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PC-BSD 8.1 review

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“PC-BSD 8.1 was released on July 20, 2010, roughly five months
after version 8.0 was released. Some of the suggestions made in the
review of PC-BSD 8.0 have been carried out in this latest release.
In fact, the changes were made within one month of that review
being published. It is an encouraging example of how some distro
developers respond to suggestions (or critical reviews).

“While I still think that PC-BSD is not yet ready for the
masses, it is coming along very well. This review will offer
another detailed look at some of the good and bad sides of this
FreeBSD-based distribution, with the attendant recommendations and
suggestions for improvement.

“Let me begin by looking at the bright side of this
distribution. And as always, it has to start with the …

“Installation: PC-BSD’s installer is one of the most intuitive
graphical installers available on any distribution…”

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