TrueOS
| TrueOS | |
|---|---|
 TrueOS 10 with Lumina |
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| developer | iXsystems |
| License (s) | BSD license |
| First publ. | April 29, 2006 |
| Current version |
03/18 of March 30, 2018 (2 years and 149 days ago) |
| Kernel | monolithic kernel |
| ancestry |
BSD ↳ FreeBSD ↳ TrueOS |
| Architecture (s) | x64 |
| compatibility | FreeBSD, POSIX |
| Languages) | multilingual , including German |
| Others | Rolling release distribution |
| www.trueos.org | |
TrueOS (formerly PC-BSD ) is a free operating system , which is based on the Unix derivative FreeBSD and extends it functionally. On the one hand, the extensions are designed for use as a PC with graphical desktop environments . On the other hand, additional functions are also provided for use as a server. The project aims to make BSD easy to use and common usage. The rich functionalities of FreeBSD should also be operable beyond the command line . The project is based at iXsystems .
At the end of August 2016, the project announced that TrueOS is now the central name for the product, and also the project itself. In addition to the original version for use with the PC with the name PC-BSD , a version for use with servers with the name TrueOS was created many years earlier . Although it is the same operating system - the version for operation on servers only dispensed with the graphical user interface compared to the version on the PC - the wrong impression was often given that the operating systems were different. TrueOS is now the uniform name for all versions. The type is indicated by the appropriate addition ( desktop or server ).
The development of TrueOS was stopped in early 2020.
technical features
Lumina desktop environment
From version 10 of PC-BSD, the desktop environment called Lumina , which was specially developed for PC-BSD, is used as standard .
Operation via graphical interfaces
Unlike FreeBSD, TrueOS also offers a graphical installer and software installer. In addition to the Lumina desktop environment, KDE SC 4 , LXDE , Xfce or MATE can also be installed as a supplement or replacement for TrueOS . In addition, there is also a large number of desktop environments that do not offer the usual tools for managing TrueOS directly. The spectrum ranges from awesome to Cinnamon and Gnome 3 to Window Maker .
history
The first version of TrueOS was released in April 2005 as PC-BSD 0.5.
Since version 7.0, which was released on September 16, 2008, TrueOS has followed the same numbering as FreeBSD. The version immediately before 7.0 had the version number 1.5.x. This version was the first version with 64-bit support. Previous versions only supported the 32-bit architecture .
Similar to Debian GNU / Linux or Ubuntu , each release has a version number as well as its own name from the field of chemistry .
Version overview
| Old version of PC-BSD | publication | annotation | |||
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| 0.5 | April 2005 | First published version | |||
| 0.6 | May 2005 | Integration of PC-BSD's own package management system | |||
| 0.7 | June 2005 | Updated the core to the FreeBSD 5.4 release | |||
| 0.7.5 | June 2005 | Publication under BSD license , multi-language support | |||
| 0.7.8 | July 2005 | Update to KDE 3.4.1 and USB automount function | |||
| 0.8 | September 2005 | Online update manager / scheduler added, KDE 3.4.2, extended language localization | |||
| 0.8.1 | September 2005 | Support for Russian and Bulgarian languages, updated user management | |||
| 0.8.2 | September 2005 | SMP support | |||
| 0.8.3 | October 2005 | The installer is now on CD 1, optional language packs on CD 2 | |||
| 1.0 | April 2006 | Update the core to the FreeBSD 6.0 release; various bug fixes and FreeBSD security updates; PC-BSD now supports more than 50 languages and KDE 3.5.2 | |||
| 1.1 | May 2006 | PC-BSD is now based on FreeBSD 6.1 & various bug fixes | |||
| 1.11 | June 2006 | Update to KDE 3.5.3 | |||
| 1.2 | July 2006 | Kernel optimized for i686 | |||
| 1.3 | December 31, 2006 | New installation routine, installer can now use free space from partitions; “Crystal Clear” as a new icon set; HAL support and update to KDE 3.5.5 | |||
| 1.3.1 | January 9, 2007 | Bug fix | |||
| 1.3.2 | January 19, 2007 | Bug fix (FreeBSD jails) | |||
| 1.3.3 | February 12, 2007 | u. A. HAL updates, bug fixes | |||
| 1.3.3_1 | March 3, 2007 | Update of PC-BSD documentation and patch 07:04 for FreeBSD | |||
| 1.3.4 | April 18, 2007 | Renewed HAL update to version 20070403 and CUPS update; Storage media are now better integrated | |||
| 1.4 | September 24, 2007 | New user administration: when setting up (or installing ) additional application packages ( components ) and settings can now be integrated into the system, support for Beryl , wizard for setting up the X server on which FreeBSD6.2 is based, Xorg 7.2, KDE 3.5. 7; HPLIP (extended support for HP devices), patched Wine for Flash 9 support; Compiz fusion replaces Beryl | |||
| 1.4.1 | November 16, 2007 | Bug fixes and new software / driver versions | |||
| 1.4.1.1 | 4th December 2007 | CUPS update to version 1.3.3, now based on 6.3-PRERELEASE, Gutenprint added. | |||
| 1.5 | March 12, 2008 | based on FreeBSD 6.3 | |||
| 1.5.1 | April 23, 2008 | ||||
| 7.0 | September 15, 2008 | based on FreeBSD 7, includes KDE 4.1.1 and Xorg 7.3, support for Sun's ZFS | |||
| 7.0.1 | November 27, 2008 | includes KDE 4.1.2 and other bug fixes | |||
| 7.0.2 | December 10, 2008 | includes KDE 4.1.3, now based on FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE | |||
| 7.1 | April 10, 2009 | contains KDE 4.2.2 and Xorg 7.4, now based on FreeBSD 7.2-PRE | |||
| 7.1.1 | July 6, 2009 | contains KDE 4.2.4, is now based on FreeBSD 7.2 stable | |||
| 8.0 | February 22, 2010 | includes KDE 4.3.5, is now based on FreeBSD 8.0 stable | |||
| 8.1 | July 20, 2010 | includes KDE 4.4.5, is now based on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE | |||
| 8.2 | February 24, 2011 | includes KDE 4.5.5, now based on FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE | |||
| 9.0 | January 13, 2012 | contains KDE 4.7.3 as well as other desktop environments such as Gnome, Xfce, LXDE etc. a., now based on FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE, includes a completely redesigned setup wizard | |||
| 9.1 | December 18, 2012 | Last version with x86 support. Introduction of TrueOS, an installation variant for servers; The option to configure the ZFS file system during setup has also been added | |||
| 9.2 | October 7, 2013 | the foundation is now FreeBSD 9.2 ; revised life preserver and extended start settings (or boot options ) | |||
| 10.0 | January 29, 2014 | based on FreeBSD 10.0 | |||
| 10.0.1 | March 14, 2014 | general updates | |||
| 10.0.2 | June 24, 2014 | Alpha version of the Lumina desktop | |||
| 10.0.3 | September 8, 2014 | Beta version of the Lumina desktop | |||
| 10.1 | November 16, 2014 | is based on FreeBSD 10.1 and takes over its innovations | |||
| 10.1.1 | February 2, 2015 | New system updater with automatic updates in the background, hard disk encryption enables and better support for GPT hard disks, porting of all desktop tools to Qt5 | |||
| 10.1.2 | May 18, 2015 | ||||
| 10.2 | August 21, 2015 | New plugin system for AppCafe, many improvements, many bugs fixed | |||
| 10.3 | April 4, 2016 | ||||
| New version | publication | annotation | |||
| TrueOS | September 9, 2016 | TrueOS offers:
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| July 5, 2017 | 5th July 2017 | TrueOS stable | |||
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License
TrueOS was originally released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) because TrueOS uses the Qt library and the developers believed that programs using the Qt library were only available under the GPL or the Q Public License (QPL) must be published. However, the GPL contradicts the ideology of the BSD license , as it provides for a strong copyleft in contrast to the BSD license . This means that software published under the GPL must also be published under this license in the event of later processing or further development. This prevents the original product from being collected unfree . Another difference of the BSD license is that a programmer who changes and distributes a program published under a BSD license is not obliged to publish the source code of his changed program. Because most of the free BSD derivatives were only published under the BSD license and it is not true that programs that use the Qt library have to be published under the GPL or QPL, the project decided to use the appeared in June 2005 to release their product under the modified BSD license.
distribution
On October 10, 2006, the server hardware provider iXsystems announced the acquisition of PC-BSD. This purchase of PC-BSD results in the financial and expert support of the PC-BSD project by iXsystems. In 2007 iXsystems entered into a distribution agreement with Fry's Electronics ; PC-BSD 1.4 (“Da Vinci” edition) was then available for purchase in Fry's Electronics branches around the world. In January 2008 iXsystems entered into a similar contract with Micro Center .
Appearance of the desktop environment
Screenshot of the PC-BSD 10.1.2 desktop ( MATE ), the example of a dual-monitor configuration ( dual head , pivot function ). The running Free Software and Open Source Software ( FOSS ) shown are: GIMP , OpenShot Video Editor , File Manager Nautilus, Eric Python IDE and Minecraft 1.8.7 (with "Forge" mods ).
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ More on TrueOS®. Retrieved on August 30, 2016 : “We've already been using TrueOS® for the server side of PC-BSD®, and it made sense to unify the names. PC-BSD® doesn't reflect server or embedded well. TrueOS® Desktop / Server / Embedded can be real products, avoids some of the alphabet soup, and gives us a more catchy name. "
- ↑ TrueNAS - TrueOS Discontinuation. Retrieved May 17, 2020 .
- ^ Lumina , ArchLinux Wiki, accessed January 24, 2015.
- ↑ Lumina Preview ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PC-BSD Blog, accessed December 24, 2014
- ↑ PC-BSD 9.0 released. pro-linux, accessed January 14, 2012 .
- ↑ PC-BSD 9.0 at a glance. Netzwelt, accessed on August 29, 2011 .
- ↑ PC-BSD 9.1 Now Available. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 30, 2012 ; accessed on December 21, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ PC-BSD 9.2 promises a faster system start - message from Heise online , dated October 8, 2013, accessed on October 10, 2013
- ↑ PC-BSD 9.2-RELEASE Now Available. Retrieved October 7, 2013 .
- ↑ PC-BSD 10.0-RELEASE is Now Available. Retrieved January 30, 2014 .
- ↑ PC-BSD Weekly Feature Digest 21 - PCBSD 10.0.1 Released! (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 23, 2014 ; accessed on October 24, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ PC-BSD 10.0.2 Released! (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 14, 2014 ; accessed on October 24, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ PC-BSD 10.0.3 Quarterly Package Update Released. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 24, 2014 ; accessed on October 24, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE Now Available. In: PC-BSD's official blog. November 16, 2014, accessed February 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Mirko Lindner: PC-BSD 10.1.1 published. In: pro-linux.de. February 3, 2015, accessed February 3, 2015 .
- ↑ PC-BSD Operating System Gets Renamed to TrueOS, Follows a Rolling Release Model; TrueOS wants to track FreeBSD's “Current” branch. In: Softpedia News. September 1, 2016, accessed on September 14, 2016 .
- ↑ More on TrueOS. In: Official homepage of the TrueOS project from iXSystems. September 1, 2016, accessed on September 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Mirko Lindner: PC-BSD becomes TrueOS. In: Online news from ProLinux magazine. September 1, 2016, accessed September 14, 2016 .
- ↑ PC-BSD license. (No longer available online.) IXsystems, archived from the original on May 24, 2011 ; accessed on October 21, 2008 (English).
- ^ IXsystems Announces Distribution Agreement with Fry's Electronics. iXsystems, accessed October 21, 2008 .
- ↑ Micro Center carries PC-BSD! iXsystems, accessed October 21, 2008 .
