What is FreeBSD?
FreeBSD is a fast, secure and reliable operating system, that runs servers, desktop computers and network infrastructure for professional, educational and personal use. It is released with a permissive open source BSD license, which means, that it is free for anyone to download, install and use professionally and personally. This makes FreeBSD a solid choice of operating system.
- Base FreeBSD is separate from third-party applications.
- Easy and safe maintenance with built-in upgrade and update utility.
- Highly secure GEOM ELI full disk encryption.
- More than 30.000 categorized and actively maintained applications directly available with the built-in application mangement utility PKG.
- Modern ZFS file system with encryption, snapshots and datasets in pooled storage.
- Regarded TCP/IP networking stack.
- Operating system level virtualization with built-in Jails.
- Help and support from helpful and experienced users in active forums and discussion channels.
FreeBSD is a part of the BSD family.
FreeBSD is a part of the BSD family of operating systems, that has derived from the original Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), which was a UNIX variant, developed at UC Berkeley. The FreeBSD Project has been maintained by a large community of dedicated contributors and maintainers since the 90’s. The community is supported by the FreeBSD Foundation.
Learn more about FreeBSD.
Learn more about FreeBSD at the official website of the FreeBSD Project and the FreeBSD Handbook. Find technical support and discuss FreeBSD related topics in the FreeBSD Forums. Learn more about the FreeBSD Foundation. Learn more about UC Berkeley. Find FreeBSD howto’s on the website of Micski.