- FreeSBIE
FreeSBIE is a
Live CD —anoperating system that is able to load directly from a bootable CD without any installation process and without any hard disk. It is based on theFreeBSD operating system. Its name is apun onfrisbee . Currently, FreeSBIE usesXfce andFluxbox .CD boot time depends on the seek time of the CD-ROM drive. The operating system may also exhibit a delay when opening programs, as they must be read off the disc each time they are loaded.
The latest version is FreeSBIE 2.0.1 which is a complete rewrite of the so-called toolkit.Update after|2008|9|1 The first version of FreeSBIE 2 was developed during the summer of 2005, thanks to the
Google Summer of Code .Goals
The goals of the FreeSBIE project are:
*To develop a suite of programs to be used to create one's own CD, with all the personalizations one likes
*To make various ISO images available, each one with its different goals and possible usesSee also
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Comparison of BSD operating systems External links
* [http://www.freesbie.org/ FreeSBIE Project Homepage]
* [http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070122#interview An interview with a FreeSBIE developer]
* [http://www.rofreesbie.org/ RoFreeSBIE Homepage]
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