FreeBSD 8.2 has been released!

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FreeBSD 8.2 was officially released today. This release includes

Xen HVM support in FreeBSD/amd64 and Xen PV support in FreeBSD/i386 improved
ZFS on-disk format updated to version 15
aesni(4) driver for Intel AESNI crypto instruction set
BIND and OpenSSL updates
Gnome updated to 2.32.1
KDE updated to 4.5.5
Other improvements and bug fixes.

All new orders will now have 8.2-RELEASE unless otherwise specified. For existing customers, you can update your system using the following:# freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE# freebsd-update install# shutdown -r nowAfter rebooting,# freebsd-update installIf you are updating from 7.4-RELEASE or earlier you will be prompted to rebuild all third-party applications due to updates in system libraries. Then you will have to run freebsd-update install and reboot once more.To read the official announcement, seehttps://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/announce.html