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Boten GNU/Linux
Boten GNU/Linux was a Peanut Linux based distribution intended for home users. It provides a fully localized GNU/Linux environment in Hebrew. It's especially made for those new to Linux, though aimed to please all users, experts and newbies alike. Boten GNU/Linux can be installed in a UMSDOS partition as well and can run on 386 systems all the way up to the latest x86 machines.
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| 2022-06-18 |
NEW • BSD Release: GhostBSD 22.06.15 |
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The GhostBSD project develops a desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. The project's latest snapshot is GhostBSD 22.06.15 which includes better handling of NVIDIA drivers and smoothly upgrade processes. "Some of the improvements are automation on the livecd to install the proper Nvidia driver, and when a package fails to upgrade, Update Station will reinstall it and resume the update. I have added the BWN_GPL_PHY option in our default GENERIC kernel to compile drivers that include GPLv2 code. Now, most Broadcom devices are detected, including my iMac. In most cases bwn_v4_ucode_load="YES" or bwn_v4_lp_ucode_load="YES" need to be added in /boot/loader.conf. In addition, GhostBSD was upgraded to 13.1-STABLE from 22/05/31. Features added: Do not show updates available when packages are syncing. Add a file called syncing when new packages are syncing and remove it when completed. Add code to update-station read if syncing is in the repository and do not prompt users for upgrades. Add code to software-station to not allow software installation with software-station during a packages sync." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-22.06.15.iso (2,721MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| GhostBSD is a user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. Its default desktop is MATE, but a separate community edition with Xfce is available too. It also features a selection of commonly used software, a rolling-release development model, and a bootable live image with an intuitive graphical system installer.
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| 2024-09-02 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 24.07.1 |
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GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented, FreeBSD-based operating system featuring the MATE desktop (a community build offers an Xfce alternative). The project's latest release is version 24.07.1 which now draws on FreeBSD's base system packages - low-level components built the same way as third-party packages. "This release, though a bit delayed, brings a significant change. We have transitioned from building our OS packages from our OS ports to building them from FreeBSD PKGBSD. This change, while involving extensive testing, promises improved performance and stability. If you have not updated to 24.04.2, a backup and reinstallation with 24.07.1 is recommended. Please note that the change to PKGBSD and the OS update to 24.07.1 could cause issues, as the update manager was only set to upgrade GhostBSD to PKGBSD from a minor version. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause." A full list of changes is presented in the project's release announcement. SHA256, pkglist): GhostBSD-24.07.1.iso (2,654MB, torrent), GhostBSD-24.07.1-XFCE.iso (2,647MB, torrent). |
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| 2024-05-21 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 24.04.1 |
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GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. The project's latest release is GhostBSD 24.04.1 which is based on FreeBSD's 14-STABLE development branch. The new snapshot includes an update to the MATE desktop to version 1.28.1, a return of the desktop Signal client, and a collection of bug fixes. "I am pleased to announce the release of GhostBSD 24.04.1! First and foremost, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all those who reported issues and contributed their time, effort, and expertise to enhance GhostBSD for this latest release. GhostBSD 24.04.1 is the second release under FreeBSD 14 stable. I have updated the system to 1400510, and the MATE desktop is updated to 1.28.1. This release also contains some bug fixes found in previous releases and with some improvements." The release announcement contains a complete list of new features and bug fixes. GhostBSD maintains one official edition with the MATE desktop and a community edition which uses the Xfce desktop. Download (SHA256, pkglist): GhostBSD-24.04.1.iso (2,639MB, torrent), GhostBSD-24.04.1-XFCE.iso (2,626MB, torrent). |
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| 2024-02-14 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 24.01.1 |
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GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. The project's latest release, GhostBSD 24.01.1, is based on FreeBSD 14-STABLE and changes the way the root and first users are handled at install time. "This new release is based on FreeBSD 14.0-STABLE. Update Station got a significant change to upgrade to a major FreeBSD version, allowing upgrading GhostBSD from 13.2-STABLE to 14.0-STABLE. Also, a major change to the installer is the user created is an admin, and the root user gets the same password as the admin. If the admin password is changed after the installation, the root password will not change. Enhancement, improvements, and new features: Adding support for the future installer and simplified desktop configuration. Search also in PKG description (not only PKG name). New wallpapers for 24.01. Preparing GhostBSD to upgrade to 14.0. Adding search to description and Added -U to pkg query to search." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. GhostBSD is available in an official edition featuring the MATE desktop and a community edition running the Xfce desktop. Download (SHA256, pkglist): GhostBSD-24.01.1.iso (2,573MB, torrent), GhostBSD-24.01.1-XFCE.iso (2,554MB, torrent). |
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| 2023-10-29 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 23.10.1 |
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GhostBSD is a FreeBSD-based operating system with a focus on desktop computing. The project's latest release introduces a kernel update and a number of networking improvements, along with minor changes. "I am pleased to announce the release of GhostBSD 23.10.1. This version might look odd from previous releases, but it is correct. After more thought into it, the base OS is not updated as much as the software packages. So, I decided to change the release version back to a static one instead of changing it on each software package update. Software packages will be updated as often as possible, like before, and if there are significant issues, changes or security issues before 24.01.1, a 23.10.2 release will be created. See the roadmap for future releases. In this release, the FreeBSD base system and kernel have been updated to 1302508, and it contains software updates, some improvements to Update Station, and new features to NetworkMgr. Also, os-generic-userland-devtools has been removed from the default installation to downsize the live system image." The release announcement offers additional details. Download (pkglist): GhostBSD-23.10.1.iso (2,528MB, SHA256, torrent), GhostBSD-23.10.1-XFCE.iso (2,515MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2022-01-17 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 22.01.12 |
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The GhostBSD project has published an update to their FreeBSD-based, rolling release desktop system. The project's new snapshot fixes a number of issues and removes an unmaintained package from the default install. "This new ISO image contains fixes, improvements and software updates. Finally, the installer hanging at the cleaning stage for ZFS installation got fixed and OpenRC and dhcpcd were removed from the base code. Furthermore, automation configuration for HD 7000 series and older GPUs has been added. I also added the support for os-release to show GhostBSD name and GhostBSD version in applications like mate-system-monitor, Python distros, pfetch and neofetch and added a new set of wallpapers for 2022 and removed p7zip from the default selection since it is vulnerable and unmaintained. Changelog: remove OpenRC-related code from base and contrib; remove OpenRC services from libexec/rc; remove dhcpcd from contrib; remove rc_system from loader; build VLC package with UPNP option; customize /etc/os-release; add GhostBSD to uname output so pfetch/neofetch can display correct OS info; initgfx for the automatic configuration of the graphics hardware...." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-22.01.12.iso (2,584MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-11-26 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 21.11.24 |
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GhostBSD is a desktop-oriented, rolling release operating system based on FreeBSD. The project's latest snapshot adds a new tool for tracking the version of the rolling-release operating system. "This new ISO image contains kernel, operating system and software updates. In addition, I added a new command-line software called ghostbsd-version that gives you the GhostBSD version, FreeBSD version, kernel version, and operating system version. At the date of this release, if you run ghostbsd-version or ghostbsd-version -v, it should output 21.11.24. This version number will be incremented with the date of new package built on packages when update is performed. The ISO image version is now following the last package build version instead of an ISO image build date in the hope of removing confusion about the ISO image version. Changelog: added version file in the package repository; added /etc/version with ghostbsd-build from the version file in the package repository; added feature in update manager to update /etc/version; created ghostbsd-version; moved version under set_ghostbsd_version and set the GhostBSD ISO image version from the repository...." Additional information on the new GhostBSD snapshot can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-21.11.24.iso (2,671MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-09-07 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 21.09.06 |
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GhostBSD is a user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. The project has published a new version, GhostBSD 21.09.06 which migrates service management from OpenRC to FreeBSD's rc.d approach. "What is new in 21.09.06? GhostBSD moved back to FreeBSD rc.d to start services. Github ticket completed: Disable access to home directories. ghostbsd-src opened by ghost. Leaving some fractured pastes about Update-Station and sudo pkg update update-station#21 opened by wb7odyfred. (GhostBSD-21.04.27.iso) package configuration file anomalies at /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/ ghostbsd-pkg-conf opened by grahamperrin. Empty list of packages software-station opened by simonsaman. Inappropriate connections to open Wi-Fi networks with 5.5 on FreeBSD networkmgr opened by grahamperrin. For Open Networks, /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file gets written without double quotes around SSID name. networkmgr opened by wb7odyfred. Automatic switchover networkmgr opened by Crushless. Minor cosmetic - authentication is spelled wrong networkmgr, opened by technics. Wired: DHCP: not gaining an address networkmgr opened by grahamperrin." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-21.09.06.iso (2,634MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-04-30 |
BSD Release: GhostBSD 21.04.27 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the release of GhostBSD 21.04.27, the latest version of the project's desktop operating system based on FreeBSD, with MATE as the default desktop. This release updates the base system to FreeBSD 13.0: "I am happy to announce the availability of the new ISO image, 21.04.27. When we started to port all the GhostBSD code from 12.2-STABLE to 13.0-STABLE, several problems arose with OpenRC, devd and drivers not loading at boot. We discovered that OpenRC devd and devmatch services implementations were not working properly. We had to create rc.devmatch to replace the OpenRC service implementation of devmatch.conf for devd. With devmatch now starting properly, all drivers get loaded at boot and when a new device is inserted. In addition, we were able to remove all changes we made in the GENERIC kernel, making the default kernel a bit smaller. I fixed ntpd and WireGuard services. Automatic configuration for network cards has been removed from NetworkMgr and added to the script started by devd." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and upgrade instructions. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-21.04.27.iso (2,521MB, pkglist). |
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