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Taking a look at PC-BSD 8.0
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| While on the topic of other operating systems,
| it's hard for me, as a long-time Linux user,
| not to constantly compare PC-BSD to the
| penguin. Usually, these comparisons turn out
| favourably for PC-BSD. For example, PC-BSD
| runs faster on my systems than most of the
| full-sized Linux distributions and it
| generally used less memory. My notebook has an
| Intel video card and it's a card that has
| tripped up some of the more popular distros,
| but PC-BSD handled it without any problems.
| Likewise, sound worked on both of my machines
| without any tweaking, a feat Linux isn't
| always able to match. Some people might not
| like the PBI self-contained packaging
| approach, but the OS supports more traditional
| forms of package management, ensuring PBI
| files do not have to be used.
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100308#feature
Recent:
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
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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