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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.
... of a dead OS? (Netcraft etc.)
I'm sorry if I haven't offended anyone
Cmon now, BSD isnt some flakey OS you put on a MacBook
Go go Gadget Nailgun!
It's not a big deal. You can simply extract comp43.tgz from any OpenBSD mirror.. Just for the record, it's 75MB gzip COMPRESSED. But ya, why would you need a compiler for a bootable CD?
Found here: http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/i386/comp43.tgz
Who would use OpenBSD beyond system admins and developers I can't really see.
What's wrong with OpenBSD? The latest release comes with a lot of software, including a recent(-ish) version of KDE. While it's not my first choice for a desktop, I wouldn't cry if someone told me I had to use it.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Shame. Who would use OpenBSD beyond system admins and developers I can't really see.
Think kids. As in smart, curious kids. Yes, they still make those.
What's the value of information that you don't know?
What about something like a student lab. The system boots to an always clean environment, you do some programming exercises including compilation and save the results to a USB flash drive. Next student reboots so nothing nasty is left over from previous users (except filth sneezed onto the keyboard).
Morning routine:
Laptops are weird.