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PC-BSD 7 Released, With KDE 4.1.1

Gonzalo Martinez-Sanjuan Sanchez writes "The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce PC-BSD version 7.0! (Release Name: Fibonacci Edition.) This release marks a milestone for PC-BSD, by moving to the latest FreeBSD 7-Stable and also incorporating the KDE 4.1.1 desktop. Users will immediately notice the improved visual interface that KDE 4.1.1 offers, as well as a large improvement in hardware support and speed from the update to FreeBSD 7-Stable."

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  1. Re:But...? by sakdoctor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does it run a unix-like, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD?

    Nope, definitely doesn't have the same ring to it.

  2. 21st century names are so great. by argent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Right, they should have named it "Hurtling Llama" or "Stoned Hyena".

  3. Re:Yes, but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    where's the Bonaccio edition?

    The Bocaccio edition? They stopped supporting that years ago. The last time I saw one, it was installed on a DECameron.

  4. Huh? by bepe86 · · Score: 5, Funny

    7 comments, and no "BSD is dying"-troll yet? Slashdot confirms it, "BSD is dying-troll" is dying.

  5. Fibonacci edition? by magus_melchior · · Score: 4, Funny

    So the minor versions go 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...?

    ("One... two... FIVE!" "Three, sir!" "Three!")

    --
    "We are Microsoft. You shall be assimilated. Competition is futile."
  6. Re:Wonderful naming, there by FictionPimp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personal computer - blue screen of death edition?

    That's a horrible code name for vista!

  7. Re:Wonderful naming, there by mr_mischief · · Score: 5, Funny

    And yet it's more honest than "Mojave".

  8. Re:But...? by Deagol · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is qemu not good enough?

  9. Re:Wonderful naming, there by swordgeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    What, you would prefer Pornographic Puma?

    Or perhaps Vomiting Vole?
    Infectious Iguanadon? (presumably obsolete before release)
    Twisted Tapir?

    Yeah, these are MUCH better. For certain definitions of "better."

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    "People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die." -- Jim Davidson on alt.folklore.urban