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- Snippet from Wikipedia: GhostBSD
GhostBSD is a Unix-like operating system based on FreeBSD for x86-64, with MATE (previously GNOME) as its default desktop environment and an Xfce-desktop community based edition. It aims to be easy to install, ready-to-use and easy to use. The project goal is to combine security, privacy, stability, usability, openness, freedom and to be free of charge.
GhostBSD stands for (G)nome (host)ed by Free(BSD): MATE, the desktop environment currently used by GhostBSD, is a fork of Gnome 2.
- Snippet from Wikipedia: FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The first version of FreeBSD was released in 1993 developed from 386BSD and the current version runs on IA-32, x86-64, ARM, PowerPC and RISC-V processors. The project is supported and promoted by the FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD maintains a complete system, delivering a kernel, device drivers, userland utilities, and documentation, as opposed to Linux only delivering a kernel and drivers, and relying on third-parties such as GNU for system software. The FreeBSD source code is generally released under a permissive BSD license, as opposed to the copyleft GPL used by Linux.
The FreeBSD project includes a security team overseeing all software shipped in the base distribution. A wide range of additional third-party applications may be installed from binary packages using the pkg package management system or from source via FreeBSD Ports or by manually compiling source code.
As of 2005, FreeBSD was the most popular open-source BSD operating system, accounting for more than three-quarters of all installed and permissively licensed BSD systems. Much of FreeBSD's codebase has become an integral part of other operating systems such as Darwin (the basis for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS), TrueNAS (an open-source NAS/SAN operating system), and the system software for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 game consoles. The other BSD systems (OpenBSD, NetBSD, and DragonFly BSD) also contain a large amount of FreeBSD code, and vice-versa.
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GhostBSD is a Unix-like operating system based on FreeBSD for x86-64, with MATE (previously GNOME) as its default desktop environment and an Xfce-desktop community based edition. It aims to be easy to install, ready-to-use and easy to use. The project goal is to combine security, privacy, stability, usability, openness, freedom and to be free of charge.
GhostBSD stands for (G)nome (host)ed by Free(BSD): MATE, the desktop environment currently used by GhostBSD, is a fork of Gnome 2.
History
Prior to GhostBSD 18.10, the project was based on FreeBSD. In May 2018 it was announced that future versions of the operating system would be based on TrueOS.<ref>
GhostBSD |access-date=2018-08-11 |archive-date=2021-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231161917/https://ghostbsd.org/GhostBSD_is_switching_its_system_base |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2020, with the discontinuation of TrueOS, GhostBSD switched back to FreeBSD.<ref>
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Version history
FreeBSD based releases (1.0 - 11.1)
| GhostBSD version | Release date | FreeBSD version | Desktop environments | Changes |
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| 1.0<ref>DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 361, 5 July 2010</ref> | March 2010 | 8.0 | GNOME 2.28 | First general availability release<ref>
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| 1.5 |
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8.1 | GNOME 2.30 | Introduced Compiz support. (This version was also distributed with the January 2011 issue of the German magazine freeX, which also featured an article about the new OS.) |
| 2.0 | March 13, 2011 | 8.2 |
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Improvements to GDM et al. |
| 2.5<ref>GhostBSD 2.5 review | LinuxBSDos.com</ref><ref>DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 443, 13 February 2012</ref> | January 24, 2012 | 9.0 |
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Choice of preconfigured GNOME or LXDE desktop<ref>
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| 3.0 | March 10, 2013 | 9.1 |
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The last release to deploy the GNOME 2 desktop environment |
| 3.1 | June 28, 2013 |
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A point release primarily to fix bugs |
| 3.5<ref>DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 535, 25 November 2013</ref> | November 7, 2013 |
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LibreOffice exchanged for Apache OpenOffice 4.<ref>
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| 4.0<ref>DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 582, 27 October 2014</ref> | October 4, 2014 | 10.0 |
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Various new features<ref>
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| 10.1<ref>DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 633, 26 October 2015</ref> | September 13, 2015 | 10.1 |
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Software additions<ref>
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| 10.3 | August 31, 2016 | 10.3 |
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ZFS support, UEFI support, …<ref>
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| 11.1<ref>DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 745, 8 January 2018</ref> | November 16, 2017 | 11.1 | MATE 1.18 Xfce 4.12 | GhostBSD Software repositories, dropped i386 support, WhiskerMenu as default menu (Xfce)<ref>
GhostBSD |website=www.ghostbsd.org |language=en |access-date=2017-11-29 |archive-date=2017-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118204749/http://www.ghostbsd.org/11.1_release_announcement |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
TrueOS-based releases (18.10 - 21.01.20)
From GhostBSD 18.10 to 21.01.20, the project moved its base from FreeBSD to TrueOS. Following are TrueOS-based GhostBSD releases.
| GhostBSD version | Release Date | Desktop Environment | Changes |
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| 18.10<ref>
GhostBSD |website=www.ghostbsd.org |language=en |access-date=2018-11-03 |archive-date=2018-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103131234/https://www.ghostbsd.org/18.10_release_announcement |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
November 1, 2018 | MATE 1.20 | First release based on TrueOS |
| 19.04<ref>
GhostBSD |website=www.ghostbsd.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-18 |archive-date=2019-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415112624/http://ghostbsd.org/19.04_release_announcement |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
April 13, 2019 | MATE 1.22 and XFCE | |
| 19.09<ref>
GhostBSD |website=www.ghostbsd.org |access-date=2019-09-19 |archive-date=2019-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920015311/http://www.ghostbsd.org/19.09_release_announcement |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
September 16, 2019 | MATE and Xfce | Moved from TrueOS CURRENT to STABLE |
| 19.10<ref>
GhostBSD |website=www.ghostbsd.org |access-date=2019-12-29 |archive-date=2019-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230013420/https://ghostbsd.org/19.10_release_announcement |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
October 26, 2019 | ||
| 20.01<ref>
GhostBSD |website=www.ghostbsd.org |access-date=2020-01-22 |archive-date=2020-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122211437/https://ghostbsd.org/20.01_release_announcement |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
January 22, 2020 | ||
| 20.03 | March 31, 2020 | ||
| 20.04<ref>
GhostBSD |website=www.ghostbsd.org |access-date=2020-08-12 |archive-date=2020-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812162654/http://www.ghostbsd.org/20.08.04_release_announcement |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
August 10, 2020 | MATE 1.24 and Xfce | |
| 21.01.20<ref>
GhostBSD |website=www.ghostbsd.org |access-date=2021-04-02 |archive-date=2021-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420070243/http://ghostbsd.org/21.01.20_release_notes |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
January 23, 2021 |
FreeBSD based releases (21.04.27 - present)
Beginning from GhostBSD 21.04.27, the project has moved its base back to FreeBSD.
| GhostBSD version | Release Date | Desktop Environment | Changes |
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| 21.04.27 | April 29, 2021 | GhostBSD is now based on FreeBSD 13.0-STABLE | |
| 21.5.11<ref>
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May 11, 2021 | ||
| 21.09.06<ref>
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September 7, 2021 | Switch from OpenRC to FreeBSD rc.d | |
| 21.09.08<ref>
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September 9, 2021 | ||
| 22.06.15 | June 18, 2022 | ||
| 22.06.18<ref name=“vinte-dois-dezoito”>
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June 20, 2022 | ||
| 23.06.01 | June 5, 2023 | ||
| 23.10.01<ref name=“vinte-tres”>
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October 28, 2023 | MATE 1.26.0 | |
| 24.01.01 | February 13, 2024 | Based on FreeBSD 14.0-STABLE | |
| 24.04.1<ref>
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May 20, 2024 | MATE 1.28.1 | Based on FreeBSD 14.0-STABLE |
License
GhostBSD was originally licensed under the 3-clause BSD license (“Revised BSD License”, “New BSD License”, or “Modified BSD License”)
In 2014 Eric Turgeon re-licensed GhostBSD under 2-clause license (“Simplified BSD License” or “FreeBSD License”). GhostBSD contains some GPL-licensed software.
Recommended system requirements
The following are the recommended requirements.
- 2 GHz dual core Intel/ARM 64-bit processor s://ghostbsd-documentation-portal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/installation-guide/getting-started.html#system-requirements
- 4 GB of RAM
- 15 GB of free hard drive space
- Network access
See also
External links
- Official website: https://www.ghostbsd.org
- https://ghostbsd-documentation-portal.readthedocs.io/en/latest GhostBSD Documentation