Release of NomadBSD 1.3 distribution

Available release of the Live Distribution NomadBSD 1.3, which is a FreeBSD edition adapted for use as a portable desktop, bootable from a USB drive. The graphical environment is based on the window manager Openbox. For mounting drives, the DSBMD (supports mounting CD9660, FAT, HFS+, NTFS, Ext2/3/4), for wireless network setup — wifimgr, and for volume control — DSBMixer. Size of the boot image 2.3 GB (x86_64, i386).

In the new release:

  • Transition made to FreeBSD 12.1 code base;
  • Due to issues with deadlocks, the unionfs-fuse module has been employed instead of the built-in unionfs implementation;
  • The GPT partition table has been replaced with MBR to resolve boot issues on Lenovo laptops;
  • Support for ZFS has been added to the installer;
  • Added the ability to set the country code for the wireless adapter;
  • Autoconfiguration added for running VirtualBox;
  • Default screen check added to resolve issues on systems with Optimus where the NVIDIA graphics card is disabled;
  • The proprietary NVIDIA 440.x driver has been included;
  • Added the nomadbsd-dmconfig utility to select default user and enable automatic login without a password;
  • Added the nomadbsd-adduser utility for adding new users;
  • Templates for launching other desktops have been added to ~/ .xinitrc;
  • The 'modesetting' driver has been utilized for new Intel GPUs;
  • DSBBg has been added, an interface for managing desktop wallpapers;
  • Support for auto-updating the Openbox menu has been implemented;
  • Palemoon and Thunderbird have been removed from the distribution;
  • Simplescreenrecorder, Audacity, and Orage have been added;
  • The fpm2 password manager has been replaced with KeePassXC,
    the Sylpheed email client has been changed to Claws Mail, and the utility for mounting drives DSBMC has been replaced with DSBMC-Qt;
  • Support for multiple keyboard layouts has been added.

    Release of NomadBSD 1.3 distribution

    Source: opennet.ru

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