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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. For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Users who wish to upgrade from PC-BSD 7.0.x / 7.1 are able to do so via the upgrade / repair option during the installation.
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.
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PC-BSD T-Shirts available! |
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(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. ------
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. |
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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.
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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.
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Thin Client Server Update |
Version 0.9.1 of the PC-BSD Thin Client Server is now available for download!
This PBI package allows you to turn any PC-BSD 7.x system into a functional Thin Client Server, which allows network booting by clients and brings them directly to a XDMCP / KDM login prompt.
Version 0.9.1 enhancements:
- New client menu with a variety of configuration options - Use failsafe 1024x768 Xorg config - Auto-detect Xorg configuration - Preview / Test Xorg configuration - Save working Xorg configuration to server
Download Thin Client Server:
- http://www.pbidir.com/bt/pbi/160/thin_client_server
Documentation:
- http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/ThinClientServer |
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PC-BSD 7.1 - Galileo Edition Released |
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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.
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The Add / Remove Programs tool and the Update Manager have been
consolidated into “Software & Updates.”
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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.
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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.
For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Users who wish to upgrade from PC-BSD 7.0.x are able to do so via the upgrade / repair option during the installation.
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.
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