Available: PC-BSD 8.2-RC1

The PC-BSD Team has announced the availability of the first Release Candidate for PC-BSD 8.2.

Version 8.2-RC1 contains a number of enhancements, improvements, and bug fixes in response to previous 8.2 testing snapshots. Some of the notable changes are:

Updated to FreeBSD 8.2-RC1
Fixed issue detecting the proper video card driver
Fixed some crashes when adding new users / groups
Added /sbin/nologin as a shell choice in the user manager
Let created users have a homedir of /nonexistant via the GUI
Fix customizing desktop languages when using a () in the description

Version 8.2-RC1 of PC-BSD is available for download from the mirrors. Everyone is encouraged to test this beta and to report any bugs to the testing mailing list. Instructions for beta testers can be found in the PC-BSD Handbook.