by Cao | Mar 24, 2017 | FreeBSD, FreeBSD vs Linux, TrueOS, Tutorial
This article by user osemotions details a FreeBSD 11 desktop installation, as a Linux user steering the wheel. Read about their trial using FreeBSD below, in addition to trying out TrueOS. A Penguin tries FreeBSD 11.0 RELEASE on an old i386 PC as his main desktop...
by Cao | Mar 2, 2017 | TrueOS
The developers of TrueOS have made available STABLE version 2017-02-22. You can download the new ISO here or use the update feature within the OS. See the link below for the full release notes. A new update for TrueOS-STABLE is available as of 2/22/17 (apologies for...
by Cao | Feb 22, 2017 | Linux, Lumina, TrueOS
Lumina Desktop Environment, developed by Ken Moore of TrueOS, has been making rounds in the BSD world and is now being recognized by Linux users alike. Read the article to see how Lumina can be ideal for your Linux workflow, due to its simplicity as a lightweight...
by Cao | Feb 3, 2017 | TrueOS
This article by Tim Moore discusses the integration of OpenRC to improve TrueOS’s management of system services. Read more about the benefits of OpenRC in the link below. OpenRC is a dependency-based init system working with the system provided init program. It...
by Cao | Jan 6, 2017 | Lumina, TrueOS
Ken Moore, developer of Lumina, has released version 1.2 for the lightweight desktop environment packaged with TrueOS. This release features new plugin, custom themes such as Windows / OSX / MATE type desktops, a removal of libLuminaUtils, and more. See below for the...
by Cao | Nov 17, 2016 | iXsystems, TrueOS
iXsystems Inc. has announced the launch of TrueOS, a desktop FreeBSD based operating system that evolved from the PC-BSD name. Notable features are its rolling release updates, Lumina Desktop Environment, and more features such as TrueOS Pico coming soon. Head on over...
