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Feature 14-CURRENT 13-STABLE 13.1 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Feature
Release Date 2023-05-29 2023-05-29 2022-05-16 2022-12-05 2018-07-08 2017-10-03 2014-07-15 2013-06-09 2011-02-24 2008-11-28 2006-05-25 2005-01-25 2000-06-24 1998-11-29 Release Date
End Of Life     2026-01 2024-06 2021-09 2018-10 2016-12 2015-08             End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)     200-3200 200-3200 200-3200 200-2900 100-1700               Image Size (MB)
Free Download Ports Ports ISO 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 Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop                             Default Desktop
Package Management TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TBZ TBZ TBZ TGZ TGZ TGZ Package Management
Release Model Rolling Semi 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 GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture aarch64, amd64, armv6, i686, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 amd64, arm, armel, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, pc98, powerpc, sparc64, xbox amd64, arm, armel, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, pc98, powerpc, sparc64, xbox alpha, amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, powerpc, sparc64, xbox alpha, amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, powerpc, sparc64 alpha, i386 alpha, i386 alpha, i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC Init Software
Journaled File Systems UFS2 SU+J UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal           Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw Asian Language Support
Full Package List 14-current 13-stable 13.1 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Full Package List
Package 14-CURRENT 13-STABLE 13.1 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Package
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.1 3.0.1 2.8.6 2.8.4 2.8.4 2.6.3 2.4.2 2.2.1 -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.1.2 1.1.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.23 1.0.23 1.0.10 -- -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 22.0.0 22.0.0 19.1.0 22.0.0 18.1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.04 2.02.1 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) 9.18.14 9.18.14 9.18.1 9.18.7 9.14.1 9.11.2 9.9.5 9.7.2-P3 9.7.2 9.5.0 9.3.2 9.3.0 -- 8.1.2 bind (9.18.15)
chromium (113.0.5672.126) -- -- 100.0.4896.60 -- 73.0.3683.103 60.0.3112.101 35.0.1916.153 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (113.0.5672.126)
cups (2.4.2) 2.4.2 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.4.2 2.2.10 2.2.3 1.7.1 1.4.5 1.4.6 1.3.9 1.1.23 1.1.22 -- -- cups (2.4.2)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3P1 4.4.3P1 4.4.2-P1 4.4.2-P1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.0 4.1.2 4.1.2 3.0.5 3.0.3 3.0.1rc14 2.0 1.0.2 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.5 1.45.2 1.43.4 1.42.9 1.41.13 1.41.14 1.41.0 1.38 1.35 -- -- e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (113.0.2) 113.0.2 113.0.2 99.0 106.0.3 67.0.2 55.0.3 28.0.1 3.6.13 3.6.13 3.0.4 1.5.0.1 1.0 -- -- firefox (113.0.2)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.12.1 2.12.1 2.11.1 2.12.1 2.9.1 2.8 2.5.3 2.4.4 2.4.4 2.3.7 2.1.10 2.1.7 1.3.1 1.1 freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) 12 12 11.2.0 12.2.0 8.3.0 6.4.0 4.7.3 4.3.4 4.6.0 3.4.6 3.3.6 3.2.3 -- 2.8.1 gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.32 2.10.32 2.10.28 2.10.32 2.10.8 2.8.22 2.8.10 2.6.11 2.6.11 2.4.7 2.2.10 2.2.1 -- 1.0.2 gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.1) 42.4 42.4 41.4 42.4 3.28.3 3.18.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.1)
gnucash (5.1) 5.1 5.1 4.10 4.12 3.4 2.6.17 2.6.2 2.2.9 2.2.9 2.2.6 -- 1.8.9 -- 1.0.17 gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) 1.12.52 1.12.52 1.12.50 1.12.52 1.12.43 1.12.28 1.12.11 1.10.12 1.10.12 1.8.3 1.6.2 1.4.1 -- 0.3 gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) -- -- 2.02 2.02 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.98 1.98 -- 0.97 0.95 -- -- grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.3) 4.10.3 4.10.3 4.6.2 4.8.0 3.22.29 3.22.15 3.8.8 2.22.1 2.22.1 2.12.11 2.8.11 2.4.14 1.2.8 1.0.6 gtk (4.10.3)
httpd (2.4.57) 2.4.57 2.4.57 2.4.53 2.4.54 2.4.39 2.4.27 2.4.9 2.2.17 2.2.17 2.2.9 2.2.0 2.0.52 -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.1.2 1.2.1 0.92.3 0.92.1 0.48.4 0.48.0 0.48.0 0.46 0.43 0.38.1 -- -- inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.1) 23.04.1 23.04.1 21.12.3 22.08.1 18.12.3 2.0.3 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.2 1.0.5 -- 0.11.17 -- -- k3b (23.04.1)
kmod (30) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.6) 5.1.5 5.1.5 5.0.2 5.1.1 4.1.8 3.1.2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.6)
libreoffice (7.5.3) 7.5.3.2 7.5.3.2 7.3.2 7.4.2 6.2.2 5.3.4 4.1.5 -- -- 2.4.1 -- 1.1.3 -- -- libreoffice (7.5.3)
linux (6.3.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- linux (6.3.4)
Package 14-CURRENT 13-STABLE 13.1 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.6.1 0.5.6 0.5.6 0.3.7 -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (10.11.3) 10.6.12 10.6.12 10.5.15 10.6.10 10.3.13 10.2.6 5.5.35 5.2.4 5.2.4 -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (10.11.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) 1.26.0 1.26.0 1.26.0 1.26.0 1.20.3 1.12.1 1.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.1) 22.3.7 22.3.7 21.3.8 21.3.8 18.3.2 17.1.4 10.1.0 7.9.1 7.9.1 -- -- -- 3.2 3.0 mesa (23.1.1)
mysql (8.0.33) 8.0.32 8.0.32 8.0.28 8.0.30 8.0.16 5.7.19 5.6.17 5.1.55 5.5.9 5.0.67 5.0.18 4.1.7 3.22.32 3.22.10b mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2) 42.2 42.2 41.2 42.2 3.28.1 3.18.5 2.32.2.1 2.32.2.1 2.32.2.1 2.22.5.1 2.12.2 2.8.2 -- -- nautilus (44.2)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) 525.116.03 525.116.03 470.86 510.60.02 390.87 375.66 331.49 -- 270.18 -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5.2 3.4.11.2 3.4.11.2 3.4.7.2 3.2 3.2 -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) 8u372 8u372 17.0.2 17.0.4 12.0.0 8u131 7u51 7b122 7b122 -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) 9.3p1 9.3p1 8.9p1 9.0p1 7.9p1 7.5p1 6.6p1 5.4p1 5.2p1 3.6p1 3.6p1 3.6p1 -- -- openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.0) 1.1.1t 1.1.1t 1.1.1n 1.1.1q 1.1.1b 1.0.2l 1.0.1 1.0.0 1.0.0d 0.9.8h 0.9.8a 0.9.7e -- -- openssl (3.1.0)
perl (5.36.1) 5.32.1 5.32.1 5.32.1 5.36.0 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.16.3 5.12.3 5.12.3 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.5 -- 5.005.02 perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.6) 8.2.6 8.2.6 8.1.4 8.1.12 7.3.6 7.1.8 5.5.10 5.3.5 5.3.5 5.2.6 5.1.2 5.0.3 -- -- php (8.2.6)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) 5.27.5 5.27.5 5.24.4 5.24.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.0) 3.8.0 3.8.0 3.7.0 3.7.2 3.3.4 3.2.2 2.11.0 2.8.0 2.8.0 2.5.4 2.2.9 2.1.5 -- -- postfix (3.8.0)
postgresql (15.3) 15.3 15.3 14.2 14.5 11.3 9.6.4 8.4.21 9.0.3 9.0.3 8.3.3 8.1.3 7.4.6 -- -- postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.3) 3.9.16 3.9.16 3.10.4 3.11.0 3.7.3 3.6.1 2.7.6 2.6.6 3.1.3 2.5.2 2.4.2 2.4 1.5.2 1.5.1 Python (3.11.3)
qt (6.5.1) 5.15.8 5.15.8 5.15.2 5.15.5 5.12.1 5.7.1 4.8.5 4.7.1 4.7.1 3.3.8 3.3.5 3.3.3 1.45 1.41 qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.2) 4.16.10 4.16.10 4.13.17 4.13.17 4.8.9 4.6.6 4.1.6 3.5.6 3.5.6 3.0.32 3.0.21b 3.0.10 -- 1.9.18.10 samba (4.18.2)
systemd (253.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (253.4)
thunderbird (102.11.2) 102.11.1 -- 91.8.0 102.4.1 60.7.1 52.3.0 24.4.0 3.1.7 3.1.7 2.0.0.16 1.5 1.0 -- -- thunderbird (102.11.2)
vim (9.0) 9.0 9.0 8.2 9.0 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 6.4 6.3 5.6 5.3 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 3.0.18 3.0.17.3 3.0.17.4 3.0.6 2.2.6 2.1.2 1.1.7 1.1.7 0.8.6i 0.8.4a -- -- -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.20.0 1.21.0 1.16.0 1.13.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.16.0 4.16.1 4.12.4 4.12.3 4.10.2 4.6.2 4.6.2 4.4.2 4.2.3.2 4.0.6 -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.8 21.1.8 1.20.14 21.1.4 1.18.4 1.18.4 1.7.7 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.4.2 (6.9.0) -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 13-STABLE
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-05-15
Votes: 2


I installed FreeBSD 13.2 recently, with KDE5 desktop and UFS file system. I run it along three Debian systems,
on Samsung Evo SSD (Thinkpad). It took a while to configure everything manually but the BSD documents are very good.
It is stable and fast, so is the KDE5 and all the applications I have used, like Firefox and LibreOffice.
For those who want to refresh their knowledge of Vi and config files, FreeBSD is great, everything is done
manually.
When I first ran spectre-meltdown-checker, I got 10 CVE´s "red". By running the checker with --explained
I could eliminated the "red" by putting four lines in /etc/sysctl.conf.
After that only two CVE´s are now red; CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2018-3646. Everything else is now "green".

For people interested in UNIX and UNIX-like systems, FreeBSD is a great choice. Grade 8/10.


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Version: 13-STABLE
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-05-09
Votes: 24


I've used FreeBSD since version 7.* and here is my opinion on it's strengths and weaknesses.

PROS:

- Can be stable if deployed correctly and on the right hardware
- Can be used effectively but excels at specific tasks rather than being a general computing platform
- Freedom to use and deploy as you see fit
- Administration via the FreeBSD tools is fairly straight forward and utilitarian
- Has cleaner userland than GNU/Linux
- Can be considered a more complete OS than most GNU/Linux distros from a design stand point *However this is debatable now a days if you consider usability being a factor when comparing to current GNU/Linux solutions.
- It's not forked from multitudes of other sources like many of GNU/Linux distros are

CONS:

- Requires high amount of effort to lock down properly from it's original distributed form
- Has limits in regards to scalability
- You will encounter issues with no solutions in sight (spanning across months or years different versions/releases)
- Documentation is outdated and often requires online research, this scales with your general knowledge of
the system but can be an issue if time sensitive projects are at stake
- Not a good daily OS for general purpose computing due to effort involved to get things done
- Ports collection looks good on paper but compiling from source will quite often fail you and consume much of your time
- Package versions are way behind in most cases
- Development team is fairly small compared to most popular GNU/Linux solutions, this of course slows down it's development and its beginning to show these days
- Getting support is not easy and can be a quick turn off depending on the type of user you are and what your expectations are

In practicality, to me it feels like FreeBSD has ran it's course now and is now a hobbyist platform for most part.
If you have lots of time to burn and don't care about cutting edge developments you might be able to use it to fulfil some specific task but it won't be long before you feel like you are missing out on features that just aren't there and aren't coming any time soon.

I still like it though :D


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Version: 13-STABLE
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-04-17
Votes: 5


I have the intention to make FreeBSD my second OS besides macOS and learn it. I have bought the book "Absolute FreeBSD" by Michael W. Lucas for this purpose.

The main obstacle so far have been hardware support. On my Thinkpad T410i suspend/resume didn't work properly. When waking it up the screen was black. From what I have read this is because of some issue with the Nvidia driver, and there is no real solution.

On my Lenovo Ideapad the wifi chip is not supported unfortunately.

Because of these obstacles I have mainly evaluated the OS in a VM.

The experience has been good this far, it works for the things I intend to do and want to use. There is more manual work involved setting up a desktop environment than in NetBSD or OpenBSD, but it's not hard and the documentation is excellent.

To run FreeBSD on real hardware I'm going to buy a new PC. Thinkpads seems to be a safe bet.

FreeBSD is a very good OS, I just wished to hardware support was a bit better, so I can't give it a rating of 10.


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