PC-BSD

The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD 7.1.1

Version 7.1.1 contains a number of bugfixes and improvements from PC-BSD 7.1, including KDE 4.2.4, improvements to printing support, Xorg Server 1.6.1, and much more. 

Version 7.1.1 of PC-BSD for i386 and amd64 based platforms is available for download from our mirrors, for purchase from The FreeBSD Mall, as well as via torrent from www.gotbsd.net.

• Download PC-BSD 7.1.1
• Changelog
• Release Notes
  

(Update: 7-2-09)

In addition to the fine wearable merchandise, the FreeBSD Mall has just reduced its prices on print copies of the BSD Magazine .  This magazine has provided great information and articles on PC-BSD, as well as the rest of the BSD family. If you want to keep up to date with the BSD community, and expand your knowledge at the same time, you may wish to subscribe as well. 

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At various BSD-related conferences around the world we've been offering the very popular PC-BSD Galileo T-Shirts. Now these shirts are available to you as well from the good folks over at FreeBSD Mall !

While you are over there, feel free to browse the other fine BSD related merchandise! The FreeBSD Mall even offers FreeBSD & PC-BSD subscriptions, so you can ensure you always get copies of the most recent releases. 

Version 2.2 of the PBI Builder software has been released! This version greatly improves the reliability of building PBI files from a target application in the FreeBSD ports tree. This version has also been made easier to perform the initial setup, and port updating has been improved by using portsnap automatically.

• Download PBI Builder 2.2
• Installation / Usage instructions
• Module creator guide 
• Changelog
• PBI developers mailing list

Will Backman over at BSDTalk has just posted his podcast of an interview done with Kris Moore at BSDCan '09. The interview covers PC-BSD, and dives into other tools, such as the Thin Client Server. 

http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2009/05/bsdtalk174-kris-moore-at-bsdcan2009.html

Feel free to have a listen, and while there, checkout his other excellent BSD podcasts. 

The PC-BSD Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD 7.1 - Galileo Edition!

Version 7.1 contains a number of enhancements, improvements and bugfixes from the 7.0 series.

• FreeBSD 7.2-Pre
• KDE 4.2.2
  
• The new KDE 4 printer applet enables users to easily add and manage printers and print jobs without using the CUPS web interface.
• The Add / Remove Programs tool and the Update Manager have been consolidated into “Software & Updates.”
• The Updater Tray has been modified into a small tray-only applet that shows users when updates are available. This is far less taxing on the CPU than its previous versions.
• FreeBSD ports and packages can now be installed in a clean localbase by utilizing the “runports” command.
• Greater stability for Flash 9 allows users to get higher quality from Flash sites such as Hulu and Youtube.
• Enhancements have been made to PC-BSD's System Installer, including upgrade functionality for those who wish to upgrade / repair PC-BSD while preserving their user data.
• Fixes have been made to bugs in the Wi-Fi and Networking tools, as well as to previous Linux Emulation problems.

Version 7.1 of PC-BSD for i386 and amd64 based platforms is available for download from our mirrors, for purchase from The FreeBSD Mall, as well as via torrent from www.gotbsd.net.

• Download PC-BSD 7.1
• Official Press Release
  
• Changelog
• Release Notes