http://www.osnews.com/story/19134/DesktopBSD_1_6_Released Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:53:08 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?295057 http://osnews.com/thread?295057 Download page shows "DesktopBSD 1.6 Release Candidate 3". Where is correct link? Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (antik) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?295060 http://osnews.com/thread?295060 No sorry, this is the correct url for download :

http://desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=89

I'm just to hasty, but DesktopBSD itself is thoroughly tested ;-)Edited 2008-01-09 10:51 UTC Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Oliver) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?295067 http://osnews.com/thread?295067 I'm looking for 100% FreeBSD compatibility. I'll check out this version soon. Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dimosd) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?295069 http://osnews.com/thread?295069 It's just FreeBSD with a ready to go configuration and some utilities on top of FreeBSD tools. So nothing to worry about. Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Oliver) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?295089 http://osnews.com/thread?295089 I happen to have tested 1.6-RC1 and really liked it.
I am using FreeBSD a lot, both as a server and also as a desktop, and DesktopBSD is practically FreeBSD+GUI in a quick easy install. Mostly for the times when you need a FreeBSD desktop as fast as possible. The graphics tools for ports and packages are very good as well.
In their site there is also some useful documentation and a wiki. In fact I used the instructions to install and configure CUPS from ports. It all worked out nicely.
Since the base system is FreeBSD you will be able to easily upgrade it (with freebsd-update) to 6.3-RELEASE when time comes. (1.6-RC1 was based on 6.2-STABLE and I moved it to 6.3-RC1 without trouble)
All in all I had a very positive experience with DesktopBSD. Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sonic2000gr) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?295094 http://osnews.com/thread?295094 Sweet! This is going to be installed on my laptop tonight. As long as they keep knetwalk in there I'm a happy spud! Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (TaterSalad) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?295113 http://osnews.com/thread?295113 Excellent, look forward to trying it. This should be a good year for this project, looking forward to running KDE 4 on a shiny FreeBSD 7 system Edited 2008-01-09 18:57 UTC Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tonywob) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?295171 http://osnews.com/thread?295171 I have been running one of the weekly snapshots for a while now and it is just rock solid. A thank you from me to the developers. Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (JPisini) Comments