PC-BSD 8.0-RC2 Released
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technologyjournalist · 2010-02-12 21:21

i don't understand why there is such a long lag between the FreeBSD 8
release and the PC-BSD release - shouldn't it just be a derivative?

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ninjalvr84 · 2010-02-16 03:11

I haven't used PC-BSD in a while but although they use a "stock"
FreeBSD kernel they'd still need to update and test their  changes
with the new O.S.

At a minimum they'd have to go through and make sure their installer
can install the new O.S and configure it correctly. So it's more than
just a simple recompile before it can be made public

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sundar22in · 2010-02-22 09:16

Downloaded PC-BSD 8.0 RC2.. Going to try at home. Want to use as
primary desktop OS... lets see how PCBSD fairs.