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PC-BSD 10.1.2 Brings New PersonaCrypt Utility

Written by Michael Larabel in BSD on 18 May 2015 at 09:35 AM EDT. 2 Comments

PC-BSD 10.1.2 was released today as the latest quarterly update to the FreeBSD-derived operating system.

The PC-BSD 10.1.2 release brings a new PersonaCrypt utility for moving user home directories to an encrypted USB drive while separately also supporting a stealth mode. PC-BSD 10.1.2 also has a Tor mode to run a transparent proxy routed through Tor, IPFW firewall integration, sound configuration support via the first-boot utility, support for encrypted iSCSI backups, a new HTML handbook, a new AppCafe interface, and much more.

PC-BSD 10.1.2 also features the newest version of the Lumina Desktop. They've also switched from NTPD to OpenNTPD and upgraded to pkg 1.5.2, Firefox 38, and the NVIDIA 346.47 graphics driver.

More details on PC-BSD 10.1.2 via this morning's announcement.

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