PC-BSD

Dec 12, 2008

PC-BSD 7.0.2 now available!

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The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 7.0.2, with an updated FreeBSD 7.1-PreRelease under the hood and the latest KDE 4.1.3.
Version 7.0.2 contains a number of bugfixes and improvements. For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Some of the changes are:

KDE 4.1.3
Improved desktop performance with Nvidia Cards
Improved [...]


Oct 21, 2008

PC-BSD 7.0.1 available

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After much hard work and testing the PC-BSD Team is happy to announce the availability of PC-BSD 7.0.1, i.e. the first upgrade in the 7 series, with FreeBSD 7.0 under the hood.
Version 7.0.1 contains a number of bugfixes and improvements. For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Some of the changes [...]


Oct 7, 2008

PC-BSD 7 is a mixed bag

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FreeBSD is a Unix-like open source operating system that can trace its ancestry back to the original Unix. It’s well known and well respected in the server marketplace, but until recently FreeBSD lacked an easy-to-use desktop version. In 2005 the PC-BSD project was started to provide just that. This month PC-BSD version 7 was released. [...]


Sep 23, 2008

PC-BSD gets Bordeaux 1.6

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BSD fans can now get their hands on Bordeaux, a commercial front end to the Wine project. The development team today announced the release of Bordeaux 1.6 beta 1.
“Over the past month we have made some major progress on the BSD port of Bordeaux. Bordeaux for FreeBSD now has a .sh installer, the same one [...]


Sep 16, 2008

PC-BSD 7.0

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Kris Moore has announced the release of PC-BSD 7.0, a user-friendly, desktop operating system based on FreeBSD: “The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce PC-BSD version 7.0 ‘Fibonacci’. This release marks a milestone for PC-BSD, by moving to the latest FreeBSD 7-STABLE and also incorporating the KDE 4.1.1 desktop.
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Aug 29, 2008

PC-BSD 7 Beta 1 Available

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The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD version 7-BETA1!
This release marks the first PC-BSD based on FreeBSD 7-STABLE and the KDE 4.1 desktop, and also provides many new ways to install, including DVD, USB and Network/Internet installation choices. Our PBI site has also been updated with a wide variety of [...]


Apr 23, 2008

PC-BSD 1.5.1 Available

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PC-BSD version 1.5.1 is now available for download as both ISO and updates from version 1.5. This version provides updates to the default port set, as well as numerous bug fixes to the system tools & utilities. Also, additional translations have been added to provide a more complete localized experience. Users currently running 1.5 may [...]


Apr 9, 2008

Not so happy with FreeBSD and PC-BSD

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The same thing has happened to me more than once. I install a FreeBSD-derived operating system on the $0 Laptop (the Gateway Solo 1450) and I marvel at the way it manages the noisy CPU fan right out of the box.
Then, the next day, it’s all over. The fan blows. And blows. Even a complete [...]


Mar 12, 2008

iXsystems Announces Release of PC-BSD Version 1.5, Edison Edition

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iXsystems announced today the release of PC-BSD Edison Edition. PC-BSD is a fully functional open source desktop operating system based on FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE. FreeBSD is one of the most used UNIX-like operating systems in the world and is widely renowned as the most stable and secure server operating system. PC-BSD has a Push-Button Installer (PBI) [...]


Nov 17, 2007

PC-BSD 1.4.1

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The PC-BSD development team has announced the release of PC-BSD 1.4.1, an update version of the FreeBSD-based operating system for the desktop: “An update to PC-BSD was released today, version 1.4.1. This new version may be obtained from our download page, additionally users who are running version 1.4….
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Oct 6, 2007

Thirty Days of PC-BSD

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Jan Stedehouder has used PC-BSD for thirty days to see what living with it is like. On day thirty, he concludes: “Does PC-BSD have the potential to be a serious contender for the open source desktop? I answered that question with a yes, because the potential is there. The solid FreeBSD roots, the very strong [...]


Sep 26, 2007

PC-BSD 1.4 Screenshot Tour

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The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 1.4. This release is made available via the efforts of many developers and testers, who have spent the past months refining and improving upon the core PC-BSD experience. This release of PC-BSD includes several notable highlights: moving the FreeBSD base version to 6-STABLE; X.Org [...]


Sep 25, 2007

PC-BSD 1.4 Released!

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The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 1.4 (da Vinci edition)! This release is made available via the efforts of many developers and testers, who have spent the past months refining and improving upon the core PC-BSD experience.  PC-BSD 1.4 retail editions are now available to be purchased via our store [...]


Sep 1, 2007

PC-BSD 1.4 RC

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The release candidate for PC-BSD 1.4 is now ready for testing: “After a month of refinement, the PC-BSD team is pleased to make available the 1.4RC release. This update addresses many of the reported bugs from 1.4BETA, as well as adding working i18n support for many languages.” From….
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Aug 27, 2007

PC-BSD Meets Software Piracy?

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I have been a fan of PC-BSD for sometime now; however, it was after discovering this page that had me disturbed. Using PC-BSD’s awesome packaging methods, the webmaster of this site has apparently packaged some applications that might cause some licensing concerns. Not in violation of the GPL, as this is the BSD license in [...]


Jul 24, 2007

New PC-BSD 1.4 beta includes enhanced desktop eye candy

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The new PC-BSD 1.4 beta, released last week, offers 3-D desktop support via Beryl as well as late-model components such as KDE 3.5.7, FreeBSD 6.2, Xorg 7.2, a selection of fresh GUI tools and utilities, and a variety of optional components, as detailed in the full release notes.
PC-BSD is a desktop-oriented distribution based on [...]


May 22, 2007

PC-BSD 1.3.4 Review

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FreeBSD along with OpenBSD and NetBSD form the triumvirate of BSD operating systems. Traditionally these BSDs are server centric operating systems - ie. those which are tuned to be run on a server rather than to be used by the end user as a desktop. Still, with a bit of tweaking and configuration, all the [...]


Jan 23, 2007

PC-BSD vs. Linux Distributions: A Mega Battle

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If you haven’t heard of PC-BSD by now, then you must be living in a box. PC-BSD is perhaps the best thing to come to the desktop BSD world in a very long time. But unfortunately, it looks as if this fantastic distribution is following the rest of the pack and will be trying to [...]


Jan 10, 2007

PC-BSD 1.3.01

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The PC-BSD project has announced the availability of a bug-fix release of PC-BSD, version 1.3.01: “Version 1.3.01 of PC-BSD has now been made available on the download page. This update addresses several recent issues with partitioning, as well as fixes issues with certain hardware and HAL support. Users….
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Jan 1, 2007

PC-BSD version 1.3 now available!

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Just in time to ring in the New Year, the PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD version 1.3 for public download. This release incorporates many new features and options which make desktop computing easier than ever. Some of the new features include KDE 3.5.5, the “PF” firewall, HAL backend support, [...]