DesktopBSD
{{Short description|Unix-derived operating system}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = DesktopBSD
| logo = Image:Desktop bsd logo.png
| screenshot =
| caption = DesktopBSD default desktop
| family = Unix-like
| source model = Open source
| latest release version = 1.7
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2009|09|07|df=yes}}{{cite web|url= http://distrowatch.com/desktopbsd|title= DistroWatch: DesktopBSD|work=distrowatch.com |accessdate=2011-10-18}}
| package_manager = FreeBSD Ports
| supported_platforms = amd64 and i386
| kernel type = Monolithic
| ui = K Desktop Environment 3
| license = *FreeBSD license from FreeBSD base system
- Artwork collection, logos:
Creative Commons
[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ CC BY-NC 2.0] Austria{{cite web |url=http://desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=76 |title=DesktopBSD Artwork Collection |accessdate=2008-03-20 |work=desktopbsd.net |archive-date=2010-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611234320/http://desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=76 |url-status=dead }} - GPL from KDE
| working_state = Discontinued in 2015
| website = {{URL|http://www.desktopbsd.org}}
}}
DesktopBSD was a Unix-derived, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. Its goal was to combine the stability of FreeBSD with the ease of use of K Desktop Environment 3, the default graphical user interface.
History and development
DesktopBSD was a customized installation of FreeBSD, rather than a fork. It was based on FreeBSD's latest stable branch, incorporating customized, preinstalled software such as KDE and DesktopBSD utilities and configuration files.
DesktopBSD was not intended to compete with TrueOS as a BSD-based desktop distribution, although they were similar in structure and goals. DesktopBSD was started about one year before the PC-BSD project, despite the first PC-BSD release before DesktopBSD's. Neither project intended to rival the other, and they had independent, distinctive features and intended outcomes; DesktopBSD used ports and packages for additional software installation, and PC-BSD introduced PBIs.
The final release was 1.7, which became available on 7 September 2009.{{cite web|url=http://desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=94|title=DesktopBSD 1.7 release notes|work=desktopbsd.net|date=2009-09-07|accessdate=2011-10-18|archive-date=2010-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611211850/http://desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=94|url-status=dead}} According to the release announcement, "This is the last and final release of the DesktopBSD project", because the lead developer could no longer contribute the time required to maintain it.{{cite web
|url=http://desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=43&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=41&cHash=b6ad95fd57
|title=DesktopBSD 1.7 available
|work=desktopbsd.net
|date=2009-09-07
|accessdate=2009-09-27
|archive-date=2011-07-23
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723091532/http://desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=43&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=41&cHash=b6ad95fd57
|url-status=dead
}}
DesktopBSD was restarted under new leadership in May 2010,{{cite web
|url=http://desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=43&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=42&cHash=2420638ccb
|title=Advancement of the DesktopBSD project
|date=2010-05-30
|accessdate=2012-08-21}}
although development and announcements soon stopped. On 10 March 2013, a forum post said that the project was "in the process of being revived."{{cite web
|url = http://desktopbsd.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2
|title = Welcome to DesktopBSD forums
|date = 2013-03-10
|accessdate = 2013-03-21
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001147/http://desktopbsd.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2
|archivedate = 2013-12-03
}} A roadmap for DesktopBSD 2.0 was announced in September 2015 on the DesktopBSD site, with posted screenshots of a GNOME3-based desktop.
See also
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.desktopbsd.org/}}
- [http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/04/bsdtalk031-interview-with-peter-hofer.html BSDTalk] Interview with Peter Hofer (DesktopBSD developer/mp3)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120111055331/http://www.allbsd.de/src/Flyer/FreeBSD/PDF/flyer-en-fbsd-desktopbsd.pdf DesktopBSD flyer] Info from [http://www.allbsd.de/ AllBSD.de] (pdf/English)
- {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085739/http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/07/13/FreeBSDBasics.html?page=1 |date=2014-08-19 |title=Using DesktopBSD by Dru Lavigne}}
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