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GhostBSD is a user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. Its default desktop is MATE, but a separate community edition with Xfce is available too. It also features a selection of commonly used software, a rolling-release development model, and a bootable live image with an intuitive graphical system installer.

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 • 2020-01-22: BSD Release: GhostBSD 20.01
 • 2019-10-27: BSD Release: GhostBSD 19.10
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Feature 23.06.01 22.06.15 21.11.24 20.11.28 19.10 18.12 11.1 10.3 10.1 4.0 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 Feature
Release Date 2023-06-05 2022-06-18 2021-11-26 2020-11-29 2019-10-26 2018-12-31 2017-11-16 2016-08-31 2015-08-15 2014-10-03 2013-11-07 2013-06-27 2012-01-22 2011-03-11 2010-07-29 2010-03-09 Release Date
End Of Life                                 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 2500-2600 2500-2600 2600-2700 2900-3000 2300-2400 2500-2600 2200-2400                   Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Installation
Default Desktop MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE, Xfce MATE, Xfce MATE, Xfce MATE LXDE, MATE, Openbox, Xfce GNOME, LXDE, Openbox GNOME, LXDE GNOME GNOME GNOME Default Desktop
Package Management PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG TGZ TGZ TGZ TGZ TGZ TGZ Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice OO.o* GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice GOffice -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture amd64 amd64 amd64 amd64 amd64 amd64 amd64 i386, amd64 i386, amd64 i386, amd64 i386, amd64 i386, amd64 i386, amd64 i386 i386, amd64 i386, amd64 Processor Architecture
Init Software RC RC OpenRC OpenRC OpenRC OpenRC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC Init Software
Journaled File Systems                                 Journaled File Systems
Multilingual en, fr en, fr en, fr en, fr en, fr en, fr en, fr en en en en en en en en en Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 23.06.01 22.06.15 21.11.24 20.11.28 19.10 18.12 11.1 10.3 10.1 4.0 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 Full Package List
Package 23.06.01 22.06.15 21.11.24 20.11.28 19.10 18.12 11.1 10.3 10.1 4.0 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 Package
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.5 3.0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.8.4 2.8.4 2.8.4 2.8.4 2.8.4 -- 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 1.0.29 1.0.28 1.0.26 1.0.26 1.0.23 -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.2 5.1 5.1.8 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) 0.4.0 0.4.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.106) 113.0.5672.126 102.0.5005.61 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (114.0.5735.106)
cups (2.4.4) 2.4.2 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.2.12 2.2.8 2.2.6 2.1.4 2.0.3 1.7.3 1.5.4 1.5.2 1.5.0 1.4.5 1.4.3 1.4.2 cups (2.4.4)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 1.3.1 1.3.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.6 1.45.3 1.44.4 1.43.7 1.42.13 1.42.12 -- -- 1.42.6 1.41.14 -- -- -- e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (114.0.1) 102.11.0 91.10.0 94.0.1 83.0 70.0 64.0 56.0.2 47.0.1 40.0 31.0 23.0 17.0.1 9.0.1 3.6.13 3.6.4 3.5.8 firefox (114.0.1)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.12.1 2.12.1 2.11.0 2.10.4 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.8 2.6.3 2.6.1 2.5.3 2.4.12 2.4.9 2.4.7 2.4.4 2.3.12 2.3.11 freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) 12 10 10.3.0 9.3.0 -- -- 5.4.0 4.8.5 4.8.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.32 2.10.28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.8.6 -- -- -- 2.6.9 -- gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2) 42.4 42.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.2)
gnucash (5.1) 5.1 4.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) 1.12.52 1.12.52 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.10.17 1.10.17 1.10.12 1.10.5 -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.02 2.02 -- -- -- -- 2.02 2.02beta 2.02beta -- -- -- -- -- -- -- grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.4) 4.10.3 4.6.3 3.24.30 3.24.23 3.24.10 2.24.32 2.24.31 2.24.29 2.24.28 2.24.22 2.24.19 2.24.6 2.24.6 2.22.1 2.20.1 2.18.7 gtk (4.10.4)
httpd (2.4.57) 2.4.57 2.4.53 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.2.23 2.2.21 -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) 1.2.2 1.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.2) 23.04.1 22.04.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (23.04.2)
kmod (30) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) 5.1.5 5.0.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.4) 7.5.3.2 7.3.3.2 -- 7.0.3 6.3.2 6.0.7 5.3.7 5.0.6 4.3.7 4.2.5 4.0* 3.5.7 3.4.4 -- -- -- libreoffice (7.5.4)
linux (6.3.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- linux (6.3.7)
Package 23.06.01 22.06.15 21.11.24 20.11.28 19.10 18.12 11.1 10.3 10.1 4.0 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.9.3 0.9.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.5.5 0.5.5 0.5.5 -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.1.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.1.1)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) 1.26.0 1.26.0 1.26.0 1.24.1 1.22.1 1.20.3 1.18.0 1.12.1 1.10.1 1.6.1 1.6.0 -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.2) 22.3.7 21.3.8 21.1.8 20.2.0 18.3.2 18.1.9 17.2.4 11.2.2 10.4.6 9.1.7 8.0.5 7.6.1 7.4.4 7.4.4 7.4.4 7.4.4 mesa (23.1.2)
mysql (8.0.33) 3.3.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2.1) 42.2 41.2 -- -- -- -- -- 3.18.5 -- -- 2.32.2.1 2.32.2.1 2.32.2.1 2.32.2 2.30.1 2.28.4 nautilus (44.2.1)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- 470.86 470.86 440.100 390.87 390.87 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6 3.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.5.0 3.5.0 3.5.0 -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) 8.372.07.1 8.332.09.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) -- 7.9p1 7.9p1 7.9p1 7.8p1 7.7p1 7.2p2 7.2p2 6.6.1p1 6.4p1 6.2p2 5.8p2 5.8p2 5.4p1 5.4p1 5.2p1 openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1) 0.5.0p 0.5.0p 1.1.1m 1.1.1g -- -- 1.0.2k 1.0.1s 1.0.1l 1.0.1e 0.9.8y 0.9.8y 0.9.8q 0.9.8q 0.9.8n 0.9.8k openssl (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1) -- 5.32.1 5.32.1 5.32.0 5.30.0 5.26.2 5.24.2 5.20.3 5.20.2 5.16.3 5.14.4 5.14.2 5.12.4 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.2.7)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.1) 3.8.0 3.7.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.1)
postgresql (15.3) 5.3.3 5.3.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.4) 3.9 3.9.13 3.8.12 3.7.9 3.6.9 3.6.6 2.7.14 2.7.12 2.7.10 2.7.8 2.7.5 2.7.3 2.7.2 2.6.6 2.6.5 2.6.4 Python (3.11.4)
qt (6.5.1) 6.4.2 5.15.2 5.15.2 5.15.0 5.13.0 -- 5.7.1 5.5.1 5.4.1 -- 4.8.4 4.8.2 -- -- -- -- qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3) -- 4.12.15 4.12.15 4.12.9 4.8.12 4.7.12 4.4.15 3.6.25 3.6.25 3.6.24 -- -- -- -- 3.4.8 3.4.5 samba (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.12.0) 102.11.1 91.10.0 -- 78.5.0 68.1.2 60.3.3 52.4.0 45.2.0 38.1.0 31.0 17.0.8 -- 3.1.7 3.1.7 2.0.0.24 -- 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 3.0.17.4 3.0.16 3.0.11 3.0.8 -- -- -- -- -- 2.0.7 2.0.4 -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 1.20.0 1.19.0 1.18.0 1.16.0 1.16.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.16.0 -- -- -- -- 4.12.4 4.12.3 4.12.3 -- 4.10.2 -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.8 1.20.14 1.20.13 1.20.9 1.18.4 1.18.4 1.18.4 1.17.4 1.14.7 1.12.4 1.7.7 1.7.7 1.7.7 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.6.5 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 22.06.15
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-04
Votes: 39


Very easy to install system. It is very customizable using both the Mate and the community Xfce version (latest release). Sound and wireless worked out of the box. Running a dual monitor setup (laptop LCD and external monitor) and both monitors were detected. It is indeed a very elegant system with very few resources used up. While at idle it uses 1.5GB of ram and CPU sits at 0 to 1 percent (intel i7). The system is very snappy and is one of the fastest systems that I have used. The only minor inconvenice is that there is no screen hardware brightness adjustment control (hopefully it can be fixed on the next release). Recommended for both new and experienced users and both will have lots of fun adjusting and tweaking it. Great job and lots of thanks and kudos to the devs for this great distro.


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Version: 22.06.15
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-12
Votes: 38


Ghost bsd is a real major step from Linux to UNIX.
It is installed on a Lenovo laptop and works flawlessly. I don't even have words to approximate it. I tested almost all BSD derivatives, ghostbs is magic!!!
Congratulations to all those behind this wonderful project!
"GhostBSD provides a simple desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD with MATE and OS packages for simplicity. In addition, GhostBSD has a selection of commonly used software preinstalled to make it easy on your computing journey."
Yes! This is true: "A simple, elegant desktop BSD Operating System"


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Version: 22.06.15
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-25
Votes: 44


I've installed it of curiousity on a small laptop from 2015 that I only use during travels, for web browsing, text editing, YT and communicators. Everything worked well for those basic issues. Getting wireless connection was flawless. Sound worked well. Nice looking, smooth working, nothing to complain.

Pros:

+ easy to install
+ smooth working
+ MATE desktop
+ wireless connecting
+ user friendly

Cons:

- so far I haven't identified any, at least for very basic use.

Nice experience of using something really independent.





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