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[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution BSD universe].<br/> | [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution BSD universe].<br/> | ||
As main desktop he choose [https://mate-desktop.org/ '''MATE''']. | As main desktop he choose [https://mate-desktop.org/ '''MATE''']. |
Revision as of 16:36, 18 December 2019
Contents
Introduction
GhostBSD has started as a hobby in 2009 from Eric Turgeon and Francois Toussaint. See A Brief History of GhostBSD
The plan was and is until now to create a desktop operating system that is based on the
BSD universe.
As main desktop he choose MATE.
This desktop environment is the main target of Eric. It is simply a question of manpower.
Project Goals
The goals of the GhostBSD Project are to provide:
- A simple, elegant desktop environment to support your day-to-day computing needs.
- Easy to use software management program for installing any of the 32,000 available applications.
- Linux binary compatibility to run almost any GNU/Linux application.
- Well-designed graphical installation programs.
- Automatic hardware (e.g., video, sound, network, devices) detection and configuration.
- A hardened 64-bit BSD system that is unaffected by malware, viruses, spyware, and malfeasance.
- OpenZFS support for modern amd64 systems.
- The best user experience possible.
Developers
Main Developers
- Eric Turgeon and
- Joe Maloney. He is also the main developer of FuryBSD
- Source: GitHub
Tasks
Community Developers
There are a lot of developers around the world who are interested in GhostBSD and show how to install other desktop environments.