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PC-BSD 7 Released, With KDE 4.1.1

Posted by timothy on from the repeat-not-dead dept.

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. Nostalgia edition? by kaaona · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Looks like 32-bits only. How quaint.

    1. Re:Nostalgia edition? by bestinshow · · Score: 4, Informative

      64 bit downloads on the torrent page, but not the image page. How odd!

      http://www.gotbsd.net/

      Also appears to include Linux compatibility out of the box. Will have to give this a go sometime.

  3. Re:But...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Does it run Linux?

    Yeah, just install /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc6.

  4. 21st century names are so great. by argent · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  5. 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.

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

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

  7. 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."
  8. Re:Wonderful naming, there by FictionPimp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personal computer - blue screen of death edition?

    That's a horrible code name for vista!

  9. Re:Wonderful naming, there by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, it's aimed at the desktop, maybe they could call it "Desktop-BSD". Except that "Desktop" as a word is somewhat anachronistic.

    And it is already taken.

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

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

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

    Is qemu not good enough?

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    Method of processing duck feet
  12. 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
  13. Welcomed Release by foldingstock · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Its nice to see a PC-BSD release based on FreeBSD-7.0.

    Personally, I rather like the PBI concept. I got a little frustrated when setting up Firefox v3 on Ubuntu*, due to having to upgrade loads of libraries just to use it, which in turn caused many packages to become unusable unless they were also upgraded. I don't want to do a full OS upgraded just to use a web browser.

    With PBI packages, the installation is sandboxed in its own directory, along with the needed libraries. This does take up more space, but in the long run it makes for quite a stable system.


    *I like and use Ubuntu. I am not saying PCBSD is better or worse then Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution.

  14. Why the obsession with Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Very, very often I scratch my head and wonder why there's such an obsession with the Linux kernel when it comes to desktops based around GNOME/KDE. From a desktop end-user point of view (and I'm an end-user), there's little difference between the two. The various types of BSD have great wifi card support, and most printers are supported by CUPS nowadays independently of the kernel. That's just about all I need, to be honest. Everything else I need is provided by software, such as Firefox.

    What I like most about BSD is simply that it isn't Linux. It hasn't got the baggage that Linux has. I can mention it in polite conversation without being thought of as a fanatic. There are very, very few BSD fanboys -- people using it tend to be older, and more mature. It doesn't get on Digg, and if it does there will be like 10 comments from people passing the time, rather than debating how Windoze sux!!!!1!

    This is a great thing. Perhaps it's just like Linux used to be 10 years ago.

    1. Re:Why the obsession with Linux? by laffer1 · · Score: 4, Informative

      So go to the vmware site and request FreeBSD support. There was a forum thread about it actually.

      FreeBSD has two built in shells and several editors. I don't see what's so hard about pkg_add -r bash nano if you want to go GNU.

      The bash port adds it to /etc/shells so chsh works. Other BSDs include different shells. For instance, OpenBSD has a modified pdksh which is decent. MidnightBSD and MirBSD include mksh. MidnightBSD also has tcsh and ash (/bin/sh is ash in freebsd too)

      Dragonfly and MidnightBSD include mined as an alternate editor as well.

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      MidnightBSD: The BSD for Everyone
  15. Re:But...? by fedcb22 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Get with the times :) Install /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f8