PC-BSD team announced release of PC-BSD 10.1.2, the next quarterly release of FreeBSD based BSD distribution which provides an excellent base for building desktop operating system.
According to official release announcement, following are some notable changes introduced in PC-BSD 10.1.2
According to official release announcement, following are some notable changes introduced in PC-BSD 10.1.2
For more information, see complete release announcement in PC-BSD portal
- 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 — Switch 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 NTPD to OpenNTPD
- Lumina desktop 0.8.4
- Chromium 42.0.2311.135
- Firefox 38.0
- NVIDIA Driver 346.47
- Pkg 1.5.2