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BSDanywhere Announces First Release
The call of ktulu writes "Good things come to those who wait. After eight months of work the relatively new project BSDanywhere has announced its first final release 4.3. BSDanywhere is a bootable Live-CD image based on OpenBSD. It consists of the entire OpenBSD base system (without compiler) plus enlightenment desktop, an unrepresentative collection of software, automatic hardware detection and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices as well as other peripherals. Give it a spin."
BSD? Whats that, some type of lunix?
Browse at -1 to keep an eye out for abuses.
No compiler? What, why?
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
... of a dead OS? (Netcraft etc.)
I'm sorry if I haven't offended anyone
Can you pleasepleasepleaseplease post some ISOs somewhere?
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
Many live CD systems now have taken to being installable from those same CDs. According to the release announcement, one still has to acquire an OpenBSD release set to install to hdd. Too bad.
Yeah, but does it have FireWire support?
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Attention all planets of the Solar Federation! We have assumed control! - Neil Peart
...is it that makes it "unrepresentative?" Is this like those people who hand you their resume and say, "actually this doesn't really represent me so please feel free to call if you have any questions?"
They've been up on a variety of torrent sites for a while and you can get them from the OpenBSD website. I've been using it off and on for years and I think it's worth ponying up for the install disks. I keep coming back so I guess they're doing something right.
They also have a rather small CD image you could download and then do the rest of the install via FTP.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Gnome is in packages and there are lots of other Window Managers ported to OpenBSD...
mkxmf
make enlightenment
(hmmnn. I've got 15 minutes. I wonder what's on "Chips'N'Dips"?)
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
If you're too stupid to install to install Gnome from ports, you're too stupid to care what Window Manager you're using.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the reason BSD is dying is because people are too stupid!
One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
Nowadays, anyone who wants to discover a new operating system wants to try a live CD first.
Although there were other live OpenBSD CDs (like OliveBSD), yet another one, especially based upon something original like Enlightenment, is a great thing.
OpenBSD is often described as a server-only (or network-stuff-only) operating system. Actually, it can also be a decent desktop OS.
I'm using OpenBSD on my primary workstation for 7 years and I'm quite happy with it. The only thing I *really* miss, especially as a web developper, is the lack of Flash support (except crappy support with Opera). nspluginwrapper + linux emulation is still as stable as nitroglycerine.
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Try out PCBSD, based of FreeBSD, aiming to be a alternative to Ubuntu.
If you are really that interested, you should be able to stomach installing GNOME on your own. Heck, google around, maybe somebody has already made a PCBSD remix with gnome as default.
What's the value of information that you don't know?
I was waiting for this as we have a need for a few digital signage/internet kiosk application and I can't think of a better OS that OpenBSD on the default security side. Now to see if I can get it to boot off a Compact Flash card.
"The problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money" - Thatcher.
I received 3x copies of 4.4 today as well (we order a few at work). November 1 they'll have the ISOs up (they do that now).
Just IMHO, though, if you're a *nix weenie and don't use OpenBSD it's almost a certainty that you use OpenSSH. It's a good gesture to toss them a few bucks for an ISO set or donate.
Trolling is a art,
The final version removed some of the stuff that's needed, just grab the betas.
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Actually, it looks like the last prerelease beta's big "feature" was that it stripped away an already extant installation routine.
There's a reason I don't bother with source-based Linux distributions anymore, and I've never seen one that made installation anywhere near the level of sheer PITA that you see in OpenBSD. User friendly LiveCDs like this are built to pitch an OS as a desktop OS, not a server OS. To strip away a user-friendly installation routine and call it a "feature" seems like a joke to me.
It's intentionally thumbing your nose like this to users that drives them away. I'm at an absolute loss as to why this is supposed to be a decent alternative to a modern BSD and Linux based LiveCD with fully functional installation routines, limiting your level of hassle to one download or purchase. Again, PITA/not going to bother, although I would in a heartbeat if properly packaged ala an Ubuntu LiveCD.
First version: 4.3? Something weird's going on with the versioning here...
I am not devoid of humor.
Need to wipe and reload my primary home computer. I've been thinking about permanently booting from CD and then launching virtual OS, OS, OS,... from there. I like the idea of a read-only OS. Virtual instances are much easier to backup/deploy.
I'm going to take a performance hit. Other than that, what sort of problems am I going to have? Why is this a good/bad idea?
Thanks, SB
jggimi's OpenBSD is quite good as well, you can choose between Gnome KFD Xfce or FluxBox; and they come up usually one week after the official release rather than waiting for months. http://jggimi.homeip.net/livecd/downloads.html