DesktopBSD
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| developer | DesktopBSD |
| License (s) | BSD license |
| Current version |
2.0 M1 from November 9, 2015 (4 years and 293 days ago) |
| ancestry |
UNIX ↳ BSD ↳ FreeBSD ↳ DesktopBSD |
| Architecture (s) | x86 , x86-64 |
| Languages) | German , English , Spanish , Portuguese , Croatian , Russian , Brazilian , Polish , Slovak , Italian , Dutch |
| desktopbsd.net | |
DesktopBSD was a variant of the Unix derivative FreeBSD and the live CD distribution FreeSBIE with the KDE graphical user interface and a number of its own tools .
The developers called DesktopBSD a useful addition to FreeBSD. Useful graphical tools should simplify installation, program updates and security updates, etc. These tools consisted of a package manager for ports and packages as well as messages for battery consumption, hardware and more. The applicability of FreeBSD and the compatibility with it were in the foreground. The project was finally closed in 2017 after a long period of low activity. However, the software is still available for download and the project forum can still be accessed.
In addition to DesktopBSD, there is also TrueOS (former name: PC-BSD) as a project that aims to make BSD easy to use and visually appealing. Unlike DesktopBSD, which sees itself as an addition to FreeBSD, TrueOS sometimes goes its own way and relies on OpenZFS as the secure file system and Lumina as the secure desktop environment .
Stage of development
DesktopBSD was originally developed by the Austrian Peter Hofer and Daniel Seuffert, who lives in Switzerland. The first release candidates appeared in autumn 2005; version 1.0 was published on March 28, 2006. The last version published on September 7, 2009 was version number 1.7.
After everything initially indicated the end of the project and this was also announced by Peter Hofer, a small German developer group was found in 2010 that wanted to continue the DesktopBSD project under the direction of Daniel Hilbert. Version 2.0 was initially announced on the official website for 2011, but the website was later taken offline.
In March 2013 it was announced that the DesktopBSD project would continue. In the meantime, version 2.0 was being worked on. With a report from February 2017 in the DesktopBSD forum, however, an active member of the project announced that the project will no longer be continued.
aims
The main goal of DesktopBSD was to provide an operating system with a graphical user interface, which offers the user both ease of use and high functionality, but without foregoing the speed, stability and security of a Unix-based BSD -based operating system.
In the long run, DesktopBSD should be an operating system that meets most of the needs of graphical desktop users on PCs. This included, among other things, the simple installation as well as the updating and deinstallation of software with a graphical installation program for the ports , efficient energy management on portable devices, which is also easy to configure, and problem-free configuration of the different types of network connections.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ DesktopBSD . (accessed on October 20, 2018).
- ↑ DesktopBSD lives on under new management , message on heise.de/open dated May 31, 2010, accessed on June 3, 2011
- ↑ DesktopBSD is revived , accessed March 11, 2014
- ↑ DesktopBSD 2.0 roadmap , accessed March 4, 2018
Web links
- BSDTalk interview with Peter Hofer (DesktopBSD founder)