BSD & Gaming » updates http://www.bsdgaming.com technology, gadgets, games, freebsd, and other geek fun Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:24:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 new release: PC-BSD 9.0 is now available!! http://www.bsdgaming.com/2012/01/new-release-pc-bsd-9-0-is-now-available/ http://www.bsdgaming.com/2012/01/new-release-pc-bsd-9-0-is-now-available/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:30:53 +0000 admin http://www.bsdgaming.com/?p=1123 Just released, PC-BSD 9.0 [Isotope Edition] go get it now!!

PC-BSD 9.0 changes include the following:

  • Based upon FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE
  • Support for installing a variety of Window Managers, such as KDE, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE and more!
  • Improved networking utilities, including wifi quick-connect
  • Support for UFS+Journaling out of box
  • New graphical boot options page
  • Improved PBI system, allows library sharing, binary diff updating, custom repositories, digital signing and more!
  • Support for “freebsd-update” via the System Update GUI
  • Enhanced “Life-Preserver” utility for doing off-site rsync backups of user data.

Read the release notes here – [LINK]
Download your free copy here – [LINK]
Download via BitTorrent here – [LINK]

(For a full list of changes in this release refer to the changelog.)

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]]> http://www.bsdgaming.com/2012/01/status-update-still-alive/feed/ 0 Fallout 3: New Vegas http://www.bsdgaming.com/2011/11/fallout-3-new-vegas-2/ http://www.bsdgaming.com/2011/11/fallout-3-new-vegas-2/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:41:59 +0000 admin http://www.bsdgaming.com/?p=1083 Last year I stated [link] the disappointment of Fallout 3 from 2008 left me in no hurry to pick up a copy of  New Vegas. The initial reviews for FO3:NV looked promising but that quickly changed with a barrage of negativity about the game’s technical problems. To make things worse, I also had an aging computer setup that would have left me running the game on mid-level or low end graphics settings, yet one more reason buying this game quickly got filed under the “why bother” category for me.

…Fast forward one year and mix in a new pc.. Booyah Babuh! FO3:NV rocks like nobody’s business! Since I took forever to get my hands on a copy, it appears the developers had time to patch all the technical issues everyone complained about. So far I have had zero problems. The quality of the storyline and general content of FO3:NV is ridiculously better than Bethesda’s work on Fo3, it really shines with competent story telling from Obsidian Entertainment. I would love to have seen what these guys could have come up with for the Capital Wasteland, I imagine it would have been light years better than anything Bethesda squeezed out.

Naturally it still wouldn’t be a great PC Game without a lot of mods from the community to make it ever so much better, stock games are usually bland at best.

 

 

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If you experienced the quake you can help the USGS gather more data on the event here at this [LINK]

#vaquake #earthquake

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It originally came with Android 2.1 1030 but the good news is I finally got around to upgrading the firmware to Android 2.2 0603! It’s fast and has flash support. I haven’t messed with it much to check on the actual performance but it seems pretty good so far. When I make the time I’ll put together detailed info on the upgrade and how I made it work for me.

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Use your software update tool or download the push button installer from here – [LINK]

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Just released, PC-BSD 8.2 [Hubble Edition] go get it now!!

PC-BSD 8.2 changes include the following:

  • FreeBSD 8.2-Release
  • KDE 4.5.5
  • Added ability to select file-system type and encryption during auto-partitioning
  • Able to toggle between MBR/GPT partitioning
  • Various bug fixes to the wireless / network managers

Read the release notes here – [LINK]
Download your free copy here – [LINK]
Download via BitTorrent here – [LINK]

(For a full list of changes in this release refer to the changelog.)

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MobileFreeNAS, it will now be called mFreeNAS 7.

Some of the details include:

This application allows you to control your FreeNAS Server within your local network.
Supported features:
-Wake On Lan
-Reboot
-Shutdown
-System Info
-HDDs Info
-HTTP Support only
-Tested on FreeNAS 0.7.2.5543

You can download the application here – [LINK]

The full write up about this can be found on TechWave’s site here – [LINK]

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The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 8.1 (Hubble Edition), running FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE, and KDE 4.4.5

Version 8.1 contains a number of enhancements and improvements. For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Some of the notable changes are:

  • FreeBSD 8.1-Release
  • KDE 4.4.5
  • Numerous fixes to the installation backend
  • Support for creating dedicated disk GPT partitioning
  • Improved ZFS support
  • Bugfixes to desktop tools / utilities

Announcement – [LINK]

Release notes – [LINK]

Download via FTP mirrors – [LINK]

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The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE. This is the second release from the 8-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of FreeBSD 8.0 and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights:

-zfsloader added
-zpool version of ZFS subsystem updated to version 14
-NFSv4 ACL support in UFS and ZFS; support added to cp(1), find(1), getfacl(1), mv(1), and setfacl(1) utilities
-UltraSPARC IV/IV+, SPARC64 V support
-SMP support in PowerPC G5
-BIND 9.6.2-P2
-sendmail updated to 8.14.4
-OpenSSH updated to 5.4p1
-GNOME 2.30.1, KDE 4.4.5

Announcement – [LINK]

Release notes – [LINK]

Download via official BitTorrent – [LINK]

Download via FTP mirrors – [LINK]

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