On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:47:31 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> PC-BSD 7 Released
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> | 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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> http://www.osnews.com/story/20289/PC-BSD_7_Released
I get the feeling the PC-BSD guys are trying to emulate Apple's success
at building OSX on top of FreeBSD. However, Apple only had to support
their own hardware, whereas PC-BSD needs to support a very wide range of
undocumented hardware built by thousands of vendors. As a server OS with
limited development manpower, FreeBSD lacks that broad support for
consumer devices and isn't likely ever to have it.
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