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Grml is a bootable CD (live CD) based on Debian GNU/Linux. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of text tools and system administrators. It also provides automatic hardware detection. Grml can be used as a rescue system, for analysing systems and networks, or as a working environment. Due to on-the-fly decompression, Grml includes about 2 GB of software and documentation on the CD.
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| 2021-09-07 |
NEW • BSD Release: GhostBSD 21.09.06 |
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GhostBSD is a user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. The project has published a new version, GhostBSD 21.09.06 which migrates service management from OpenRC to FreeBSD's rc.d approach. "What is new in 21.09.06? GhostBSD moved back to FreeBSD rc.d to start services. Github ticket completed: Disable access to home directories. ghostbsd-src opened by ghost. Leaving some fractured pastes about Update-Station and sudo pkg update update-station#21 opened by wb7odyfred. (GhostBSD-21.04.27.iso) package configuration file anomalies at /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/ ghostbsd-pkg-conf opened by grahamperrin. Empty list of packages software-station opened by simonsaman. Inappropriate connections to open Wi-Fi networks with 5.5 on FreeBSD networkmgr opened by grahamperrin. For Open Networks, /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file gets written without double quotes around SSID name. networkmgr opened by wb7odyfred. Automatic switchover networkmgr opened by Crushless. Minor cosmetic - authentication is spelled wrong networkmgr, opened by technics. Wired: DHCP: not gaining an address networkmgr opened by grahamperrin." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-21.09.06.iso (2,634MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| GhostBSD is a user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. Its default desktop is MATE, but a separate community edition with Xfce is available too. It also features a selection of commonly used software, a rolling-release development model, and a bootable live image with an intuitive graphical system installer.
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| 2024-11-18 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 24.10.1 |
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The GhostBSD project has announced the arrival of GhostBSD 24.10.1, the latest update to this desktop-oriented branch of the FreeBSD family. The new release focuses on driver updates and improvements. It also fixes some issues with booting on Legacy BIOS systems and introduces support for watching Netflix in the Chromium web browser. "We're excited to announce the release of GhostBSD 24.10.1! This release brings system updates from FreeBSD and better hardware compatibility with some old AMD Radeon and FirePro GPU. We resolved live session startup issues with Legacy BIOS and started to fix some issues with Update Station functionality. For a complete list of changes, check the changelog 24.10.1 Changelog: Enhancement, improvements, and new features - Build www/chromium with necessary options to watch e.g. Netflix. Removing UFS from custom installation." Additional details and upgrade instructions can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): GhostBSD-24.10.1.iso (2,668MB, torrent), GhostBSD-24.10.1-XFCE.iso (2,655MB, torrent). |
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| 2024-09-02 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 24.07.1 |
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GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented, FreeBSD-based operating system featuring the MATE desktop (a community build offers an Xfce alternative). The project's latest release is version 24.07.1 which now draws on FreeBSD's base system packages - low-level components built the same way as third-party packages. "This release, though a bit delayed, brings a significant change. We have transitioned from building our OS packages from our OS ports to building them from FreeBSD PKGBSD. This change, while involving extensive testing, promises improved performance and stability. If you have not updated to 24.04.2, a backup and reinstallation with 24.07.1 is recommended. Please note that the change to PKGBSD and the OS update to 24.07.1 could cause issues, as the update manager was only set to upgrade GhostBSD to PKGBSD from a minor version. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause." A full list of changes is presented in the project's release announcement. SHA256, pkglist): GhostBSD-24.07.1.iso (2,654MB, torrent), GhostBSD-24.07.1-XFCE.iso (2,647MB, torrent). |
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| 2024-05-21 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 24.04.1 |
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GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. The project's latest release is GhostBSD 24.04.1 which is based on FreeBSD's 14-STABLE development branch. The new snapshot includes an update to the MATE desktop to version 1.28.1, a return of the desktop Signal client, and a collection of bug fixes. "I am pleased to announce the release of GhostBSD 24.04.1! First and foremost, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all those who reported issues and contributed their time, effort, and expertise to enhance GhostBSD for this latest release. GhostBSD 24.04.1 is the second release under FreeBSD 14 stable. I have updated the system to 1400510, and the MATE desktop is updated to 1.28.1. This release also contains some bug fixes found in previous releases and with some improvements." The release announcement contains a complete list of new features and bug fixes. GhostBSD maintains one official edition with the MATE desktop and a community edition which uses the Xfce desktop. Download (SHA256, pkglist): GhostBSD-24.04.1.iso (2,639MB, torrent), GhostBSD-24.04.1-XFCE.iso (2,626MB, torrent). |
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| 2024-02-14 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 24.01.1 |
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GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. The project's latest release, GhostBSD 24.01.1, is based on FreeBSD 14-STABLE and changes the way the root and first users are handled at install time. "This new release is based on FreeBSD 14.0-STABLE. Update Station got a significant change to upgrade to a major FreeBSD version, allowing upgrading GhostBSD from 13.2-STABLE to 14.0-STABLE. Also, a major change to the installer is the user created is an admin, and the root user gets the same password as the admin. If the admin password is changed after the installation, the root password will not change. Enhancement, improvements, and new features: Adding support for the future installer and simplified desktop configuration. Search also in PKG description (not only PKG name). New wallpapers for 24.01. Preparing GhostBSD to upgrade to 14.0. Adding search to description and Added -U to pkg query to search." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. GhostBSD is available in an official edition featuring the MATE desktop and a community edition running the Xfce desktop. Download (SHA256, pkglist): GhostBSD-24.01.1.iso (2,573MB, torrent), GhostBSD-24.01.1-XFCE.iso (2,554MB, torrent). |
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| 2023-10-29 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 23.10.1 |
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GhostBSD is a FreeBSD-based operating system with a focus on desktop computing. The project's latest release introduces a kernel update and a number of networking improvements, along with minor changes. "I am pleased to announce the release of GhostBSD 23.10.1. This version might look odd from previous releases, but it is correct. After more thought into it, the base OS is not updated as much as the software packages. So, I decided to change the release version back to a static one instead of changing it on each software package update. Software packages will be updated as often as possible, like before, and if there are significant issues, changes or security issues before 24.01.1, a 23.10.2 release will be created. See the roadmap for future releases. In this release, the FreeBSD base system and kernel have been updated to 1302508, and it contains software updates, some improvements to Update Station, and new features to NetworkMgr. Also, os-generic-userland-devtools has been removed from the default installation to downsize the live system image." The release announcement offers additional details. Download (pkglist): GhostBSD-23.10.1.iso (2,528MB, SHA256, torrent), GhostBSD-23.10.1-XFCE.iso (2,515MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2022-06-18 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 22.06.15 |
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The GhostBSD project develops a desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. The project's latest snapshot is GhostBSD 22.06.15 which includes better handling of NVIDIA drivers and smoothly upgrade processes. "Some of the improvements are automation on the livecd to install the proper Nvidia driver, and when a package fails to upgrade, Update Station will reinstall it and resume the update. I have added the BWN_GPL_PHY option in our default GENERIC kernel to compile drivers that include GPLv2 code. Now, most Broadcom devices are detected, including my iMac. In most cases bwn_v4_ucode_load="YES" or bwn_v4_lp_ucode_load="YES" need to be added in /boot/loader.conf. In addition, GhostBSD was upgraded to 13.1-STABLE from 22/05/31. Features added: Do not show updates available when packages are syncing. Add a file called syncing when new packages are syncing and remove it when completed. Add code to update-station read if syncing is in the repository and do not prompt users for upgrades. Add code to software-station to not allow software installation with software-station during a packages sync." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-22.06.15.iso (2,721MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2022-01-17 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 22.01.12 |
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The GhostBSD project has published an update to their FreeBSD-based, rolling release desktop system. The project's new snapshot fixes a number of issues and removes an unmaintained package from the default install. "This new ISO image contains fixes, improvements and software updates. Finally, the installer hanging at the cleaning stage for ZFS installation got fixed and OpenRC and dhcpcd were removed from the base code. Furthermore, automation configuration for HD 7000 series and older GPUs has been added. I also added the support for os-release to show GhostBSD name and GhostBSD version in applications like mate-system-monitor, Python distros, pfetch and neofetch and added a new set of wallpapers for 2022 and removed p7zip from the default selection since it is vulnerable and unmaintained. Changelog: remove OpenRC-related code from base and contrib; remove OpenRC services from libexec/rc; remove dhcpcd from contrib; remove rc_system from loader; build VLC package with UPNP option; customize /etc/os-release; add GhostBSD to uname output so pfetch/neofetch can display correct OS info; initgfx for the automatic configuration of the graphics hardware...." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-22.01.12.iso (2,584MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-11-26 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 21.11.24 |
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GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented, rolling release operating system based on FreeBSD. The project's latest snapshot adds a new tool for tracking the version of the rolling-release operating system. "This new ISO image contains kernel, operating system and software updates. In addition, I added a new command-line software called ghostbsd-version that gives you the GhostBSD version, FreeBSD version, kernel version, and operating system version. At the date of this release, if you run ghostbsd-version or ghostbsd-version -v, it should output 21.11.24. This version number will be incremented with the date of new package built on packages when update is performed. The ISO image version is now following the last package build version instead of an ISO image build date in the hope of removing confusion about the ISO image version. Changelog: added version file in the package repository; added /etc/version with ghostbsd-build from the version file in the package repository; added feature in update manager to update /etc/version; created ghostbsd-version; moved version under set_ghostbsd_version and set the GhostBSD ISO image version from the repository...." Additional information on the new GhostBSD snapshot can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-21.11.24.iso (2,671MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-04-30 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 21.04.27 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the release of GhostBSD 21.04.27, the latest version of the project's desktop operating system based on FreeBSD, with MATE as the default desktop. This release updates the base system to FreeBSD 13.0: "I am happy to announce the availability of the new ISO image, 21.04.27. When we started to port all the GhostBSD code from 12.2-STABLE to 13.0-STABLE, several problems arose with OpenRC, devd and drivers not loading at boot. We discovered that OpenRC devd and devmatch services implementations were not working properly. We had to create rc.devmatch to replace the OpenRC service implementation of devmatch.conf for devd. With devmatch now starting properly, all drivers get loaded at boot and when a new device is inserted. In addition, we were able to remove all changes we made in the GENERIC kernel, making the default kernel a bit smaller. I fixed ntpd and WireGuard services. Automatic configuration for network cards has been removed from NetworkMgr and added to the script started by devd." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and upgrade instructions. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-21.04.27.iso (2,521MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-01-16 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 21.01.15 |
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GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. The project has released a new snapshot which reduces its memory footprint on live media. This release also removes the guided partitioning option which would take over an entire disk with a UFS partition. "I am happy to announce the availability of the new ISO 21.01.15. This new ISO comes with a clean-up of packages that include removing LibreOffice and Telegram from the default selection. We did this to bring the zfs RW live file systems to run without problem on 4GB of ram machine. We also removed the UFS full disk option from the installer. Users can still use custom partitions to setup UFS partition, but we discourage it. We also fixed the Next button's restriction in the custom partition related to some bug that people reported. We also fix the missing default locale setup and added the default setup for Linux Steam, not to forget this ISO includes kernel, userland and numerous application updates." The release notes offer further details. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-21.01.15.iso (2,524MB, pkglist). |
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| 2020-11-30 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 20.11.28 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the release of GhostBSD, the latest stable build of the project's desktop operating system based on the development branch of FreeBSD and featuring the MATE desktop: "I am happy to announce the availability of GhostBSD 20.11.28. This release comes with a new live system that leverages ZFS, compression and replication first introduced in FuryBSD by Joe Maloney. The 20.11.28 release contains numerous improvements, including OS fixes for Linuxulator to improve Linux Steam performance, an updated kernel and GhostBSD userland updates. Userland updates include a MATE desktop upgrade to version 1.24.1, Software Station performance improvements and numerous application updates. Issue and feature completed: asks for Restart no matter what the update; update manager hangs when running twice; build.sh can't find ghostbsd-common-settings; xdg-user-dirs-update push in ISO bad locale...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and upgrade instructions. Download: GhostBSD-20.11.28.iso (2,975MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). A separate community build with Xfce is also available: GhostBSD-20.11.28.iso (2,744MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2020-08-10 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 20.08.04 |
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GhostBSD, a desktop operating system based on the development branch of FreeBSD, has published a new version. The project now includes the option to automatically take filesystem snapshots (called boot environments) prior to performing package updates. This allows the administrator to recover in situations where package upgrades break the operating system or prevent it from booting. "I am happy to announce the availability of GhostBSD 20.08.04. This release comes with kernel, OS and software application updates. We updated the MATE desktop to 1.24.0. A new interesting feature is the boot environment backup before updates. Issue and Feature completed: Adding window to confirm changes to software on the system software-station. Change the release and dev version to yy.mm.dd. When upgrading, ask / help new user create a Boot Environment if one does not exist. Software Station: Columns should be resizeable. Disable user's ability to select 'check' button when the software is installing/uninstalling." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-20.08.04.iso (2,694MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2020-05-01 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 20.04 |
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The GhostBSD project creates a desktop-oriented, FreeBSD-based operating system. The project has published a new version, GhostBSD 20.04, which fixes a number of installation and ZFS-related issues at setup time. "I am happy to announce the availability of GhostBSD 20.04, but first thanks to all people that gave feedback and reported issues. We fixed a couple of problems that were found in 20.03. This release comes with kernel and OS updates and numerous software applications updates and many improvements like replacing gnome-mount and hald with FreeBSD devd and Vermaden automount which make auto mounting and unmounting of external device way more stable and supports more filesystems. What has changed and got fixed since 20.03: Fixed ZFS forced 4k option on ZFS full disk installation. Added 4k to default when creating ZFS partition with the installer partition editor. Fixed pool cleanup when deleting ZFS partition with the installer partition editor. Replaced gnome-mount and hald with FreeBSD devd and Vermaden automount. Fixed update manager weird loop. Fixed duplicate software repository config." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-20.04.iso (2,545MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2020-01-22 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 20.01 |
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GhostBSD is a user-friendly desktop operating system based on TrueOS (which is, in turn, based on FreeBSD's development branch). The project's latest release, GhostBSD 20.01, introduces some fixes to the installer and ships with version 1.22.2 of the MATE desktop environment. A community edition featuring the Xfce desktop is also available. "I am happy to announce the availability of GhostBSD 20.01 with some improvements made to the installer, mainly improvements to the way the installer UI deals with custom partitions involving GTP and UEFI. Also, some system and software has been updated. GhostBSD 20.01 ISO has some minor improvements over 19.10. It provides an up-to-date ISO image with the latest packages and system updates for new installation with a simple installation process to get you going quickly. For current installation, no need to re-install. What has changed since 19.10? System got updated to 12.1-STABLE; MATE is now at 1.22.2; added a warning when an incorrect password is used in Software Station. fix the installer limitation with GPT and UEFI." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-20.01.iso (2,233MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-10-27 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 19.10 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the release of GhostBSD 19.10, the latest stable build of the project's desktop-oriented, rolling-release operating system based on TrueOS and featuring the MATE desktop environment: "I am happy to announce the availability of GhostBSD 19.10 with some improvement to the live ISO image and UEFI multiboot fix and improvement. GhostBSD 19.10 is a significant improvement over 19.09. Our latest ISO image contains improvements to our EFI multiboot installation process and our backend installer. GhostBSD 19.09 marked the last major change of GhostBSD. For current users of GhostBSD 19.09, there is no need to re-install to upgrade to GhostBSD 19.10. For new users, the GhostBSD 19.10 ISO image provides a simple, elegant installation process to get you going quickly. Changes since 19.09: UEFI multiboot installation for supported hardware; changed the ISO boot setup; removed netmount services. Issues fixed: bug #113 - update station issues; feature #119 - rewrite the code to build the live ISO image in order to fix the EFI issue caused by sysroot...." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots and upgrade instructions. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD19.10.iso (2,385MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-09-16 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 19.09 |
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GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented, rolling-release operating system based on TrueOS. The project's latest release, 19.09, shifts its base from TrueOS's cutting edge development branch to the slower moving, but still rolling, Stable branch. "GhostBSD 19.09 has some considerable changes happened, like moving the system to STABLE instead of CURRENT for ABI stability with the integration of the latest system update developed by TrueOS. This also means that current users will need to reinstall GhostBSD unless they were running on the development version of GhostBSD 19.09. GhostBSD 19.09 marks the last major changes the breaks updates for software and system upgrade. What has changed since 19.04: GhostBSD 19.09 is built from TrueOS/FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE. OpenRC is updated to 0.41.2. GhostBSD now use TrueOS packages base from ports. NetworkMgr CPU usage got improved. A lot of unnecessary software got removed. Exaile got replaced with Rhythmbox. GNOME MPV got replaced by VLC. XFburn got replaced by Brasero. Vim got replaced by Tiny Vim." Further details and screenshots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD19.09.iso (2,503MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-04-13 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 19.04 |
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GhostBSD is a rolling release TrueOS-based desktop operating system which features the MATE desktop (a community edition that offers the Xfce desktop is also available). The project's latest release is GhostBSD 19.04: "Finally, GhostBSD 19.04 is out! GhostBSD 19.04 has several improvements from the volume controller to the installer, and for the first time, we did add and change some code on the base system. GhostBSD 19.04 is available with our official MATE desktop including the community Xfce desktop iso. This release is a significant improvement from GhostBSD 18.12 enjoy. What has changed since 18.12: Replaced slim by LightDM; updated the system to FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT; added the supports of ZFS with MBR on the installer; removed TrueOS setting to default to ZFS which improved the installation of UFS; fix default mate-terminal setting; Added GhostBSD boot mute; added Refine setup on the installer; removed gksu; fixed UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' problem with Software Station." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256) (pkglist): GhostBSD19.04.iso (2,694MB, torrent), GhostBSD19.04-XFCE.iso (2,554MB, torrent). |
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| 2018-12-31 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 18.12 |
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GhostBSD is a rolling-release desktop operating system based on TrueOS, which is in turn based on FreeBSD's development (-CURRENT) branch. The project has published an update to GhostBSD 18.10, GhostBSD 18.12, which includes a number of updates and which replaces the Oktopkg graphical package manager with Software Station 0.3, a new pkgng-using software manager developed in-house. The new release also comes with updated versions of FFmpeg (4.1), Firefox (64.0), GStreamer (1.14.4), PulseAudio (12.2) and Thunderbird (60.3.3), among others. "GhostBSD 18.12 is an updated ISO image of GhostBSD 18.10 with some little changes to the live DVD/USB and with updated packages. What has changed since 18.10: removed default call of kernel modules for AMD and Intel processors; replaced Octopkg by Software Station; added back gop hacks to the live system; added ghostbsd-drivers and ghostbsd-utils; we updated the packages to the latest builds." The project's release announcement offers upgrade instructions for existing users along with screenshots of the operating system's MATE desktop environment. Download the latest version of GhostBSD from the project's download server: GhostBSD18.12.iso (2,592MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-11-01 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 18.10 |
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The GhostBSD team have announced a new release, GhostBSD 18.10, which is the first stable version from the project to use TrueOS instead of FreeBSD as the operating system's base. The new version also adopts LibreSSL over OpenSSL, removes the GRUB boot loader in favour of FreeBSD's loader and the operating system uses ZFS as the default file system. "GhostBSD 18.10 is our first official release of GhostBSD with TrueOS under the hood and the official desktop is MATE. What has changed since 11.1: GhostBSD is now built from TrueOS instead of FreeBSD; OpenRC is GhostBSD main init system; LibreSSL is the default SSL; GhostBSD base system can now be upgraded to the next release via TrueOS packages base; we removed GRUB from the ISO in favor of the new FreeBSD hybrid loader; NetworkMgr now supports the option to manage multiple network card connection; Unionfs was removed from the live session; the live system has been rewritten to fix many issues; GhostBSD boots directly to MATE session; GhostBSD supports ZFS BE by default; FreeBSD ports and packages are incompatible with GhostBSD 18.10; GhostBSD uses TrueOS ports to build packages; drm-next-kmod was added for newer AMD and Intel cards; NVIDIA driver 390.87 was added to support the latest NVIDIA cards...." Further information can be found in the release announcement. Download: GhostBSD18.10.iso (2,615MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-10-20 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 18.10 RC1 |
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The GhostBSD project develops a user-friendly, desktop-oriented flavour of the FreeBSD family. Past versions of the operating system were based on FreeBSD, but the project's new release candidate, GhostBSD 18.10 RC1, is based on TrueOS. "This first release candidate of GhostBSD 18.10 is the first official release of GhostBSD with TrueOS under the hood. The official desktop of GhostBSD is MATE, in the future there might be some community release like XFCE, but for there is no community release yet. What has changed since 11.1: GhostBSD is now built from TrueOS instead of FreeBSD. OpenRC is our main init system. LibreSSL is in base. GhostBSD base system can now be upgraded to the next release via TrueOS packages base. We removed GRUB from the ISO in favor of the new FreeBSD hybrid loader. NetworkMgr now supports the option to manage multiple network card connection. Unionfs was removed from the live session. The live system has been rewritten to fix many issues. GhostBSD boots directly to MATE session. GhostBSD supports ZFS BE by default. FreeBSD ports and packages are incompatible with GhostBSD 18.10. GhostBSD uses TrueOS ports to build packages." Further information and screenshots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: GhostBSD18.10-RC1.iso (2,535MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2017-11-16 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 11.1 |
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GhostBSD is an easy to use, FreeBSD-based desktop operating system. The project has released GhostBSD 11.1 which is available in MATE and Xfce flavours. The new version features easy ZFS configuration the Whisker Menu for the Xfce edition, keyboard layout fixes and an independent GhostBSD software repository. "After a year of development, testing, debugging and working on our software package repository, we are pleased to announce the release of GhostBSD 11.1 is now available on 64-bit (amd64) architecture with MATE and Xfce desktop on direct and torrent download. With 11.1 we drop 32-bit i386 support, and we currently maintain our software packages repository for more stability. What's new on GhostBSD 11.1: GhostBSD software repository. Support VMware Workstation Guest Features. New UFS full disk mirroring option on the installer. New UFS full disk MBR and GPT option on the installer. New UFS full disk swap size option on the installer. Whisker Menu as default Application menu on Xfce. All software developed by GhostBSD is now getting updated." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): GhostBSD11.1-mate-amd64.iso (2,397MB, SHA256, torrent), GhostBSD11.1-xfce-amd64.iso (2,267MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2017-11-06 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 11.1-RC1 |
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GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. The project has published a new release candidate for the 11.1 series, GhostBSD 11.1-RC1. The new development snapshot removes GRUB from the system installer to prevent a number of bugs and ZFS volume configuration has been updated. "This last development release of GhostBSD 11.1 is ready for testing. All MATE and Xfce images are available only for 64-bit architectures. For some of you, it might be shock that we are dropping i386 it is a decision that was hard to make. We hope for those that need i386 will find refuge to another BSD project. On this RC release, we need help to find more problems. GhostBSD 11.1 is our first release featuring our own software package repository. What changed in 11.1 RC1: We removed GRUB from the installer for 11.1 as it has caused us a lot of problems, and this is why the release is late; ZFS configuration. Issues that got fixed: The partition list was not deleted when pressing back; the installer was not listing ZFS disk correctly." The release announcement invites people testing GhostBSD to report bugs. Download (pkglist): GhostBSD11.1-RC1-20171031-142739-mate-amd64.iso (2,398MB, SHA256), GhostBSD11.1-RC1-20171031-143943-xfce-amd64.iso (2,269MB, SHA256). |
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| 2017-08-31 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 11.1-BETA1 |
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The GhostBSD project develops a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system. The GhostBSD project has published a new beta snapshot based on FreeBSD 11.1 and is testing new support for VMware Workstation Guest Features. "This first beta of the development of GhostBSD 11.1 release is ready for testing. All MATE and Xfce image is available with i386 and amd64 architectures. We hope to see a lot of people helping to test this next release. New feature: support VMware Workstation Guest Features out-of-box. Issues that got fixed: locale setting not filling correctly; Update Station tray icon; Xfce GhostBSD build: pkg still bootstraps from pkg.freebsd.org instead of pkg.ghostbsd.org; Octopkg/new repo." Additional information on this beta release can be found in the project's release announcement. GhostBSD 11.1-BETA1 is available in MATE and Xfce editions. Download (pkglist): GhostBSD11.1-BETA1-20170829-182151-mate-amd64.iso (2,376MB, SHA256), GhostBSD11.1-BETA1-20170829-190242-xfce-amd64.iso (2,247MB, SHA256). |
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| 2017-08-10 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 11.1-ALPHA1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the initial alpha build of GhostBSD 11.1, an upcoming new release of the project's desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD 11.1 and featuring MATE and Xfce environments: "This first alpha development release of GhostBSD 11.1 is ready for testing. All MATE and Xfce images are available for the i386 and amd64 architectures. We hope to see a lot of people helping to test this release. New features: our own software repository; all software updated; Whisker menu as default application menu in Xfce. Issues fixed: Xfce and MATE live session shutdown, suspend and hibernate; xf86-video-intel; MATE desktop fails on initial boot for install; clicking 'GhostBSD Bugs' item in the Main menu in 'System Tools' brings up 'Server not found' page; Xfce installation - incorrect keyboard layout; ZFS setup appears to be incomplete." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download (pkglist): GhostBSD11.1-ALPHA1-mate-amd64.iso (2,396MB, SHA256), GhostBSD11.1-ALPHA1-xfce-amd64.iso (2,267MB, SHA256). |
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| 2017-02-11 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 11.0-ALPHA1 |
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The GhostBSD project produces a desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. The GhostBSD project has announced the availability of a new test release, GhostBSD 11.0-ALPHA1, which is based on FreeBSD 11. The new alpha snapshot includes the latest NVIDIA video drivers and introduces the Whisker Menu as the default application menu for the Xfce desktop. "GhostBSD 11.0 ALPHA1 is ready! This alpha release is ready for testing and to be use in production there will be no need to reinstall other development release of GhostBSD 11.0 since the update manger will push update of GhostBSD. All MATE and Xfce images are available with i386 and amd64 architectures. New features: Latest NVIDIA drivers installed by default; Whisker Menu as default application menu of Xfce." This alpha snapshot also includes a number of fixes for the Xfce desktop and one for ZFS, an advanced file system. Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): GhostBSD11.0-ALPHA1-mate-amd64.iso (1,961MB, SHA256), GhostBSD11.0-ALPHA1-xfce-amd64.iso (1,855MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-08-31 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 10.3 |
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The GhostBSD project develops a desktop friendly operating system based on FreeBSD. The project has updated its 10.x series with the launch of GhostBSD 10.3. The new version supports booting on UEFI-enabled computers, supports ZFS volumes and includes VirtualBox modules. "What changed in GhostBSD 10.3? The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been improved. VirtualBox additions will be uninstall after installer if it is not running in VirtualBox. Slim is replacing GDM. Network Manager displays the full SSID. Replaced the HTML/CSS installation slide with a GTK+/CSS the slide." The new release also features several bug fixes. "Network Manager SSID list. VirtualBox support. Install on MBR partition issue, Some installer text errors. Keyboard layout after installation with MATE. Network Manager slowness to open the menu. Network Manager icon tray crash. Local time has been fixed. Fix boot partition for GPT to supports FreeBSD boot, BIOS boot and EFI..." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): GhostBSD10.3-RELEASE-mate-amd64.iso (1,849MB, SHA256), GhostBSD10.3-RELEASE-xfce-amd64.iso (1,731MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-08-10 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 10.3-RC1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the first release candidate for the upcoming stable release of GhostBSD 10.3: "GhostBSD 10.3 RC1 is ready for testing for the i386 and amd64 (including amd64-uefi) architectures. What has been fixed: installer ZFS mirror and zraid setup; installer custom partition problem; installer UEFI partition; installer /boot problem; 4k partition alignment; Network Manager long SSID name, slowness to open menu and icon tray crash. What has changed: Slim replaces GDM; ZFS disk encryption has been blocked and this feature should be available in GhostBSD 11. What is new: installer custom partition creation subjection; VirtualBox support, install at boot time if needed; full UEFI support. Known problems: keyboard layout after installation still US; Slim does not respect keyboard layout." Here is the complete release announcement. Interested testers can download the live DVD images from SoruceForge (pkglist): GhostBSD10.3-RC1-mate-amd64.iso (1,850MB, SHA256), GhostBSD10.3-RC1-xfce-amd64.iso (1,731MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-06-21 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 10.3-BETA1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced that the first beta release of the upcoming GhostBSD 10.3, a desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD, is now ready for download and testing: "GhostBSD 10.3-BETA1 is ready for testing. This first beta development release is ready for testing and debugging new features in GhostBSD 10.3; MATE and Xfce editions are available on SourceForge for the i386, amd64 and amd64-uefi architectures. What has been fixed? Localtime time has been fixed; installer support for UEFI; fix boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and EFI. We encourage you to use our issue system to report bug. The more issues are reported, the more of them will be fixed before the final release." Here is the brief release announcement with information on how to write the ISO images onto USB storage devices. Download the live images from SourceForge (pkglist): GhostBSD10.3-BETA1-mate-amd64.iso (1,860MB, SHA256), GhostBSD10.3-BETA1-xfce-amd64.iso (1,720MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-05-25 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 10.3-ALPHA2 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the second alpha build of the upcoming GhostBSD 10.3, a new version of the a desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD 10.3: "This second alpha release is for testing and debugging the new features in GhostBSD 10.3. MATE and Xfce editions are available on SourceForge for the i386, amd64, and amd64-uefi architectures. New feature: UEFI is now supported for 64-bit platforms. What has been fixed: gbi log and partition database are now deleted when closing gbi; resetting partition database when going back to the installation type; 4K partition alignment; networkmgr full SSID name; system Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old; gbi 'back' button error; sudo configuration; wifi down by default; /etc/localtime not created by installer; locales are not correctly set up on installation; missing kern.vty=vt setting in grub.cf." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full list of new features and bug fixes. Download (pkglist): GhostBSD10.3-ALPHA2-mate-amd64.iso (1,838MB, SHA256), GhostBSD10.3-ALPHA2-mate-amd64-uefi.iso (1,825MB, SHA256), GhostBSD10.3-ALPHA2-xfce-amd64.iso (1,718MB, SHA256), GhostBSD10.3-ALPHA2-xfce-amd64-uefi.iso (1,705MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-04-30 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 10.3-ALPHA1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of a new testing release for the GhostBSD operating system. GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented project that is based on FreeBSD. The new version, GhostBSD 10.3-ALPHA1, supports installation of both UFS and ZFS file systems, the desktop environment has been updated to MATE 1.12 and software packages will be updated quarterly instead of on a rolling release model for increased stability. "Yes we skip 10.2 for 10.3 since FreeBSD 10.3 was coming we thought we should wait for 10.3. This is the first alpha development release for testing and debugging of GhostBSD 10.3, only the MATE edition has been released which is available on SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures. What's new? GhostBSD now supports ZFS and UFS file systems; the installer support encryption for ZFS; GhostBSD software will be updated quarterly, this will bring more stability, but the user will still be able to update to the latest version." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: GhostBSD10.3-ALPHA1-mate-amd64.iso (1,838MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2015-09-13 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 10.1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the final release of GhostBSD 10.1, the latest stable version of the project's FreeBSD-based operating system with a choice of MATE or Xfce desktop environments: "After a year of development, testing and debugging we are pleased to announce the release of GhostBSD 10.1 MATE and Xfce which are available from SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures. What's new? GhostBSD ISO image is hybrid and it can be burnt on DVD or USB sticks; Xfce is back; users can choose to install the BSD boot manager, the GRUB boot manager or no boot manager; Station Tweak, a fork of MATE Tweak; OctoPkg GUI frontend for pkgng written in Qt; Station Update Manager to update FreeBSD base system and third party software; software from pkg or ports can be installed in the live DVD/USB session; VT Console by default; instant verification for user and root to know if the password is strong and it it matches the one in the system installer...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (pkglist): GhostBSD10.1-RELEASE-20150912-mate-amd64.iso (1,828MB, SHA256); GhostBSD10.1-RELEASE-20150912-xfce-amd64.iso (1,686MB, SHA256). |
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| 2015-07-13 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 10.1-BETA2 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced that the second beta build of GhostBSD 10.1, an upcoming new version of the project's FreeBSD-based desktop operating system, is now ready for testing. Unlike the previous development releases, GhostBSD 10.1-BETA2 is available in two separate flavours - with MATE or Xfce desktop environments. From the release announcement: "We are pleased to announce the availability GhostBSD 10.1 BETA2 MATE and Xfce for the amd64 and i386 architectures. Changes and fixes between 10.1-BETA1 and 10.1-BETA2 include: GhostBSD ISO image is hybrid and can be transferred on a DVD or USB stick; Xfce as been added back to the project; the installer partition editor has been improved at the UI and system level; the user can choose to install the BSD boot manager, GRUB boot manager or none; the installation problem that failed to copy has been fixed; software from pkg or ports can be now installed on a live DVD/USB session; software installed before the installation of GhostBSD will be available after hard disk installation; PCDM locales and keyboard layout are now functional...." Download (pkglist): GhostBSD10.1-BETA2-mate-amd64.iso (1,642MB, SHA256); GhostBSD10.1-BETA2-xfce-amd64.iso (1,532MB, SHA256). |
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| 2015-05-06 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 10.1-BETA1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the first beta build of GhostBSD 10.1, an upcoming new version of the project's FreeBSD-based operating system featuring the MATE desktop: "I am pleased to announce the availability of the first beta build of the 10.1-RELEASE release cycle which is available on SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures. Changes and fixes between 10.1-ALPHA2 and 10.1-BETA1 include: mouse integration support for VirtualBox; instant verification for user and root to know if the password is strong and if it matches with the system installer; host name and user name auto completion when typing the real name; Guake has been added as default software; Vim has been added as default software; PCDM Locales fixed. Please be aware that this release provides beta testers and developers with a system to test out new features for the upcoming release. This release may contain buggy code and features, so we encourage you to run it only on non-critical systems." See the brief release announcement for full details. Download (MD5): GhostBSD10.1-BETA1-amd64.iso (1,719MB). |
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| 2015-03-12 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 10.1-ALPHA1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the first alpha release of the upcoming GhostBSD 10.1, a FreeBSD-based operating system with MATE 1.8 as the preferred desktop: "I am pleased to announce the availability the fist alpha build of the 10.1-RELEASE Release cycle which is available on SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures. Changes and fixes between 4.0-RELEASE and 10.1-ALPHA1 include: GDM has been replaced by PCDM; Wifimgr is now fully replaced by Networkmgr; a beta version of Update Station is now in GhostBSD with update FreeBSD base system and software; the installer partition editor received many improvements; the installer use the latest pc-sysinstall from PC-BSD's GitHub. GhostBSD is now following the same release number as FreeBSD and PC-BSD. Please be aware that this release provides beta testers and developers with a system to test out new features for the upcoming release. This release may contain buggy code and features, so we encourage you to run it only on non-critical systems." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5) the live DVD image from SourceForge: GhostBSD10.1-ALPHA1-amd64.iso (1,707MB, pkglist). |
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| 2014-10-03 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 4.0 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the release of GhostBSD 4.0, a major new version of the project's FreeBSD-based operating system for the desktop, with MATE as the preferred desktop environment: "The GhostBSD team is pleased to announce the availability of GhostBSD 4.0 'Karine'. This is the first release of the 4.x branch, which is based on FreeBSD 10 and which introduces some new features. Highlights: GCC is no longer installed by default, Clang is the default compiler; make(1) has been replaced with bmake(1) obtained from the NetBSD Project; pkg(7) is now the default package management utility; pkg_add(1), pkg_delete(1), bxpkg and related tools have been removed; Networkmgr is the default network manager; MATE is the default desktop; three workstation to choose from. GhostBSD 4.0-RELEASE is now available for the amd64 and i386 architectures, it can be installed from bootable ISO images or from USB memory sticks." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots. Download (SHA256) from SourceForge: GhostBSD4.0-RELEASE-amd64.iso (1,212MB, pkglist). |
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| 2014-08-07 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 4.0-RC1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced that the first release candidate for the upcoming GhostBSD 4.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system for the desktop, is now ready for testing: "The GhostBSD team is pleased to announce the availability the fist RC build of the 4.0-RELEASE release cycle which is available on SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures. Changes and fixes between 4.0-BETA3 and 4.0-RC1 include: Xconfig from 3.5 was added back to system; a script is added to do configuration on the first boot of the new installation; fixed software dependency. A special thanks to those who had reported issues. Please be aware that this release provides users and developers with a system to test out new features for the upcoming release. This release is a RC test build and may contain buggy features, so we encourage you to run it only on non-critical systems." Here is the brief release announcement with screenshots and bug reporting instructions. Download (MD5) from here: GhostBSD4.0-RC1-amd64.iso (1,216MB). |
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| 2014-07-16 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 4.0-BETA3 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the third beta build of GhostBSD 4.0, a desktop-oriented operating system (with MATE), based on FreeBSD: "The GhostBSD team is pleased to announce the availability the third beta build of the 4.0-RELEASE release cycle is available on SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures. This is expected to be the final beta build of the 4.0-RELEASE cycle. This release includes some bug fixes as well as new and updated packages. This release also includes the changes of direction GhostBSD is taking, three workstations built on top of MATE desktop - Classic, Purity and Element. New feature added: first boot selector to choose the workstation to use with GhostBSD; X.Org boot configuration; CLI driver configuration; Plank has been added. Changes and fixes between 4.0-BETA2 and 4.0-BETA3 include: fix GBI entire installation option; GBI slide has been updated; FreeBSD base system updated to 10.0-RELEASE-p6." See the release announcement for more information and screenshots of the three desktop layout options. Download (MD5): GhostBSD4.0-BETA3-amd64.iso (1,253MB, pkglist). |
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| 2014-06-27 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 4.0-BETA2 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the second beta build of GhostBSD 4.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system with MATE as the preferred desktop environment: "The second beta build of the 4.0-RELEASE cycle is available on SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures. Changes and problems fixed between 4.0-BETA1 and 4.0-BETA2 include: fix rsync to avoid to copy the tmp and mnt directory during installation; update Networkmgr to 0.5 pre-release; users who omit the root partition will be warned by a window dialog; GBI partition editor have received lots of tweaks to avoid errors; GBI now partitions when installing; network with 'Live Image' should now work under VirtualBox or VMware Workstation. Known issues: X.Org fails to load MATE for some Intel and ATI graphics drivers. Issues fixed that need testing: installer copying file flawlessly; network in live environment." See the release announcement for more information and a screenshot. Download (MD5): GhostBSD4.0-BETA2-amd64.iso (1,259MB). |
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| 2014-05-28 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 4.0-BETA1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the first beta build of GhostBSD 4.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system with MATE as the preferred desktop environment: "The first beta build of the 4.0-RELEASE release cycle is available on SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures. Changes and problems fixed between 4.0-ALPHA3 and 4.0-BETA1 include: switch cpio to rsync for copying file on the installation; the kernel is now writable on live DVD which enables graphic card kernel loading for Intel and ATI; updated FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE to FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE-p3. Known issues: network with 'Live Image' does not work in VirtualBox - the workaround is to install the OS; GBI allows users to create a partition layout without a root partition. Issues fixed that need testing: installer fails to copy files in a virtual machine; X.Org fails to load MATE." Here is the complete release announcement with a screenshot and bug reporting instructions. Download (MD5) link: GhostBSD4.0-BETA1-amd64.iso (1,289MB). |
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| 2014-05-17 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 4.0-ALPHA3 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the third alpha build of GhostBSD 4.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system featuring the MATE desktop environment: "After a long time the third alpha build of the 4.0-RELEASE release cycle is available on SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures. Changes and problem fixed between 4.0-ALPHA2 and 4.0-ALPHA3 include: network after install work on VirtualBox; added back wifimgr for better WiFi support until networkmgr works flawlessly; removed GIMP since it is easily installable with 'sudo pkg install gimp'; removed all software that depends on Nautilus like Rhythmbox and gksu; Exaile replaces Rhythmbox; the GhostBSD user is now removed after installation; new experimental look. Known issue: network in live VirtualBox does not work." Here is the full release announcement with a screenshot and bug reporting instructions. Download (MD5) the live DVD image from SourceForge: GhostBSD4.0-ALPHA3-amd64.iso (1,289MB). |
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| 2014-03-28 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 4.0-ALPHA2 |
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The second alpha build of the upcoming GhostBSD 4.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system supporting the most popular lightweight and fully-featured desktop environments, has been unleashed: "The second ALPHA build of the 4.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available on SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures. Changes and problems fixed between 4.0-ALPHA1 and 4.0-ALPHA2 include: Network Manager permission fixed, Network Manager packaging fixed, GhostBSD GBI Installer for virtual box fixed, auto partitioning for virtual box fixed, installing on an entire disk fixed. Known issue: Network in Virtualbox does not work." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5): GhostBSD4.0-ALPHA2-amd64.iso (2,007MB). |
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| 2014-03-07 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 4.0-ALPHA1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced that the first alpha build of the upcoming GhostBSD 4.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system featuring the MATE desktop environment, is now ready for download and testing: "The first ALPHA build of the 4.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available on SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures. Changes between 3.5-RELEASE and 4.0-ALPHA1 include: FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE; 4.0-RELEASE is MATE only; SpiderOak is now part of the default install; LibreOffice is back due to the failure to compile OpenOffice.org with Clang; new GBI partition editor interface; webcamd installed but not preconfigured; new network manager; pkg_add replaced by pkgng; bxpkg has been remove from the project; Midnight Commander has been added; Nano has been added. Please be aware this release provides willing users, beta testers and developers with a system to test out new features in the upcoming release." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5): GhostBSD4.0-ALPHA1-mate-amd64.iso (2,007MB). |
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| 2013-11-07 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 3.5 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the release of GhostBSD 3.5, a new version of the project's FreeBSD-based operating system offering a choice of LXDE, MATE, Openbox and Xfce desktop user interfaces: "The GhostBSD team is pleased to announce the availability of GhostBSD 3.5 'Levi'. This is the third release from the 3.x series, which improves GhostBSD 3.1 and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights: OpenSSL has been updated to version 0.9.8y; DTrace hooks have been enabled by default in the GENERIC kernel; DTrace has been updated to version 1.9.0; Sendmail has been updated to version 8.14.7; OpenSSH has been updated to version 6.2p2; GNOME 2.32 has been replace by MATE 1.6; Xfce 4.10 is now part of desktop choice; GhostBSD BSM theme with custom Faenza icon; MATE, Xfce and LXDE contain a more uniform set of software...." Here is the full release announcement. Download (SHA256) links: GhostBSD3.5-lxde-amd64.iso (1,764MB), GhostBSD3.5-mate-amd64.iso (1,851MB), GhostBSD3.5-openbox-amd64.iso (697MB), GhostBSD3.5-xfce4-amd64.iso (1,767MB). |
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| 2013-10-13 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 3.5-RC2 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the second release candidate for GhostBSD 3.5, a desktop-oriented operating system offering a choice of several lightweight and more traditional desktop user interfaces: "The second release candidate builds of the 3.5 release is now available on SourceForge for LXDE and Xfce on amd64 and i386 architectures. Changes between RC1 and RC2 include: FreeBSD 9.2-RC4 to FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE; i386 Openbox menu has been fixed; the installer's 'Custom Partitioning' option windows title has been modified. Known issues: the Bxpkg update manager doesn't work properly and can harm the system if used; the GDM mouse might hang, but should be usable. We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using GhostBSD and have fun testing the RC!" Here is the brief release announcement with screenshots. Download (SHA256) your preferred edition from SourceForge: GhostBSD3.5-RC2-lxde-amd64.iso (1,762MB), GhostBSD3.5-RC2-mate-amd64.iso (1,848MB), GhostBSD3.5-RC2-openbox-amd64.iso (690MB), GhostBSD3.5-RC2-xfce4-amd64.iso (1,764MB). |
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| 2013-09-22 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 3.5-RC1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the first release candidate for the upcoming GhostBSD 3.5. GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented operating system offering a choice of four different desktop user interfaces - LXDE, MATE, Openbox and Xfce. From the release announcement: "The first release candidate builds of the 3.5 release is now available on SourceForge for LXDE and Xfce on amd64 and i386 architectures. Please be aware that this release provides users, beta testers and developers with a system to test out new features in the upcoming release. RC1 may contain buggy code and features, so we encourage you to run it only on non-critical systems. Changes between beta 3 and RC1 include: FreeBSD 9.2 RC3 to RC4; installer progress black window fixed; bxpkg package manager 'fail to start due to some GTK+ issue' is fixed; MATE BSM theme is fixed; new GDM login theme." Download (SHA256): GhostBSD3.5-RC1-lxde-amd64.iso (1,775MB), GhostBSD3.5-RC1-mate-amd64.iso (1,861MB), GhostBSD3.5-RC1-openbox-amd64.iso (695MB), GhostBSD3.5-RC1-xfce4-amd64.iso (1,778MB). |
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| 2013-09-14 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 3.5-BETA3 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced that the third beta release of GhostBSD 3.5, a FreeBSD-based operating system featuring LXDE, MATE, Openbox and Xfce desktops, is now ready for download and testing: "The third beta build of the 3.5 development release is now available on SourceForge for LXDE and Xfce on amd64 and i386 architectures. Please be aware that this release provides users, beta testers and developers with a system to test out new features in the upcoming release, but it may contain buggy code and features, so we encourage you to run it only on non-critical systems. Changes between beta 2 and beta 3 include: FreeBSD 9.2 RC2 to RC3; removed Caja in Xfce and LXDE; replaced Atril by ePDFViewer; MATE and Openbox images. Known issues: Bxpkg package manager fails to start due to some GTK+ issues; Gksu is missing." Here is the brief release announcement with screenshots. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD3.5-BETA3-lxde-amd64.iso (1,767MB), GhostBSD3.5-BETA3-mate-amd64.iso (1,826MB), GhostBSD3.5-BETA3-openbox-amd64.iso (683MB). The Xfce edition was not available at the time of writing. |
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| 2013-09-01 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 3.5-BETA2 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the second beta build of GhostBSD 3.5, a FreeBSD-based operating system with the choice of Xfce or LXDE desktops: "The second beta build of the 3.5 development release is now available on SourceForge with LXDE and Xfce on amd64 and i386 architectures. Please be aware this release provides users, beta testers and developers with a system to test out new features in the upcoming release. It may contain buggy code and features, so we encourage you to run it only on non-critical systems. Changes between -BETA1 and -BETA2 include: FreeBSD BETA2 to RC2; fix amd64 divers packages; fix amd64 and i386 packages. Known issues: Caja is in both Xfce and LXDE editions; Openbox and MATE editions are not yet ready, chances are that they will be released before beta 3. We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using GhostBSD and have a lot of fun testing the beta!" Here is the brief release announcement with a couple of screenshots. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD3.5-BETA2-xfce4-amd64.iso (1,836MB), GhostBSD3.5-BETA2-lxde-amd64.iso (1,818MB). |
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| 2013-08-21 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 3.5-BETA1 |
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The first beta version of GhostBSD 3.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system for the desktop, is now ready for testers: "Eric has announced the availability of the first Xfce beta development images for the upcoming GhostBSD 3.5. This release provides users and developers with a system to test out new 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. New additions to GhostBSD 3.5: FreeBSD 9.2; replacing GNOME 2 by MATE 1.6; Xfce 4.10; updated graphical installer; GTP disk scheme supported by the installer; installer free disk option added; LibreOffice has been replaced by Apache OpenOffice.org... GhostBSD LXDE, Openbox and MATE are not yet ready. Chances are that some will be released on 3.5 beta 2 or 3." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5): GhostBSD3.5-BETA1-xfce4-amd64.iso (1,405MB). |
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| 2013-06-28 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 3.1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the release of GhostBSD 3.1, an updated version of the project's desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD, with a choice of GNOME 2, LXDE and Openbox desktop user interfaces: "GhostBSD 3.1 is now available. This release is a respin of 3.0, including many bug fixes. GhostBSD 3.1 does not include any updated package or new features; it only fixes issues that some users have found. Changes: update FreeBSD 9.1 to FreeBSD 9.1-p4; improvements in the X.Org auto-configuration; the NVIDIA drivers have bean removed to fix issues with older cards; numerous bug fixes to GhostBSD-related utilities; Openbox and LXDE amd64 ISO images fit on CD again; the package manager and pkg_add are functional again." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD3.1-gnome2-i386.iso (972MB, torrent), GhostBSD3.1-lxde-i386.iso (603MB, torrent), GhostBSD3.1-openbox-i386.iso (639MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-03-10 |
BSD 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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| 2012-11-24 |
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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| 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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| 2011-11-29 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 2.5 RC1 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the first release candidate for GhostBSD 2.5, a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system featuring the GNOME 2.32 desktop: "GhostBSD 2.5 RC1 is out. List of bugs fixed: PiTiVi on i386; the free space output in the graphical and text-based installers; a third install option in the text-based installer. To install GhostBSD you have two options; a new option is by clicking on the GhostBSD Installer icon or Typing 'gbi' in a terminal for graphical installation. Type 'ginstall' in a terminal for the new text-based installer. Ginstall is a great tool for those who cannot get to the desktop or their keyboard and mouse don't work on the desktop. You will see that both GhostBSD lite (CD) and GhostBSD (DVD) have the installers; the difference is that GhostBSD lite is a smaller edition that fits on a CD." Here is the full release announcement. Download: GhostBSD-2.5-RC1-i386.iso (1,125MB), GhostBSD-2.5-RC1-amd64.iso (1,196MB), GhostBSD-2.5-lite-RC1-i386.iso (678MB), GhostBSD-2.5-lite-RC1-amd64.iso (682MB).
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| 2011-10-31 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 2.5 Beta 3 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the third beta of GhostBSD 2.5, a user-friendly, GNOME-based FreeBSD distribution - now also with a live graphical installer: "The GhostBSD release is late following the FreeBSD 9.0 release status. We have only released beta 3 on October 30, 2011. List of bugs fixed: auto-mount on amd64 and PiTiVi on amd64; free space output on the GUI and text installer; second install option on text installer; Linux base system compatibility on DVD; Linux Flash player on DVD. To install GhostBSD you have two options. A new option is by clicking on the GhostBSD Installer icon or typing 'gbi' on terminal for GUI installation. Typing ginstall in a terminal is for the new text-mode installer. Ginstall is a great tool for those can get to GUI or their keyboard and mouse don't work on the GUI." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5): GhostBSD-2.5-BETA3-i386.iso (967MB), GhostBSD-2.5-BETA3-amd64.iso (1,077MB), GhostBSD-2.5-BETA3-i386-lite.iso (669MB).
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| 2011-09-25 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 2.5 Beta 2 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the second beta build of GhostBSD 2.5, a user-friendly, GNOME-based FreeBSD distribution in the form of an installable live CD/DVD: "The beta 2 is out, ready for testing. Take a note that it's based on FreeBSD 9.0 and the system is still buggy. Some security issues can occur. You can install GhostBSD by typing 'ginstall' in terminal for the new text-base installer or clicking on the GhostBSD Installer icon for GUI installation. If you see a typo or grammar error please let us know about it. The developers are not native English-speaking people. You will see that GhostBSD 'lite' (CD) and GhostBSD (DVD) both have the installer. The difference is that GhostBSD 'lite' is a lighter version to fit on a CD. A script will be released to install the rest of the applications and configurations. Report all bugs on the forum please!" Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5): GhostBSD-2.5-i386-BETA2.iso (805MB), GhostBSD-2.5-amd64-BETA2.iso (873MB), GhostBSD-2.5-lite-i386-BETA2.iso (625MB), GhostBSD-2.5-lite-amd64-BETA2.iso (684MB).
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| 2011-03-13 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 2.0 |
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John Combs has announced the release of GhostBSD 2.0, a FreeBSD-based live CD with GNOME, package manager and simple system installer: "GhostBSD 2.0 is released. Great news for this release of GhostBSD as it now supports auto-mounting USB devices. Some of the changes in the release: new logo, bug fixes, new live file system, more improvements to GDM (no more white screens during boot). GhostBSD 2.0 is based on FreeBSD 8.2; it includes GNOME 2.32, Rhythmbox 0.12.8_3, Pidgin 2.7.7, Firefox 3.6 and Thunderbird 3.0.11. GhostBSD 2.0 can be installed to hard disk with a simple terminal installer written in Python. You can now also install and delete application with a package manager call Bxpkg." Here is the brief release announcement with a screenshot of the default desktop. Download (MD5) the installable live DVD images from here: GhostBSD-2.0-i386.iso (1,139MB), GhostBSD-2.0-amd64.iso (1,383MB).
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| 2011-01-21 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 2.0 Beta |
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John Combs has announced that the first beta release of GhostBSD 2.0, a FreeBSD-based live CD featuring the GNOME desktop, is ready for testing: "We, the developing team of GhostBSD, would like to announce the release of GhostBSD 2.0 x86_64 beta. This version is only a live CD at the moment. There are great improvements on the look, feel and the speed of this release. Some of the things that were done to the new release was our new logo, bug fixes, new live CD file system, and improvements to GDM where there is no more white screens during booting. GhostBSD 2.0 is based on FreeBSD 8.2. On GhostBSD 2.0 you will see GNOME 2.32, Rhythmbox 0.12.8, Pidgin 2.7.9, Firefox 3.6.13 and Thunderbird 3.1.7." Here is the brief release announcement with a screenshot. Download (available for 64-bit computers only): GhostBSD-2.0-x64-beta.iso (645MB).
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| 2010-07-29 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 1.5 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of GhostBSD 1.5, a FreeBSD-based live CD with GNOME and a work-in-progress graphical system installer: "GhostBSD 1.5 is out. We have updated to Gnome 2.30. Now you can install GhostBSD by terminal commands and a list with pc-sysinstall. The partitions supported to install GhostBSD are UFS, UFS+S (plus soft updates7), UFS+J (plus journaling8), ZFS, and SWAP. A 'how to install' is on the desktop. With GhostBSD in your hard drive you have Linux-f10 compatibility that means you can install Linux apps and Linux flash. Cups ready to use. Compiz installed and ready to use. This is the first installable version. Not so user friendly. But I have promised something. The last month all was going wrong and I decide to go with pc-sysinstall. Now for the next 6 months I will work on a graphic installer for 2.0. GhostBSD amd64 is coming the next week." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5) this first installable version of GhostBSD: GhostBSD-1.5-x86.iso (1,547MB).
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| 2010-07-09 |
Development Release: GhostBSD 1.5 Beta |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of a beta release of GhostBSD 1.5, a FreeBSD-based live CD with GNOME and a work-in-progress graphical system installer: "GhostBSD 1.5 beta is here. In this beta we have the back-end of the PC-BSD installer, but it is not configured to install GhostBSD. We have added CUPS and Compiz but we have not tested whether CUPS works. Compiz is part of the system but with an X.Org configuration that won't work with Compiz. But once the installer is completed, GhostBSD should be ready to use Compiz. I have tried to make the live CD mount devices but I have had some difficulties to make it work. Please, if you find a bug or have an idea or a solution to these problems, email me. The x86_64 edition will be released next week." Here is the brief release announcement. Those brave enough wishing to test this early beta release of GhostBSD 1.5 can download it from here: GhostBSD-1.5-beta.iso (680MB, MD5).
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