FreeBSD may be an old-school software , but it continues to be a widely used operating system . Now, FuryBSD joins the BSD family. This is a new BSD distribution based entirely on FreeBSD. It comes with a new graphical interface and more options for the type of distribution (live/hybrid USB /DVD). Apart from that, the new FuryBSD 12.1 comes with two different environments, KDE and Xfce.
Joe Maloney is the man behind FuryBSD, who presented the project at last year's KnoxBUG MeetUp. Maloney explained that the project is a derivative of FreeBSD, but at the same time it is quite different. For example, FuryBSD has additional utility tools and more updates.
What's new in FuryBSD 12.1:
First of all, Maloney promised that every three months, a new ISO. So, 12.1 is the first update for 2020 and contains various new packages and improvements.
Some of the most important changes:
- XFCE 4.14, KDE 5.17
- Root rights even in live sessions.
- 12.1 contains the latest NVIDIA drivers.
- Xkbmap
You can find out more by going to the official FuryBSD website, or by clicking here.
Operating system installation:
If you already have the operating system, you can easily update it by opening a terminal and typing the following commands:
- freebsd-update fetch
- freebsd-update install
- freebsd-update -r 12.1-RELEASE upgrade
- freebsd-update-install
- Volume mixer from the Xcfe environment
If you don't have FuryBSD installed, you can easily download and install one of distributions .
