FreeBSD
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| Developer | The FreeBSD Project |
|---|---|
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 1 November 1993 |
| Repository | |
| Marketing target | Servers, workstations, embedded systems, network firewalls |
| Package manager | pkg |
| Platforms | x86-64, ARM64, ARM32, IA-32, MIPS, PowerPC, RISC-V, 64-bit SPARC |
| Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
| Userland | BSD |
| Default user interface | Unix shell |
| License | FreeBSD License, FreeBSD Documentation License |
| Official website | www |
FreeBSD is an operating system for many different kinds of computers. This means that if the user has a computer around the house and want to run FreeBSD on it, the user probably can. Computers that run Microsoft Windows will also run FreeBSD. It is based on BSD, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
Open source
FreeBSD is open source. This means that anyone can download the source code and change, or learn from it. The people who work on FreeBSD do not usually get paid. They keep working on it because they enjoy it or want to become more experienced programmers. Most open source software that runs on Linux will run natively on FreeBSD without the need for any compatibility layer.
Operating systems based on FreeBSD
There are a lot of operating systems, which are based on FreeBSD.
Operating systems with a GUI
Several projects created an operating system, based on FreeBSD, which has a GUI by default.
Examples for that kind of operating systems are:
- DesktopBSD
- GhostBSD
- PC-BSD
Related pages
Further reading
- Lavigne, Dru (24 May 2004), BSD Hacks (First ed.), O'Reilly Media, p. 448, ISBN 0-596-00679-9
- Lucas, Michael W. (14 November 2007), Absolute FreeBSD (Second ed.), No Starch Press, p. 744, ISBN 978-1-59327-151-0, archived from the original on 17 February 2018, retrieved 17 July 2020
- Lavigne, Dru; Lehey, Greg; Reed, Jeremy C. (20 December 2007), The Best of FreeBSD Basics (First ed.), Reed Media Services, p. 596, ISBN 978-0-9790342-2-0
- Tiemann, Brian; Urban, Michael (15 June 2006), FreeBSD 6 Unleashed (First ed.), SAMS Publishing, p. 912, ISBN 0-672-32875-5
- Korff, Yanek; Hope, Paco; Potter, Bruce (March 2005), Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security (First ed.), O'Reilly Media, p. 464, ISBN 0-596-00626-8
- Lehey, Greg (April 2003), The Complete FreeBSD (Fourth ed.), O'Reilly Media, p. 720, ISBN 0-596-00516-4, archived from the original on 2020-03-13, retrieved 2020-07-17
- McKusick, Marshall K.; Neville-Neil, George V. (2 August 2004), The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (First ed.), Addison–Wesley, p. 720, ISBN 0-201-70245-2
- Mittelstaedt, Ted (15 December 2000), The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide (First ed.), Addison–Wesley, p. 432, ISBN 0-201-70481-1
- Stokely, Murray; Lee, Chern (1 March 2004), The FreeBSD Handbook, Volume 1: User Guide (Third ed.), FreeBSD Mall, p. 408, ISBN 1-57176-327-9
- Stokely, Murray (1 September 2004), The FreeBSD Handbook, Volume 2: Admin Guide (Third ed.), FreeBSD Mall, p. 537, ISBN 1-57176-328-7
Other websites
- FreeBSD
- FreeBSD software
- Other interesting information about FreeBSD including One Floppy FreeBSD MP3 and CD Player Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
- mdoc.su — short manual page URLs, a URL shortener written in nginx
- BXR.SU — FreeBSD source code search
- FreeBSD 9.1 - Announcement of FreeBSD 9.1