Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th May 2006 22:14 UTC
"PC-BSD 1.1 was released today, along with a PBI update file for users running 1.0, who wish to update to 1.1. This release brings the core operating system up to the latest version of FreeBSD 6.1, adds better driver support to the kernel, and improves the speed on many systems." Update: Screenshots.
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RE[3]: Strengths, Weaknesses, Differences?
by antik on Tue 30th May 2006 08:03
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"There are a few drawbacks: the flash support for FreeBSD is quite bad (it doesn't work for me since I upgraded to 6.1), there are no real 3D drivers. FreeBSD is not the right system for games and multimedia. "
Have you read anything about PC-BSD 1.1 release lately? There is 3D support and nVidia native binary driver in pbidir.com and I personally played Linux versions of Unreal Tournament 2004 and Quake 4 without problem.
ATI 3D works on my Radeon 9600Pro lightning fast and this is OSS DRI driver.
Flash 7 PBI is removed from pbidir cos Adobe sucks and they won't allow download their crap from other sites.
BAN FLASH!!!!
RE[4]: Strengths, Weaknesses, Differences?
by Daniel Seuffert on Tue 30th May 2006 08:35
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Member since:2005-08-02
Hi antik 
Maybe there is some misunderstanding here...
Please see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=96374
Afaik there's no prob with a Flash 7 pbi. Flash 6 is another matter, it is marked FORBIDDEN and will expire 2006-06-07, see http://www.freshports.org/www/linux-flashplugin6/
HTH, Daniel
Disclaimer: IANAL
RE[4]: Strengths, Weaknesses, Differences?
by evangs on Tue 30th May 2006 09:06
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Member since:2005-07-07
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I have used GNU/Linux as a desktop system for a while then I moved to FreeBSD. I had been using FreeBSD for a while on servers.
There are many GNU/Linux Distros which are philosophically different. Some focus on features (like SuSE), even if these means being blotted, others on correctness, like Debian and Slackware. However, I haven't found one yet that is as mature as FreeBSD.
FreeBSD is striving to make things perfect. Configurations don't break after upgrades (it comes with a configuration merging tool), programs are easy to install, there are very few conflicts, good support and very good documentation.
When I used GNU/Linux, I like it, it was a great system, great features, good multimedia support. But there were always little things that didn't work right and made me lose a lot of time. Sometimes I felt like reinstalling it all together (doesn't that remind us something). FreeBSD, on the other hand, is like a Japanese car or a Swiss watch, it doesn't look too cool nor too flashy, but it works great.
There are a few drawbacks: the flash support for FreeBSD is quite bad (it doesn't work for me since I upgraded to 6.1), there are no real 3D drivers. FreeBSD is not the right system for games and multimedia.
I think it is as good as the best linux distros when it comes to be used as a desktop system (except for for viewing web pages with flash). The only problem was that it is damn difficult to install for people who are used to systems such as windoze. I guess PC-BSD and Desktop-BSD have done a great job making FreeBSD accessible to all.