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DesktopBSD 1.0 Final Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the devilishly-good-desktops dept.

Don Church writes "DesktopBSD is reporting that the 1.0 Final of DesktopBSD was released today for both 32-bit and 64-bit x86 architectures. This cutting edge FreeBSD derivative now includes KDE 3.5.1 and a host of tools designed to make the BSD experience more palatable to novices. The DVD release even includes Amarok, Firefox and other popular software ready to go. They are offering downloads via several mirrors or the official torrent."

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  1. The newbie's question by Godji · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I guess I'll be the one who dares to ask it: What are the key differences between FreeBSD and Linux? (I'm mostly interested in the technical ones.)

    To me, a full-time Linux user, FreeBSD remains as that alternative exotic Unix thingy, which (because of Linux's greateness) has no reason to exist whatsoever. Disclaimer: I know I'm extremely wrong here, but I just don't know why and I hope someone will enlighten me in a friendly tone.

    To put it simply: Given the existence of Linux, a technically superb and free as in speech OS, why would anyone be interested in FreeBSD [I hope you forgive me ;)]?