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PC-BSD or PCBSD, is a trademarked Unix-like, desktop-oriented operating system built upon the most recent releases of FreeBSD. It aims to be easy to install by using a graphical installation program, and easy and ready-to-use immediately by providing KDE SC, LXDE, Xfce, and MATE〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=System Selection Screen/10.0 - PC-BSD Wiki )〕 as the graphical user interface. It provides official binary nVidia and Intel drivers for hardware acceleration and an optional 3D desktop interface through Kwin, and Wine is ready-to-use in running Microsoft Windows software. PC-BSD is able to run Linux software,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chapter 11. Linux Binary Compatibility )〕 in addition to FreeBSD ports, and it has its own package management system that allows users to graphically install pre-built software packages from a single downloaded executable file, which is unique for BSD operating systems. PC-BSD supports ZFS, and the installer offers disk encryption with geli so the system will require a passphrase before booting. == History == PC-BSD was originally founded by FreeBSD professional Kris Moore in early 2005. In August 2006 it was voted the most beginner friendly operating system by OSWeekly.com.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Most Beginner Friendly OS )〕 The first Beta consisted of only a GUI installer to get the user up and running with a FreeBSD 6 system with KDE3 pre-configured. This was a major innovation for the time as anyone wishing to install FreeBSD would have to manually tweak and run through a text installer. Kris Moore's goal was to make FreeBSD easy for everyone to use on the desktop and has since diverged even more in the direction of usability by including additional GUI administration tools and PBI packages (see Package management). Since October 10, 2006 PC-BSD has been supported by the enterprise-class hardware solution provider iXsystems.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=iXsystems Announces Acquisition of PC-BSD Operating System )〕 iXsystems now employs Moore as a full-time developer and leader of the project. In November 2007, iXsystems entered into a distribution agreement with Fry's Electronics whereby Fry's Electronics stores nationwide carry boxed copies of PC-BSD version 1.4 (Da Vinci Edition).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=iXsystems Announces Distribution Agreement with Fry's Electronics )〕 In January 2008, iXsystems entered into a similar agreement with Micro Center.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=iXsystems Announces Distribution Agreement with Micro Center for PC-BSD )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「PC-BSD」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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