Category Archives: PC-BSD

PC-BSD 7.1 Galileo – reviews

PC-BSD 7.1 was released two weeks ago. Distrowatch had a first look, but now there are also (short) reviews on the IT Massive and ExtremeTech. Both reviews, though not scientific but more a like personal opinion, do like PC-BSD but … Continue reading

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PC-BSD 7.1 vs. Kubuntu 9.04 Benchmarks

The well-know bench marking website Phoronix has carried out a benchmark run between Kubuntu 9.04 and PC-BSD 7.1 (20/04/2009) Earlier this month PC-BSD 7.1 was released, which is based upon the FreeBSD 7.1 stable release, but of course with the … Continue reading

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PC-BSD 7.1 brings FreeBSD Warden to the desktop (update)

A number of online resources have writen about PC-BSD 7.1 referring to its speed, simplicity and ease-of-use. Internetnews.com writes how the Warden Project (FreeBSD Jails Management) can be used on PC-BSD. The Warden is a powerful, yet easy to use tool … Continue reading

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First look at PC-BSD 7.1 – Distrowatch.org

Distrowatch.org has taken PC-BSD 7.1 for a spin and written up a fair review in Issue 298 (13 April 2009). It’s fair to say that while I’m a free software guy, I’m not a BSD guy. Like many, I’ve done the … Continue reading

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iXsystems releases PC-BSD 7.1 “Galileo Edition”

The PC-BSD Team announced last week the availability of PC-BSD 7.1 - Galileo Edition.  I was on holiday, hence the late announcement here. Version 7.1 contains a number of enhancements, improvements and bugfixes from the 7.0 series.  FreeBSD 7.2-Pre KDE 4.2.2 The … Continue reading

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PC-BSD 7.1-RC1 released

The PC-BSD Team has announced the availability of PC-BSD 7.1-RC1, running FreeBSD 7.2-Pre, and KDE 4.2.1 Version 7.1RC1 contains a number of enhancements and bugfixes from beta1. For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Version 7.1-RC1 … Continue reading

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KDE 4.2.1 for FreeBSD available

KDE 4.2.1 is now available in the FreeBSD ports tree. KDE 4.2.1 is only a Bugfix release. PC-BSD 7.1 B1 already comes with KDE 4.2.1.

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beta release: PC-BSD 7.1-Beta1

The PC-BSD Team has announced the availability of PC-BSD 7.1-BETA1, running FreeBSD 7.1-Stable, and KDE 4.2.1 Version 7.1 contains a number of enhancements and improvements. For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Some of the changes are: KDE 4.2.1 … Continue reading

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