# FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE Now Available

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**Created:** [15 April 2021 16:37 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/freebsd-13-0-release-now-available/8817 "2021-04-15T16:37:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [15 April 2021 16:37 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/freebsd-13-0-release-now-available/8817/1 "2021-04-15T16:37:52Z")

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> The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the  
> availability of FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE. This is the first release of the  
> stable/13 branch.
> 
> Some of the highlights:
> 
> ```
> * The clang, lld, and lldb utilities and compiler-rt, llvm, libunwind,
> and libc++ libraries have been updated to version 11.0.1.
> 
> * Removed the obsolete version of the GNU debugger that was installed
> to /usr/libexec for use by crashinfo(8). Detailed kernel crash
> information can be obtained by installing modern GDB from ports or
> packages.
> 
> * Removed the obsolete binutils 2.17 and gcc(1) 4.2.1 from the tree.
> All supported architectures now use the LLVM/clang toolchain.
> 
> * The BSD version of grep(1) is now installed by default. The obsolete
> GNU version that was the previous default has been removed.
> 
> * Removed CU-SeeMe support from libalias(3).
> 
> * The qat(4) driver has been added, supporting some of the
> cryptographic acceleration functions of the Intel QuickAssist (QAT)
> device. The qat(4) driver supports the QAT devices integrated with
> Atom C2000 and C3000 and Xeon C620 and D-1500 platforms, and the
> Intel QAT Adapter 8950.
> 
> * Several deprecated drivers have been removed.
> 
> * Several drivers have been ported to the PowerPC64 architecture.
> 
> * The kernel now supports in-kernel framing and encryption of Transport
> Layer Security (TLS) data on TCP sockets for TLS versions 1.0 through
> 1.3. Transmit offload via in-kernel crypto drivers is supported for
> MtE cipher suites using AES-CBC as well as AEAD cipher suites using
> AES-GCM. Receive offload via in-kernel crypto drivers is supported
> for AES-GCM cipher suites for TLS 1.2. Using KTLS requires the use of
> a KTLS-aware userland SSL library. The OpenSSL library included in
> the base system does not enable KTLS support by default, but support
> can be enabled by building with the WITH_OPENSSL_KTLS option
> 
> * The 64-bit ARM architecture known as arm64 or AArch64 is promoted to
> Tier-1 status for FreeBSD 13.
> 
> * And much more...*
> 
> ```

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