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Last Update: 2023-10-31 04:41 UTC

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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Average visitor rating: 7.24/10 from 34 review(s).

GhostBSD Summary
Distribution GhostBSD
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  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-10-29: BSD Release: GhostBSD 23.10.1
 • 2022-06-18: BSD Release: GhostBSD 22.06.15
 • 2022-01-17: BSD Release: GhostBSD 22.01.12
 • 2021-11-26: BSD Release: GhostBSD 21.11.24
 • 2021-09-07: BSD Release: GhostBSD 21.09.06
 • 2021-04-30: BSD Release: GhostBSD 21.04.27
 • 2021-01-16: BSD Release: GhostBSD 21.01.15
 • 2020-11-30: BSD Release: GhostBSD 20.11.28
 • 2020-08-10: BSD Release: GhostBSD 20.08.04
 • 2020-05-01: BSD Release: GhostBSD 20.04
 • 2020-01-22: BSD Release: GhostBSD 20.01
 • 2019-10-27: BSD Release: GhostBSD 19.10
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 • 2019-08-24 GhostBSD switching to STABLE packages
 • 2018-12-01 Interview with Eric Turgeon
 • 2018-05-02 GhostBSD may switch to TrueOS base
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Feature 23.10.1 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 2023-10-27 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, Xfce 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 23.10.1 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

Full Package List:   GhostBSD 20.08.04
  Number of packages: 638 (download as TXT)
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  •  accountsservice-0.6.42
  •  adwaita-icon-theme-3.28.0
  •  alsa-lib-1.1.2_2
  •  alsa-plugins-1.1.1_6
  •  aom-2.0.0_1
  •  apr-1.7.0.1.6.1_1
  •  argp-standalone-1.3_4
  •  argyllcms-1.9.2_5
  •  aspell-0.60.8,1
  •  atk-2.36.0
  •  atkmm-2.28.0
  •  atril-1.22.3_7
  •  at-spi2-atk-2.34.2
  •  at-spi2-core-2.36.0
  •  automount-1.7.3_1
  •  avahi-app-0.7_3
  •  bamf-0.5.4
  •  bash-5.0.18_2
  •  binutils-2.33.1_2,1
  •  bittorrent-libutp-0.20130514_1
  •  boost-libs-1.72.0_2
  •  brisk-menu-0.6.0_1
  •  brotli-1.0.7_2,1
  •  bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20
  •  bwn-firmware-kmod-0.1.2
  •  cairo-1.16.0,2
  •  cairomm-1.12.2_4
  •  caja-1.24.0
  •  caja-extensions-1.24.0
  •  ca_root_nss-3.54_1
  •  cdparanoia-3.9.8_10
  •  check-0.15.0
  •  clucene-2.3.3.4_19
  •  CoinMP-1.8.4_3
  •  colord-1.3.5
  •  consolekit2-1.2.1_1
  •  crosextrafonts-caladea-20130214_4
  •  crosextrafonts-carlito-20130920_4
  •  cups-2.3.3_1
  •  cups-filters-1.27.5_1
  •  cups-pk-helper-0.2.6
  •  cups-smb-backend-1.0_12
  •  curl-7.71.1
  •  cursor-dmz-theme-0.4.5
  •  cvsps-2.1_2
  •  cyrus-sasl-2.1.27_1
  •  dav1d-0.7.1
  •  db5-5.3.28_7
  •  dbus-1.12.20
  •  dbus-glib-0.110
  •  dconf-0.36.0
  •  dconf-editor-3.28.0
  •  dejavu-2.37_1
  •  desktop-file-utils-0.24
  •  dht-0.26
  •  djvulibre-3.5.27_2
  •  dmidecode-3.2
  •  double-conversion-3.1.5.19
  •  dpkg-1.19.7
  •  drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16.g20200221
  •  droid-fonts-ttf-20131024_5
  •  e2fsprogs-1.45.6_3
  •  e2fsprogs-libblkid-1.45.6_1
  •  e2fsprogs-libss-1.45.6
  •  e2fsprogs-libuuid-1.45.6
  •  en-aspell-2018.04.16.0
  •  enchant-1.6.0_9
  •  enchant2-2.2.3_4
  •  encodings-1.0.5,1
  •  engrampa-1.24.0
  •  en-hunspell-2019.10.06
  •  eom-1.24.0
  •  etc_os-release-0.1_3
  •  exempi-2.2.2_1
  •  exiv2-0.27.3,1
  •  expat-2.2.8
  •  ffmpeg-4.3.1,1
  •  fftw3-3.3.8_6
  •  fftw3-float-3.3.8_6
  •  firefox-79.0,1
  •  fish-3.1.2
  •  flac-1.3.3
  •  font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.3_4
  •  font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.3_4
  •  font-adobe-utopia-100dpi-1.0.4_4
  •  font-adobe-utopia-75dpi-1.0.4_4
  •  font-adobe-utopia-type1-1.0.4_4
  •  font-alias-1.0.3_3
  •  font-arabic-misc-1.0.3_4
  •  font-awesome-5.12.1
  •  font-bh-100dpi-1.0.3_4
  •  font-bh-75dpi-1.0.3_4
  •  font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi-1.0.3_4
  •  font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.3_4
  •  font-bh-ttf-1.0.3_4
  •  font-bh-type1-1.0.3_4
  •  font-bitstream-100dpi-1.0.3_4
  •  font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.3_4
  •  font-bitstream-type1-1.0.3_4
  •  fontconfig-2.13.92_2,1
  •  font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.3_4
  •  font-cursor-misc-1.0.3_4
  •  font-daewoo-misc-1.0.3_4
  •  font-dec-misc-1.0.3_4
  •  font-ibm-type1-1.0.3_4
  •  font-isas-misc-1.0.3_4
  •  font-jis-misc-1.0.3_4
  •  font-micro-misc-1.0.3_4
  •  font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.3_4
  •  font-misc-ethiopic-1.0.3_4
  •  font-misc-meltho-1.0.3_4
  •  font-misc-misc-1.1.2_4
  •  font-mutt-misc-1.0.3_4
  •  font-schumacher-misc-1.1.2_4
  •  font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.4_4
  •  fonts-indic-2.1.5_4
  •  font-sony-misc-1.0.3_4
  •  font-sun-misc-1.0.3_4
  •  font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.3_4
  •  font-xfree86-type1-1.0.4_4
  •  foomatic-db-20200406
  •  foomatic-db-engine-4.0.13,2
  •  foomatic-db-hpijs-1.4
  •  freedesktop-sound-theme-0.8
  •  freeglut-3.0.0_2
  •  freetype2-2.10.2
  •  fribidi-0.19.7
  •  fusefs-ext2-0.0.10_2
  •  fusefs-libs-2.9.9_1
  •  fusefs-lkl-4.16.g20180628_3
  •  fusefs-ntfs-2017.3.23
  •  fusefs-simple-mtpfs-0.3.0_5
  •  gamin-0.1.10_10
  •  gbi-8.0
  •  gcc9-9.3.0_1
  •  gcr-3.28.0
  •  gdbm-1.18.1_1
  •  gdk-pixbuf2-2.40.0
  •  GentiumBasic-1102_1
  •  geoclue-2.5.5
  •  gettext-runtime-0.20.2
  •  gexiv2-0.12.1
  •  ghostbsd-common-settings-4.6
  •  ghostbsd-drivers-18.12
  •  ghostbsd-icons-1.7
  •  ghostbsd-mate-1.24.0
  •  ghostbsd-mate-settings-3.9
  •  ghostbsd-mate-themes-1.7
  •  ghostbsd-pkg-conf-20.04.02
  •  ghostbsd-utils-18.12
  •  ghostbsd-wallpapers-19.09_1
  •  ghostscript9-agpl-base-9.52_6
  •  giflib-5.2.1
  •  git-2.27.0
  •  glew-2.2.0
  •  glib-2.64.3,1
  •  glibmm-2.56.0_2,1
  •  glib-networking-2.56.1_2
  •  gmime30-3.2.7
  •  gmp-6.2.0
  •  gnome-keyring-3.28.2_2
  •  gnome-menus-3.13.3_1
  •  gnome-online-accounts-3.28.0_2
  •  gnome_subr-1.0_1
  •  gnupg-2.2.21
  •  gnutls-3.6.14
  •  gobject-introspection-1.56.1_1,1
  •  gpgme-1.14.0
  •  gpu-firmware-kmod-g20200503
  •  graphene-1.10.0
  •  graphite2-1.3.14
  •  groff-1.22.4_3
  •  gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.28.1
  •  gssdp-1.2.3
  •  gstreamer1-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-bad-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-cdparanoia-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-flac-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-gl-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-good-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-jpeg-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-lame-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-neon-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-ogg-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-soup-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-1.16.2
  •  gstreamer1-plugins-vorbis-1.16.2
  •  gtar-1.32
  •  gtk2-2.24.32
  •  gtk3-3.24.20
  •  gtk3-unico-engine-1.0.2_2
  •  gtk-layer-shell-0.1.0
  •  gtkmm30-3.24.2
  •  gtk-murrine-engine-0.98.2_5
  •  gtksourceview3-3.24.11
  •  gtk-update-icon-cache-3.24.20
  •  gucharmap-11.0.1_1
  •  gupnp-1.1.1_1
  •  gvfs-1.30.4_3
  •  hal-0.5.14_34
  •  hal-info-20091130
  •  harfbuzz-2.6.8
  •  harfbuzz-icu-2.6.8_2
  •  hicolor-icon-theme-0.17
  •  hunspell-1.7.0_2
  •  hyphen-2.8.8
  •  icu-67.1,1
  •  indexinfo-0.3.1
  •  iso-codes-4.2
  •  jansson-2.13.1
  •  jasper-2.0.16_1
  •  jbig2dec-0.18
  •  jbigkit-2.1_1
  •  jpeg-turbo-2.0.4
  •  json-glib-1.4.4
  •  ksh93-93.u_1,2
  •  lame-3.100_2
  •  lcms-1.19_6,1
  •  lcms2-2.11_1
  •  libabw-0.1.3
  •  libarchive-3.4.3,1
  •  libass-0.14.0
  •  libassuan-2.5.3
  •  libb64-1.2.1
  •  libcanberra-0.30_5
  •  libcanberra-gtk3-0.30_5
  •  libcddb-1.3.2_4
  •  libcdio-2.1.0
  •  libcdr01-0.1.6
  •  libcmis-0.5.2_1
  •  libcroco-0.6.13
  •  libdaemon-0.14_1
  •  libdbusmenu-qt5-0.9.3.160420160218_10
  •  libdmx-1.1.4_2
  •  libdrm-2.4.102,1
  •  libdvbpsi-1.3.3
  •  libdvdnav-6.1.0
  •  libdvdread-6.1.0
  •  libebml-1.4.0
  •  libe-book-0.1.3_18
  •  libedit-3.1.20191231,1
  •  libepoll-shim-0.0.20200602
  •  libepoxy-1.5.4
  •  libepubgen-0.1.0_9
  •  liberation-fonts-ttf-2.1.1,2
  •  libetonyek01-0.1.9_6,1
  •  libevdev-1.5.9_1
  •  libevent-2.1.12
  •  libexif-0.6.21_5
  •  libexttextcat-3.4.5
  •  libffi-3.3
  •  libfontenc-1.1.4
  •  libfreehand-0.1.2_18
  •  libgcrypt-1.8.5
  •  libgd-2.3.0,1
  •  libgdata-0.17.9
  •  libgee-0.20.1
  •  libgltf-0.0.2_21
  •  libGLU-9.0.1
  •  libgnome-keyring-3.12.0_2
  •  libgpg-error-1.38
  •  libgphoto2-2.5.23_1
  •  libgsf-1.14.47
  •  libgtop-2.40.0
  •  libgudev-230_1
  •  libgxps-0.3.1
  •  libICE-1.0.10,1
  •  libiconv-1.16
  •  libidn-1.35
  •  libidn2-2.3.0_1
  •  libinotify-20180201_2
  •  libinput-1.15.6
  •  libksba-1.4.0
  •  liblangtag-0.6.2
  •  libltdl-2.4.6
  •  liblz4-1.9.2_1,1
  •  libmatekbd-1.24.0
  •  libmatemixer-1.24.0
  •  libmateweather-1.24.0
  •  libmatroska-1.6.0
  •  libmng-1.0.10_3
  •  libmspub01-0.1.4_16
  •  libmtdev-1.1.5_2
  •  libmtp-1.1.17
  •  libmusicbrainz5-5.1.0_3
  •  libmwaw03-0.3.15
  •  libmysofa-1.1
  •  libnatpmp-20150609
  •  libnghttp2-1.41.0
  •  libnotify-0.7.8
  •  libnumbertext-1.0.5_1
  •  liboauth-1.0.3_4
  •  libodfgen01-0.1.7_3
  •  libogg-1.3.4,4
  •  liborcus-0.15.4
  •  libpagemaker-0.0.4_10
  •  libpaper-1.1.24.4
  •  libpciaccess-0.16
  •  libpeas-1.22.0
  •  libproxy-0.4.15
  •  libpthread-stubs-0.4
  •  libquvi09-0.9.4_4
  •  libquvi-scripts09-0.9.20131130_1
  •  libqxp-0.0.0_16
  •  libraw-0.19.5
  •  libreoffice-6.4.5
  •  librevenge-0.0.4_13
  •  librsvg2-2.40.21
  •  libsamplerate-0.1.9
  •  libsecret-0.18.6_1
  •  libsigc++-2.10.3
  •  libSM-1.2.3,1
  •  libsndfile-1.0.28_2
  •  libsoup-2.62.3
  •  libsoup-gnome-2.62.3
  •  libsoxr-0.1.3_2
  •  libspectre-0.2.9
  •  libstaroffice-0.0.6_8
  •  libsunacl-1.0.1
  •  libtasn1-4.16.0
  •  libtheora-1.1.1_7
  •  libublio-20070103_2
  •  libudev-devd-0.4.2
  •  libunique-3.0.2_3
  •  libunistring-0.9.10_1
  •  libunwind-20200331
  •  libv4l-1.18.0
  •  libva-2.8.0
  •  libva-intel-driver-2.4.1
  •  libva-vdpau-driver-0.7.4_9
  •  libvdpau-1.4
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Version: 23.06.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-26
Votes: 10


 It very good os when installing alone on its own, had no problems running in virtual machine for testing at all.
over on-top of big linux arch respin from brazil south america. Hope ghostBSD, BSDunix gets more updates later.
WiFi was only issue On my i7 zen book number fifteen edition. Tried live test afterwards and wifi worked,
must have something to do with virtual machine i'm sure as drivers run great off-of-virtualbox.
Wanted to try something new from Canada after slackwares vector linux went away not too long ago.
How sad for vector linux, very happy to see canada is producing and making BSDunix and Linux
operating systems. Many other countries opting out of linux scene too perticularly in oriental east
world, such as philippines, japan, korea, thailand, taiwan, use to be many diffrent linux arouns world
coming out everywhere, many have slowed production or are not making no more.
:( *frown* face. *Saluting* good luck Canada!



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Version: 23.06.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-18
Votes: 8


 The installation of GhostBSD on VirtualBox was a seamless process without any issues using the default settings. With 8 GB of RAM and 8 CPUs allocated, along with 20 GB of storage, the system performed faster than my host machine. It exhibited remarkable responsiveness for every task I attempted. In my opinion, GhostBSD stands out as the finest Unix-based system built upon FreeBSD. Compared to the tedious installation and configuration process of plain FreeBSD, GhostBSD eliminates a significant amount of hassle. Kudos to the exceptional work by the GhostBSD team.


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Version: 23.06.01
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-07-31
Votes: 0


 I first tried ghost bsd in 2019 or rather I wanted. After installation, it turned out that it does not handle nt partitions. Of course, it could have been installed, but I wasnt adept at bsds at the time.
I later installed it again in 2023, then on a new PC. Unfortunately, my graphics core was not handled by ghost (free) bsd, so I bought an nvidia quadro vga for only $20.
There is a picture, but it could be sharper! The picture is better under Linux!
Installation was easy. Octopkg is integrated, which is a graphical 1 click install style package management and installation application.
There was 1 error: That the data copied to the nt partition is deleted after restarting or turning it off and then on. According to the freebsd forum, this is a bug that can be fixed by umounting the nt partition before turning it off.
The Xscavenger game exits after 1 minute.
Libre office is not included in the package by default.
The virtual box failed to start with an error message.
This distro is better than pcbsd was. But it could be even better.
The screen turns off, but the power saving mode is not activated.



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