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PC-BSD is a free operating system with ease of use in mind. Like any modern system, you can listen to your favorite music, watch your movies, work with office documents and install your favorite applications with a setup wizard at a click.

PC-BSD 1.5.1 Available

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. Also, additional translations have been added to provide a more complete localized experience. Users currently running 1.5 may download a standalone PBI patch, or may simply check for updates via the System Update tool. 

 
 
CrossOver Games

Jeremy White from 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. At this time Wine support for BSD is greatly improved from where it once was, although more porting still needs to be done.

Jeremy has also issued a challenge to the BSD community to show their support for this release by signing up with CodeWeavers, and voting for BSD support as a requested feature.

 


Update:

Some users have asked if this version will run on FreeBSD. Since PC-BSD is not a fork, the answer is yes, it will run on FreeBSD as well. The only caveat is that if you are on FreeBSD 6.x, you will need to apply a system patch from http://wiki.freebsd.org/Wine to enable wine to function properly. Users of FreeBSD 7.0 and higher do not need this patch.  
 
1.5 VMware image available

Whilst we're still working on 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.

The image is a .zip file that needs to be extracted to be able to run it within the VMware Player.

The login details for the vmware image are username pcbsd with password pcbsd. The root password is also pcbsd
 
Summer of Code
The application process for the Google Summer of Code is open now from March 24th to March 31st!  The PC-BSD project is teaming up with FreeBSD to help with mentoring this year. If you are a student who wishes to earn some money, while helping open source this summer, then please take a look at the FreeBSD Sumer of Code page and submit your proposal before the 31st. If you have any questions about the process, and who may be eligible, please take a look at the Google SoC website .
 
1.5 Patch Available

A PBI update to PC-BSD version 1.5 has been released today! This update allows you to upgrade both your 1.3.x and 1.4.x system to the latest PC-BSD 1.5. As with any system upgrade, please be sure to backup important data and files beforehand!
 
PC-BSD 1.5 now available!

 The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD version 1.5! This release includes many new features and fixes, including the following:

  • NEW System Updater tool - Keeps system & PBIs up to date - Allows override variables, so that admins can use their own mirrors / servers to roll out updates to users.
  • NEW sound detection program! Uses XML backend to identify and load modules
  • NEW amd64 build of 1.5, including PBIs that are on our auto-build server
  • NEW PBI icon preview library, now a PBI file shows the embedded icon on your desktop, not the generic "PBI" format icon
  • Xorg 7.3
  • KDE 3.5.8
  • FreeBSD 6.3 Release

This release is now available to be downloaded from mirrors around the world.  Additionally for users who are running PC-BSD 1.4 or 1,3, an installable update will be released in the next few days which migrates a system to version 1.5. Please watch www.pcbsd.org for more information!