DesktopBSD

[alphaamanitin]

Hello All,

If I install using DesktopBSD, will I be able to update the base OS that is FreeBSD and all the software to the point that it would be as if I installed FreeBSD? I only say that last bit because it sounds like DesktopBSD is basically just a GUI for installing, unlike PC-BSD.

AlphaA

 

[LateNiteTV]

I'm pretty sure that with PC-BSD there's an option for a generic FreeBSD install.

 

[YZMSQ]

DesktopBSD seems not so active as PC-BSD.

 

[FBSD]

The DesktopBSD project was discontinued in Sep 09: http://desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=43&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=41&cHash=b6ad95fd57. Efforts to resurrect the project have so far failed.

PC-BSD is you best alternative for a well polished FreeBSD desktop edition. Version 9 comes with multiple desktop environments (kde, gnome, xfce etc)

 

[fluca1978]

I know also there is another effort, called GhostBSD, that is a Gnome customized version of FreeBSD. I don't know it since I use PCBSD on my desktop, maybe someone with a better knowledge could describe it well.
By the way, PCBSD is a FreeBSD with a package manager (PBI) and a desktop customization, but it runs a pure FreeBSD environment.