TOS 6 is Getting Closer to You...

[TMroy]

[Gremlin]

Oh! you tease!

[gaz2k1uk]

Didn't you just release TOS5?

[SquarePeg]

Is it going to be easy to move to or are there going to be the same issues as with TOS5?

[Econokiller]

When are they going to release one for The ARM machines F4-210

[ostaporomo]

Thanks for good news!
When is the public beta release expected?

[musman]

Apple, Inc. may be unhappy with you for borrowing the version=kitty cat theme

[yotatoy]

The real win for TOS 6 would be a seamless update process and installer that has ability to resize system partition. Way to much headache to go from 5.0 to 5.1 with the 2GB to 8GB change.

[crisisacting]

Like other recent TOS releases, this will use the current LTS build of the Linux kernel, correct? TOS 6 should be based off Linux LTS kernel 6.1.×?

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Didn't you just release TOS5?

The first insider builds were made available in late 2021 & 5.1 betas came out at the end of 2022, even TOS 4.2 builds started in late 2020, so they essentially have releases in the last quarter of the year for new major builds … it's become their unofficial release timeframe.

Is it going to be easy to move to or are there going to be the same issues as with TOS5?

The newer 8 GB system partition is likely a prerequisite to upgrade, so hopefully a verification script/step is added for in-place updates through an existing TOS setup to prevent 2 GB system partition setups from proceeding; 5.1.× (which requires the larger system partition) is probably the minimum requirement to upgrade.

The initboot/install wizard really could benefit by adding the ability to secure erase a drive or multiple drives without having to SSH onto the uninitialized NAS for fresh/clean installations.

Apple, Inc. may be unhappy with you for borrowing the version=kitty cat theme

Apple dropped Mac OS X feline codenames/branding almost a decade ago in late 2013 with the release of Mavericks (10.9) …

[TMroy]

Is it going to be easy to move to or are there going to be the same issues as with TOS5?

To update to TOS 6, your TNAS needs to meet minimum requirements, or your update will be stopped.