What is FreeBSD?
{{Infobox OS | name = FreeBSD | logo = | logo size = 200px | screenshot = VirtualBox FreeBSD 12.1 07 05 2020 11 59 43.png | caption = | screenshot_size = 300px | developer = The FreeBSD Project | family = [[Unix-like]] | working state = Current | source model = [[Open-source software|Open source]] | released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1993|11|1}} | marketing target = [[Server (computing)|Servers]], [[workstation]]s, [[embedded system]]s, [[firewall (computing)|network firewalls]] | package manager = pkg | supported platforms = [[x86-64]], [[AArch64|ARM64]], [[ARM32]], [[IA-32]], [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]], [[PowerPC]], [[RISC-V]], {{nowrap|64-bit [[SPARC]]}} | kernel type = [[Monolithic kernel]] | userland = [[BSD]] | ui = [[Unix shell]] | license = [[FreeBSD License]], [[FreeBSD Documentation License]] }} '''FreeBSD''' is an [[operating system]] for many different kinds of computers. This means that if the user has a computer around the house and want to run FreeBSD on it, the user probably can. Computers that run [[Microsoft Windows]] will also run FreeBSD. It is based on [[BSD]], the version of [[UNIX]] developed at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. == Open source == FreeBSD is [[open source]]. This means that anyone can download the [[source code]] and change, or learn from it. The people who work on FreeBSD do not usually get paid. They keep working on it because they enjoy it or want to become more experienced programmers. Most open source software that runs on [[Linux]] will run natively on FreeBSD without the need for any compatibility layer. === Operating systems based on FreeBSD === There are a lot of operating systems, which are based on FreeBSD. ==== Operating systems with a GUI ==== Several projects created an operating system, based on FreeBSD, which has a [[GUI]] by default. Examples for that kind of operating systems are: * [[DesktopBSD]] * [[GhostBSD]] * [[PC-BSD]] ==Related pages== * [[DragonFly BSD]] * [[OpenBSD]] * [[NetBSD]] ==Further reading== {{refbegin|30em}} * {{Citat