GhostBSD MATE Changelog

What's new in GhostBSD MATE 20.01

Jan 22, 2020
  • Systems got updated to 12.1-STABLE
  • MATE is now at 1.22.2
  • Added a warning when an incorrect password is used in Software Station.
  • Fix the UI installer limitation with GPT and UEFI.

New in GhostBSD MATE 19.10 (Oct 28, 2019)

  • UEFI multiboot installation for supported hardware.
  • Changed the ISO boot setup
  • Removed netmount services

New in GhostBSD MATE 19.09 (Sep 27, 2019)

  • GhostBSD 19.09 is built from TrueOS/FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE
  • OpenRC is updated to 0.41.2
  • GhostBSD now use TrueOS packages base from ports
  • NetworkMgr CPU usage got improved
  • A lot of unnecessary software got removed
  • Exaile got replaced with Rhythmbox
  • Gnome MPV got replaced by VLC
  • XFburn got replaced by Brasero
  • Vim got replaced by Tiny Vim
  • The Display Manager switched to Slick Greeter for our LightDM frontend
  • Vimix got update and improved for MATE, XFCE
  • amdgpu and radeonkms was added to xconfig options

New in GhostBSD MATE 18.12 (Jan 4, 2019)

  • removed default call of kernel modules for AMD and Intel
  • replaced octopkg by software-station
  • added back gop hacks to the live system
  • added ghostbsd-drivers and ghostbsd-utils
  • we updated the packages to the latest build

New in GhostBSD MATE 18.10 (Nov 8, 2018)

  • What has changed since 11.1:
  • GhostBSD is now built from TrueOS instead of FreeBSD
  • OpenRC is GhostBSD main init system
  • LibreSSL is the default SSL
  • GhostBSD base system can now be upgraded to the next release via TrueOS packages base
  • We removed grub from the iso in favor of the new FreeBSD hybrid loader.
  • NetworkMgr now supports the option to manage multiple network card connection.
  • Unionfs was removed from the live session.
  • The live system has been rewritten to fix many issues
  • GhostBSD boots directly to mate session
  • GhostBSD supports ZFS BE by default
  • FreeBSD ports and packages are incompatible with GhostBSD 18.10
  • GhostBSD uses TrueOS ports to build packages.
  • drm-next-kmod was added for newer AMD and Intel support
  • ibva-intel-driver and libva-vdpau-driver was added to supports accelerated video driver for some Intel card
  • nvidia-driver-390.87 was added by default to support latest Nvidia card.
  • xconfig was created to add generated default xorg.conf.
  • Issues that got fixed:
  • VirtualBox's Firefox scroll up issues
  • Slim login failing on the live CD
  • Bug #70 Cannot run Octopi, missing libgksu error.
  • Bug #71 LibreOffice doesn't start because of missing libcurl.so.4
  • Bug #72 libarchive is a missing dependency

New in GhostBSD MATE 18.10 RC1 (Oct 24, 2018)

  • GhostBSD is now built from TrueOS instead of FreeBSD
  • OpenRC is our main init system
  • LibreSSL is in base
  • GhostBSD base system can now be upgraded to the next release via TrueOS packages base.
  • We removed grub from the iso in favor of the new freebsd hybrid loader.
  • NetworkMgr now supports the option to manage multiple network card connection.
  • Unionfs was removed from the live session.
  • The live system has been rewritten to fix many issues
  • GhostBSD boots directly to mate session
  • GhostBSD supports ZFS BE by default
  • FreeBSD ports and packages are incompatible with GhostBSD 18.10
  • GhostBSD uses TrueOS ports to build packages.

New in GhostBSD MATE 11.1 (Nov 16, 2017)

  • What's new on GhostBSD 11.1:
  • GhostBSD software repository
  • Support VMware Workstation Guest Features
  • New UFS full disk mirroring option on the installer
  • New UFS full disk MBR and GPT option on the installer
  • New UFS full disk swap size option on the installer
  • Whisker Menu as default Application menu on XFCE
  • All software developed by GhostBSD is now getting updated
  • ZFS configuration for disk
  • What has been fixed on 11.1:
  • Fix XFCE sound plugin
  • Installer ZFS configuration file setting
  • Installer ZFS setup appears to be incomplete
  • The installer was not listing ZFS disk correctly.
  • The installer The partition list was not deleted when pressing back
  • XFCE and MATE shutdown/suspend/hibernate randomly missing
  • Clicking 'GhostBSD Bugs' item in the Main menu -> 'System Tools' brings up 'Server not found' page
  • XFCE installation - incorrect keyboard layout
  • Locale setting not filling correctly
  • Update Station tray icon

New in GhostBSD MATE 11.1 RC1 (Nov 12, 2017)

  • What change in 11.1 RC1:
  • We remove grub from the installer for 11.1 it has caused us a lot of problems, and this is why the release is late.
  • ZFS configuration
  • Issue that got fixed:
  • The partition list was not deleted when pressing back.
  • The installer was not listing ZFS disk correctly.

New in GhostBSD MATE 11.1 Beta 1 (Sep 4, 2017)

  • New feature:
  • Support VMware Workstation Guest Features out-of-box
  • Issue that got fixed:
  • locale setting not filling correctly
  • Update Station tray icon
  • XFCE ghostbsd-build: pkg still bootstrap from pkg.freebsd.org instead of pkg.ghostbsd.org
  • Octopkg / new repo

New in GhostBSD MATE 10.3 (Aug 31, 2016)

  • What's new in GhostBSD 10.3:
  • ZFS support
  • UEFI support
  • Installer custom partition creation subjection
  • VirtualBox support get setup at boot time if needed.
  • 4k partition alignment by default
  • GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.
  • What changed in GhostBSD 10.3:
  • The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been improved
  • VirtualBox additions would be uninstall after installer if it is not runnig in a VirtualBox
  • Slim is replacing GDM.
  • Networkmgr display the full SSID
  • Replaced the HTML/CSS installation slide with a GTK/CSS the slide.
  • What has been fix:
  • Networkmgr SSID list
  • VirtualBox supports
  • Installer MBR partition issue
  • Some installer text error
  • Keyboard layout after installation with MATE
  • Network Manager slowness to open the menu
  • Network Manager icon tray crash
  • Localtime time as been fix
  • Fix boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi
  • System Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old
  • sudo configuration
  • Wifi down by default
  • Locales are not correctly set up on installation

New in GhostBSD MATE 10.3 Beta 1 (Jun 21, 2016)

  • Localtime time as been fix
  • Installer supports for UEFI
  • Fix boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi

New in GhostBSD MATE 10.3 Alpha 2 (May 25, 2016)

  • New feature:
  • UEFI is now supported for 64bit only.
  • What has been fix:
  • Gbi log and partition data base is now deleting when closing gbi.
  • Resetting partition data base when going back the installation type.
  • 4K Partition Alignment.
  • Networkmgr full SSID name.
  • System Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old
  • Gbi "back" button error
  • sudo configuration
  • Wifi down by default
  • /etc/localtime not created by installer.
  • Locales are not correctly set up on installation.
  • missing kern.vty=vt setting in grub.cf

New in GhostBSD MATE 10.3 Alpha 1 (May 1, 2016)

  • What's new:
  • GhostBSD now support ZFS and UFS.
  • The installer support encryption for ZFS
  • GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.
  • What changed:
  • The installer did have a big refacing plus a new slide
  • There is been some important fix to Networkmgr
  • There is been some speed improvement with Networkmgr
  • Some UI improvement and speed improvement with Update Station
  • Mate 1.12
  • New Grub theme
  • What has been fix:
  • Language wish GhostBSD is installed should now be fix
  • Wifi Problem as been fix with the update of Networkmgr

New in GhostBSD MATE 10.1 (Sep 13, 2015)

  • What's new in GhostBSD 10.1:
  • GhostBSD ISO image is hybrid that can be burn on DVD or USB stick
  • XFCE is coming back
  • Users can chose to install the BSD boot manager, Grub boot manager or simply None and use their Linux Grub
  • Station Tweak a fork of Mate Tweak
  • OctoPkg GUI frontend for pkgng written in Qt
  • Station Update Manager to update FreeBSD base system and third party software
  • Software from pkg or ports can be installed in the live DVD/USB session
  • VT Console by default
  • Instant verification for user and root to know if the password is strong and match on the system installer
  • Host name and user name auto completion when typing the real name
  • Vim
  • What changed in GhostBSD 10.1:
  • The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been greatly improved
  • SpiderOak has been removed from the default system
  • GDM is replacing PCDM for more functionalities
  • Wifimgr is now fully replaced by Networkmgr
  • What has been fix:
  • The installation process failed to copy
  • Radon/ATI and Intel issue
  • Mouse integration suport for VirtualBox
  • The installer GPT partition problem
  • Some installer text error

New in GhostBSD MATE 10.1 Alpha 1 (Mar 12, 2015)

  • GDM as been replaced by PCDM
  • Wifimgr is now fully replaced by Networkmgr
  • A beta version of Update Station is now in GhostBSD whish update FreeBSD base system and software
  • The installer partition editor got a lot of improment
  • The installer use the latest pc-sysinstall from PCBSD GitHup
  • GhostBSD is now following the same release number then FreeBSD and PCBSD

New in GhostBSD MATE 4.0 RC1 (Aug 7, 2014)

  • Xconfig from 3.5 was added back to system
  • A script is added to do configuration on the first boot of the new intallation
  • fix software dependency

New in GhostBSD MATE 4.0 Alpha 3 (May 17, 2014)

  • Network after install work on Virtualbox
  • Added back Wifimgr for better wifi support until Networkmgr work flawlessly
  • Removed gimp to since Gimp is easily install with sudo pkg install gimp
  • Removed all software that depend on Nautilus like Rhythmbox and gksu.
  • Exaile is replacing Rhythmbox
  • GhostBSD user is now removed after installation.
  • New experimental look

New in GhostBSD MATE 4.0 Alpha 2 (Mar 27, 2014)

  • Network Manager permision fixed.
  • Network Manager packaging fixed.
  • GhostBSD GBI Installer for virtual box fixed
  • Auto partitionign for virtual box fixed
  • installing on an entire disk fixed

New in GhostBSD MATE 4.0 Alpha 1 (Mar 8, 2014)

  • FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE.
  • 4.0-RELEASE is MATE only
  • SpiderOak is now part of the default install
  • Libre Office is back due failed to complile Open Office under CLANG
  • New GBI Partition editor interface
  • Webcamd install but not preconfigured
  • New network manager.
  • pkg_add replaced by pkgng
  • Bxpkg has been remove from the project
  • MC has been added
  • Nano has been added

New in GhostBSD MATE 3.5 (Nov 7, 2013)

  • OpenSSL has been updated to version 0.9.8y.
  • DTrace hooks have been enabled by default in the GENERIC kernel.
  • DTrace has been updated to version 1.9.0.
  • Sendmail has been updated to version 8.14.7.
  • OpenSSH has been updated to version 6.2p2.
  • Gnome 2.32 has been replace by Mate 1.6.
  • Xfce 4.10 is now part of Desktop choice.
  • GhostBSD BSM theme with custom Faenza icon.
  • Mate, Xfce and LXDE contain a more uniform set of software.
  • Gimp is now install by default.
  • Shotwell is now install by default.
  • Libre Office has been change for Apache Open Office 4.
  • The installer GBI as been updated to 1.3.

New in GhostBSD MATE 3.5 RC3 (Oct 26, 2013)

  • GDM mouse fix.

New in GhostBSD MATE 3.5 RC2 (Oct 14, 2013)

  • FreeBSD 9.2 RC4 to FreeBSD 9.2 REALEASE.
  • i386 Openbox Menu has been fix.
  • Installer "Customize Partitionnig" option windows title has been change.

New in GhostBSD MATE 3.5 RC1 (Sep 23, 2013)

  • FreeBSD RC3 to RC4.
  • Installer progress black window fixed
  • Bxpkg Package Manager "fail to start due to some GTK+ issue" is fixed
  • Mate BSM theme is Fixed
  • New GDM login theme

New in GhostBSD MATE 3.5 Beta 3 (Sep 16, 2013)

  • FreeBSD RC2 to RC3.
  • Removed Caja in Xfce and Lxde.
  • Replaced Atril by ePDFViewer
  • Mate and Openbox images

New in GhostBSD MATE 3.5 Beta 2 (Sep 2, 2013)

  • FreeBSD BETA2 to RC2.
  • Fix amd64 divers packages.
  • Fix amd64 and i386 packages.

New in GhostBSD MATE 3.1 (Jun 28, 2013)

  • Updatec FreeBSD 9.1 to FreeBSD 9.1 p4
  • Improvement the auto Xorg configuration.
  • The Nvidia drivers as bean remove to fix issue with older card.
  • Numerous bug-fixes to GhostBSD related utilities.
  • Openbox and Lxde AMD64 ISO is fitting back on CD.
  • The package manager is back in function.
  • pkg_add is back in function.

New in GhostBSD MATE 3.0 (Mar 11, 2013)

  • Support Openbox window manager.
  • Installer Improvements with more installing option.
  • Improvements of the auto configuration wireless networking script.
  • Auto configuration of Xorg.
  • Nvidia drivers ready.
  • 3D acceleration is supported on some Intel graphics cards.
  • Numerous bug-fixes to GhostBSD related utilities.
  • Downside Openbox and Lxde AMD64 ISO only fit on DVD, Due to an overload of Drivers added.
  • And much more!

New in GhostBSD MATE 3.0 RC4 (Nov 26, 2012)

  • All /home/user file and folder have been fix(this was causing LibreOffice and other application to fail).
  • We downsize i386 openbox image to fit on a CD.
  • We fix the path of Bxpkg on i386.

New in GhostBSD MATE 3.0 RC3 (Nov 13, 2012)

  • FreeBSD 9.1-RC2 to FreeBSD 9.1-RC3.
  • Bwi and Bwn firmware for Broadcom has been added to the default system.
  • Openbox is now part of GhostBSD development.
  • Mixmos have been added to Lxde and is port of Openbox version too.
  • Now with Xorg configured in the boot process the keyboard, Mice, and video card should work properly.

New in GhostBSD MATE 3.0 RC2 (Oct 19, 2012)

  • FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 to FreeBSD 9.1-RC2.
  • New network card configuration method.
  • Xchat has been added.
  • Xorg is now automatically configure(Nvidia native driver is supported. But not installed).
  • With Xorg already configure this have fixa lot of problem with keybord not working.