PC-BSD的目標是成為易於安裝和使用的桌面操作系統,它基於FreeBSD。為達到此目標,它准備了一套圖形化的安裝程序,這將使得即便是UNIX新手也能容易地安裝並使得它運行起來。PC-BSD還將裝備KDE,以提供即刻可用的桌面。目前正在開發的是一套圖形化的軟件安裝管理程序,這將使得安裝預編譯好的軟件變得像其他流行操作系統一樣方便。
The first release candidate of PC-BSD 1.3 is ready for testing: "Version 1.3RC1 of PC-BSD has been uploaded to the mirrors, and is now available on our Beta download page. Many bugs have been quashed for this release in preparation for 1.3 final." What's new? "Fixed icon size issues in KMenu; installer now does not display extended partitions; installer now can use empty primary partition space to install; fixed issue with BSDStats not properly reporting usage; fixed problem with 'Start' icon text not being translated properly; fixed issues when using installer to upgrade system from 1.2 to 1.3; closed numerous other issues from BETA2." See the release announcement, release notes and changelog for further details. Download (MD5): PCBSD-1.3RC1-x86-CD1.iso (668MB).
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