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| 2012-11-24 |
NEW • Development Release: GhostBSD 3.0-RC4 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the fourth release candidate for GhostBSD 3.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system for the desktop: "A fourth development release candidate for GhostBSD 3.0 is now available for testing. The last development release was too buggy due to some last minute changes. I decide to release another testing release which might contain some bugs and other problems, which have not been discovered during beta tests so we still only encourage you to run it only on non-critical systems. All /home/user file and folder have been fixed (this was causing LibreOffice and other application to fail). We downsized the i386 Openbox image to fit on a CD." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: GhostBSD-3.0-RC4-gnome2-i386.iso (974MB, SHA256), GhostBSD-3.0-RC4-lxde-i386.iso (609MB, SHA256), GhostBSD-3.0-RC4-gnome2-amd64.iso (1,029MB, SHA256), GhostBSD-3.0-RC4-lxde-amd64.iso (663MB, SHA256). |
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| About GhostBSD
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| GhostBSD it is a user-friendly, GNOME-based FreeBSD distribution in the form of an installable live CD. Besides developing the live CD, the project's other goal is to improve the GNOME desktop experience on a FreeBSD system.
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| 2013-03-10 |
Distribution Release: GhostBSD 3.0 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the release of GhostBSD 3.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system for the desktop with a choice of GNOME 2, LXDE and Openbox user interfaces: "The GhostBSD team is pleased to announce that version 3.0 is now available. This release includes many new features and enhancements, such as improved system installer, Openbox window manager and much more. Form GhostBSD: improvements of the auto-configuration wireless networking script; auto-configuration of X.Org; NVIDIA drivers ready; 3D acceleration is supported on some Intel graphics cards; numerous bug fixes to GhostBSD-related utilities. From FreeBSD 9.1: new Intel GPU driver with GEM/KMS support; netmap(4) fast userspace packet I/O framework ZFS improvements from the Illumos project...." Here is the complete release announcement. Download links (SHA256): GhostBSD3.0-gnome2-amd64.iso (1,166MB), GhostBSD3.0-lxde-amd64.iso (752MB), GhostBSD3.0-openbox-amd64.iso (721MB). |
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| 2012-11-13 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 3.0-RC3 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the third release candidate for GhostBSD 3.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system for the desktop with GNOME or LXDE: "The third release candidate of GhostBSD 3.0 now supports GNOME 2, LXDE and Openbox desktops and it is now available for testing. This is the last development release. While this is a release candidate, it might contain some bugs and other problems, which have not been discovered during beta tests so we still only encourage you to run it only on non-critical systems. Changes since RC2: FreeBSD 9.1-RC2 to FreeBSD 9.1-RC3; bwi and bwn firmware for Broadcom has been added to the default system; Openbox is now part of GhostBSD development; Mixmos have been added to LXDE...." See the release announcement for further information and known issues. Download: GhostBSD-3.0-RC3-gnome2-i386.iso (974MB, SHA256), GhostBSD-3.0-RC3-lxde-i386.iso (609MB, SHA256), GhostBSD-3.0-RC3-gnome2-amd64.iso (1,029MB, SHA256), GhostBSD-3.0-RC3-lxde-amd64.iso (663MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-08-28 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 3.0-RC1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced that the first release candidate for GhostBSD 3.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system for the desktop (with GNOME 2), is ready for testing: "The first release candidate of GhostBSD 3.0 is now available. This release provides users and developers a system to test out new installer features in the upcoming release. RC1 may contain buggy code and features, so we encouraged you to run it only on non-critical systems. Changes since BETA1: FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1 to FreeBSD 9.1-RC1; Bxpkg got fixed - it now use 9-stable packages instead of 9.0 packages; if the installation gives an error it will now tell you; WiFi configuration in /etc/rc.conf. Know issue: ZFS is not fully tested. Report bugs on the mailing list, the development portal or on the forum." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: GhostBSD-3.0-RC1-gnome-i386.iso (998MB, SHA256), GhostBSD-3.0-RC1-gnome-amd64.iso (1,049MB, SHA256).
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| 2012-07-27 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 3.0-BETA1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced that the first beta release of GhostBSD 3, a FreeBSD-based desktop-oriented operating system with GNOME 2, is now ready for testing: "The GNOME 2 beta 1 images for the upcoming GhostBSD 3.0 are now available. This release provides users and developers a system to test out new installer features in the upcoming release. This beta may contain buggy code and features, so we encourage you to run it only on non-critical systems. Changes since stable 1: FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1; new look - more clean and clear; major installer bug has been fixed; the installer bug swamping the entire disk has been fixed; Rhythmbox tray icon has been fixed. New implementation to GhostBSD 3.0 GNOME: FreeBSD 9.1; GNOME 2 and 3 (GNOME 3 will be released later); new graphical installer and new look; support for ZFS; improvements to WiFi...." See the release announcement for further information and bug reporting instructions. Download: GhostBSD-3.0-BETA1-gnome-i386.iso (987MB), GhostBSD-3.0-BETA1-gnome-amd64.iso (1,040MB).
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| 2012-01-24 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 2.5 |
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John Combs has announced the release of GhostBSD 2.5, a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system and live media with a choice of GNOME or LXDE desktops: "After months of work, the official final release of GhostBSD 2.5 is finally here! Many bugs have been fixed and many parts of the system updated, tweaked and fine-tuned. We now have two main branches of the system - one is based on GNOME desktop, the other on LXDE. Both fit perfectly on their respective media and are available in amd64 and i386 editions which can be downloaded in the form of CD/DVD or USB images. Enjoy and be sure to stop by on our forums or IRC channel to tell us what you think. We are currently on the point of setting goals for 3.0 release, so all feedback is encouraged and greatly appreciated. We hope you will have fun using GhostBSD 2.5!" Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5): GhostBSD-2.5-gnome-i386.iso (1,082MB), GhostBSD-2.5-lxde-i386.iso (625MB), GhostBSD-2.5-gnome-amd64.iso (1,145MB), GhostBSD-2.5-lxde-amd64.iso (681MB).
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| 2012-01-09 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 2.5 RC3 |
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John Combs has announced the availability of the third release candidate for GhostBSD 2.5, a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system with a choice of GNOME or LXDE desktops and a graphical system installer: "The newest version of GhostBSD 2.5 - RC3 is now available for download. It is based upon FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 and includes a number of changes and bug fixes: CUPS should now be working with most printers; LXDE USB image and CD image are ready to download and use; GDM now allows users to choose their language for the GNOME session, the log-in credentials for GNOME session are 'ghostbsd' with password 'ghostbsd'; live session now has proper options to shut down and reboot via the menu; message about mounting problems during setup on GNOME no longer appears; used mkisofs instead of makefs to build images." See the rest of the release announcement for information about known issues and bug reporting. Download: GhostBSD-2.5-RC3-gnome-i386.iso (1,078MB), GhostBSD-2.5-RC3-lxde-i386.iso (602MB), GhostBSD-2.5-RC3-gnome-amd64.iso (1,142MB), GhostBSD-2.5-RC3-lxde-amd64.iso (682MB).
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| 2011-12-14 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 2.5 RC2 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the second release candidate for GhostBSD 2.5, a FreeBSD-based desktop distribution featuring GNOME 2: "The second release candidate for the upcoming GhostBSD 2.5 is now available for download. This release is based upon FreeBSD 9.0-RC2. Notable changes include: added WiFi network manager for easier wireless connection configuration; additionally, the WiFi card is now being configured during live medium boot-up; added Florence virtual keyboard for future touch screen development; added e2fsprogs to support ext2, ext3 and ext4 file system. GhostBSD 'lite' (CD medium) will be a little late this time. We have decided to swap GNOME for LXDE desktop in that version. Known issues: Brasero on the amd64 architecture still closes itself on normal user when adding data; shutdown button is not available on the amd64 and i386 mediums...." Read the full release announcement for further information. Download: GhostBSD-2.5-RC2-i386.iso (1,106MB), GhostBSD-2.5-RC2-amd64.iso (955MB).
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