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DragonFly BSD


Last Update: 2023-01-30 01:12 UTC



DragonFly is an operating system and environment designed to be the logical continuation of the FreeBSD-4.x OS series. These operating systems belong in the same class as Linux in that they are based on UNIX ideals and APIs. DragonFly is a fork in the path, so to speak, giving the BSD base an opportunity to grow in an entirely new direction from the one taken in the FreeBSD-5 series.

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Distribution DragonFly BSD
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-01-03: BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 6.4.0
 • 2022-01-10: BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 6.2.1
 • 2021-05-10: BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 6.0.0
 • 2020-03-04: BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 5.8.0
 • 2019-06-17: BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 5.6.0
 • 2018-12-03: BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 5.4.0
 • 2018-04-10: BSD Release: DragonFlyBSD 5.2.0
 • 2017-10-16: BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 5.0.0
 • 2017-08-02: BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 4.8.1
 • 2017-03-27: BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 4.8.0
 • 2016-08-02: BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 4.6.0
 • 2015-12-07: BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 4.4.1
 • More DragonFly releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2022-07-25 DragonFly fixes fetch utility timeouts
 • 2022-05-31 DragonFly BSD enables network interface descriptions
 • 2022-03-22 DragonFly BSD now avoids panics when HAMMER2 devices are removed
 • 2022-03-08 DragonFly swaps out LibreSSL for OpenSSL in ports
 • 2021-10-28 DragonFly gains support for creating FAT volumes
 • 2021-10-13 DragonFly publishes fix for Let's Encrypt issue
 • 2021-10-01 Let's Encrypt certificate expiry breaking package managers
 • 2021-08-04 HAMMER2 gets rolling snapshots in low disk space scenarios
 • 2021-07-06 How HAMMER2 tries to fail gracefully
 • 2021-04-22 DragonFly nearing version 6.0
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Feature 6.4.0 6.2.2 6.0.0 5.8.0 5.4.3 5.2.2 4.8.1 4.6.0 4.4.1 3.8 2.10 1.12 Feature
Release Date 2023-01-03 2022-06-10 2021-05-10 2020-03-02 2019-05-20 2018-06-18 2017-08-02 2016-08-02 2015-12-07 2014-06-05 2011-04-26 2008-02-27 Release Date
End Of Life                         End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 250-1000 250-1000 250-1000 250-1000 250-1000 250-275 205-205           Image Size (MB)
Free Download IMG, ISO IMG, ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop FVWM FVWM FVWM FVWM FVWM FVWM FVWM FVWM FVWM FVWM FVWM   Default Desktop
Package Management DPorts DPorts DPorts DPorts DPorts DPorts DPorts DPorts DPorts DPorts TGZ TGZ Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC Init Software
Journaled File Systems HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER N/A Journaled File Systems
Multilingual -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 6.4.0 6.2.2 6.0.0 5.8.0 5.4.3 5.2.2 4.8.1 4.6.0 4.4.1 3.8 2.10 1.12 Full Package List
Package 6.4.0 6.2.2 6.0.0 5.8.0 5.4.3 5.2.2 4.8.1 4.6.0 4.4.1 3.8 2.10 1.12 Package
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.4 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1 2.8.6 2.8.6 2.4.6 abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.1.2 1.1.2 1.1.2 1.1.2 1.1.2 1.1.1 1.1.0 1.0.27.2 1.0.22 -- alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3.18 4.2 3.2 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) 0.4.0 0.4.0 -- 9.14.10 9.13.7 9.13.0 9.11.1-P2 9.10.4-P1 9.10.3 9.10.0-P1 9.8.0 9.3.4-P1 bind (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.106) 108.0.5359.124 100.0.4896.127 88.0.4324.182 79.0.3945.130 72.0.3626.121 60.0.3112.116 55.0.2883.87 51.0.2704.106 46.0.2490.86 -- -- -- chromium (114.0.5735.106)
cups (2.4.4) 2.4.2 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.2.12 2.2.10 2.2.7 2.2.3 2.1.4 2.0.3 1.7.2 1.4.6 1.2.12 cups (2.4.4)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 1.3.1 1.3.1 1.3.0 4.4.2 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.4 4.3.3 4.3.0 4.1.1-P1 4.0.0 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.5 1.46.5 1.46.1 1.45.5 1.44.5 1.44.2 1.43.4 1.43.1 1.42.12 1.42.10 1.41.12 -- e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (114.0.1) 52.8.0 52.8.0 86.0 73.0.1 60.5.2 60.0.1 54.0.1 47.0.1 42.0 29.0 3.6.15 2.0.0.11 firefox (114.0.1)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.12.1 2.11.1 1.3.1 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.9.1 2.8 2.6.3 2.6 2.5.3 2.4.4 2.3.5 freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) 11 10 10 9.2.0 8.3.0 7.3.0 5.4.0 4.8.5 4.8.5 4.7.3 4.4.5 4.1.2 gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.32 2.10.28 2.10.22 2.10.14 2.10.8 2.8.22 2.8.22 2.8.16 2.8.16 2.8.10 2.6.11 2.4.3 gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2) 42.4 41.4 3.36.6 3.28.3 -- 3.18.5 3.18.5 3.18.4 3.16.3 -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.2)
gnucash (5.1) 4.12 4.10 4.4 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.6.15 2.6.13 2.6.9 2.6.3 -- 2.2.1 gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) 1.12.52 1.12.50 1.12.48 1.12.46 1.12.43 1.12.28 1.12.28 1.12.28 1.12.24 1.12.11 1.10.13 1.6.3 gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.97 0.97 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.4) 4.8.0 4.6.3 -- 3.24.7 3.22.30 3.22.29 3.22.15 3.18.8 3.16.6 3.8.8 2.20.1 2.12.3 gtk (4.10.4)
httpd (2.4.57) 2.4.54 2.4.53 2.4.46 2.4.41 2.4.38 2.4.33 2.4.27 2.4.23 2.4.17 2.4.9 2.2.17 2.2.8 httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) 1.2.1 1.1.2 1.0.2 0.92.4 0.92.3 0.92.2 0.92.1 0.91 0.91 0.48.4 0.48.1 -- inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.2) 22.08.1 21.12.3 20.12.2 19.12.2 -- 2.0.3 2.0.3 2.0.3 2.0.3 2.0.2 1.0.5 -- k3b (23.04.2)
kmod (30) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) 5.1.1 5.0.2 4.4.1 4.2.8.2 -- 3.3.3 3.1.2.1 -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.4) 7.4.2.3 7.3.2.2 7.1.0.3 6.3.4 6.0.7 6.0.4 5.3.4 5.0.6 5.0.3 4.1.6 -- -- libreoffice (7.5.4)
linux (6.3.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- linux (6.3.7)
Package 6.4.0 6.2.2 6.0.0 5.8.0 5.4.3 5.2.2 4.8.1 4.6.0 4.4.1 3.8 2.10 1.12 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.99.2 0.5.5 0.5.5 0.5.5 -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.1.1) -- -- -- 10.4.12 10.1.38 10.1.28 10.1.24 10.0.26 10.0.22 5.5.35 -- -- mariadb (11.1.1)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) 1.26.0 1.26.0 1.24.2 1.22.2 1.20.3 1.20.0 1.12.0 1.12.1 1.10.2 1.6.1 -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.2) 21.3.6 21.3.6 8.4.0 18.3.2 18.3.2 8.4.0 17.1.4 11.2.2 10.6.9 9.1.7 7.4.4 6.4.2 mesa (23.1.2)
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- 8.0.19 8.0.14 5.7.19 5.7.18 5.7.13 5.6.27 5.6.17 5.1.56 5.0.51 mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2.1) 42.2 41.2 3.36.3 3.28.1 3.28.1 3.18.5 3.18.5 3.18.5 3.16.2 2.32.2.1 2.32.2.1 -- nautilus (44.2.1)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5.2 3.4.11.2 3.4.4 openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) 8.342.07.1 8.322.06.1 11.0.10 11.0.6 8u181 8u172 8u131 8u92 8u60 7u55 -- -- openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) -- -- -- 8.1p1 7.9p1 7.7p1 7.5p1 7.2p2 7.1p1 6.1p1 5.8p1 4.7p1 openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1) 0.5.0p 0.5.0p 1.1.1k 1.1.1d 1.0.2q 1.0.2o 1.0.2l 1.0.2h 1.0.2e 1.0.1g 1.0.0d 0.9.7g openssl (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1) -- -- -- 5.30.1 5.28.1 5.26.2 5.24.1 5.24.0 5.20.3 5.20.0 5.12.2 5.8.8 perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.7) -- -- -- 7.4.2 7.3.2 7.2.6 7.1.6 7.0.8 5.6.14 5.5.12 5.3.6 5.2.5 php (8.2.7)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) -- -- -- 5.18.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.1) 3.7.2 3.5.12 3.5.9 3.4.8 3.3.2 3.3.0 3.2.2 2.11.7 2.11.7 2.11.1 2.8.2 2.5devel postfix (3.8.1)
postgresql (15.3) 5.3.2 5.2.0 10.16 11.7 11.2 10.4 9.6.3 9.5.3 9.4.5 9.3.4 9.0.3 8.2.6 postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.4) 3.9 3.8 3.8.0 3.8.1 3.7.2 3.6.5 3.6.1 3.5.2 3.5.0 3.4.0 2.7.1 2.3.5 Python (3.11.4)
qt (6.5.1) 5.15.5 5.15.2 6.1 5.13.2 5.12.1 5.10.1 5.7.1 5.5.1 4.8.7 4.8.6 4.7.2 3.3.8 qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3) -- -- -- 4.10.13 4.8.9 4.6.15 4.4.14 4.4.5 4.1.18 4.1.7 3.5.8 3.0.26a samba (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.12.0) 102.6.0 91.10.0 78.8.0 68.5.0 60.5.2 52.8.0 52.2.1 45.2.0 38.4.0 24.5.0 3.1.8 -- thunderbird (102.12.0)
vim (9.0) 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.1 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 3.0.17.4 3.0.12 3.0.8 3.0.6 2.2.8 2.2.6 2.2.4 2.2.1 2.1.4 1.0.6 -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) 1.21.0 1.18.0 1.18.0 1.16.0 1.16.0 1.13.0 1.9.0 1.9.0 1.9.0 -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.16.1 4.16.0 4.16 4.14.2 4.12.4 4.12 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.10.2 4.6.1 4.4.2 xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.4 1.20.14 1.20.9 1.18.4 1.18.4 1.18.4 1.18.4 1.17.4 1.17.4 1.12.4 1.6.5 1.3.0.0 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 6.2.2
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-08-11
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1) No GUI Live CD/DVD, to start with. (There's been back then, in the times of version 3.0...)

2) Non-intuitive text-mode Live USB. (You cannot write the ISO file on a USB stick with e.g. Rufus, you need the IMG file!)

3) Very non-intuitive hard disk notations, e.g. ad14. When the Dell Precision T3500 BIOS can name them Intel0 (RAID 1 storage), WDC160... (Western Digital 160 GB), etc. (also a 2-TB Seagate drive), why DragonFly BSD can't be at least that user-friendly?!!

4) I formatted the Western Digital 160 GB from within the Disk Tools of DragonFly BSD. However, the damn thing also wrote a GRUB on my main storage with a fresh Windows 10 installation, the Intel0 (RAID 1). After I restarted and removed the DragonFly BSD USB stick, Windows won't boot (I am left with a GRUB Rescue session). Moreover, the Windows 10 installer USB now complains that there is a missing media driver (supposedly of the Intel's RAID-capable chipset), and won't continue. It won't do any Repair of the Startup issue, because it cannot find the existing Windows 10 installation. (But it reads all the drives and their folder structure, although with some arbitrary drive letters, e.g. X: (Boot).)

Conclusion: Immature, no GUI Live medium nor installer, and it breaks other things.

Recommendation: Stay away (unless you are The Skynet and know what you are doing)!...

The worst distro that I've ever tried from DistroWatch, by the way!...


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Version: 6.2.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-02-21
Votes: 12


I apologize in advance for my English, I'm from Eastern Europe and this language is almost never used here, like the BSD system in general, except for MacOS of course. I have been a Debian user for over 10 years now, all servers and home workstations have always been running Debian. But sometimes I also use BSD systems, and lately they have been of interest to me. DragonflyBSD looks like a very interesting alternative to Free/Open/Net, with very promising features of its Hammer file system (especially in my case after my experience with OpenBSD, although it has its advantages. I decided to try DragonflyBSD as a desktop for everyday use and I was surprised, but also very disappointed.I usually use KDE Plasma with the presence of all its original components.And what a disappointment that the current version contains a broken SDDM login manager.It was very sad to find out that the packages received into the system are not tested and do not pass any tests , this is a very bad sign and any trust in everything else disappears, just as it turned out on the example of a recent sitation with wireguard in FreeBSD :( But I still recommend trying it at least as a file server (NFS, Samba, sftp, etc Especially its alternative to the usual sofware raid implementation will surprise you greatly DragonflyBSD is a very fast system, with quite fast burst manager, especially if you switch the repository to the mirror closest to you - it will be very good. There are downsides, like many other operating systems and distributions. Just don't try to use it on a KDE Plasma desktop :)


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Version: 6.0.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-11-28
Votes: 45


Dragonfly BSD is great to use- it’s more stable, easier to use and play around with, looks & functions better and recognizes all of my hardware so I can use this right out of the box, OpenBSD is none of that though, so I recommend Dragonfly BSD.


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