Last weekend brought about the latest alpha release of the upcoming PC-BSD 8.0. This is the first build based on FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE, with KDE 4.3.4, NVIDIA driver 195.22 (32-bit and 64-bit drivers included), a re-written system installer, and new artwork.
Here are some of the notable changes:
- FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE
- NVIDIA 195.22 drivers
- KDE 4.3.4
- brand new SysInstaller with new look and feel, new backend, support for a wider variety of file system layouts, ability to change and try different keyboard layouts
- install either PC-BSD or FreeBSD from the same disk
- Using glabel on file systems to prevent issues with device renaming
- improved splash graphics, theme data
- fixed KDE printer tool in system settings
- added new tool, ‘Life Preserver’, which allows backing up the system to a remote SSH + rsync system.
The current PC-BSD alpha is now considered feature complete, with the developers starting to focus on bug fixing rather than on adding new features.
According to the release announcement, a first public beta of PC-BSD 8.0 is expected within the next two weeks.
Please help us test. Feedback can be given on the testing mailing list
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- PC-BSD 1.4 (alpha), Xorg 7.2 & Beryl
- PC-BSD 7.0 Alpha – ready for testing
- PC-BSD 1.4.1 available
- PC-BSD 8.0 – Alpha2
- OpenBSM 1.1 (alpha 4)
December 10th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
My _real_ Christmas time comes the day PC-BSD 8.0 will be out :-)
December 24th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I might switch to PC-BSD when this release comes out. :>
I like the idea of being able to install either PC-BSD or FreeBSD from the same disk.