The third and final FreeBSD 10.0 release candidate is out ahead of the hopeful general availability in early January.

FreeBSD 10.0 didn't make it out this year as was originally planned with the first target release date being months ago. Fortunately, the release is progress with a day-after-Christmas update.

FreeBSD 10.0 RC3 has nminor bug-fixes, a new sysctl, and numerous bug-fixes. More details on FreeBSD 10.0 RC3 can be found from the mailing list release announcement. Stay tuned for the official 10.0 release in early 2014.