news portals.

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