I am happy to announce the new ISO 21.09.06. This new ISO contains the switch from OpenRC to FreeBSD rc.d and numerous fixes and improvements.
What is new in 21.09.06?
- GhostBSD moved back to FreeBSD rc.d to start services
Github ticket completed:
- Disable access to home directories. ghostbsd-src#88 opened by ghost
- [FEATURE] Leaving some fractured pastes about Update-Station & sudo pkg update update-station#21 opened by wb7odyfred
- (GhostBSD-21.04.27.iso) package configuration file anomalies at /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/ ghostbsd-pkg-conf#2 opened by grahamperrin
- Empty list of packages software-station#18 opened by simonsaman
- [BUG] inappropriate connections to open Wi-Fi networks with 5.5 on FreeBSD networkmgr#71 opened by grahamperrin
- [BUG] For Open Networks, /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file gets written without double quotes around SSID name. networkmgr#66 opened by wb7odyfred
- [Feature] Automatic switchover networkmgr#64 opened by Crushless
- minor cosmetic - Authentication is spelled wrong networkmgr#68 opened by technics
- [BUG] wired: DHCP: not gaining an address networkmgr#56 opened by grahamperrin
Pull Request open and merged:
- Fixed auto switch to only stop device if the status is not active networkmgr#75 opened by ericbsd
- Fixed user default group gbi#57 opened by ericbsd
- GhostBSD: No new home directories world-readable ghostbsd-src#87 opened by HacKurx
- Change the code to run on rc.d ghostbsd-build#141 opened by ericbsd
- adding misc/ghostbsd-update-scripts for running update script ghostbsd-ports#50 opened by ericbsd
- Fixed problem related with vm service networkmgr#74 opened by ericbsd
- changed virtual box services to be set in /etc/rc.conf xconfig#9 opened by ericbsd
- Fixed src/setup-nic.py notnics_regex networkmgr#73 opened by ericbsd
- Added xfce4-screensaver ghostbsd-build#140 opened by ghost
- Corrected formatting ghostbsd-ports#49 opened by ghost
- Updated package names. ghostbsd-build#139 opened by ghost
- Issue #47 x11/nvidia-hybrid-graphics: fix openrc-nvidia_xorg.in ghostbsd-ports#48 opened by ericbsd
- Revised text message software-station#25 opened by ghost
- Added the code to warn the user about upgrade software-station#24 opened by ericbsd
- Fix Open_Wpa_Supplicant SSID with double quote networkmgr#70 opened by ericbsd
- Corrected Wi-Fi spelling networkmgr#67 opened by ghost
- Removed deprecated kern.dmesg entries. ghostbsd-src#81 opened by ghost
- changed pccard_ether to support openrc and improved devd-openrc.conf ghostbsd-src#79 opened by ericbsd
- Improvement for switching nic when detaching or attaching nics networkmgr#65 opened by ericbsd
- Allow networkmgr to run without installation to /usr/local/share/ networkmgr#61 opened by probonopd
- GhostBSD: enable-smbclient in VLC ghostbsd-ports#45 opened by HacKurx
To upgrade to 21.09.06
Do your normal update from Update Station.
Note: 21.09. is the date that the ISO is built and not a release. GhostBSD has adopted the CI/CD philosophy that makes us rolling release.
Where to download:
All images checksum, hybrid ISO(DVD, USB), and torrent are available here:
https://www.ghostbsd.org/download
Writing the iso to a USB stick:
On BSD
dd if=GhostBSD-21.09.06.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=4m
On Linux
dd if=GhostBSD-21.09.06.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M
On Mac
dd if=GhostBSD-21.09.06.iso of=/dev/disk2 bs=10240
When installing on VirtualBox make sure to change the Graphics Controller to VBoxSVGA see this ticket on how to do it https://github.com/ghostbsd/ghostbsd-src/issues/77#issuecomment-908277032
Recommended system requirements for the new iso
- 64-bit processor
- 4GB+ of RAM
- 15 GB of free hard drive space
- Network card
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