VirtualBSD 8.1发布

[leo]

http://www.virtualbsd.info/
今年二月发布的，恕我孤陋寡闻，头一次听说这个BSD分支。

Yes, it's been a long time coming but VirtualBSD 8.1 is here!

VirtualBSD is a desktop ready FreeBSD 8.1 RELEASE, in the form of a VMware appliance, based on the Xfce 4.6 Desktop Environment. Many of the most common and useful applications are ready to run, and the desktop has been styled to resemble a certain OS from Cupertino.


Intended Audience

VirtualBSD is clearly aimed at people with VMware Player (or better) who:
1) Have never tried FreeBSD so far;
2) Wanted to, but didn't have the right hardware;
3) Used FreeBSD in the past, but have since moved to a different OS and are struck by nostalgia from time to time;


Installed Applications

The full list of the installed applications would be way too long (and boring) but chances are you will find VirtualBSD very functional right out of the box. Still, here's some of the most notable inclusions:
Firefox 3.6.13 (and plugins)
Thunderbird 3.17
Pidgin 2.7.7
Xchat 2.8.8
OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
Gimp 2.6.11
VLC 1.1.5
Transmission 2.13
Miro a.k.a. Democracy Player 3.5
Samba 3.4.9
CUPS 1.4.5
Also, since we wanted to "get social" with this release, we've added a handful of SSBs (Site Specific Browsers) for favorites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and many more -- better yet, you'll be able to add your own with just a few clicks!


Download Information
Please, see the Download Page for the details.


Contact Information

[crzyfish]

Xface弄得和MAC差不多，好帅啊

[leo]

就是一个Dock吗（模仿apple的，linux上早有了）？BSD里只不过没有人愿意做这些细致的工作罢了，换句话说就是工作重点一点也没有向用户体验倾斜 —— 此外这是不是也涉及到专利方面的问题就不得而知了，免费的东西也别太指望了。;)

[crzyfish]

嗯～哈哈～