Category Archives: PC-BSD

Converting FreeBSD into PC-BSD

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Gerard

This post describes an example of how one can manually convert a FreeBSD installation into a PC-BSD one using the install disk. There are more elegant ways of doing it, such as pulling things from PC-BSDs SVN and compiling only … Continue reading →

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PC-BSD workstations

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Gerard

It’s now possible to order workstations with PC-BSD pre-installed from iXsystems, the parent company of PC-BSD. Checkout this page for the specifications, customisations and orders. PC-BSD Laptops aren’t available yet until some drivers have been ported.

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PC-BSD 7.0 Alpha – ready for testing

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Gerard

Yes, you’re reading the title right. PC-BSD 7.0 is coming and this version has been named 7.0 on purpose. We will be changing our versioning scheme to correspond with FreeBSD, thus PC-BSD 7.0 will be based off of FreeBSD 7.0, … Continue reading →

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FreeBSD News – quick links (week 17)

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Gerard

I News & Articles FreeBSD for Web and E-Mail Servers I’m not touting FreeBSD over Linux. Within the Unix-like community, and even within the Linux world, it’s easy to find heated arguments over the various versions of operating systems. It … Continue reading →

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iXsystems partners with NetCraft (Versiera)

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Gerard

iXsystems, Inc. announced on 23/04/2008 a partnership with NetCraft Communications. The agreement will make NetCraft’s Versiera Remote System Management and Monitoring Software available on PC-BSD. PC-BSD is a fully functional open source desktop operating system based on FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE. Versiera … Continue reading →

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PC-BSD 1.5.1 available

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Gerard

PC-BSD version 1.5.1 is now available for download as both ISO and updates from version 1.5. This version provides updates to the default port set, as well as numerous bug fixes to the system tools & utilities. Also, additional translations … Continue reading →

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PC-BSD & DesktopBSD artwork

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Gerard

Vermaden has created some nice artwork for both PC-BSD and DesktopBSD. Check these links: PC-BSD artwork DesktopBSD artwork

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PC-BSD, FreeBSD & the Google SoC

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Gerard

The subject sounds more exciting than it is ;-) Google has selected 21 FreeBSD related projects for the annual Google Summer of Code (Soc). It would have been nice if Google had selected 21 PC-BSD projects, but, hey, who knows … Continue reading →

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