nixCraft Poll

• Your Favorite Open Source CMS

  • Typo
  • MediaWiki
  • Drupal
  • eZ Publish
  • Joomla
  • Mambo
  • PHP-Nuke
  • Plone
  • WordPress
  • Other

  View Results

   Loading ...

• Polls Archive

• nixCraft welcomes readers' articles and guest blogging posts. We're interested in articles on programming, security, database, Linux and anything else related to technology.

Topics

• FreeBSD
• See all topics...

PC-BSD review

PC-BSD is a Unix-like, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD.
The main aim is to be easy to install programs by using a graphical installation program, KDE - pre-installed graphical user interface.

PC-BSD does not use ports style package management, instead it use .pbi files. You can just double click on .pbi file to start installation wizard (just like Windows XP).

From the article:
Well, I thought it was about time I got around to doing this properly.

I've been using PC-BSD for approx. 10 Months so I've had enough time to see what life throws at me with it. My first install was 1.0 Release Canadate (RC) 1 and I currently run PC-BSD 1.2 (the current release) on my laptop and have a beta version of 1.3 installed on my desktop for testing. This will cover PC-BSD 1.2 and PC-BSD in general.

PC-BSD is primarly for desktops but makes a darn good laptop/workstation system. I won't cover installation details as this is changing in future versions and often reviewed. My reviews sole interest is in a End User perspective.

Read more...

Want to stay up to date with the latest Linux tips, news and announcements? Subscribe to our free e-mail newsletter or RSS feed to get all updates. You can Email this page to a friend.

• Nokia E90 Review (Good for sys admins)
• Review: Mozilla FireFox 2.0 second alpha version
• Slackware 12 Review Notes and Howtos
• Book review: Pro DNS and BIND
• Book review Extending and Embedding PHP

Leave a Reply

We encourage your comments, and suggestions. But please stay on topic, be polite, and avoid spam. Thank you very much for stopping by our site!

Tags: 10 months, aim, beta version, current release, desktops, graphical installation, graphical user interface, installation details, installation wizard, interface pc, laptop workstation, operating system, package management, pc bsd, perspective, ports, sole interest, UNIX, windows xp, workstation system

Search

Advertisements

Would you like to...

• Print this page
• Email this page

more ~/options

• About us
• Testimonials
• Contact us

Archives

• Select Month July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004

nixCraft RSS Feeds

Copyright © 2004-2008 nixCraft. All rights reserved - TOS/Disclaimer - Privacy policy - Sitemap - Powered by Open source software.