FreeBSD 7.1-BETA2 has been released, a few option to upgrade : 1. Using csup or cvsup, set tag to RELENG_7 2. Using freebsd-update, just use : freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.1-BETA2 Download iso files : i386 Amd64 For full release What is FreeBSD, click here for general review from wikipedia.