GhostBSD is a free Unix-like

Unix-like

A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification....

 operating system

Operating system

An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...

 based on FreeBSD

FreeBSD

FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX. Although for legal reasons FreeBSD cannot be called “UNIX”, as the direct descendant of BSD UNIX , FreeBSD’s internals and system APIs are UNIX-compliant...

 and used as a live CD

Live CD

A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...

 and a hard disk install. The Developers Eric Turgeon and Nahuel Sanchez founded this software-project in 2010 after they met in the official FreeBSD Forum. They both agreed on the GNOME-desktop environment.

History

The First Version was released in March 2010. It was based on FreeBSD 8 and used GNOME 2.28.

Version 1.5, based on FreeBSD 8.1, uses GNOME 2.30. Compiz

Compiz

Compiz is one of the first compositing window managers for the X Window System that uses 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management. The effects, such as a minimization effect and a cube workspace are implemented as loadable plugins...

. Since 1.5 it is possible to install GhostBSD on a hard disk

Hard disk

A hard disk drive is a non-volatile, random access digital magnetic data storage device. It features rotating rigid platters on a motor-driven spindle within a protective enclosure. Data is magnetically read from and written to the platter by read/write heads that float on a film of air above the...

 using the command line based pc-sysinstall.

Version 2.0 is based on FreeBSD 8.2, and was released on March 13, 2011. Some changes in version 2 include improvements to GDM

GNOME Display Manager

GDM provides a simpler to use alternative display manager for the X Window System's XDM.The X Window System by default uses the XDM display manager. However, resolving XDM configuration issues typically involves editing a configuration file. GDM allows users to customize or troubleshoot settings...

 and bug fixes.

The German bimonthly released magazine freeX

Freex

Freex was a short-lived comic book series from Malibu Comics. Created By Gerard Jones and Ben Herrera, it concerned a team of teenage superheroes in the Ultraverse.Its roster over the series consisted of Anything ,...

 (1/2011) features GhostBSD 1.5 on a supplemented DVD and in an article.

Version 2.5 is based on the FreeBSD 9.0 and is currently in beta testing.

Versions

Date	Version Number	Motto
March 12. 2010	Version 1.0	"GhostBSD go green"
July 29. 2010	Version 1.5	see V 1.0
March 13, 2011	Version 2.0
Sep 25, 2011	Version 2.5 beta 2
Oct 30, 2011	Version 2.5 beta 3

External links

• GhostBSD Home Page
  • Forum
• GhostBSD on Distrowatch
• download GhostBSD from Sourceforge
  SourceForge
  SourceForge Enterprise Edition is a collaborative revision control and software development management system. It provides a front-end to a range of software development lifecycle services and integrates with a number of free software / open source software applications .While originally itself...