DesktopBSD 1.6 RC3

DesktopBSD aims at being a stable and powerful operating system for desktop users.
DesktopBSD combines the stability of FreeBSD, the usability and functionality of KDE and the simplicity of specially developed software to provide a system thats easy to use and install.
The main goal of the DesktopBSD project is to provide a desktop operating system thats easy to use, but still has all the functionality and power of BSD.
In the long term, DesktopBSD wants to build an operating system that meets most requirements desktop users have, like installing software, configuring power management or sharing an internet connection.
To be better able to fulfill this goal, we strongly rely on users that send in feature requests, ideas for improvements or participate in development.
DesktopBSD is free software, which means it is free of charge. Also, if youre a developer and want to find out how DesktopBSD works or modify it to fit your needs, you can download the full source code.
Main features:
Stability
- DesktopBSD is based on FreeBSD, which is one of the most reliable and robust operating systems in the world.
Usability
- The KDE Desktop Environment and specially developed tools provide a maximum of usability to our users. KDE features such as KIO slaves or remote desktop sharing and DesktopBSD features like network profiles, easy mount procedures and many other convenience features make life easier and increase productivity.
Performance
- The development of FreeBSD (and therefore DesktopBSD) is highly focused on performance. The system manages resources efficiently and reacts fast even when many processes are running simultaneously. This also affects networking, so DesktopBSD tries to optimally use the available bandwidth.
Security
- Concerning security, the BSD operating systems are world-class. For example, OpenBSD had only one remote in the default install in more than eight years. DesktopBSD benefits from the work of other BSDs such as OpenBSD and passes that advantage on to you.
Enhancements:
- This release candidate is considered a large step towards a final release 1.6 with major changes such as: X.Org release 7.2, improving support for modern graphics hardware; NVIDIA graphics driver, providing hardware 3D acceleration for NVIDIA video cards; Latest FreeBSD 6-STABLE as base system with High Definition Audio (HDA) support... Upgrades from 1.0 and previous release candidates are supported. An additional language CD and 64-bit (AMD64) DVD will be released soon.