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MEPIS Linux
MEPIS Linux was a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live, installation and recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE, and much more.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2009-09-07 |
NEW • BSD Release: DesktopBSD 1.7 |
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Peter Hofer has announced the release of DesktopBSD 1.7, a desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD 7.2 and with KDE 3.5.10 as the default desktop: "I am glad to announce the immediate availability of DesktopBSD 1.7. This new release comes with FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE as base system and KDE 3.5.10 as desktop environment and includes a large number of pre-installed applications. The easy-to-use graphical installer and utilities allow for a simple installation and configuration process. Notable changes include: OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 as feature-rich office suite; pre-installed Java SE 6 environment; X.Org release 7.4 with extensive graphics hardware support; large number of enhancements and fixes." According to the release announcement, this is the project's last release. Download (SHA256) the installable live DVDs from here: DesktopBSD-1.7-i386.iso (1,853MB), DesktopBSD-1.7-amd64.iso (1,919MB).
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| About DesktopBSD
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| DesktopBSD is an operating system based on FreeBSD and the FreeSBIE live CD. Its main goal is to provide a desktop operating system that is easy to use, but still has all the functionality and power of BSD. In the long term, DesktopBSD wants to build an operating system that meets most requirements desktop users have, like installing software, configuring power management or sharing an internet connection.
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| DesktopBSD Summary |
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DesktopBSD |
| Home Page |
http://www.desktopbsd.net/ |
| Mailing Lists |
http://desktopbsd.net/mailman/listinfo/ |
| User Forums |
http://www.desktopbsd.eu/forum/ |
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| Documentation |
http://desktopbsd.net/wiki/doku.php |
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DistroWatch Gallery |
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| Download Mirrors |
http://desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=89 • DistroWatch Torrent Archive |
| Bug Tracker |
http://svn.desktopbsd.net/trac |
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Wikipedia |
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1.7: SourceForge (Japanese)
1.6: LinMagazine (Hebrew)
1.0: Linux.com •
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| 2008-03-21 |
Development Release: DesktopBSD 1.7 Snapshot |
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The first development build of DesktopBSD 1.7, an operating system based on the recently released FreeBSD 7.0, is out and ready for testing: "DesktopBSD 1.7 snapshot. First, remember it's an early snapshot, so there will be certainly some problems! But apart from that it's DesktopBSD based on FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. I did a first test, there are some minor quirks with the mounting tool and the scheduler is SCHED_4BSD, so it has got a performance drop, especially on uniprocessor systems. The first preview version will follow soon with SCHED_ULE activated and some other useful add-ons. So if you're eager to test, you're welcome, but remember it's an early test! You can download the snapshot at the usual servers and we have pre-built packages for FreeBSD 7 on the server." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: DesktopBSD-1.7-i386-SNAPSHOT.iso (1,349MB, SHA256).
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| 2008-01-09 |
BSD Release: DesktopBSD 1.6 |
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DesktopBSD 1.6, a user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD, has been released: "It is my great pleasure to announce the availability of DesktopBSD 1.6 final. This release is the first stable release of the 1.6 branch and comes with a great number of new features and improvements. It is based on the second release candidate of FreeBSD's upcoming production release 6.3 and provides the user with an enhanced KDE 3.5.8 desktop environment. The most notable new features are: X.Org release 7.3; live CD/DVD feature for testing the system without installation; revised installer supporting upgrades from 1.0 and previous 1.6 release candidates; improved package manager; inclusion of the NVIDIA graphics driver for hardware 3D rendering...." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download (MD5): DesktopBSD-1.6-i386.iso (1,524MB, torrent), DesktopBSD-1.6-amd64.iso (1,488MB, torrent).
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| 2007-07-26 |
Development Release: DesktopBSD 1.6 RC3 |
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DesktopBSD 1.6 RC3 is now available for download from mirrors or via BitTorrent: "This release candidate is considered a large step towards a final release 1.6 with major changes such as: X.Org release 7.2, improving support for modern graphics hardware; NVIDIA graphics driver, providing hardware 3D acceleration for NVIDIA video cards; Latest FreeBSD 6-STABLE as base system with High Definition Audio (HDA) support... Upgrades from 1.0 and previous release candidates are supported. An additional language CD and 64-bit (AMD64) DVD will be released soon." Here is the formal release announcement. Download: DesktopBSD-1.6RC3-i386-CD.iso (665MB, MD5).
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| 2007-04-13 |
Development Release: DesktopBSD 1.6 RC2 |
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Peter Hofer has announced the availability of the second release candidate of DesktopBSD 1.6: "We are pleased to announce that DesktopBSD 1.6-RC2 is now available from our download mirrors and via BitTorrent. Major changes since 1.0 include: Live CD with improved video detection and redesigned installer; support for upgrading from 1.0; considerably improved package manager user interface and performance; FreeBSD 6.2 as base system with better hardware support; KDE 3.5.6 and K3B 1.0. Another CD with additional language packages for KDE will be available soon." Here is the formal release announcement. Download: DesktopBSD-1.6RC2-i386-CD.iso (661MB, MD5).
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| 2006-03-28 |
BSD Release: DesktopBSD 1.0 |
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The first stable version of DesktopBSD, a desktop-oriented and easy-to-use operating system based on FreeBSD 5, has been released: "We are pleased to announce that DesktopBSD 1.0 is now available from our download mirrors and via BitTorrent. Changes include: upgrade to KDE 3.5.1; update to FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE; user-friendlier package manager; printing fixes; hardware event notifications; many smaller improvements." Find more details in the release announcement, release notes and changelog. CD and DVD images for both i386 and x86_64 architectures are available from the project's download page; here is a quick link to the i386 DVD: DesktopBSD-1.0-x86-DVD.iso (1,281MB, MD5).
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