Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 05:17 PM PC-BSD 7 released
Posted by: Scott
From the PC-BSD website:
"The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce PC-BSD version 7.0! (Release Name: Fibonacci Edition)
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. Users will immediately notice the improved visual interface that KDE 4.1.1 offers, as well as a large improvement in hardware support and speed from the update to FreeBSD 7-Stable. PC-BSD 7 also offers a large and growing library of self-contained PBI files available for installation, and improvments for other locales on our PBI Directory website. This release also offers new methods of installation, including a DVD, USB and Internet / Network install."
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 03:37 PM PC-BSD 7 Status Update
Posted by: Scott
The PC-BSD project has posted a status update on PC-BSD 7 on their website. It will be based on FreeBSD 7, and include KDE 4.1 as the primary desktop interface.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 04:16 PM PC-BSD 1.5 released
Posted by: Scott
The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD version 1.5! This release includes many new features and fixes, including the following:
* NEW System Updater tool - Keeps system & PBIs up to date - Allows override variables, so that admins can use their own mirrors / servers to roll out updates to users.
* NEW sound detection program! Uses XML backend to identify and load modules
* NEW amd64 build of 1.5, including PBIs that are on our auto-build server
* NEW PBI icon preview library, now a PBI file shows the embedded icon on your desktop, not the generic "PBI" format icon
* Xorg 7.3
* KDE 3.5.8
* FreeBSD 6.3 Release
This release is now available to be downloaded from mirrors around the world. Additionally for users who are running PC-BSD 1.4 or 1,3, a installable update will be released in the next few days which migrates a system to version 1.5. Please watch www.pcbsd.org for more information!
* 1.5 Changelog
* 1.5 Release Notes
* 1.5 Press Release
* Download PC-BSD 1.5 Now!
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 04:10 PM www.pbiDir.com Updated
Posted by: Scott
"The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce that after months of hard work the updated www.pbidir.com site is now available! The site now includes screen-shots of applications, comments, user logins and much, much more! We have also populated the site with a large batch of our first PBIs built from the new PBI Auto-Build system, which will enable us to release more polished, and timely PBI releases of your favorite applications."
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Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 06:46 AM PC-BSD Version 1.4 to be carried in all Fry's Electronics stores nationwide
Posted by: Scott
iXsystems announced today a distribution agreement with Fry's Electronics whereby all Fry's stores nationwide will carry PC-BSD Version 1.4, Da Vinci Edition. The agreement marks the first time that the PC-BSD operating system is made available for purchase at Fry's Electronics.
“FreeBSD is already the server operating system of choice for many system administrators. This historic agreement will ensure that PC-BSD, the open source desktop operating system running FreeBSD under the hood, becomes available to a mainstream marketâ€, said Theresa Garner, General Manager of FreeBSD Mall.
“We are confident that the availability of PC-BSD at Fry's Electronics will increase the familiarity and adoption of PC-BSDâ€, said Michael Lauth, CEO of iXsystems. “Once users try PC-BSD they will be impressed by the wide array of features characterizing this open source operating system, including out-of-the-box support for Flash 7 in native BSD browsers, official NVIDIA drivers to simplify activating hardware acceleration, optional 3D desktop using Compiz Fusion, and a new graphical wireless configuration tool to easily establish a wireless connection with supported network adapters.â€
PC-BSD is expected to become available in all Fry's stores nationwide by Monday, November 19. Fry's has stores in Northern California, Southern California, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
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Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 04:42 PM An OS for the Rest of Us: PC-BSD
Posted by: Scott
"I've always been a fan of alternative operating systems. I can't help it. It's in my blood for some reason. I loved OS2, then Linux, then Mac OS X, and now BSD. Yep, BSD. Yes, I know that Mac OS X is BSD under the hood, but it's not quite the same as running a less apple-centric iteration such as PC-BSD. And Mac OS X also requires Apple hardware while PC-BSD does not.
So I decided to give PC-BSD a shot and I came away very pleasantly surprised. "
Read the full review.
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Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 03:41 PM Joe Sixpack goes BSD!
Posted by: Scott
There's a nice little positive review of the new PC-BSD 1.4 over at the OSGEEX blog that worth a quick read.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 01:32 AM Latest PC-BSD a Free Masterpiece?
Posted by: Scott
There's some nice news-coverage of the 1.4 release of PC-BSD over at internet.com in an article by Sean Michael Kerner. In it he interviews Kris Moore, founder of the PC-BSD project.
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Monday, September 24, 2007 - 02:23 PM PC-BSD 1.4 released
Posted by: Scott
PC-BSD 1.4 has been released today. From the press release:
"Highlights of the Da Vinci release of PC-BSD include an easy to use GUI for configuring video and desktop settings as well as an updated base system running KDE window manager version 3.5.7. Other features include out-of-the-box support for Flash 7 in native BSD browsers, official NVIDIA drivers to simplify activating hardware acceleration, optional 3D desktop using Compiz Fusion (a slick new 3D Desktop Manager), and a new graphical wireless configuration tool to easily establish a wireless connection with supported network adapters. Da Vinci also features massive improvements to WINE, an open source project that facilitates the running of Windows-based applications on UNIX-like operating systems."
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 08:45 AM Tip of the Trade: PC-BSD
Posted by: Scott
Carla Schroder has posted a short but flattering article about PC-BSD over on ServerWatch in the tutorial section.
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