FreeBSD
Sign in to saveFreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The first version was released in 1993 developed from 386BSD, one of the first fully functional and free Unix clones on affordable home-class hardware, and has since continuously been the most commonly used BSD-derived operating system.
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FreeBSD is a free and open-source operating system based on Unix that was first released in 1993 and has become the most widely used system derived from the Berkeley Software Distribution. It matters because it provides a powerful, freely available alternative to proprietary operating systems and has been continuously developed since its inception on affordable hardware.
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- 200px
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- The Power To Serve
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- FreeBSD bootloader with ASCII art logo in version 13.0
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- The FreeBSD Project
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- C (C11)
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- Unix-like (BSD)
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- Open source
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- Servers, workstations, embedded systems, network firewalls
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40 sectionsContents
- History
- Background
- Creation
- Lawsuit
- Current situation
- Features
- Use cases
- Networking
- Storage
- Security
- TrustedBSD
- Portability
- Hardware compatibility
- Third-party software
- Jails
- Virtualization
- OS compatibility layers
- Kernel
- Documentation and support
- Installers
- Shell
- Development
- Governance structure
- Branches
- Foundation
- License
- Logo
- Derivatives
- FreeBSD-based distributions
- Active
- Abandoned
- Additional developments added to FreeBSD
- Products-specific developments
- Independent operating systems
- Version history
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The first version was released in 1993 developed from 386BSD, one of the first fully functional and free Unix clones on affordable home-class hardware, and has since continuously been the most commonly used BSD-derived operating system.
FreeBSD maintains a complete system, delivering a kernel, device drivers, userland utilities, and documentation, as opposed to Linux only delivering a kernel and drivers, and relying on third-parties such as GNU for system software. The FreeBSD source code is generally released under a permissive BSD license, as opposed to the copyleft GPL used by Linux. The project includes a security team overseeing all software shipped in the base distribution. Third-party applications may be installed using the pkg package management system or from source via FreeBSD Ports. The project is supported and promoted by the FreeBSD Foundation.