The PC BSD has declared the new first beta version PC BSD-7 with the advance features, is now available to you. PC BSD is a operating system lined up with additional features based on freeBSD, popular KDE 4.1 environment ,easy to use for new users, can install your favorite application with setup wizard from CD and DVD media and also support the audio, video and office documents.
The PC -BSD team states
This release marks the first PC-BSD based on FreeBSD 7-STABLE and the KDE 4.1 desktop, and also provides many new ways to install, including DVD, USB and Network/Internet installation choices. Our PBI site has also been updated with a wide variety of software ready for PC-BSD 7, with more being added weekly.
Advance Features
- FreeBSD 7-STABLE
- FreeBSD Ports-3
- FreeBSD System Source
- KDE 4.1
- KDE Language Packages
- KDE Educational Games 4.1
- KDE Toys 4.1
- KDE SDK 4.1
- OpenOffice 2.4.1 PBI
- Opera 9.51 PBI
- Firefox 3.0.0.1 PBI
- K3B 1.0.4 PBI
- Xorg 7.3
Its main goal is To hide the complexity of FreeBSD and to deliver an alternative to Linux on the desktop.The web-based software installation infrastructure called PBI. Also, a new version of the PBI Builder software has been made available today. This update will allow the building of PBI files & modules for the upcoming release of PC-BSD 7. The team is currently releasing weekly Alpha ISO’s, that allow us to test out the new features, and fix bugs associated with the switch to a FreeBSD 7 and KDE 4.1 base
PC-BSD version 1.5.1 is now available for download as both ISO and updates from version 1.5. This version provides updates to the default port set, as well as numerous bug fixes to the system tools & utilities.CodeWeavers has made the announcement that an experimental build of CrossOver Games is now available for PC-BSD users. This unsupported edition will allow users to test out playing Windows games on their PC-BSD desktop.The 1.5 Live CD, users who want to try PC-BSD without having to install it, or those who want to use PC-BSD for testing/developing purposes can now download the 1.5 VMware image.
System Requirements
- Pentium 4 or higher
- 512MB of Ram
- 12GB of free Hard Drive space (either partition, or entire disk)
- Network card
- Sound card
- 3D accelerated video card (NVIDIA or Intel)
