PC-BSD 1.4.1 [da Vinci] - 2 CD-set

 PC-BSD is based on FreeBSD and this release is built using 6.2-STABLE. FreeBSD can still be a bit intimidating to some users, but PC-BSD works to eliminate that. In fact, PC-BSD is so user-friendly it might be considered the Ubuntu of free BSDs.

Some of the applications found include Kcalc, Kate, KSpaceDuel, Kview, Kopete, Kontact, Amarok and Kaffeine. The Firefox version available for easy installation is 2.0.0.6, Opera 9.23 is available, and the OpenOffice.org version is 2.2.1.

Under the hood you will find X.Org 7.2 and GCC 3.4.6. As shipped, PC-BSD multimedia support is very good. You could watch Google videos, Apple Quicktime trailers, and other Flash movies, although streaming DIVX didn't work. You could enjoy various file formats stored locally such as .avi, .bins, .mp3s, and .mp4s, as well as watch encrypted DVDs and listen to audio CDs. 

PC-BSD 1.4.1

An update to PC-BSD was released 2007-11-17, version 1.4.1. This new version may be obtained from our download page, additionally users who are running version 1.4 may download a patch to upgrade. This version of PC-BSD has several important fixes: upgrades Compiz 0.5.2 to CompizFusion 0.6.0; switches from HPIJS to HPLIP for better printer / scanner support; adds extra screen savers with XScreenSaver package; updates NVIDIA drivers to latest releases from NVIDIA; fixes issue with 'tar' extract error during install when using custom partitioning; switches ISO to LZMA compression, speeding up the install and reducing the size of the CD ISO image. 

REVIEWS:

• DistroWatch: First look at PC-BSD 1.4
  2007-10-01 by Susan Linton: "PC-BSD is based on FreeBSD and this release is built using 6.2-STABLE. FreeBSD can still be a bit intimidating to some users, but PC-BSD works to eliminate that. In fact, PC-BSD is so user-friendly it might be considered..
• OSGeek: Joe Sixpack goes BSD!
  PC-BSD 1.4 is an extremely user friendly and secure BSD, based on the rock solid FreeBSD 6.2 stable core, with a easy to use package management system, a friendly installation GUI and great hardware recognition.
• LinuxToday: PC-BSD 1.4: An Initial Look
  This is a release I’ve been waiting for quite a while; it’s a nifty front-end installer for FreeBSD 6.2 (the latest and greatest version of FreeBSD) that takes all the hassle out of installing a Unix-like system, ..

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