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DesktopBSD 1.6 reviewed
raiden.net has a pretty nice review of the latest version of DesktopBSD, 1.6 DesktopBSD, a derivative of Freebsd designed for desktop use, has come a long way since its early inception back in late 2005. Originally created as a way to bring the power of Freebsd as a desktop OS to new users, it has now [...]
Continue reading...PC-BSD vs DesktopBSD; similarities & differences
19. January 2008
digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/PC_BSD_vs_DesktopBSD_similarities_differences';Similar to my m0n0wall vs pfSense; similarities & differences post, I thought I’d also post a “PC-BSD vs DesktopBSD; similarities & differences” overview since I get so much trafic from people trying to find out what the similarities and differences are. A common misconception about DesktopBSD is that it is intended as a rival [...]
Continue reading...FreeBSD in 2007 – a review
12. January 2008
digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/REVIEWED_FreeBSD_in_2007';2007 is over. It was a very successful year for open source software and another 12 interesting months have passed for FreeBSD. In this post I want to look back at 2007 and see how FreeBSD faired, what happened in “FreeBSD land” and how FreeBSD based operating systems have developed. This post will [...]
Continue reading...DesktopBSD 1.6 final released
9. January 2008
The wait is over. After about 20 months since v1.0, 1.6 has been released. 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 [...]
Continue reading...DesktopBSD – day 30 – the verdict
24. December 2007
Jan Stedehouder has finished his series on “Desktop BSD – 30 days”. Read the verdict here. On November 1st I started with this series about DesktopBSD and we are now six weeks later. Six weeks in which I played, wrestled and worked with DesktopBSD almost every day. If there was only one conclusion I was allowed [...]
Continue reading...DesktopBSD vs PC-BSD
13. December 2007
Jan Stedehouder has almost finished his DesktopBSD – the first 30 days series and the following are his observations with regards to how PC-BSD and DesktopBSD compare: Today may be a good day to at least do a formal comparison between DesktopBSD and PC-BSD. I guess it can’t be avoided. Two FreeBSD-based open source desktops with [...]
Continue reading...DesktopBSD added to Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror
11. December 2007
The Saigon Linux Group (SLG) added DesktopBSD to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror. The Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror is the only public mirror available in Vietnam to promote open source technology within Vietnam managed by the Saigon Linux Group with the bandwidth and IP address donated by GHP Far East Co., Ltd. The SLG hopes to continue it’s support [...]
Continue reading...DesktopBSD 1.6RC3 for AMD64 released
21. November 2007
DesktopBSD 1.6RC3 for AMD64 is now available for download via BitTorrent and from our mirror sites. It includes several improvements made since the release of 1.6RC3 for i386, including: Better performance by disabling SMP on single core/processor computers Fixed installation on disks with special partition names Inclusion of the FreeBSD ports collection on the DVD The new release candidate [...]
Continue reading...Weekly DBSD snapshots for i386
8. November 2007
The DesktopBSD project is now also providing weekly snapshots for i386 computers, in addition to the AMD64 snapshots. Like AMD64 snapshots, they are built every Saturday from the latest DesktopBSD Tools, the most recent FreeBSD 6-STABLE sources and an up-to-date ports collection. Additionally, the i386 snapshots include the Nvidia video driver. Source
Continue reading...DesktopBSD Day 1
1. November 2007
Jan Stedehouder has been reviewing PC-BSD for 30 days in September. Now (November) he’s using DesktopBSD for 30 days and writing about his experience on his blog: DesktopBSD Day 1 – Getting Started (part 1) DesktopBSD Day 1 – Getting Started (part 2) The PC-BSD series was well written, balanced and fair. The PC-BSD has been following the [...]
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26. January 2008
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