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Dec
8th

PC-BSD snapshots available: 8.2 and 9.0

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Kris Moore has announced two snapshots of PC-BSD work-in-progress: version 8.2 and 9.0. Any feedback (positive and/or constructive) is welcome on the Testing Mailinglist. Special 50% Off Recession Discount available now:Special 50% Off Recession Discou…


Nov
8th

PC-BSD 9.0 (alpha) available for testing

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Kris Moore announced the availability of PC-BSD 9.0 (alpha):I’m pleased to make available our first 9-Current alpha snapshot for you to begin playing with. This testing snapshot contains MANY new features and improvemSpecial 50% Of…


Oct
18th

FreeBSD news and links (week 40)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

I have some  news links an leftovers for you from (the) last (few) week(s): 1. PC-BSD 8.1 [Review] We always wonder why is it that Microsoft makes us pay to use its OS, so why not shift to Linux or UNIX which are open source and free to use. No doubt …


Sep
7th

PC-BSD Q&A in this Week’s DistroWatch Issue

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Jesse Smith from DistroWatch recently asked DistroWatch readers to submit questions about PC-BSD.  The questions, with Dru Lavigne’s answers, can be read in this week’s issue of Distrowatch. The questions asked were: What is your opinion …


Aug
23rd

PC-BSD 8.1 review by linuxbsdos

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

linuxbsdos has a fairly positive review of PC-BSD 8.1, though there is still room for improvement: “PC-BSD 8.1 was released on July 20, 2010, roughly five months after version 8.0 was released. Some of the suggestions made in the review of PC-BSD…


Aug
4th

FreeBSD quick news and links (04/08/2010)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

PC-BSD Blog
Dru Lavigne has joined the PC-BSD team this month. The first thing she did, was setting up another blog: the PC-BSD Blog. She already posts BSD related posts on it.toolbox.com: A year in the life of  a BSD guru.
A new *BSD Planet Website
E…


Aug
3rd

Bordeaux 2.0.6 for FreeBSD and PC-BSD Released

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 2.0.6 for FreeBSD and PC-BSD. Bordeaux 2.0.6 is a maintenance release that fixes a number of small bugs and includes many new features.
Some of the changes are:

Wine 1.2 included,
Updated to the latest w…


Jul
21st

PC-BSD 8.1 released

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

The PC-BSD Team has announced the availability of PC-BSD 8.1 (Hubble Edition), running FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE, and KDE 4.4.5
Version 8.1 contains a number of enhancements and improvements. For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Some o…


Jun
28th

FreeBSD quick news and links (28/06/2010)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

PC-BSD Installer
The new PC-BSD installer (available as GUI and text installer), which is also able to install plain FreeBSD, has now been committed to the FreeBSD source tree. This video goes into the details of the installer.
Kris Moore: PC-SYSINSTA…


Jun
23rd

CrossOver Office and Games for FreeBSD / PC-BSD

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Tom Wickline has written a short introduction on CrossOver Office for FreeBSD / PC-BSD.
Codeweavers, the company behind CrossOver, is according to their website, the leading corporate backer of the Wine Project. Wine is an open source software initiat…