The developers of GhostBSD have made available the PREALPHA4 for version 11.0. You are encouraged to submit any bugs or issues at the link provided.

This PREALPHA4 release is ready for testing new feature and debugging of GhostBSD 11.0, MATE and XFCE are available with i386 and amd64 architectures.

New feature

• VMWare X supports
• Network Manager using Doas
• GhostBSD software update
• New UFS full disk installation option including disk mirroring
• Live disk X configuration before before getting the desktop

Time for old issue feedback

If you did reports an issue please give use feedback on http://issues.ghostbsd.org/projects/ghostbsd that we can mark it resolve.

We encourage you to use our issue system http://issues.ghostbsd.org/projects/ghostbsd to report bug.

Where to download:

The image checksum’s, hybrid ISO(DVD, USB) images are available here:

ftp://ghostbsd.org/pub/GhostBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/11.0-PREALPHA4/

ftp://ghostbsd.org/pub/GhostBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/11.0-PREALPHA4/

Official announcement: http://www.ghostbsd.org/11.0-PREALPHA4

Phoronix: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GhostBSD-11.0-PreAlpha-4

Discussion: https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/software/bsd-mac-os-x-hurd-others/928370-ghostbsd-11-0-pre-alpha-4-released

The developers of GhostBSD have made available the final RELEASE of 10.3, dubbed “Enoch”. The most notable changes in this version are ZFS support, better VirtualBox support, and many network fixes. See the link below for the full release notes and download the ISO/image here.

After a year of development, testing and debugging we are pleased to announce the release of GhostBSD 10.3 MATE & XFCE which is available on SourceForge and torrents for the amd64 and i386 architectures.

What’s new in GhostBSD 10.3

• ZFS support
• UEFI support
• Installer custom partition creation subjection
• VirtualBox support get setup at boot time if needed.
• 4k partition alignment by default
• GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.

What changed in GhostBSD 10.3

• The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been improved
• VirtualBox additions would be uninstall after installer if it is not runnig in a VirtualBox
• Slim is replacing GDM.
• Networkmgr display the full SSID
• Replaced the HTML/CSS installation slide with a GTK/CSS the slide.

Official announcement: http://ghostbsd.org/10.3_enoch

Related links:

Softpedia – GhostBSD 10.3 “Enoch” Officially Released with ZFS and UEFI Support, More

DistroWatch – BSD Release: GhostBSD 10.3

The developers of GhostBSD have made available the first release candidate for version 10.3. ZFS filesystem disk encryption was pushed back to GhostBSD 11.0. Download the ISO/update files here.

This first RC release is ready for testing new feature in GhostBSD 10.3, MATE and XFCE is available on SourceForge for the i386, amd64, and amd64-uefi architectures.

What has been fixed

• Installer ZFS Mirror and zraid setup
• Installer custom partition problem
• Installer UEFI partition
• Installer /boot problem
• 4k partition alignment
• Network Manager long SSID name
• Network Manager slowness to open the men
• Network Manager icon tray crash

Original announcement: http://ghostbsd.org/10.3_RC1

Softpedia – GhostBSD 10.3 RC1 Is Out, but ZFS Disk Encryption Was Pushed Back to GhostBSD 11

The developers of GhostBSD have releeased first BETA of version 10.3. Download the latest version here.

This first BETA development release is ready for testing and debugging new feature in GhostBSD 10.3, MATE and XFCE is available on SourceForge for the i386, amd64, and amd64-uefi architectures.

What has been fixed.

• Localtime time has been fixed

• Installer support for UEFI

• Fixed boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi

Official announcement – http://ghostbsd.org/10.3_BETA1

DistroWatch – Development Release: GhostBSD 10.3-BETA1

The developers of GhostBSD have made available the second ALPHA for version 10.3. See the link below for the update and full release notes.

This second ALPHA development release is for testing and debugging new feature in GhostBSD 10.3, MATE and XFCE is available on SourceForge for the i386, amd64, and amd64-uefi architectures.

New feature.

• UEFI is now supported for 64bit only.

What has been fix.

• Gbi log and partition data base is now deleting when closing gbi.
• Resetting partition data base when going back the installation type.
• 4K Partition Alignment.
• Networkmgr full SSID name.
• System Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old
• Gbi “back” button error
• sudo configuration
• Wifi down by default
• /etc/localtime not created by installer.
• Locales are not correctly set up on installation.
• missing kern.vty=vt setting in grub.cf

Official announcement: http://ghostbsd.org/10.3-ALPHA2

DistroWatch – Development Release: GhostBSD 10.3-ALPHA2

Softpedia – GhostBSD 10.3 Development Continues, Now with UEFI Support for 64-Bit Platforms

Phoronix – GhostBSD 10.3 Alpha 2 Has Many Fixes, 64-bit UEFI

 

The developers of GhostBSD have made available the first 10.3 ALPHA. This GhostBSD distribution is code-named “Enoch”. Notable changes are added support for ZFS and UDF, as well as the base system being FreeBSD 10.3. See the full list of changes below, and download the ISO or image file here.

Yes we skipped 10.2 for 10.3 since FreeBSD 10.3 was coming, we thought we should wait for 10.3. This is the first ALPHA development release for testing and debugging for GhostBSD 10.3, only as MATE been released yet which is available on SourceForge and for the amd64 and i386 architectures.

What’s new

• GhostBSD now support ZFS and UFS.
• The installer support encryption for ZFS
• GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.

What changed

• The installer did have a big refacing plus a new slide
• There is been some important fix to Networkmgr
• There is been some speed improvement with Networkmgr
• Some UI improvement and speed improvement with Update Station
• Mate 1.12
• New Grub theme

What has been fixed

• Language wish GhostBSD is installed should now be fix
• Wifi Problem as been fix with the update of Networkmgr

Official announcement: http://www.ghostbsd.org/10.3_alpha1

Related links:

NEWSUNITED – GHOSTBSD 10.3 TO ADD ZFS AND UDF SUPPORT, WILL BE BASED ON FREEBSD 10.3

Softpedia – GhostBSD 10.3 to Add ZFS and UDF Support, to Be Based on FreeBSD 10.3

Phoronix – GhostBSD 10.3 Alpha Released With ZFS File-System Support, MATE 1.12

DistroWatch – Development Release: GhostBSD 10.3-ALPHA1

 

The developers of GhostBSD have made available version 10.1 release. Notable changes are a hybrid USB/DVD image, the return of XFCE, a choice of boot managers to install, OctoPkg update, Station Update Manager, and more. See below for full release notes, and download the ISO here.

Original: http://ghostbsd.org/10.1_release_eve

The developers of GhostBSD have made available version 10.1 BETA2. Some changes noted are hybrid ISO image for DVD/USB, XFCE re-added, UI improvement of installer partition editor, options to choose boot manager, and more.

We are pleased to announce the availability GhostBSD 10.1 BETA2 MATE & XFCE  which is available on SourceForge for the amd64 and i386 architectures.

Before going further I will like to say a special thanks Ovidiu who recently join back the project and Andrea who join the project, they have help to make GhostBSD better, add up new feature and fixed issue.

Changes and fix between 10.1-BETA1 and 10.1-BETA2 include:

• GhostBSD ISO image is hybrid that can be install on DVD or USB stick
• XFCE as been added back to the project
• The installer partition editor have been improved at the UI and at the system level
• The user can chose to install the BSD boot manager, Grub boot manager or simply None and use their Linux Grub
• The installation process failed to copy has been improved and fix
• Software from pkg or ports can be now installed from live DVD/USB session
• PCDM Locales and Keyboard Layout are now functional
• Some Radon/ATI and Intel issue has been fix
• Qt development tool has been removed from the default system
• SpiderOak has been removed from the default system

Where to download:

The image checksums, hybrid ISO(DVD, USD) images are available here:

http://www.ghostbsd.org/download

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The developers of GhostBSD have made available the first 10.1 Beta.

Original post: http://ghostbsd.org/10.1-beta1