GhostBSD

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GhostBSD
GhostBSD 18.10 MATE screenshot
GhostBSD 18.10 with MATE
Developer Eric Turgeon and GhostBSD Team
Written in {{#property:p277}}
OS family Unix-like (BSD)
Working state Current
Source model Open source
Latest release 19.10 / October 26, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-10-26)
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 TrueOS,[1] with MATE as its default desktop environment (GNOME was the previous 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.

Prior to GhostBSD 18.10, the project was based on FreeBSD. In May 2018 it was announced that future versions of the operating system will be based on 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]

Beginning from GhostBSD 18.10, the project has moved its base from FreeBSD to TrueOS. Following are TrueOS based GhostBSD releases.

GhostBSD version Release Date Desktop Environment Changes
18.10[17] November 1, 2018 MATE 1.20 First release based on TrueOS
19.04[18] April 13, 2019 MATE 1.22 and XFCE
19.09[19] September 16, 2019 MATE and Xfce Moved from TrueOS CURRENT to 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 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. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ GhostBSD is switching its system base | GhostBSD
  3. ↑ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 361, 5 July 2010
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ GhostBSD 2.5 review | LinuxBSDos.com
  6. ↑ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 443, 13 February 2012
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 535, 25 November 2013
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 582, 27 October 2014
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 633, 26 October 2015
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 745, 8 January 2018
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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