Software update: PC-BSD 8.0

PC-BSD is an operating system that uses the open source code of FreeBSD. It comes with KDE by default and the installation procedure is done graphically. In addition, the PBI system is included, which should make installing applications easier. The developers released version 8.0 a few days ago. This release includes KDE 4.3.5, Xorg 7.4, Nvidia Driver 195.22, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Opera 10.10 and Firefox 3.5.7. The corresponding announcement looks like this:

PC BSD 8.0 Released

The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 8.0 (Hubble Edition), running FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-P2, and KDE 4.3.5

PC-BSD 8.0 contains a number of enhancements and improvements over the 7.x series. For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Some of the notable changes are:

• FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-P2
• KDE 4.3.5
• Brand new System Installer, allows the install of PC-BSD or FreeBSD
• Run in Live mode directly from DVD
• Updated Software Manager, allows browsing and installing applications directly
• Support for 3D acceleration with NVIDIA drivers on amd64

Version 8.0 of PC-BSD is available for download from our mirrors, and as torrent from www.gotbsd.net.

Download PC BSD 8.0
changelog
Release Notes
Bugs Database