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PC-BSD 7.1 Released With Integrated Software Manager

Posted by kdawson on from the new-bits dept.

Death Metal writes "PC-BSD 7.1 is built upon the FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE operating system. FreeBSD is a UNIX-based operating system that provides a high level of security and stability. The Galileo Edition of PC-BSD includes updated versions of KDE (4.2.2) and Xorg (7.4). The latest version of KDE includes new window effects, screen savers, and better 3D Acceleration. PC-BSD exclusively features the Push Button Installer, a software installation wizard with a wide range of applications. The latest version improves PBI self-containment to increase reliability. The Add / Remove Programs tool and the Update Manager have been consolidated into 'Software & Updates.'"

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  1. Obligatory nitpicking. by kwabbles · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm pretty sure it's based on 7.2 PRE, not 7.1. The summary also makes it look like the software manager is a new feature, which it is not. The PBI system has been around for a while in PC-BSD.

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  2. Re:What about XFS? by jdong · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm quite sure you mean ZFS. XFS is SGI's popular journaling filesystem.

  3. Re:Xorg 7.4? by value_added · · Score: 3, Informative

    How do I find out which version of Xorg I have?

    The same as for version numbers for all your other other ports -- pkg_info(7)

    pkg_info -Ex xorg

  4. Re:Unix based? by ducomputergeek · · Score: 3, Informative

    BSD can be traced back to MaBell and Unix.

    This video has a decent history of BSD in a nutshell:

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7833143728685685343

    It's linux that advertised itself as being "Unix-like".

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