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Review: My good ol’ friend FreeBSD (actually PC-BSD 7.1)
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| For those of you who are regular visitors, you may already know that before I
| started playing with GNU/Linux (2001/2) I was using FreeBSD. And while I
| continue to use GNU/Linux, I still hold an emotional tie to BSD-based
| operating systems. It was not until recently that I had decided to give the
| latest version of PC-BSD a try. This is version 7.1: Galileo Edition. A side
| note: PC-BSD is a desktop oriented version of FreeBSD intended to be
| extremely user friendly, primarily because of their implementation of their
| PBI package management system along with other features.
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| [...]
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| While I only skimmed the surface with this article as I primarily wanted to
| emphasize the PBI application installation system, there is still so much
| more to do with PC-BSD. From the Wardens to Jails, and everything else that
| most GNU/Linux and UNIX users may be familiar with, PC-BSD is worth a try. It
| is extremely user friendly. And from the point of installation with
| auto-updates running in the background and having the right applications
| installed, I can see someone coming from a Windows environment and having
| little problems settling in. The development teams involved have done an
| excellent job in packaging this OS together.
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http://blog.hydrasystemsllc.com/2009/05/19/review-my-good-ol-friend-freebsd-actually-pc-bsd-71/
Recent:
PCBSD 7.1
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| Overall then, PC-BSD is an excellent Operating System, removing most of the
| disadvantages of FreeBSD, (and Linux) and putting it into a neat system.
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http://blog.jjtcomputing.co.uk/2009/05/11/pcbsd-71/
PC-BSD 7.1 Galileo - Review
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| PC-BSD behaved nicely, even on the slim 512MB RAM, which was a bit sparse for
| the KDE 4.2 environment. Nevertheless, it was stable and robust, the hallmark
| of the BSD family. Furthermore, the collection of programs was good and
| well-balanced overall, with NTFS and multimedia support out of the box.
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http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/pc-bsd.html
PC-BSD 7.1 Galileo Edition Review
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| I love FreeBSD and I tried really hard to like PC-BSD but I'm sorry to say
| that I don't. I like the concept of the BSD desktop but I feel its still a
| few years behind the Linux desktop in hardware support and you're likely
| going to have more luck there.
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http://www.theitmassive.com/home/2009/4/16/pc-bsd-71-galileo-edition-review.html
PC-BSD 7.1 released
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| The PC-BSD developers have announced the release of version 7.1 – Galileo
| Edition of their open source operating system. PC-BSD 7.1 is based on the 7.2
| Pre version of FreeBSD, an operating system derived from BSD UNIX that
| focuses on security and stability. PC-BSD development is sponsored by
| iXsystems.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/PC-BSD-7-1-released--/news/113058
Review: PC-BSD 7.0.1
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| Today’s distro has been described as the Ubuntu of the BSD world. PC-BSD is
| an easy to use version of FreeBSD. FreeBSD is the behemoth in the BSD world
| and would probably have a much larger desktop presence if the BSDs hadn’t run
| into copyright and other proprietary problems right around when most of the
| GNU toolset was complete and Linus was releasing the Linux kernel. At least,
| that’s what most people claim. However, given the animosity (although that’s
| almost too strong a word) between the Free Software Foundation and the
| supporters of the BSD license.
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http://server.ericsbinaryworld.com/blog/2008/11/26/review-pc-bsd-701/
PCBSD 7.0 ScreenShots
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| This is Linux Dynasty's first review of any BSD flavor out there. Now I'm
| pretty new to the BSD scene, so I will not talk much about this distro except
| for the fact that it was quite easy to install and the installer looked quite
| professional. I personally have much to learn about BSD's port system, well
| BSD in general! I might give it a whirl but not probably with PCBSD. I do
| want to use OpenBSD but as a server system and maybe try FreeBSD for my
| desktop ( We will see what happens ).
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http://www.linuxdynasty.org/pcbsd-70-screenshots.html
Review: PC-BSD 7
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| I am thoroughly convinced that PC-BSD is the perfect choice for a newcomer to
| the unix world. It is very straight forward and it requires very little unix
| knowledge. Even though I mentioned a couple of caveats (eg. Bootloader,
| Primary partition), I doubt a new user who is installing on a fresh system
| will ever come across these issues. Even if someone does run into these
| issues, the solutions provided in this article should give them a starting
| point. The PC-BSD has a friendly and helpful community, they have an active
| forum where you can seek help from fellow PC-BSD users. The PC-BSD team has
| worked really hard on this release and the results are impressive. It is
| ready to challenge the main stream Operating Systems (Windows, OS X and
| Linux). I would encourage new users to try PC-BSD without any doubts. I would
| definitely recommend Linux gurus to give this distribution a chance and I
| promise, you won't be disappointed.
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http://www.osnews.com/story/20351/Review_PC-BSD_7
Gallery: PC-BSD 7.0
http://gnuman.com/gallery/category/4.html
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
PC-BSD: Another Alternative To Linux As A Windows Alternative
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| If PC-BSD is to be a serious contender alongside the Ubuntus, Fedoras,
| Mandrivas and OpenSUSEs of the computing world, there is still some work to
| be done on that proclaimed 'ease-of-use' issue.
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http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/09/pc-bsd-another-alternative-to-linux-as.html
Review: PC-BSD 1.5
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| PC-BSD, a strong contender for the top desktop distribution out there, has
| once again grown, going from version 1.3 to 1.5 in just under a year. In
| that time it's grown, prospered, and had it's fair share of growing pains as
| well. But version 1.5 is only one subversion up from the previous version
| 1.4 that we reviewed. So what makes version 1.5 better than its predecessors
| and worth a look from us? Well, let's have a look.
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=400
Related:
First look at PC-BSD 1.5
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| Compiz Fusion is included in this release and worked really well. There's a
| menu entry which, when clicked, asks if you'd like to enable it at boot. When
| clicked, Compiz Fusion is immediately enabled and special effects are
| available. I didn't suffer any instability or performance issues when using
| this application, but it did seem to require the restart of X to disable the
| feature.
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080317#feature
iXsystems Announces Release of PC-BSD Version 1.5, Edison Edition
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| iXsystems announced today the release of PC-BSD Edison Edition. PC-BSD is a
| fully functional open source desktop operating system based on FreeBSD
| 6.3-STABLE. FreeBSD is one of the most used UNIX-like operating systems in
| the world and is widely renowned as the most stable and secure server
| operating system. PC-BSD has a Push-Button Installer (PBI) wizard developed
| exclusively for PC-BSD that lets users download and install a wide range of
| available applications in a self-extracting and self-installing format.
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http://www.pcbsd.org/content/view/56/26/
My Vietnamese Students used PC-BSD
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| Most of them were successful though all preferred doing their projects in
| Linux, that is what they told me. The bash shell in PCLinuxOS, according to
| them, was easier since it told them which directory they were in. In short,
| they got used to seeing $ /usr/home/guest/Desktop in PCLinuxOS while in
| PC-BSD, they only saw $. pwd I kept telling them :)
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http://www.saigonnezumi.com/?p=539
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