PC-BSD 10.1.2 To Add Tor Mode, LibreSSL & Other Features

[phoronix]

Phoronix: PC-BSD 10.1.2 To Add Tor Mode, LibreSSL & Other Features

The PC-BSD developers have shared some of the upcoming features for their next release, PC-BSD 10.1.2. While it's just a point release on top of FreeBSD, PC-BSD continues adding a lot of interesting, desktop-oriented innovations to their BSD distribution...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=PC-BSD-10.1.2-Features

[Luke_Wolf]

This is exactly the kind of stuff that makes PC-BSD in particular extremely interesting for me. They're developing a highly integrated product with cool desktop features.

[gens]

This is exactly the kind of stuff that makes PC-BSD in particular extremely interesting for me. They're developing a highly integrated product with cool desktop features.

i think this is modular by design

you could probably do it right now on linux, but "modern" distros might object

[profoundWHALE]

This is exactly the kind of stuff that makes PC-BSD in particular extremely interesting for me. They're developing a highly integrated product with cool desktop features.

I agree. Currently my graphics aren't supported so I've been holding off.

[Luke_Wolf]

I agree. Currently my graphics aren't supported so I've been holding off.

Yep, should hopefully be ready by FreeBSD 11 though

[BlueJayofEvil]

PC-BSD has experimental snapshots for the FreeBSD 11 base now.

http://blog.pcbsd.org/2015/02/pc-bsd-11-0-current-images-now-available/

[Luke_Wolf]

PC-BSD has experimental snapshots for the FreeBSD 11 base now.

http://blog.pcbsd.org/2015/02/pc-bsd...now-available/

Yeah but afaik the linux kms-shim hasn't been merged into -CURRENT yet (nor really ready) which is what I and profoundWHALE are basically having to wait on.

[drSeehas]

DRM

Yeah but afaik the linux kms-shim hasn't been merged into -CURRENT yet (nor really ready) ...

There is already a 2nd CFT for DRM on HEAD:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2015-March/016206.html

[Luke_Wolf]

There is already a 2nd CFT for DRM on HEAD:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/f...ch/016206.html

Interesting, so maybe soon, I need Kernel 3.13 for compatibility so I can have dynamic powermanagement otherwise my laptop will overheat, I'll see whether this'll get my desktop to light up properly though.

EDIT: hm... looks like the latest snapshot is from Feb 12 for those PC-BSD snapshots...

[drSeehas]

... I need Kernel 3.13 ...

This patch is Linux Kernel 3.8.