DesktopBSD

DesktopBSD is provided with the KDE graphical user interface and a number of proprietary tools variant of Unix FreeBSD derivative, and the live CD distribution FreeSBIE. The developers call DesktopBSD as a useful addition to FreeBSD. Quick, graphical tools to simplify installation, program updates and security updates etc.. These tools consist among other things of a package manager for ports and packages, as well as messages for battery consumption, hardware and more. The applicability of FreeBSD and the compatibility to stand in the foreground.

In addition to PC-BSD DesktopBSD still exists as a project that BSD will make it simple and graphically. Unlike DesktopBSD, which sees itself as a complement FreeBSD, PC-BSD is partly their own way.

Development

DesktopBSD was originally developed by the Austrian Peter Hofer and living in Switzerland Daniel seuffert. The first release candidates appeared in the fall of 2005, version 1.0 was released on 28 March 2006. The latest version released on 7 September 2009 has the version number 1.7.

After all, first hinted at the setting of the project and this was announced by Peter Hofer, in 2010 a small group of German developers had found, which wanted to continue the DesktopBSD project, led by Daniel Hilbert. On the official website first, the release of version 2.0 has been announced for 2011, but the site was later taken from the grid.

In March 2013 it was announced that the DesktopBSD project continues. It is now working on Version 2.0

Objectives

The main objective of DesktopBSD is to provide a graphical user interface provided with the operating system is available, which both ease of use and high functionality provides the user, but without compromising on the speed, stability and security of BSD. In the long term, DesktopBSD wants to offer an operating system, which is most of the requirements of a desktop user needs. This includes generally easy installation and upgrading, and uninstalling software with a graphical installer for the ports, efficient energy management in portable devices, which this is also easily configurable, and easy configuration of different types of network connections.

Furthermore, there are still a number of other useful graphical tools, the DesktopBSD tools.