DesktopBSD
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| FEATURE | DESCRIPTION |
| KEY FEATURES | DesktopBSD is a brand new BSD operating system with the goal to bring BSD to the masses. It's been founded by an Austrian, Peter Hofer. The first testing version has been published in March 2005. After a year, a first stable release appeared. DesktopBSD aims at being a stable and powerful operating system for desktop users. DesktopBSD combines the stability of FreeBSD, the usability and functionality of KDE and the simplicity of specially developed software to provide a system that's easy to use and install. |
| Supported architectures | AMD/Intell X86 (32bit) AMD64/Intell EMT64 (x64) |
| Minimal hardware requirements | (AMD/Intell P3 500mhz+ 32bit cpu) (256MB RAM) (VISA compadible Video Card) (CD Rom) or (AMD64/Intell EMT64) (512MB Ram) (Nvida or ATI AGP/PCI-E) (DVD ROM) Future relases will only be DVD install |
| INSTALLATION | |
| Installer - overall | Very easy GUI |
| Package selection | (?) ? |
| Predefined package groups | (?) ? |
| Expert mode install | (?) ? |
| Graphical installer | (?) ? |
| Installer speed | 20 minutes in or less in Intel P4 M 1.4 GHz with 256 RAM |
| CONFIGURATION | |
| Graphical system management | (?) ? |
| Console-based system management | (?) ? |
| PACKAGE SYSTEM | |
| Number of packages | 16000 |
| Package management, automatiic dependency resolving | yes |
| Graphical package management tool | KDE GUI to install FreeBSD from the ports or add package |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| System boot speed | (?) ? |
| System responsiveness | (?) ? |
| STABILITY/SECURITY | |
| Popularity | (?) ? |
| Security focus | (?) ? |
| Stability and maturity | (?) ? |
| INTERNATIONALIZATION | |
| Does the installer support multiple languages? | Yes |
| Is the system localized after installation? | Yes |
| Is manual system localization easy? | (?) ? |
| APPLICATIONS/NETWORK | |
| Support for restricted formats | (?) ? |
| Sagem DSL modem support | (?) ? |
| Alcatel DSL modem support | (?) ? |
| ISDN support | (?) ? |
| Wireless support | Yes via GUI too |
This is the first time I am hearing about desktopbsd. This blog has given a detailed description of desktopbsd and its features. Everything is explained in such a way that even beginners like me can grasp the idea conveyed. I have decided to try and use desktopbsd because I have the feeling that it has got a lot features. The hardware requirements are also minimal. Anyway before going for it I have decided to check out with one of my friends about it. Thimothy | amazon kindle