[$] FreeBSD turns 26

The FreeBSD operating system is continuingto make progress, 26 years after it got its name. Among the areas wherework is being done is onimproved support for RISC-V, FUSEfilesystem updates, C runtime changes, and security improvements. FreeBSDDay is celebrated on June 19, in recognition of the date in 1993 whenthe name FreeBSD was coined fora fork of the 386BSD project. The first official release of FreeBSD did not occur until November 1, 1993, however.

Ahead of FreeBSDDay, the project released its quarterlyreport for the first quarter of 2019, outlining some of its ongoingefforts. In addition to the quarterly report, the executive director of theFreeBSD Foundation provided LWN with some insights into the state of theproject and the foundation that supports it.