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DesktopBSD
DesktopBSD logo
DeveloperDesktopBSD Team[1]
OS familyUNIX
Working stateDiscontinued in 2015
Source modelOpen source
Latest release1.7 / 7 September 2009 (2009-09-07)[2]
Package managerFreeBSD Ports
Supported platformsamd64 and i386
Kernel typeMonolithic
Default
user interface		K Desktop Environment 3[2]
License
  • FreeBSD license from FreeBSD base system
  • Artwork collection, logos:
    Creative Commons
    CC BY-NC 2.0 Austria[3]
  • GPL from KDE
Official websitewww.desktopbsd.net

DesktopBSD was a Unix-derived, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. Its goal was to combine the stability of FreeBSD with the ease of use of K Desktop Environment 3, the default graphical user interface.

History and development

DesktopBSD was a customized installation of FreeBSD, rather than a fork. It was based on FreeBSD's latest stable branch, incorporating customized, preinstalled software such as KDE and DesktopBSD utilities and configuration files.

DesktopBSD was not intended to compete with TrueOS as a BSD-based desktop distribution, although they were similar in structure and goals. DesktopBSD was started about one year before the PC-BSD project, despite the first PC-BSD release before DesktopBSD's. Neither project intended to rival the other, and they had independent, distinctive features and intended outcomes; DesktopBSD used ports and packages for additional software installation, and PC-BSD introduced PBIs.

The final release was 1.7, which became available on 7 September 2009.[4] According to the release announcement, "This is the last and final release of the DesktopBSD project", because the lead developer could no longer contribute the time required to maintain it.[5] DesktopBSD was restarted under new leadership in May 2010,[6] although development and announcements soon stopped. On 10 March 2013, a forum post said that the project was "in the process of being revived."[7] A roadmap for DesktopBSD 2.0 was announced in September 2015 on the DesktopBSD site, with posted screenshots of a GNOME3-based desktop.

See also

  • Comparison of BSD operating systems
  • FreeBSD
  • MidnightBSD
  • GhostBSD

References

  1. ↑ "DesktopBSD Team Members". desktopbsd.net. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  2. 1 2 "DistroWatch: DesktopBSD". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  3. ↑ "DesktopBSD Artwork Collection". desktopbsd.net. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  4. ↑ "DesktopBSD 1.7 release notes". desktopbsd.net. 2009-09-07. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  5. ↑ "DesktopBSD 1.7 available". desktopbsd.net. 2009-09-07. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  6. ↑ "Advancement of the DesktopBSD project". 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to DesktopBSD forums". 2013-03-10. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-03-21.

External links

  • Official website
  • BSDTalk Interview with Peter Hofer (DesktopBSD developer/mp3)
  • DesktopBSD flyer Info from AllBSD.de (pdf/English)
  • Using DesktopBSD by Dru Lavigne at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-08-19)
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