Hi,
I read the reviews of GhostBSD, and I am impressed at the small memory footprint and stability. I want to try it!
I tired using PC-BSD 10, but it was heavy and slow, no option to use ufs.
But I have few questions about GhostBSD. I tried posting them on the IRC, but there were no replies.
Are the proprietary broadcom and nvidia drivers included on the installation Disc?
How can I download more FreeBSD binary packages/applications for offline use? ( I use Debian with its software DVDs)
Where are the torrents for ver3.5?
When will the next version based on FreeBSD 10 appear?
Regards
Queries about GhostBSD
Re: Queries about GhostBSD
The proprietary broadcom drivers are include but not the nividia proprietary.
I have no idea of binary packages/applications for offline, I know FreeBSD sale it but I do not if you can download it.
some of the torrent are available on with simple goggle search?
For the 4.0 I am working on the graphical Network Manager, I will release a alpha soon.
I have no idea of binary packages/applications for offline, I know FreeBSD sale it but I do not if you can download it.
some of the torrent are available on with simple goggle search?
For the 4.0 I am working on the graphical Network Manager, I will release a alpha soon.
Re: Queries about GhostBSD
Thanks eric!
Why can't you distribute Nvidia/Ati drivers? Is it because of legal issues ?
I was checking for the torrents here- http://ghostbsd.org/torrent
But they are on linux tracker. IMO, your homepage should have the links, how can I trust these unofficial torrents? Of course I can check the digests/check sums, but having the links on the download page will help the users.
I will have to manually download the packages or automate it using a script.
A script which will download a package with all its dependencies into a directory which I can take to another machine and just issue "pkg_add install * "
Please stick to ufs. Just don't go exclusive to zfs (like PC-BSD) or provide zfs as an extra option. It hurts the users who have old machines with less memory.
One good thing about gBSD is (as seen in the review), it is lighter than Debian on GNOME 2 (MATE). So keep up the good work.
And please keep supporting the torrents, as the place where I live, the broadband speed is not stable and fast. And there are frequent power cuts. A torrent helps us with fast downloads, is resilient to interruptions, I can pause 'n resume them, and reduces your use of bandwidth when the community seeds.
Cheers!
Why can't you distribute Nvidia/Ati drivers? Is it because of legal issues ?
I was checking for the torrents here- http://ghostbsd.org/torrent
But they are on linux tracker. IMO, your homepage should have the links, how can I trust these unofficial torrents? Of course I can check the digests/check sums, but having the links on the download page will help the users.
I will have to manually download the packages or automate it using a script.
A script which will download a package with all its dependencies into a directory which I can take to another machine and just issue "pkg_add install * "
Please stick to ufs. Just don't go exclusive to zfs (like PC-BSD) or provide zfs as an extra option. It hurts the users who have old machines with less memory.
One good thing about gBSD is (as seen in the review), it is lighter than Debian on GNOME 2 (MATE). So keep up the good work.
And please keep supporting the torrents, as the place where I live, the broadband speed is not stable and fast. And there are frequent power cuts. A torrent helps us with fast downloads, is resilient to interruptions, I can pause 'n resume them, and reduces your use of bandwidth when the community seeds.
Cheers!
