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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. Who cares? BSD is Dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

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  2. Re:1 comment & already /.'d by psykl0n3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    heh... I guess this flavour of BSD can't quite take a slashdotting... ;)

  3. Ready for the desktop? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    From here...

    Hardware requirements and support

    DesktopBSD is running on any decent i386, AMD64 or EM64T computer. We recommend at least 4 GB of disk space and 256 MB memory for installation, maybe less is possible.

    If you want to know if a specific hardware component is supported, please see the FreeBSD Hardware Notes for i386 or AMD64/EM64T.

    Most people have a hard time remembering if their CPU is made by Pentium or made by Intel. They won't have a clue whether it's i386 or AMD64.

    1. Re:Ready for the desktop? by GT_Onizuka · · Score: 3, Funny

      *Wooosh*

      --
      If you take out Country Kitchen buffet, old people won't know what to do.
  4. Re:MOD PARENT UP! by Roj+Blake · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you Faulkner's Mother?

    --
    Auron may be different, Cally, but on Earth it is considered ill-mannered to kill your friends while committing suicide.
  5. If you ever worked retail by Propaganda13 · · Score: 2, Funny

    you would know that
    Modem refers to the actual computer
    Computer refers to the monitor