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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.
The Base
GhostBSD is based on TrueOS with FreeBSD 12 STABLE with our twist to it. We are still continuing to use TrueOS for OpenRC, and the new package's system for the base system that is built from ports. GhostBSD is becoming a slow-moving rolling release base on the latest TrueOS with FreeBSD 12 STABLE. When FreeBSD 13 STABLE gets released, GhostBSD will be upgraded to TrueOS with FreeBSD 13 STABLE.
In the Press about FreeBSD
- "It is the secret giant." c't magazin
Who use FreeBSD
- It is used mainly on servers because of its stability. Who uses it: for examble Netflix or WhatsApp. Thomas Krenn
- See also: Internet Service Providers
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.
