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FreeBSD

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.

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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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OS.logo: Freebsd logo.svg
OS.logo size: 200px
OS.logo caption: The Power To Serve
OS.screenshot: FreeBSD 13.0 boot loader autoboot screenshot.png
OS.caption: FreeBSD bootloader with ASCII art logo in version 13.0
OS.developer: The FreeBSD Project
OS.programmed_in: C (C11)
OS.family: Unix-like (BSD)
OS.working state: Current
OS.source model: Open source
OS.marketing target: Servers, workstations, embedded systems, network firewalls
OS.package manager: pkg
OS.supported platforms: Tier 1: 64-bit x86 (amd64), 64-bit ARM (originally only 32-bit x86, i386, 32-bit x86 now with tier 2 support and additionally 64-bit RISC-V, 32-bit ARMv7, 64-bit PowerPC; previously supported e.g. MIPS, IA-64 and SPARC)
OS.kernel type: Monolithic with dynamically loadable modules
OS.userland: BSD
OS.ui: Unix shells: sh or tcsh (user-selectable) csh (in the past)
OS.license: FreeBSD License, FreeBSD Documentation License

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Official website: www.freebsd.org
Image: KDE Plasma 5.23 on FreeBSD 13.0 screenshot.png

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Commons category: FreeBSD
software version identifier: 14.4
source code repository URL: cgit.freebsd.org
user manual URL: wiki.freebsd.org
inception: 1993-11-01
social media followers: 28282
mailing list archive URL: docs.freebsd.org/mail
publication date: 1993-11-01
public key fingerprint: FB37 45C8 6F15 E8ED AC81 32FC D829 4EC3 BBC4 D7D5
issue tracker URL: bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla

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Contents

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 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.