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TrueOS Changelog

What's new in TrueOS 18.03

Mar 31, 2018
  • “Meltdown” security fixes: This release contains all the fixes to FreeBSD which mitigate the security issues for systems that utilize Intel-based processors when running virtual machines such as FreeBSD jails. Please note that virtual machines or jails must also be updated to a version of FreeBSD or TrueOS which contains these security fixes.
  • “Spectre” security mitigations: This release contains all current mitigations from FreeBSD HEAD for the Spectre memory-isolation attacks (Variant 2). All 3rd-party packages for this release are also compiled with LLVM/Clang 6 (the “retpoline” mitigation strategy). This fixes many memory allocation issues and enforces stricter requirements for code completeness and memory usage within applications. Unfortunately, some 3rd-party applications became unavailable as pre-compiled packages due to non-compliance with these updated standards. These applications are currently being fixed either by the upstream authors or the FreeBSD port maintainers. If there are any concerns about the availability of a critical application for a specific workflow, please search through the changelog of packages between TrueOS 17.12 and 18.03 to verify the status of the application.
  • Most systems will need microcode updates for additional Spectre mitigations. The microcode updates are not enabled by default. This work is considered experimental because it is in active development by the upstream vendors. If desired, the microcode updates are available with the new devcpu-data package, which is available in the Appcafe. Install this package and enable the new microcode_update service to apply the latest runtime code when booting the system.
  • Important security-based package updates:
  • LibreSSL is updated from version 2.6.3 -> 2.6.4
  • Reminder: LibreSSL is used on TrueOS to build any package which does not explicitly require OpenSSL. All applications that utilize the SSL transport layer are now running with the latest security updates.
  • Browser updates: (Keep in mind that many browsers have also implemented their own security mitigations in the aftermath of the Spectre exploit.)
  • Firefox: 57.0.1 -> 58.0.2
  • Chromium: 61.0.3163.100 -> 63.0.3239.132
  • Qt5 Webengine (QupZilla, Falkon, many others): 5.7.1 -> 5.9.4

New in TrueOS 2017-06-01 (Jun 11, 2017)

  • Add branching to TrueOS project repositories: STABLE releases now have their own branches.
  • Fix VIM issue with AMD
  • The installer only loads the VESA (for MBR) and SCFB (for UEFI) graphics drivers initially to ensure maximum system compatibility.
  • HAL is unset and not installed by default. While not recommended for use, HAL is still available in the package repository.
  • Unset PGSQL to prevent conflicts with mysql and sqlite.
  • Unset CONSOLEKIT by default.
  • Cleaned up old virtualbox startup routine.
  • Improve installer functionality in 640×480.
  • Installer text has been reworked slightly.
  • First boot wizard is reworked a little.
  • The installer is updated with a new Optional Installation Packages screen. Users can choose an optional graphics driver from the included list. This allows you to choose from all versions of the available nVidia and virtual environment “guest” drivers.
  • OpenRC is updated to 0.26.2.
  • Make sure pc-checkxdisplay runs the xorg setup on firstboot.
  • Bugfix for the Network Manager: wireless signal strength should be detected better.
  • Added cut/copy/rename functionality to desktop icons with Lumina. The desktop also has paste/new file/new folder functionality added.
  • The TrueOS handbook has undergone numerous updates to remove/replace outdated text and screenshots.
  • Lumina is updated to version 1.2.2.
  • The Lumina port is now modular: the x11/lumina metapackage still installs all Lumina utilities (same functionality as is currently available). However, Lumina is now also broken down into a few standalone packages. Individual desktop utilities can be found under deskutils/lumina-*, the Lumina Desktop now exists in the x11/lumina-core package, and the core utilities are in x11/lumina-coreutils.

New in TrueOS 2017-02-22 (Feb 25, 2017)

  • Bugfixes:
  • packaging upgrading.
  • Lumina 4k wallpaper bug.
  • dbus service status bug.
  • Imported upstream OpenRC patches for service supervision/status.
  • Fixes to SysAdm service (now allows stopping the supervised service).
  • FreeBSD-examples upgrading bug.
  • Services Added:
  • plexmediaserver
  • open-vm-tools
  • musicpd
  • iocage
  • tcpproxy
  • miniupnp
  • isc-dhcpd34
  • Other Updates:
  • Qt version updated from 5.6.2 to 5.7.1
  • Multiple minor package updates
  • New about tool improvements (Thanks Graham Perrin!)
  • The entire package repository is synced with FreeBSD as of Feb 19, 2017.
  • The new Automounting feature is available!
  • The pc-mounttray utility has been retired in favor of the new devd-based automounter and autofs.
  • New Jail utilities are available.

New in TrueOS 10.3 (Apr 4, 2016)

  • FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE base system
  • Using FreeBSD boot-loader for install media, will be used for installed system in 11.0 as well
  • Updated Qt tool-chain to support Qt 5.5.X
  • Life-preserver bug-fixes to remote replication
  • Made GRUB an optional package, in prep for 11.0
  • Mount Tray will auto-start playback of CD/DVD's upon insert detection
  • Numerous bug fixes in the installer for UEFI / GPT setups
  • Bug-fixes to cleaning up old 'gmirror' installations
  • Firefox 45.0
  • Chromium 48.0.2564.116
  • Thunderbird 38.6.0
  • Lumina 0.8.8

New in TrueOS 10.2 (Aug 21, 2015)

  • FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE base system
  • Many bugfixes and enhancements to installer to dual-boot setups
  • New CD-sized network installation media, with Wifi Configuration via GUI
  • Switched to “iocage” for jail management backend
  • Disk Manager GUI now available via installer GUI
  • Bug-fixes and improvements to Life-Preserver replications
  • Improved localization options for login manager
  • Options to Enable / Disable SSHD or IPv6 at installation
  • New “Plugins” system for AppCafe, allowing download of pre-built jail environments
  • Improvements to look-n-feel of AppCafe for package management
  • Improved fonts and better support for 4K monitor setups
  • Enterprise package repo, which only has security updates, allowing users to run a server / desktop or jail with fairly consistent package versions.
  • Firefox 40.0_1,1
  • Chromium 44.0.2403.130
  • Thunderbird 38.1.0
  • Lumina 0.8.6
  • GNOME 3.16.2

New in TrueOS 10.1.2 (May 18, 2015)

  • 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

New in TrueOS 10.1.2 RC1 (May 2, 2015)

  • 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

New in TrueOS 10.1.1 (Feb 2, 2015)

  • Changes since RC2:
  • Fixed an issue using auto-login in PCDM and setting incorrect locale
  • Fixed a bug in user-manager allowing the deletion of the current user
  • Updated GRUB to include i18n files
  • Fixed an issue with invalid GPT options being displayed when installing to a specific partition
  • Updated GRUB to better auto-detect other disk-drives to chainload via the boot menu
  • Fixed various bugs in external media mounting
  • Changes since RC1:
  • Disabled some diskid / gptid labels from installer
  • Updated HandBook with additions for 10.1.1
  • Fixes to Lumina desktop default settings
  • Disabled the lock functionality in AppCafe
  • Fixed an issue with VirtualBox modules not being loaded after install
  • Updated some man pages for pbi_commands
  • Fixes to how ISO / memory disks are mounted via Mount Tray
  • Fixes to Mount Tray for mounting exFAT partitions with write access
  • Fixed an issue with UEFI USB media not loading GRUB correctly
  • Removed pc-soundconfig utility, functionality has been merged into pc-mixer
  • PC-BSD 10.1.1 notable Changes:
  • Brand new system updater which supports automatic background updating of the system
  • Many improvements to boot-environments and GRUB support for a wider variety of setups
  • Support for installation to a specific GPT partition and GPT dual-booting improvements
  • Conversion to Qt5 for all desktop utilities
  • Fixes to using dtrace when booted from GRUB
  • Re-write of Mount Tray utility, improves mounting of external media
  • Support for full-disk encryption (without an unencrypted /boot) using GELI v7
  • More packages available for installation from DVD/USB/CD images via “PC-BSD roles“
  • New OVA files for virtual machines
  • Misc bugfixes and improvements to utilities
  • GNOME 3.14.1
  • Cinnamon 2.4.2
  • Lumina desktop 0.8.1
  • Chromium 39.0.2171.95
  • Firefox 35.0
  • NVIDIA Driver 340.65
  • Pkg 1.4.4

New in TrueOS 10.1.1 RC2 (Jan 26, 2015)

  • Disabled some diskid / gptid labels from installer
  • Updated HandBook with additions for 10.1.1
  • Fixes to Lumina desktop default settings
  • Disabled the lock functionality in AppCafe
  • Fixed an issue with VirtualBox modules not being loaded after install
  • Updated some man pages for pbi_* commands
  • Fixes to how ISO / memory disks are mounted via Mount Tray
  • Fixes to Mount Tray for mounting exFAT partitions with write access
  • Fixed an issue with UEFI USB media not loading GRUB correctly
  • Removed pc-soundmixer utility, functionality has been merged into tray app

New in TrueOS 10.1.1 RC1 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Brand new system updater which supports automatic background updating of the system
  • Many improvements to boot-environments and GRUB support for a wider variety of setups
  • Support for installation to a specific GPT partition and GPT dual-booting improvements
  • Conversion to Qt5 for all desktop utilities
  • Fixes to using dtrace when booted from GRUB
  • Re-write of Mount Tray utility, improves mounting of external media
  • Support for full-disk encryption (without an unencrypted /boot) using GELI v7
  • More packages available for installation from DVD/USB/CD images via “PC-BSD roles“
  • New OVA files for virtual machines
  • Different ISO files for UEFI / BIOS installations
  • Misc bugfixes and improvements to utilities
  • GNOME 3.14.1
  • Cinnamon 2.4.2
  • Lumina desktop 0.8.0
  • Chromium 39.0.2171.95
  • Firefox 35.0
  • NVIDIA Driver 340.65
  • Pkg 1.4.4

New in TrueOS 10.1 (Nov 18, 2014)

  • KDE 4.14.2
  • GNOME 3.12.2
  • Cinnamon 2.2.16
  • Chromium 38.0.2125.104_1
  • Firefox 33.1
  • NVIDIA Driver 340.24
  • Lumina desktop 0.7.1-beta
  • Pkg 1.3.8_3
  • New AppCafe HTML5 web/remote interface, for both desktop / server usage
  • New CD-sized text-installer ISO files for TrueOS / server deployments
  • New Centos 6.6 Linux emulation base
  • New HostAP mode for Wifi GUI utilities
  • UEFI support for boot and installation
  • Automatic tuning of ZFS memory usage at install time
  • Support for full-disk (GELI) encryption without an unencrypted /boot partition (Also on mirror/raidz setups!)
  • New VirtualBox / VMware / RAW disk images of desktop / server installations

New in TrueOS 10.1 RC2 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • This RC includes many minor bug-fixes from RC2, along with new UEFI support for boot / install.

New in TrueOS 10.1 RC1 (Oct 25, 2014)

  • KDE 4.14.2
  • GNOME 3.12.2
  • Cinnamon 2.2.16
  • Chromium 38.0.2125.104_1
  • Firefox 33.0
  • NVIDIA Driver 340.24
  • Lumina desktop 0.7.0-beta
  • Pkg 1.3.8_3
  • New AppCafe HTML5 web/remote interface, for both desktop / server usage
  • New CD-sized text-installer ISO files for TrueOS / server deployments
  • New Centos 6.5 Linux emulation base
  • New HostAP mode for Wifi GUI utilities
  • Misc bug fixes and other stability improvements

New in TrueOS 10.0.3 (Sep 9, 2014)

  • Cinnamon 2.2.14
  • Chromium 37.0.2062.94
  • NVIDIA Driver 340.24
  • Lumina desktop 0.6.2-beta
  • Pkg 1.3.7
  • Various fixes to the Appcafe Qt UI
  • Bugfixes to Warden / jail creation
  • Fixed a bug with USB media not always being bootable
  • Fixed several issues with Xorg setup
  • Improved Boot-Environments to allow “beadm activate” to set default
  • Support for jail “bulk” creation via Warden
  • Fixes for relative ZFS dataset mount-point creation via Warden
  • Support for full-disk (GELI) encryption without an unencrypted /boot partition

New in TrueOS 10.0.3 RC2 (Sep 3, 2014)

  • This update brings in the newer pkgng 1.3.7, which may need to re-install many of your packages in order to properly fix an issue with shared-library version detection in previous pkgng releases.

New in TrueOS 10.0.2 (Jun 24, 2014)

  • KDE 4.12.5
  • Cinnamon 2.2.13
  • Gnome 3.12.2
  • Alpha release of Lumina desktop
  • Revamped AppCafe and PBI subsystems, integrated fully with FreeBSD’s PKGNG
  • AppCafe support for application screenshots, 5-Star rating system and comments integrated with our Wiki
  • Unified various UI elements and keyboard shortcuts
  • Integrated package cleanup functionality into AppCafe / PBI system
  • Updated Control Panel UI with additional view options and asynchronous item reading
  • Improved UI notification between applications and tray notification systems
  • Added PulseAudio as default audio backend for all packages which can support it
  • Added full-disk encryption options with GELI, which does *not* require a separate un-encrypted /boot partition
  • Support for automatic boot-environment creation before doing any upgrades or updates to the system or packages
  • Boot-environment support for full-disk encrypted installations
  • Added support for adding snapshot “Comments”
  • Options to set L2Arc / ZIL devices during installation
  • Many other bugfixes and improvements to Life-Preserver, Warden and more

New in TrueOS 10.0.1 (Mar 15, 2014)

  • KDE 4.12.2
  • Cinnamon 2.0
  • Samba 4.1.4
  • Stability improvements to PBI subsystems
  • Updated GRUB loader, fixing issues related to slow / hanging startup
  • Updated AppCafe UI
  • Updates to Life-Preserver, including “Classic” backup mode and automatic snapshots
  • Updated control panel with desktop settings buttons
  • PulseAudio 5.0 integration
  • Improved Video display auto-detection
  • Bugfixes to mouse auto-detection
  • Improved LDAP / AD support for login manager
  • Misc other bugfixes

New in TrueOS 10.0 (Jan 30, 2014)

  • Includes FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE
  • Updated KMS / AMD driver support
  • ISO file is a hybrid USB file, and can be “dd“ed to a USB media.
  • New text-based installer
  • Able to select between GRUB/BSD loaders during installation
  • New desktops! Gnome 3, Mate (Replaces Gnome2) and Cinnamon

New in TrueOS 10 RC5 (Jan 24, 2014)

  • Includes FreeBSD 10.0-RC5
  • Updated KMS / AMD driver support
  • ISO file is a hybrid USB file, and can be “dd“ed to a USB media.
  • New text-based installer
  • New UEFI loader on installation media
  • Able to select between GRUB/BSD loaders during installation
  • New desktops! Gnome 3, Mate (Replaces Gnome2) and Cinnamon
  • And much more!

New in TrueOS 10 Beta 4 (Dec 3, 2013)

  • Includes FreeBSD 10-STABLE / 10.0-BETA3 from 11/20/2013
  • Includes the Gnome3 / Mate / Cinnamon desktops, replacing Gnome2.
  • Updated installer options for text-mode, including ZFS options
  • Improved PBIs support
  • Updated our Linux compatibility layer to Centos 6
  • Numerous bug-fixes

New in TrueOS 10 Beta 3 (Nov 18, 2013)

  • Includes FreeBSD 10-STABLE / 10.0-BETA3 from 11/8/2013
  • Switched to PCDM as the default login manager
  • New 10.X artwork & themes
  • Fixed a long list of bugs relating to PBIs
  • Fixed issues enabling the flash plugin out of box
  • Corrected some installation issues via the text-installer
  • Corrected an issue changing passwords via the User Manager
  • Other misc bugfixes

New in TrueOS 9.2 (Oct 8, 2013)

  • Based on FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE.
  • Bootable ZFS Boot Environments: using GRUB2, any new ZFS boot-environments created via the “beadm” command will be added to the boot-loader and available at boot-time.
  • Re-written Life-Preserver utility: allows you to instantly create ZFS snapshots, restore files, and replicate data to a remote system or mirror to an additional local disk drive.
  • Updated installer allows restoring the entire system from a replicated ZFS backup.
  • New Boot Manager GUI: allows managing ZFS boot-environments and GRUB menus in a single location.
  • PNGNG support: in addition to PBIs and the AppCafe, system admins and power users will now have access to a full PKGNG repository with frequent updates.
  • Switched over to CDN for downloads: no more having to hunt for a closest mirror as downloads will automatically pull from our CDN service hosted by ScaleEngine.
  • New version of AppCafe with new streamlining and PBI management functionality.
  • GitHub migration: all PC-BSD / TrueOS sources are now available via GitHub (https://​github​.com/​p​c​bsd and https://​github​.com/​t​r​u​eos ).
  • Warden updates:
  • Support for setting various jail options via the GUI
  • Option to create jail “templates” based upon different versions of FreeBSD
  • Support for VIMAGE jails
  • Jails without any IPV4 or IPV6 address assigned
  • Graphical Package Manager: GUI supports basic or advanced mode, which allows full package management / upgrades.
  • Home directory encryption: PEFS based encryption allows users to encrypt their home-directory contents with their login password, which is only unencrypted while logged in.
  • Boot times improved substantially
  • Binary “freebsd-update” server implemented allowing updates to different PC-BSD branches without re-compiling.

New in TrueOS 9.2 BETA 2 (Aug 9, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue with Intel video chipsets not loading the correct kernel module causing a system crash
  • Added the ability to specify a ZFS pool name during installation
  • Added the ability to "Force 4K" block-sizes during installation
  • Fixed several bugs relating to "freebsd-update"
  • Fixed a number of mounting-related bugs for removable media
  • Added a new "Boot Config" GUI for managing Boot-Environments graphically
  • Slimmed down the USBFULL image to fit on a 4GB memory stick again
  • Correct an issue with USBFULL memory stick needing a fsck after a crash
  • Fixed an issue with broken entries for Windows Vista/7 in GRUB menus
  • Corrected an issue fetching FreeBSD 8.3/8.4 jail files via the warden

New in TrueOS 9.1 RC3 (Nov 17, 2012)

  • PC-BSD handbook has been updated for 9.1
  • Fixed bug where some keyboard layouts were not being displayed
  • Multiple functionality and stability improvements for EasyPBI
  • Multiple functionality and stability improvements for TrueOS
  • New functionality improvements including better detection added to the mount-tray
  • Fixed bug where default mount points were not being set correctly using ZFS mirror/raidz mode
  • Fixed bug where update manager was not displaying the proper error text when failing
  • Added new ability to create ZFS datasets for jail environments
  • Added UK wireless channel 12 support
  • Fixed bug where Linux jails were not importing properly
  • Mirrors are now auto detected and set based upon location
  • Automatic ZFS 4K blocksize enabled by default
  • System manager should now show the correct dialog for “default”
  • auto-detected mirrors.

New in TrueOS 9.1 RC1 (Aug 24, 2012)

  • Based on FreeBSD 9.1-RC1.
  • Added new functionality to the warden client. You can now schedule daily / hourly creation of jail snapshots. You may also set the number of days worth of jails you wish to keep. Old jail snapshots will be removed automatically.
  • Improve the shutdown scripts to make sure we unmount, even if the jail was manually stopped.
  • Added Active Directory / LDAP backend and GUI utility.
  • Fixed a number of bugs relating to jail creation / management.
  • Auto-enable the flash plugin when creating new users.
  • Added some initial packages to TrueOS, such as sudo / bash and others.
  • Bugfixes to AppCafe.
  • Fixed Window Maker startup issues.
  • Added the Enlightenment (E17) desktop as an unsupported desktop meta-package.
  • Added lots of new packages for TrueOS / Warden.

New in TrueOS 9.1 Beta 1 (Jul 18, 2012)

  • FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1
  • KDE 4.8.4
  • Support for "Warden" to create Linux Jails (Debian & Gentoo support included)
  • Fixed a bug with mouse cursor fonts changing over some tray apps
  • Correct some bugs with mouse not being detected after display wizard
  • Add new "TrueOS" server option, alongside FreeBSD Vanilla.
  • Display detected video resolution / driver on confirmation screen
  • Add new IPv4 / IPv6 validation to address fields
  • Fix bugs exporting / importing jails via Warden
  • Add new "Hardware Compatibility Check" GUI, which is available during install and via Control Panel
  • Add new "Sound Configuration" GUI, which lets user select and test different sound devices
  • Add NVIDIA legacy drivers for cards older than 8-10 years (32bit only)
  • Added option to "mount/clone" jail snapshots via the Warden

New in TrueOS 9.0 (Jan 13, 2012)

  • Based upon FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE
  • Support for installing a variety of Window Managers, such as KDE, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE and more!
  • Improved PBI system, allows library sharing, binary diff updating, custom repositories, digital signing and more!
  • Support for "freebsd-update" via the System Update GUI.
  • New Control Panel, providing consistent configuration options across various Window Managers.
  • Improved networking utilities, including wifi quick-connect.
  • Enhanced "Life-Preserver" utility for doing off-site rsync backups of user data.
  • New VirtualBox / VMware disk images, with integrated guest tools.
  • Support for UFS+Journaling out of box
  • New graphical boot options page
  • Support for installation to BootCamp partitions on OSX systems.
  • And much more!

New in TrueOS 8.2 RC1 (Jan 11, 2011)

  • Updated to FreeBSD 8.2-RC1
  • Fixed issue detecting the proper video card driver - 8316
  • Fixed some crashes when adding new users / groups - 8243
  • Added /sbin/nologin as a shell choice in the user manager - 8240
  • Let created users have a homedir of /nonexistant via the GUI - 8247
  • Fix customizing desktop languages when using a () in the description - 8343

New in TrueOS 8.2 Beta 1 (Dec 21, 2010)

  • Updated to KDE 4.5.4
  • Updated to FreeBSD 8.2-PreRelease
  • Installation related bugfixes and enhancements:
  • Added ability to select FS type during auto-partitioning - 8099
  • Added ability to enable Encryption during auto-partitioning
  • Added ability to change hostname from installer - 8153
  • Fixed bug switching to some non-english languages - 8223
  • MFC option to select between MBR/GPT partitioning - 8154
  • MFC number of fixes to Network Manager - 8088 8089 8090 8091
  • Added option to enable / disable using "lagg" fail-over network interface

New in TrueOS 8.1 (Jul 21, 2010)

  • Updated to KDE 4.4.5
  • Updated to FreeBSD 8.1
  • Numerous fixes to installer, such as:
  • Switch to "gpart" instead of fdisk for backend
  • Improvements to ZFS, allowing mirror / raidz setup via GUI
  • Encryption pass-phrase support
  • Use GPT partitioning when running in dedicated disk mode
  • Improvements to life-preserver backup tool
  • Fixed issue running downloaded python / ruby plasmoids - 6871
  • Fixed nepomuk / strigi default init at first login - 6881
  • Fixed issues with wifi tools in calculating signal strength - 6888
  • ZFS syntax fix for installs to MBR partition - 6889
  • During upgrade now install selected components properly - 6891
  • Don't use "lagg" device on systems with no wifi - 6960
  • Use "async" for journaled file-systems - 7192
  • Enable double-click partition editing action - 7190
  • Fixed backwards numlock logic in KDE - 7170
  • Added fixes to reduce kdeinit cpu usage from file polling - 7147
  • Use 24 bit color depth during install by default - 7020

New in TrueOS 8.0 (Feb 21, 2010)

  • FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-P2
  • KDE 4.3.5
  • Brand new System Installer, allows the install of PC-BSD or FreeBSD
  • Run in Live mode directly from DVD
  • Updated Software Manager, allows browsing and installing applications directly
  • Support for 3D acceleration with NVIDIA drivers on amd64

New in TrueOS 8.0 RC2 (Feb 13, 2010)

  • Updated to KDE 4.3.5
  • Updated Perl to 5.10.1
  • Updated to xorg-server 1.6.1
  • Fixed our utilities to load i18n properly
  • Added missing boot splash screen
  • Updated font support for Japanese
  • Fixed bugs with lagg driver
  • Fixed bug trying to run in LIVE mode on boot-only media
  • Fixed upgrade issues from 7.x -> 8.x
  • Fixed Slovenian country code
  • Fixed issue when trying to upgrade / remove 7.x PBIs
  • Fixed ugly print fonts in FF / Konq
  • Fixed bugs with networking installation
  • Removed duplicate hostnames in rc.conf
  • Make DEL key work in konsole / csh
  • Disable AGP when using nvidia
  • Fixed bug upgrading a PBI and KIO file renaming

New in TrueOS 7.1 RC1 (Mar 28, 2009)

  • Fixed bugs with nvidia driver replacing libwfb incorrectly - 3620
  • Fixed bug finding version number when doing update from 7.1 -> 7.1 - 3599
  • Added tests for partition / slice space requirements during install - 3637
  • Added pykde4 and KDE 4 printing utilities
  • Fixed flash9 plugin on amd64 - 3654
  • Updated runports command to accept arguments for running apps in /usr/local - 3629
  • Fixed several tools to use UTF-8 when reading file data, fixing localization issues - 3635
  • Fixed CUPS ppd search paths, which improves number of available printing drivers.

New in TrueOS 7.1 Beta 1 (Mar 10, 2009)

  • The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 7.1-BETA1, running FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE, and KDE 4.2.1. Version 7.1 contains a number of enhancements and improvements. Some of the changes are: KDE 4.2.1; X.Org 7.4; separate PC-BSD and FreeBSD localbase, allows running both PBIs and FreeBSD ports without touching the desktop; upgrade option during sys-install preserves users PBIs, ports and home directory while updating PC-BSD; improved online update manager, uses less CPU resources; desktop speed improvements.

New in TrueOS 7.0.2 (Dec 12, 2008)

  • Updated KDE to 4.1.3
  • Improved the Online Updater tool, to support proxy servers, and use custom TMPDIR
  • Added KDE4 startup script for nvidia cards, which improves performance with desktop lag, and compositing effects
  • Updated sound-detect script to support several new cards
  • Fixed a series of bugs in the System Manager tool
  • Fixed occasional crash when using portsnap
  • Fixed bug preventing clicking of "apply" after changing settings
  • Fixed bug loading bootup splash screen images
  • Fixed a bug with occasional hang's at shutdown, due to hung knotify4 processes
  • Fixed installation issues when trying to install PC-BSD to free disk space, and the partition does not yet exist
  • Upgraded HAL to 0.5.11_8 which fixes errors when trying to eject optical media in KDE4 and improves NTFS-3G support
  • Fixed a problem with scanner permissions preventing user scaning
  • Fixed bug performing PBI updates, which removed the old PBIbut didn't always install the new one
  • Put a check in place to prevent using ZFS with less than 1GB of system memory

New in TrueOS 7.0.1 (Oct 21, 2008)

  • Updated KDE to 4.1.2
  • Update Nvidia driver to 177.80 - SVN: 2868
  • Fixed various bugs causing crashes with System Updater - SVN: 2780 , SVN: 2790 , SVN: 2908
  • Fixed bugs with partitions becoming mis-aligned due to incorrect sizing - SVN: 2809 , SVN: 2810
  • Added support for NTFS writing directly in KDE4 - SVN: 2811
  • Fixed sound detection for ALI M5451 PCI Audio Device - SVN: 2821
  • Fixed out of memory errors when installing on 256MB of RAM - SVN: 2825 , SVN: 2827 , SVN: 2828
  • Added new KMenu->System->Display Setup Wizard icon to re-run the X Setup tool - SVN: 2832
  • Added support for linux-flashplugin9 to the default install for i386 and amd64 - SVN: 2850 , SVN: 2851
  • Fixed an error about setting up Xorg for QEMU on install - SVN: 2848
  • 7.0.1 now includes all the KDE l10n packages by default, allowing users to switch languages and locales "on-the-fly" - SVN: 2877
  • Fixed a bug which caused a sound-detection error notification by mistake when the user was running an alternative OSS - SVN: 2901
  • Fixed the Wifi tool to work with very long SSID's and ones with multiple spaces in the name - SVN: 2895
  • Updated the Wifi tool to allow network profiles, and connect to the best available network - SVN: 2904
  • Added a new System Updater launcher to the System Settings utility - SVN: 2906
  • Added support to xorg-gui to allow user to run radeonhd driver - SVN: 2909
  • Corrected some apps showing up in their respective kickoff directory - SVN: 2910

New in TrueOS 7.0 (Sep 16, 2008)

  • Updated KDE to 4.1.1
  • Updated Nvidia driver to 177.70 (beta)
  • Updated included Quick-Guide to version for 7
  • Added additional ATH wifi device support
  • Fixed BSDStats reporting
  • Improved Xorg setup of ATI cards, should enable DRI for more systems
  • Updated installer to support all varieties of passwords, including spaces and special characters
  • Fixed detecting and using SSID's with a space in the name
  • Fixed initial login sound playback
  • Updated USB install to support FAT formatted USB sticks
  • Fixed numerous other bug reports from previous betas