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PC-BSD 8.0 Release Focuses On Desktop Use

Posted by kdawson on from the fresh-bits dept.

donadony writes "Last Monday PC-BSD 8.0 was released. PC-BSD is based on FreeBSD and uses KDE as its default desktop environment. PC-BSD is designed to make BSD much easier for desktop use. The 8.0 release includes support for 3D acceleration with NVIDIA drivers on amd64 and improvements in the USB subsystem. The PC-BSD team has also developed a friendly package manager system with a simple-to-use GUI tool (see the screenshots tour). For a full list of changes, refer to the changelog."

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  1. Wait by eclectro · · Score: 1, Funny

    The BSD community is no longer beleaguered??

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  2. No, i think all 4 of them are OK by Colin+Smith · · Score: 2, Funny

    And doing fine.

     

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  3. Not drowning but waving.... by afc_wimbledon · · Score: 2, Funny

    You do not need to struggle like how you do with Windows

    Mod me troll if you please, but you may think of it as struggling, I prefer to think of it as consulting. If it was easy, who'd pay me for it?

  4. Sweet! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's finally the year of the BSD desktop! I knew this day would come.

  5. Re:Why Linux? by ivanwyc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Simply because windows is not free. And I don't want to reboot my computer as frequent as I change my underwear.

  6. Bah! by OverZealous.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    BSD will never work on the desktop! It's far too Unixy.

    Now, excuse me as I get back to work on my user-friendly Mac.