PC-BSD team announced release of PC-BSD 10.1.2 RC1, the first release candidate of upcoming FreeBSD based BSD distribution.
According to release announcement, following are some notable changes introduced in current release of PC-BSD.
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- New PersonaCrypt Utility allows moving all of users $HOME directory to an encrypted USB Drive. This drive can be connected at login, and used across different systems
- Stealth Mode allows login to a blank $HOME directory, which is encrypted with a one-time GELI key. This $HOME directory is then discarded at logout, or rendered unreadable after a reboot
- Tor mode switches the firewall to running transparent proxy, blocking all traffic except what is routed through Tor
- Migrated to IPFW firewall for enabling VIMAGE in 10.2
- Added sound configuration via the first boot utility
- Support for encrypted iSCSI backups via Life-Preserver, including support for bare-metal restores via installer media
- New HTML handbook, updated via normal package updates
- Media Center support allowing direct login to Kodi and PlexHomeTheater for the 10ft user experience
- Switch to new AppCafe interface, with remote support via web-browser
- Improvements to Online Updater, along with GRUB nested menus for Boot-Environments
- Migrate all ports to using LibreSSL instead of OpenSSL
- Switch from NTP to OpenNTPD
- Lumina desktop 0.8.4
- Chromium 42.0.2311.90
- Firefox 37.0.2
- NVIDIA Driver 346.47
- Pkg 1.5.1