The GhostBSD, a BSD distribution based on FreeBSD has announced availability of first version in GhostBSD 4.0 Karine series. This release is based on FreeBSD 10 and it introduces some more features than previous versions.
Following are some features listed in release announcement.
- Default C compiler is now Clang, instead of GCC. Still users may install GCC their own.
- make command has bee replaced with bmake, a tool obtained from NetBSD Project. FreeBSD 10.0 and later versions are also using bmake
- Default package management is now pkg
- Default network manager is Networkmgr
- Mate is the default Desktop while users have absolute freedom to install any popular desktop environments.
- There are 3 workstations to choose, namely classic work station, purity work station and element work station. All of them give different visual appearance.
GhostBSD classic workstation [source : GhostBSD release notes]
GhostBSD purity workstation [source : GhostBSD release notes]
GhostBSD element workstation [source : GhostBSD release notes]
Installation media availabilityGhostBSD release is now available for both amd64 and i386 architectures. It can be downloaded either in ISO/IMG format from sourceforge or via torrents from torrentFTP.
Download GhostBSD 4.0 amd64
Download GhostBSD 4.0 i386
Download Ghost BSD via torrent
Downloaded ISO files can be burned into a DVD, or IMG files can be written into a pendrive for making a bootable media. This can be used for installing GhostBSD.
IMG files are written into USB pendrive using dd command.
ie,
Download GhostBSD 4.0 i386
Download Ghost BSD via torrent
Downloaded ISO files can be burned into a DVD, or IMG files can be written into a pendrive for making a bootable media. This can be used for installing GhostBSD.
IMG files are written into USB pendrive using dd command.
ie,
$ sudo dd if=GhostBSD4.0-RELEASE-amd64.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1m conv=sync
[password]
Where sdX denotes the location where USB pendrive appears. It usually sdb in GNU/Linux systems.
Something important to note
sudo pkg update -f
[password]
sudo pkg upgrade pkg
sudo pkg update -f
sudo pkg upgrade bash
You may have heard about a notorious BASH bug recently. This bug fix is not included in installation media. So it is recommended to update your system bash after your installation. It can be done in command-line using following commands.
sudo pkg update -f
[password]
sudo pkg upgrade pkg
sudo pkg update -f
sudo pkg upgrade bash
Updating software using “pkg upgrade” alone will corrupt xorg and might corrupt GDM too. That is why we are using “pkg upgrade” along with specific packages. Please take care to note update xorg-server, xorg-drivers, and any xf86 with pkg. These packages can be updated using “portupgrade” command.
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