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| 2009-06-29 |
NEW • Development Release: PC-BSD 7.1.1 RC2 |
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Kris Moore has announced the availability of the second release candidate for PC-BSD 7.1.1, a FreeBSD-based operating system for the desktop: "I've just finished uploading PC-BSD 7.1.1 RC2 for your inspection. This version fixes many of the bugs you've reported from RC1, and also seems to fix a lot of the issues with Intel video cards. Changelog: updated 7.2-STABLE to 2009-06-24; fixed bugs in py-cups port, which corrects 'Print a test page' failure from the GUI; fixed bugs in ksyslog program, now finds /var/log/messages properly; added GVim to the menu; removed obsolete printing menu icons; improved the system updater tray, don't issue pop-up on failure, change icon instead; updated WINE to 1.1.24, which fixes issues with certain 3D games; miscellaneous other bug fixes." Read the full release announcement for more details and known issues. Download: PCBSD7.1.1-RC2-x86-DVD.iso (1,976MB, MD5).
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| PC-BSD has as its goals to be an easy-to-install-and-use desktop operating system, based on FreeBSD. To accomplish this, it provides a graphical installation to enable even UNIX novices to easily install and get it running. It pre-configures KDE, video, sound, and networking so that the desktop can be used immediately. A graphical software installation program makes installing pre-built software, known as Push Button Installers (PBI), as easy as other popular operating systems.
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| 2012-12-19 |
BSD Release: PC-BSD 9.1 |
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Kris Moore has announced the release of PC-BSD 9.1, a new version of the project's desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD: "The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce that version 9.1 is now available. This release includes many exciting new features and enhancements, such as a vastly improved system installer, ZFS 'Boot Environment' support, TrueOS (a FreeBSD-based server with additional power-user utilities), and much more. Highlights: FreeBSD 9.1; new system installer, greatly simplified for desktop and server installs; support for ZFS mirror during installation; support for SWAP on ZFS, allowing entire disk ZFS installation; support for setting additional ZFS data-set options, such as compression, noexec; Warden jail management integrated into system; support for Warden to create Linux jails...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download: PCBSD9.1-x86-DVD.iso (3,571MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.1-x64-DVD.iso (3,675MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-11-16 |
Development Release: PC-BSD 9.1-RC3 |
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Dru Lavigne has announced the availability of the third release candidate for PC-BSD 9.1: "The RC3 images for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.1 are now available for i386 and amd64 architectures. This is expected to be the last snapshot before 9.1-RELEASE, so report any bugs to the testing mailing list so that they can be fixed in time for RELEASE. Note that the included handbook is still a draft version - it should be finalized and released to translators within the next week or so. Notable changes since the previous release candidate: PC-BSD handbook has been updated for 9.1; fixed bug where some keyboard layouts were not being displayed; multiple functionality and stability improvements for EasyPBI; multiple functionality and stability improvements for TrueOS; new functionality improvements including better detection added to the mount-tray...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full list of changes. Download: PCBSD9.1-RC3-x86-DVD.iso (3,819MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.1-RC3-x64-DVD.iso (3,922MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-10-11 |
Development Release: PC-BSD 9.1-RC2 |
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Joshua Smith has announced the availability of the second release candidate for PC-BSD 9.1: "The RC2 images for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.1 are now available for i386 and amd64 architectures. This release candidate provides both users and developers a means to test out new features in the upcoming PC-BSD 9.1 release. This snapshot may contain buggy code and features, so users are encouraged to run it only on non-critical systems. Changes since the previous release: fixed multiple bugs where mice freeze or behave incorrectly; fixed language selection to be displayed as native language; compatibility improvements for PS2 mice; fixed time-out issues with external DVD / USB drives; updated system proxy paths and functionality; updated sound detection functionality; added MP3 and OGG encoders to CD rippers; added detection for NVIDIA Optimus systems...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: PCBSD9.1-RC2-x86-DVD.iso (3,694MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.1-RC2-x64-DVD.iso (3,789MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-08-24 |
Development Release: PC-BSD 9.1-RC1 |
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Kris Moore has announced the availability of the first release candidate for PC-BSD 9.1: "The RC1 images for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.1 are now available for i386 and amd64 architectures. This release candidate provides both users and developers a means to test out new features in the upcoming PC-BSD 9.1 release. This snapshot may contain buggy code and features, so users are encouraged to run it only on non-critical systems. Changes since the previous beta: Based on FreeBSD 9.1-RC1; added new functionality to the warden client - you can now schedule daily or hourly creation of jail snapshots; improve the shutdown scripts to make sure we unmount, even if the jail was manually stopped; added Active Directory / LDAP backend and GUI utility...." Read the release announcement for a complete changelog and errata notes. Download: PCBSD9.1-RC1-x86-DVD.iso (3,962MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.1-RC1-x64-DVD.iso (4,058MB, SHA256).
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| 2012-07-18 |
Development Release: PC-BSD 9.1-BETA1 |
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Kris Moore today announced the first beta build of PC-BSD 9.1, a user friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD: "The BETA1 images for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.1 is now available for i386 and amd64 architectures! This beta provides both users and developers a means to test out new features in the upcoming PC-BSD 9.1 release. This snapshot may contain buggy code and features, so users are encouraged to run it only on non-critical systems. Highlights for the upcoming 9.1-release: FreeBSD 9.1; KDE 4.8.4; new system installer greatly simplified for desktop and server installs; new 'PC-BSD Server' installation option - includes command-line utilities like pbi-manager, warden, metapkgmanager and more...." Refer the (updated) release announcement for full information, including ways to upgrade online to this beta. Download the DVD images: PCBSD9.1-BETA1-x86-DVD.iso (3,341MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.1-BETA1-x64-DVD.iso (3,441MB, SHA256).
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| 2012-01-13 |
BSD Release: PC-BSD 9.0 |
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Kris Moore has announced the release of PC-BSD 9.0, a desktop-oriented distribution based on the latest stable FreeBSD: "The PC-BSD development team and iXsystems are pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD version 9.0. Based upon FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE, this is also the first PC-BSD which offers users a variety of desktop environments to chose from, such as KDE, GNOME, Xfce, LXDE and more. Also available are pre-built VirtualBox / VMware images with integrated guest tools for rapid virtual system deployment, and native support for installing directly to OS X BootCamp partitions. Highlights: improved PBI system, allows library sharing, binary diff updating, custom repositories, digital signing; support for 'freebsd-update' via the System Update GUI; new Control Panel...." Here is the full release announcement. Download the installation or live DVD images from here: PCBSD9.0-x86-DVD.iso (3,383MB, SHA256, torrent), PCBSD9.0-x86-DVD-live.iso (2,101MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-x64-DVD.iso (3,480MB, SHA256, torrent), PCBSD9.0-x64-DVD-live.iso (2,189MB, SHA256).
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| 2011-12-15 |
Development Release: PC-BSD 9.0-RC3 |
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Kris Moore has announced the availability of the third release candidate for PC-BSD 9.0, a FreeBSD-based desktop distribution and live medium: "The third (and hopefully last) release candidate for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.0 is now available. This release includes the latest FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 base, along with numerous bug fixes and enhancements. This is the first release available as both pre-built VirtualBox and VMware images. Each image includes the various guest tools pre-installed, ready for booting in the Virtual environment of your choice. This release also includes a new graphical boot-loader for fresh installations. Notable changes in this release: fixed the default KDE wallpaper and desktop theme; added option to skip performing system upgrades at boot-up...." Read the release announcement for a full changelog. Download the installation or live DVD images: PCBSD9.0-RC3-x86-DVD.iso (3,368MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC3-x86-DVD-live.iso (2,096MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC3-x64-DVD.iso (3,465MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC3-x64-DVD-live.iso (2,183MB, SHA256).
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| 2011-11-23 |
Development Release: PC-BSD 9.0-RC2 |
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Kris Moore has announced the availability of the second release candidate for PC-BSD 9.0, a FreeBSD-based desktop distribution: "The second release candidate for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.0 is now available for download. This release includes the latest FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 base, along with numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Notable changes in this release: improve username checks in installer to only allow valid characters; add button for xvkbd virtual-keyboard usage during installation, install can now be done entirely via touch-screen; VirtualBox mouse-pointer integration works by default after selecting vboxvideo in display wizard; improve update-manager to not fail on soft errors...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full changelog. Download the installation or live DVD images: PCBSD9.0-RC2-x86-DVD.iso (3,350MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC2-x86-DVD-live.iso (2,095MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC2-x64-DVD.iso (3,446MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC2-x64-DVD-live.iso (2,181MB, SHA256).
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| 2011-10-25 |
Development Release: PC-BSD 9.0-RC1 |
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Dru Lavigne has announced the availability of the first release candidate for PC-BSD 9.0, an easy-to-use desktop operating system based on FreeBSD: "The first release candidate for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.0 is now available! This release includes the latest FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 base, along with numerous bug fixes and enhancements: added support for installing to BootCamp partitions on Apple OS X systems; added checks for invalid characters in the user name; added button to installer allowing toggle between US keyboard layout and currently selected; added improved portjail init scripts; Life-Preserver now defaults to backing up to a remote directory set as the client host name...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full changelog. Download links to the installation and live DVD images: PCBSD9.0-RC1-x86-DVD.iso (3,187MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC1-x86-DVD-live.iso (1,622MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC1-x64-DVD.iso (3,278MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC1-x64-DVD-live.iso (1,717MB, SHA256).
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