PC-BSD的目标是成为易于安装和使用的桌面操作系统，它基于FreeBSD。为达到此目标，它准备了一套图形化的安装程序，这将使得即便是UNIX新手也能容易地安装并使得它运行起来。PC-BSD还将装备KDE，以提供即刻可用的桌面。目前正在开发的是一套图形化的软件安装管理程序，这将使得安装预编译好的软件变得像其他流行操作系统一样方便。
The first release candidate of PC-BSD 1.3 is ready for testing: "Version 1.3RC1 of PC-BSD has been uploaded to the mirrors, and is now available on our Beta download page. Many bugs have been quashed for this release in preparation for 1.3 final." What's new? "Fixed icon size issues in KMenu; installer now does not display extended partitions; installer now can use empty primary partition space to install; fixed issue with BSDStats not properly reporting usage; fixed problem with 'Start' icon text not being translated properly; fixed issues when using installer to upgrade system from 1.2 to 1.3; closed numerous other issues from BETA2." See the release announcement, release notes and changelog for further details. Download (MD5): PCBSD-1.3RC1-x86-CD1.iso (668MB).
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