Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Nov 2007 19:33 UTC, submitted by AVL_
"iXsystems announced today a distribution agreement with Fry's Electronics whereby all Fry's stores nationwide will carry PC-BSD Version 1.4, Da Vinci Edition. The agreement marks the first time that the PC-BSD operating system is made available for purchase at Fry's Electronics. PC-BSD is a fully functional desktop operating system based on FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE. FreeBSD is one of the most used UNIX-like operating systems in the world. It is widely renowned as the most stable and secure server operating system."
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RE: Boxed distros are so 1990s
by backdoc on Thu 15th Nov 2007 21:45
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RE: Boxed distros are so 1990s
by jjmckay on Thu 15th Nov 2007 22:12
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RE: Boxed distros are so 1990s
by Priest on Fri 16th Nov 2007 02:43
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It is available online:
http://www.pcbsd.org/content/view/21/11/
I don't see it as a bad thing that they also offer a boxed version in stores.
RE: Boxed distros are so 1990s - boxed works for initial purchase
by jabbotts on Fri 16th Nov 2007 14:06
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If music can move to online distribution formats, surely software must do the same (MS and Apple are excluded for piracy reasons).