GhostBSD
GhostBSD is a Unix-like operating system based on TrueOS, with MATE as its default desktop environment and an Xfce-desktop community based edition. It aims to be easy to install, ready-to-use and easy to use. The project goal is to combine security, privacy, stability, usability, openness, freedom and to be free of charge.
Prior to GhostBSD 18.10, the project was based on FreeBSD. In May 2018 it was announced that future versions of the operating system will be based on TrueOS.
Version history
Beginning from GhostBSD 18.10, the project has moved its base from FreeBSD to TrueOS. Following are TrueOS based GhostBSD releases.| GhostBSD version | Release Date | Desktop Environment | Changes |
| 18.10 | November 1, 2018 | MATE 1.20 | First release based on TrueOS |
| 19.04 | April 13, 2019 | MATE 1.22 and XFCE | |
| 19.09 | September 16, 2019 | MATE and Xfce | Moved from TrueOS CURRENT to STABLE |
| 19.10 | October 26, 2019 | MATE and Xfce | - |
| 20.01 | January 22, 2020 | MATE and Xfce | |
| 20.03 | March 31, 2020 | MATE and Xfce |
License
GhostBSD was originally licensed under the 3-clause BSD licenseIn 2014 Eric Turgeon re-licensed GhostBSD under 2-clause license. GhostBSD contains some GPL-licensed software.
Recommended system requirements
The following are the minimum recommended requirements.- Pentium 4 or higher
- 1024 MB of RAM
- 20 GB of free hard drive space
- Network card
- Sound card
- NVIDIA 3D accelerated video card