From kris at pcbsd.org Wed Jul 18 05:58:11 2012 From: kris at pcbsd.org (Kris Moore) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:58:11 -0400 Subject: [PC-BSD Announce] 9.1-BETA1 now available! Message-ID: <5006B2E3.9050907@pcbsd.org> The BETA1 images for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.1 is now available for i386 and amd64 architectures! This beta provides both users and developers a means to test out new features in the upcoming PC-BSD 9.1 release. This snapshot may contain buggy code and features, so users are encouraged to run it only on non-critical systems. Changes since the previous snapshot ----------------------------------------- * FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1 * KDE 4.8.4 * Support for "Warden" to create Linux Jails (Debian & Gentoo support included) * Fixed a bug with mouse cursor fonts changing over some tray apps * Correct some bugs with mouse not being detected after display wizard * Add new "TrueOS" server option, alongside FreeBSD Vanilla. * Display detected video resolution / driver on confirmation screen * Add new IPv4 / IPv6 validation to address fields * Fix bugs exporting / importing jails via Warden * Add new "Hardware Compatibility Check" GUI, which is available during install and via Control Panel * Add new "Sound Configuration" GUI, which lets user select and test different sound devices * Add NVIDIA legacy drivers for cards older than 8-10 years (32bit only) * Added option to "mount/clone" jail snapshots via the Warden Highlights for the upcoming 9.1-Release ----------------------------------------- * FreeBSD 9.1 * KDE 4.8.4 * New system installer! Greatly simplified for desktop and server installs. * New "PC-BSD Server" installation option. Includes command-line utilities like pbi-manager, warden, metapkgmanager and more. * Support for ZFS mirror / raidz(1,2,3) during installation. * Support for SWAP on ZFS, allowing entire disk ZFS installation. * Support for setting additional ZFS data-set options, such as compression, noexec, etc. * Warden jail management integrated into system. Allows creating jails via GUI, adding packages and other administration. * Support for Warden to create Linux Jails * New "Sound Configuration GUI" * New "Hardware compatibility" GUI * First boot setup wizard allows OEM installs to be easily performed. * New Bluetooth paring tray / GUI utilities. * New AppCafe improvements and preferences * Improvements to wifi utility * Fixed bug causing untranslated strings to show up empty. * Numerous bug-fixes to PC-BSD related utilities * Support for creating PXE boot server for remote desktop and installation. * ZFS beadm support * And much more! Errata --------------------------------------------- * Users running previous snapshots may upgrade now via the online updater. You will first need to apply the "Update Manager" 20120718 update, then the beta1 update will appear. * If you wish to update from 9.0 to this snapshot you may do so by editing the "/usr/local/share/pcbsd/pc-updatemanager/conf/sysupdate.conf" file and changing the PATCHSET: variable to "pcbsdtest". After changing this variable, you may run the updater utility, to download a new update manager. Once this update manager is installed, the online update to the beta will appear. Download --------------------------------------------- The DVD & USB images are available via the PC-BSD mirrors. You may select the mirror and files from the URL below: http://www.pcbsd.org/getmirrors.php?url=9.1-BETA1 -- Kris Moore PC-BSD Software iXsystems -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kris at pcbsd.org Wed Jul 18 06:02:36 2012 From: kris at pcbsd.org (Kris Moore) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:02:36 -0400 Subject: [PC-BSD Announce] 9.1-BETA1 now available! (Update) Message-ID: <5006B3EC.7090504@pcbsd.org> (Slight Update: The URL for download has been fixed, sorry about the noise!) The BETA1 images for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.1 is now available for i386 and amd64 architectures! This beta provides both users and developers a means to test out new features in the upcoming PC-BSD 9.1 release. This snapshot may contain buggy code and features, so users are encouraged to run it only on non-critical systems. Changes since the previous snapshot ----------------------------------------- * FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1 * KDE 4.8.4 * Support for "Warden" to create Linux Jails (Debian & Gentoo support included) * Fixed a bug with mouse cursor fonts changing over some tray apps * Correct some bugs with mouse not being detected after display wizard * Add new "TrueOS" server option, alongside FreeBSD Vanilla. * Display detected video resolution / driver on confirmation screen * Add new IPv4 / IPv6 validation to address fields * Fix bugs exporting / importing jails via Warden * Add new "Hardware Compatibility Check" GUI, which is available during install and via Control Panel * Add new "Sound Configuration" GUI, which lets user select and test different sound devices * Add NVIDIA legacy drivers for cards older than 8-10 years (32bit only) * Added option to "mount/clone" jail snapshots via the Warden Highlights for the upcoming 9.1-Release ----------------------------------------- * FreeBSD 9.1 * KDE 4.8.4 * New system installer! Greatly simplified for desktop and server installs. * New "PC-BSD Server" installation option. Includes command-line utilities like pbi-manager, warden, metapkgmanager and more. * Support for ZFS mirror / raidz(1,2,3) during installation. * Support for SWAP on ZFS, allowing entire disk ZFS installation. * Support for setting additional ZFS data-set options, such as compression, noexec, etc. * Warden jail management integrated into system. Allows creating jails via GUI, adding packages and other administration. * Support for Warden to create Linux Jails * New "Sound Configuration GUI" * New "Hardware compatibility" GUI * First boot setup wizard allows OEM installs to be easily performed. * New Bluetooth paring tray / GUI utilities. * New AppCafe improvements and preferences * Improvements to wifi utility * Fixed bug causing untranslated strings to show up empty. * Numerous bug-fixes to PC-BSD related utilities * Support for creating PXE boot server for remote desktop and installation. * ZFS beadm support * And much more! Errata --------------------------------------------- * Users running previous snapshots may upgrade now via the online updater. You will first need to apply the "Update Manager" 20120718 update, then the beta1 update will appear. * If you wish to update from 9.0 to this snapshot you may do so by editing the "/usr/local/share/pcbsd/pc-updatemanager/conf/sysupdate.conf" file and changing the PATCHSET: variable to "pcbsdtest". After changing this variable, you may run the updater utility, to download a new update manager. Once this update manager is installed, the online update to the beta will appear. Download --------------------------------------------- The DVD & USB images are available via the PC-BSD mirrors. You may select the mirror and files from the URL below: http://www.pcbsd.org/getmirrors.php?url=9.1-BETA1 -- Kris Moore PC-BSD Software iXsystems -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: