PC-BSD was recently given a full-page review in the September issue of Linux Format. The verdict: 9 out of 10, with particular compliments given for ease of installation and use. Reviewer Ben Everard praised the distro, saying, "Frankly, a few popular Linux distros...
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PKGNG – The future of packages on FreeBSD and PC-BSD
This article will show how to install, upgrade and remove packages using pkgng. It will also discuss some of the improvements over pkg_*tools and demonstrate how pkgng will benefit end users. In addition, the upcoming functionality of pkgng will also be briefly...
A Closer Look at the Changes in PC-BSD/TrueOS 9.2. – Part 1
ZFS Boot Environments With PC-BSD 9.2 just around the corner, this is a good time to take an advanced look at some of the new functionality coming with it. While there are a number of new features in the works, today we will look specifically at the implementation of...
PC-BSD at FOSSCON 2013
Last Saturday, Dru Lavigne and Josh Smith attended the FOSSCON Conference hosted in Philadelphia and staffed a FreeBSD booth stocked with swag. Dru Lavigne also gave a talk on FreeNAS 9.1 which covered the new Volume Manager, the new plugin system, and an overview of...
What’s Around the Corner: A Look at Upcoming PC-BSD Changes
Over the Christmas holidays, PC-BSD 9.1 was released and while it offered many new features and functionality, we haven't sat back and relaxed just yet. In this article I want to give you a preview of some of the high-level changes that will be coming to PC-BSD a bit...
Founder of PC-BSD Houses Servers in Own Yard Part 2
In the second half of Kris Moore’s server room adventures, we touch base with Kris again, who has recently populated his renovated server room with hardware and equipment: Now that we've finished the construction of the actual "room," we get to the fun part: the...
Founder of PC-BSD Houses Servers in Own Yard Part 1
Kris Moore has done it again. The founder and lead developer of PC-BSD has brazenly stepped out into the vast wilderness (limited to the confines of his backyard) and come back inspired with brilliant ideas. Over the span of one and a half weeks, Kris undertook a...
Kris Moore on FLOSS Weekly
PC-BSD® lead developer Kris Moore was this week's guest on FLOSS Weekly. You can find the episode here. The subject of the episode was PC-BSD®, but topics covered included a number of topics such as BSD history, open source licenses, and choice of text editor....
PC-BSD 9 Isotope Now in Beta!
With the release of FreeBSD® 9 and PC-BSD® 9 Isotope just around the corner, we thought we'd take a look at the new things coming in this version of the operating system. The biggest change in PC-BSD® is that GNOME, LXDE, and XFCE are now fully supported, along with...
New PC-BSD® Website Launches!
We have a new Downloads section that contains both PC-BSD® 8.2: Hubble Edition and PC-BSD® 9-CURRENT, the most recent testing snapshot for PC-BSD® 9: Isotope Edition, and an "IPv6-only" testing version of PC-BSD® 9. IPv6-only versions of FreeBSD and PC-BSD® are made...