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title: "FreeBSD 2.2 Announcement"
sidenav: download
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= FreeBSD 2.2 Announcement

It is our great pleasure to announce the release of FreeBSD 2.2, the long-awaited first release of our 2.2 branch technology following lengthy ALPHA, BETA and GAMMA testing cycles.

FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE is now available on ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD[ftp.FreeBSD.org] and various https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/mirrors.html[FTP mirror sites] throughout the world. It can also be ordered on CD from http://www.cdrom.com/[Walnut Creek CDROM], from where it will be shipping shortly.

FreeBSD 2.2 represents a rather large leap in functionality from the 2.1.x releases, everyone being is strongly encouraged to read the https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/2.2R/notes.html[release notes] for a list of new features.

link:../../[Release Home]
