14 DAY TRIAL // Kris Moore from the PC-BSD development team announced today the immediate availability of the first maintenance release of PC-BSD 7.0 (Fibonacci Edition). "After much hard work and testing, the PC-BSD Team is happy to announce the availability of PC-BSD 7.0.1, i.e. the first upgrade in the 7 series, with FreeBSD 7.0 under the hood." - said Kris in the official release announcement.
Therefore, PC-BSD users can upgrade their systems today with the new version, which includes KDE 4.1.2, Adobe Flash 9 support, better Wi-Fi support, System Updater improvements and various fixes, an updated Nvidia video driver (177.80), write support for the NTFS file system and much more! But the best part of this release is that it comes now with an x64 Edition, which can be installed on systems with AMD64/EM64T processors.
Here are the changes since PC-BSD 7.0:
· Updated KDE (K Desktop Environment) to version 4.1.2; · Updated the Nvidia graphics driver to version 177.80; · Updated the Wi-Fi tool to support long and very long SSIDs (especially the ones with multiple spaces). It also allows network profiles and it will connect to the best available wireless network; · Added NTFS writing support; · Added a new icon for the KMenu -> System -> Display Setup Wizard; · Added Adobe Flash 9 support for both i386 and amd64 editions; · Added all the KDE l10n packages, so you can easily switch locales and languages; · Repaired various System Updater bugs; · Repaired the sound detection problem for the ALI M5451 PCI audio device; · Repaired the X.org/QEMU problem; · Various other small fixes.
How to upgrade? Just apply the update and reboot your PC-BSD system. Remember that it may take 15-25 minutes to complete (depending on your system's specs).
Being based on the stable version of FreeBSD 7.0, and powered by the popular KDE 4.1 desktop environment, PC-BSD 7.0 will offer you a modern, reliable and fast BSD operating system. This release comes with many software updates and bug fixes over previous versions. Here are some of the highlights of PC-BSD 7.0.1:
· Based on FreeBSD 7.0 · KDE 4.1.2 · Nvidia 177.80 · KDE Language Packages · KDE Educational Games 4.1.2 · KDE Toys 4.1.2 · KDE SDK 4.1.2 · OpenOffice 2.4.1 PBI · Opera and Firefox web browsers · FreeBSD Ports Tree · FreeBSD System Source · ...and many more!
Below are the recommended system requirements to run PC-BSD 7.0.1:
· Pentium 4 or higher CPU (or AMD64 alternatives) · 512MB of RAM · Minimum 12GB of free hard drive space (either partition, or entire disk) · Network card · Sound card · 3D-accelerated video card (Nvidia or Intel)
PC-BSD is a free operating system, based on FreeBSD, created with ease of use in mind. Like any modern system, it allows you to watch movies, listen to your favorite music, work with office documents, and install your favorite applications with a couple of mouse clicks (and a nice setup wizard).
Download PC-BSD 7.0.1 right now from Softpedia.