GhostBSD is a

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based on

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, with

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as its default

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(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,

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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 would be based on

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. In 2020, with the discontinuation of TrueOS, GhostBSD switched back to FreeBSD.

Version history

FreeBSD based releases (1.0 - 11.1)

TrueOS-based releases (18.10 - 21.01.20)

From GhostBSD 18.10 to 21.01.20, the project moved its base from

. Following are TrueOS-based GhostBSD releases.

FreeBSD based releases (21.04.27 - present)

Beginning from GhostBSD 21.04.27, the project has moved its base back to

License

GhostBSD was originally licensed under the 3-clause

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("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. * 64-bit processor * 4 GB of RAM * 15 GB of free hard drive space * Network access

References

External links

*
GhostBSD Documentation

GhostBSD
on

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