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'''GhostBSD''' is a [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]] based on [[FreeBSD]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://linuxbsdos.com/2012/02/02/ghostbsd-2-5-review/|title=GhostBSD 2.5 review - LinuxBSDos.com|publisher=}}</ref> with [[Xfce]] and [[MATE]] as its default [[desktop environment]]s (GNOME was the previous desktop environment). 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''' is a [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]] based on [[FreeBSD]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://linuxbsdos.com/2012/02/02/ghostbsd-2-5-review/|title=GhostBSD 2.5 review - LinuxBSDos.com|publisher=}}</ref> with [[Xfce]] and [[MATE]] as its default [[desktop environment]]s (GNOME was the previous desktop environment). 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 announced that operating system will change basing to TrueOS.<ref>[https://ghostbsd.org/GhostBSD_is_switching_its_system_base GhostBSD is switching it's system base | GhostBSD]</ref>
GhostBSD announced in May 2018 that operating system will change basing to TrueOS.<ref>[https://ghostbsd.org/GhostBSD_is_switching_its_system_base GhostBSD is switching it's system base | GhostBSD]</ref>
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Revision as of 12:21, 11 August 2018

GhostBSD
GhostBSD 10.1 MATE screenshot
GhostBSD 10.1 with MATE
DeveloperEric Turgeon and GhostBSD Team
OS familyUnix-like (BSD)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Latest release11.1 / November 16, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-11-16)
Repository
Platformsamd64
Kernel typeMonolithic FreeBSD kernel
Default
user interface		Xfce and MATE
LicenseFreeBSD license
Official websitewww.ghostbsd.org

GhostBSD is a Unix-like operating system based on FreeBSD,[1] with Xfce and MATE as its default desktop environments (GNOME was the previous desktop environment). 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 announced in May 2018 that operating system will change basing to TrueOS.[2]

Version history

GhostBSD version Release date FreeBSD version Desktop environments Changes
1.0[3] March 2010 8.0 GNOME 2.28 First general availability release[4]
1.5 ? 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 ? Improvements to GDM et al.
2.5[5][6] January 24, 2012 9.0 ? Choice of preconfigured GNOME or LXDE desktop[7]
3.0 March 10, 2013 9.1 ? The last release to deploy the GNOME 2 desktop environment
3.1 June 28, 2013 ? ? A point release primarily to fix bugs
3.5[8] November 7, 2013 ?
LibreOffice exchanged for Apache OpenOffice 4.[9]
4.0[10] October 4, 2014 10.0 ? Various new features[11]
10.1[12] September 13, 2015 10.1 ? Software additions[13]
10.3 August 31, 2016 10.3 ? ZFS support, UEFI support, ...[14]
11.1[15] November 16, 2017 11.1 MATE 1.18

Xfce 4.12

GhostBSD Software repositories, dropped i386 support, WhiskerMenu as default menu (Xfce)[16]

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 minimum recommended requirements.

  • Pentium 4 or higher
  • 1024 MB of RAM
  • 20 GB of free hard drive space
  • Network card
  • Sound card
  • NVIDIA 3D accelerated video card

See also

References

  1. ^ "GhostBSD 2.5 review - LinuxBSDos.com".
  2. ^ GhostBSD is switching it's system base | GhostBSD
  3. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 361, 5 July 2010
  4. ^ "GhostBSD 1.0 Release. Go Green!". Archived from the original on 2010-03-16.
  5. ^ GhostBSD 2.5 review | LinuxBSDos.com
  6. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 443, 13 February 2012
  7. ^ Sanchez, Nahuel. "GhostBSD 2.5 finally here!". Ghostbsd.org. Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  8. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 535, 25 November 2013
  9. ^ "GhostBSD 3.5 "Levi" Released - GhostBSD".
  10. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 582, 27 October 2014
  11. ^ "GhostBSD 4.0-RELEASE Karine finally ready - GhostBSD".
  12. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 633, 26 October 2015
  13. ^ "GhostBSD 10.1 Finally Available - GhostBSD".
  14. ^ "GhostBSD 10.3 Enoch Finally Available - GhostBSD".
  15. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 745, 8 January 2018
  16. ^ "GhostBSD 11.1 Finally Ready and Available! | GhostBSD". www.ghostbsd.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
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