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PC-BSD 8.0 Released For A Polished, Friendlier FreeBSD Desktop
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| FreeBSD 8.0 was released in November with a
| number of improvements and various performance
| enhancements as our FreeBSD benchmarks have
| shown, but if the text-based installation
| process has put you off from installing this
| popular BSD distribution or other usability
| challenges, there's no reason to fear any
| longer. The PC-BSD project has finally come
| out with their stable PC-BSD 8.0 release that
| is derived from FreeBSD 8.0 but with much
| desktop-oriented love and its friendlier
| installer and package management system.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=pcbsd_8&num=1
PC-BSD 8 installation guide
http://linuxbsdos.com/2010/02/24/pc-bsd-8-installation-guide/
Recent:
FreeBSD and the GPL
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| Linus Torvalds has said Linux wouldn't have
| happened if 386BSD had been around when he
| started up. We trace the history of FreeBSD and
| how it's affected the open source world.
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http://www.itpro.co.uk/620659/freebsd-and-the-gpl
Interview with Kris Moore, PC-BSD
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| DW: From what I've read, PC-BSD makes a strong
| effort to add to the underlying FreeBSD
| operating system without changing the base. Are
| there any parts of FreeBSD you do have to
| change and what effect does this have on the
| system?
|
| KM: We've actually done a very good job at
| keeping as vanilla of a FreeBSD base as
| possible. With PC-BSD 8.0, the only differences
| are a few extra kernel configuration options,
| such as "atapicam" support to enable CD/DVD
| burning and options to enable some specific
| "pf" firewall features.
|
| DW: Could you please explain the relationship
| between PC-BSD and iXsystems? Do they
| own/control the project?
|
| KM: iXsystems owns the trademark "PC-BSD", and
| greatly assists it by funding some of its
| development, along with promotion and support.
| The project itself is open source, of course.
| All our code is BSD licensed and freely
| available.
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100208#feature
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