GhostBSD

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GhostBSD
GhostBSD 20.08.04 screenshot.png
GhostBSD 20.08.04 with MATE
Developer Eric Turgeon and GhostBSD Team
OS family Unix-like (BSD)
Working stateCurrent
Source model Open source
Latest release 23.10.01 [1] / October 28, 2023;4 months ago (2023-10-28)
Repository
Platforms amd64
Kernel type Monolithic FreeBSD kernel
Default
user interface 		MATE and Xfce
License FreeBSD license
Official website www.ghostbsd.org

GhostBSD is a Unix-like operating system based on FreeBSD, [2] 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.

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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. [3] In 2020, with the discontinuation of TrueOS, GhostBSD switched back to FreeBSD. [4]

Version history

FreeBSD based releases (1.0 - 11.1)

GhostBSD versionRelease dateFreeBSD versionDesktop environmentsChanges
1.0 [5] March 20108.0 GNOME 2.28First general availability release [6]
1.5?8.1 GNOME 2.30Introduced 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.)
2.0March 13, 20118.2?Improvements to GDM et al.
2.5 [7] [8] January 24, 20129.0?Choice of preconfigured GNOME or LXDE desktop [9]
3.0March 10, 20139.1?The last release to deploy the GNOME 2 desktop environment
3.1June 28, 2013??A point release primarily to fix bugs
3.5 [10] November 7, 2013?
 LibreOffice exchanged for Apache OpenOffice 4. [11]
4.0 [12] October 4, 201410.0?Various new features [13]
10.1 [14] September 13, 201510.1?Software additions [15]
10.3August 31, 201610.3?ZFS support, UEFI support, ... [16]
11.1 [17] November 16, 201711.1 MATE 1.18

Xfce 4.12

GhostBSD Software repositories, dropped i386 support, WhiskerMenu as default menu (Xfce) [18]

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 versionRelease DateDesktop EnvironmentChanges
18.10 [19] November 1, 2018 MATE 1.20First release based on TrueOS
19.04 [20] April 13, 2019 MATE 1.22 and XFCE
19.09 [21] September 16, 2019MATE and XfceMoved from TrueOS CURRENT to STABLE
19.10 [22] October 26, 2019
20.01 [23] January 22, 2020
20.03March 31, 2020
20.04 [24] August 10, 2020 MATE 1.24 and Xfce
21.01.20 [25] 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 versionRelease DateDesktop EnvironmentChanges
21.04.27April 29, 2021GhostBSD is now based on FreeBSD 13.0-STABLE
21.5.11 [26] May 11, 2021
21.09.06 [27] September 7, 2021Switch from OpenRC to FreeBSD rc.d
21.09.08 [28] September 9, 2021
22.06.15June 18, 2022
22.06.18 [29] June 20, 2022
23.06.01June 5, 2023
23.10.01 [1] October 28, 2023MATE 1.26.0
24.01.01February 13, 2024Based 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.

The following are the recommended requirements.

See also

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  3. ↑ GhostBSD is switching its system base | GhostBSD
  4. ↑ Cao (2020-05-19). "TrueOS has been discontinued". FreeBSDNews.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
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  6. ↑ "GhostBSD 1.0 Release. Go Green!". Archived from the original on 2010-03-16.
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  14. ↑ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 633, 26 October 2015
  15. ↑ "GhostBSD 10.1 Finally Available - GhostBSD".
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