FreeBSD
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.
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| Developer | The FreeBSD Project |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 1 November 1993 |
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| 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 | {{ |
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:
FreeBSD Media
FreeBSD 14 console after login
PC-BSD version 10, the operating system that was later known as TrueOS
Related pages
Further reading
- Lavigne, Dru. BSD Hacks (24 May 2004)O'Reilly Media. p. 448. ISBN 0-596-00679-9.
- Lucas, Michael W.. Absolute FreeBSD (14 November 2007)No Starch Press. p. 744. ISBN 978-1-59327-151-0. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- Lavigne, Dru. The Best of FreeBSD Basics (20 December 2007)Reed Media Services. p. 596. ISBN 978-0-9790342-2-0.
- Tiemann, Brian. FreeBSD 6 Unleashed (15 June 2006)SAMS Publishing. p. 912. ISBN 0-672-32875-5.
- Korff, Yanek. Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security (March 2005)O'Reilly Media. p. 464. ISBN 0-596-00626-8.
- Lehey, Greg. The Complete FreeBSD (April 2003)O'Reilly Media. p. 720. ISBN 0-596-00516-4. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- McKusick, Marshall K.. The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2 August 2004)Addison–Wesley. p. 720. ISBN 0-201-70245-2.
- Mittelstaedt, Ted. The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide (15 December 2000)Addison–Wesley. p. 432. ISBN 0-201-70481-1.
- Stokely, Murray. The FreeBSD Handbook, Volume 1: User Guide (1 March 2004)FreeBSD Mall. p. 408. ISBN 1-57176-327-9. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- Stokely, Murray. The FreeBSD Handbook, Volume 2: Admin Guide (1 September 2004)FreeBSD Mall. p. 537. ISBN 1-57176-328-7. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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