Category Archives: PC-BSD

PC-BSD 7.1(“Galileo”) Alpha1

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Gerard

Now that KDE 4.2 is available for FreeBSD, the PC-BSD Project has released a first alpha-built of PC-BSD 7.1. Highlights of the build are: FreeBSD 7.1-Stable Xorg 7.4 KDE 4.2 As you will remember the PC-BSD version numbering changed last … Continue reading →

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A quick review of PC-BSD 7.0

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Gerard

Adriaan de Groot has posted some feedback on his initial experiences with PC-BSD: It would never do to return from FOSDEM with the same OS on my laptop as when I left; so now I have been running PC-BSD instead of OpenSolaris for a … Continue reading →

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Released: PC-BSD PBI Builder 2.0

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Gerard

Version 2.0 of the PBI Builder Software has been released today for systems running PC-BSD 7.x. The PBI Builder is a development tool used to create PBI files from applications in the FreeBSD ports tree. This version implements PBI Schema … Continue reading →

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Bordeaux 1.6 for FreeBSD and PC-BSD Released

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Gerard

Steven Edwards of the Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 1.6 for FreeBSD and PC-BSD today. Bordeaux 1.6 comes with added support for Google’s Chrome Web Browser, Google Earth, Google Picasa. Additionally, Cellar support has improved; you can now delete and … Continue reading →

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PC-BSD Thin Client Server

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Gerard

The PC-BSD Team has made the Thin Client Server 0.8 beta available! This PBI allows turning any PC-BSD 7.x system into a fully-functional Thin Client Server within just a few minutes. Users are encocouraged to read the Wiki which provides … Continue reading →

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PC-BSD 7.0 to 7.0.1 update (PBI)

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Gerard

The PC-BSD 7.0.1 update has been available for a few weeks now through the PC-BSD Update tool. Users who prefer using their favourite download manager can download the PC-BSD 7.0 -> 7.0.1 update PBI from PBIdir.com.

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PC-BSD 7.0.1

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Gerard

After much hard work and testing the PC-BSD Team is happy to announce the availability of PC-BSD 7.0.1, (i.e. the first upgrade in the 7 series, with FreeBSD 7.0 under the hood) Version 7.0.1 contains a number of bugfixes and … Continue reading →

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PC-BSD 7 review (osnews.com)

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Gerard

OSNews.com has a positive review of PC-BSD 7 Fibonacci. It concludes with: “I am thoroughly convinced that PC-BSD is the perfect choice for a newcomer to the unix world. It is very straight forward and it requires very little unix … Continue reading →

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