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GhostBSD
GhostBSD 20.08.04 with MATE
DeveloperEric Turgeon and GhostBSD Team
OS familyUnix-like (BSD)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Latest release24.01.1[1] / February 13, 2024; 22 days ago (2024-02-13)
Repository
Platformsamd64
Kernel typeMonolithic FreeBSD kernel
Default
user interface
MATE and Xfce
LicenseFreeBSD license
Official websitewww.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 version Release date FreeBSD version Desktop environments Changes
1.0[5] March 2010 8.0 GNOME 2.28 First general availability release[6]
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[7][8] January 24, 2012 9.0 ? Choice of preconfigured GNOME or LXDE desktop[9]
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[10] November 7, 2013 ?
LibreOffice exchanged for Apache OpenOffice 4.[11]
4.0[12] October 4, 2014 10.0 ? Various new features[13]
10.1[14] September 13, 2015 10.1 ? Software additions[15]
10.3 August 31, 2016 10.3 ? ZFS support, UEFI support, ...[16]
11.1[17] November 16, 2017 11.1 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 version Release Date Desktop Environment Changes
18.10[19] November 1, 2018 MATE 1.20 First release based on TrueOS
19.04[20] April 13, 2019 MATE 1.22 and XFCE
19.09[21] September 16, 2019 MATE and Xfce Moved from TrueOS CURRENT to STABLE
19.10[22] October 26, 2019
20.01[23] January 22, 2020
20.03 March 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 version Release Date Desktop Environment Changes
21.04.27 April 29, 2021 GhostBSD is now based on FreeBSD 13.0-STABLE
21.5.11[26] May 11, 2021
21.09.06[27] September 7, 2021 Switch from OpenRC to FreeBSD rc.d
21.09.08[28] September 9, 2021
22.06.15 June 18, 2022
22.06.18[29] June 20, 2022
23.06.01 June 5, 2023
23.10.01[1] October 28, 2023 MATE 1.26.0
24.01.01 February 13, 2024 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 [1]
  • 4 GB of RAM
  • 15 GB of free hard drive space
  • Network access

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "GhostBSD 23.10.1 Now Available". Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  2. ^ "GhostBSD is switching its base".
  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.
  5. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 361, 5 July 2010
  6. ^ "GhostBSD 1.0 Release. Go Green!". Archived from the original on 2010-03-16.
  7. ^ GhostBSD 2.5 review | LinuxBSDos.com
  8. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 443, 13 February 2012
  9. ^ Sanchez, Nahuel. "GhostBSD 2.5 finally here!". Ghostbsd.org. Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  10. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 535, 25 November 2013
  11. ^ "GhostBSD 3.5 "Levi" Released - GhostBSD".
  12. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 582, 27 October 2014
  13. ^ "GhostBSD 4.0-RELEASE Karine finally ready - GhostBSD".
  14. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 633, 26 October 2015
  15. ^ "GhostBSD 10.1 Finally Available - GhostBSD".
  16. ^ "GhostBSD 10.3 Enoch Finally Available - GhostBSD".
  17. ^ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 745, 8 January 2018
  18. ^ "GhostBSD 11.1 Finally Ready and Available! | GhostBSD". www.ghostbsd.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  19. ^ "GhostBSD 18.10 Now Available | GhostBSD". www.ghostbsd.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  20. ^ "GhostBSD 19.04 Now Available | GhostBSD". www.ghostbsd.org. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  21. ^ "GhostBSD 19.09 Now Available | GhostBSD". www.ghostbsd.org. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  22. ^ "GhostBSD 19.10 Now Available | GhostBSD". www.ghostbsd.org. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  23. ^ "GhostBSD 20.01 Now Available | GhostBSD". www.ghostbsd.org. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  24. ^ "GhostBSD 20.08.04 Now Available | GhostBSD". www.ghostbsd.org. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  25. ^ "GhostBSD 21.01.20 release note | GhostBSD". www.ghostbsd.org. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  26. ^ "GhostBSD 21.05.11 ISO now available". Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  27. ^ "GhostBSD 21.09.06 ISO's now available". Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  28. ^ "Quick fix GhostBSD 21.09.08 ISO now available". Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  29. ^ ""GhostBSD 22.06.18 Released"".

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