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Version: 10.3 / 11.1 Alpha 1 ^updated

Upload Date: 2 Sep 17

Developer: The GhostBSD Project

Distribution Type: Freeware

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GhostBSD is an open source and advanced distribution of BSD specifically crafted for the i386 (Athlon and Pentium) and amd64 (Athlon 64, Opteron, EM64T) compatible architectures. It is based on FreeBSD and provides users with a user-friendly desktop operating system.

Being based on the FreeBSD project, GhostBSD borrows its next-gen package management system, the Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice office suite apps, LibreCAD, as well as the Eclipse and Anjuta development environments for C, C++, JavaScript, Java, Python and Vala programming.

Distributed as 64-bit and 32-bit DVDs

It is distributed as live ISO and IMG images for both 64-bit and 32-bit architectures. While the ISO images can be written to blank DVD discs, the IMG files can be easily deployed on USB flash drives.

Boot options à la FreeBSD

Like any other BSD distribution, GhostBSD provides users with three important boot options. While the first one, and also the default entry, will allow you to boot into a multi user environment, the second one lets users to boot into a single user environment, and the third one will drop users to a shell prompt.

Besides the ability to reboot the system, the boot menu also enables advanced users to configure various boot options, such as to enable or disable ACPI support, safe and verbose modes, as well as to activate single user mode or load the default settings.

MATE is the default desktop environment

The live session of this custom GhostBSD edition is powered by MATE, a fork of the classic GNOME 2 window manager, which provides users with a traditional desktop environment comprised of two panels.

Default applications

Default applications include the LibreOffice office suite (Draw, Calc, Base, Impress and Writer), Mozilla Firefox web browser, Mozilla Thunderbird email client, Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger, XChat IRC client, Transmission torrent downloader, Shotwell image viewer and organizer, and GIMP image editor.

Another interesting application is SpiderOak, which allows users to securely and privately synchronize, backup and share their data across multiple computers. The popular VLC Media Player and Rhythmbox applications are also installed, along with all the MATE apps.

Bottom line

During our tests, GhostBSD MATE proved to be a strong operating system. It features a dark theme, beautiful fonts, as well as a collection of hand picked open source applications. Whether you know your way around BSD systems or not, you should give GhostBSD a try today!

What is new in this release:

What's new in GhostBSD 10.3:
ZFS support
UEFI support
Installer custom partition creation subjection
VirtualBox support get setup at boot time if needed.
4k partition alignment by default
GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.
What changed in GhostBSD 10.3:
The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been improved
VirtualBox additions would be uninstall after installer if it is not runnig in a VirtualBox
Slim is replacing GDM.
Networkmgr display the full SSID
Replaced the HTML/CSS installation slide with a GTK/CSS the slide.
What has been fix:
Networkmgr SSID list
VirtualBox supports
Installer MBR partition issue
Some installer text error
Keyboard layout after installation with MATE
Network Manager slowness to open the menu
Network Manager icon tray crash
Localtime time as been fix
Fix boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi
System Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old
sudo configuration
Wifi down by default
Locales are not correctly set up on installation

What is new in version 10.3 / 11.0 Pre-Alpha 4:

What's new in GhostBSD 10.3:
ZFS support
UEFI support
Installer custom partition creation subjection
VirtualBox support get setup at boot time if needed.
4k partition alignment by default
GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.
What changed in GhostBSD 10.3:
The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been improved
VirtualBox additions would be uninstall after installer if it is not runnig in a VirtualBox
Slim is replacing GDM.
Networkmgr display the full SSID
Replaced the HTML/CSS installation slide with a GTK/CSS the slide.
What has been fix:
Networkmgr SSID list
VirtualBox supports
Installer MBR partition issue
Some installer text error
Keyboard layout after installation with MATE
Network Manager slowness to open the menu
Network Manager icon tray crash
Localtime time as been fix
Fix boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi
System Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old
sudo configuration
Wifi down by default
Locales are not correctly set up on installation

What is new in version 10.3 / 11.0 Pre-Alpha 3:

What's new in GhostBSD 10.3:
ZFS support
UEFI support
Installer custom partition creation subjection
VirtualBox support get setup at boot time if needed.
4k partition alignment by default
GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.
What changed in GhostBSD 10.3:
The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been improved
VirtualBox additions would be uninstall after installer if it is not runnig in a VirtualBox
Slim is replacing GDM.
Networkmgr display the full SSID
Replaced the HTML/CSS installation slide with a GTK/CSS the slide.
What has been fix:
Networkmgr SSID list
VirtualBox supports
Installer MBR partition issue
Some installer text error
Keyboard layout after installation with MATE
Network Manager slowness to open the menu
Network Manager icon tray crash
Localtime time as been fix
Fix boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi
System Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old
sudo configuration
Wifi down by default
Locales are not correctly set up on installation

What is new in version 10.3 / 11.0 Pre-Alpha 2:

What's new in GhostBSD 10.3:
ZFS support
UEFI support
Installer custom partition creation subjection
VirtualBox support get setup at boot time if needed.
4k partition alignment by default
GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.
What changed in GhostBSD 10.3:
The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been improved
VirtualBox additions would be uninstall after installer if it is not runnig in a VirtualBox
Slim is replacing GDM.
Networkmgr display the full SSID
Replaced the HTML/CSS installation slide with a GTK/CSS the slide.
What has been fix:
Networkmgr SSID list
VirtualBox supports
Installer MBR partition issue
Some installer text error
Keyboard layout after installation with MATE
Network Manager slowness to open the menu
Network Manager icon tray crash
Localtime time as been fix
Fix boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi
System Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old
sudo configuration
Wifi down by default
Locales are not correctly set up on installation

What is new in version 10.3 / 11.0 Pre-Alpha 1:

What's new in GhostBSD 10.3:
ZFS support
UEFI support
Installer custom partition creation subjection
VirtualBox support get setup at boot time if needed.
4k partition alignment by default
GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.
What changed in GhostBSD 10.3:
The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been improved
VirtualBox additions would be uninstall after installer if it is not runnig in a VirtualBox
Slim is replacing GDM.
Networkmgr display the full SSID
Replaced the HTML/CSS installation slide with a GTK/CSS the slide.
What has been fix:
Networkmgr SSID list
VirtualBox supports
Installer MBR partition issue
Some installer text error
Keyboard layout after installation with MATE
Network Manager slowness to open the menu
Network Manager icon tray crash
Localtime time as been fix
Fix boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi
System Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old
sudo configuration
Wifi down by default
Locales are not correctly set up on installation

What is new in version 10.3 / 11.0 Pre-Alpha:

What's new in GhostBSD 10.3:
ZFS support
UEFI support
Installer custom partition creation subjection
VirtualBox support get setup at boot time if needed.
4k partition alignment by default
GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.
What changed in GhostBSD 10.3:
The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been improved
VirtualBox additions would be uninstall after installer if it is not runnig in a VirtualBox
Slim is replacing GDM.
Networkmgr display the full SSID
Replaced the HTML/CSS installation slide with a GTK/CSS the slide.
What has been fix:
Networkmgr SSID list
VirtualBox supports
Installer MBR partition issue
Some installer text error
Keyboard layout after installation with MATE
Network Manager slowness to open the menu
Network Manager icon tray crash
Localtime time as been fix
Fix boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi
System Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old
sudo configuration
Wifi down by default
Locales are not correctly set up on installation

What is new in version 10.3:

What's new in GhostBSD 10.3:
ZFS support
UEFI support
Installer custom partition creation subjection
VirtualBox support get setup at boot time if needed.
4k partition alignment by default
GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.
What changed in GhostBSD 10.3:
The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been improved
VirtualBox additions would be uninstall after installer if it is not runnig in a VirtualBox
Slim is replacing GDM.
Networkmgr display the full SSID
Replaced the HTML/CSS installation slide with a GTK/CSS the slide.
What has been fix:
Networkmgr SSID list
VirtualBox supports
Installer MBR partition issue
Some installer text error
Keyboard layout after installation with MATE
Network Manager slowness to open the menu
Network Manager icon tray crash
Localtime time as been fix
Fix boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi
System Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old
sudo configuration
Wifi down by default
Locales are not correctly set up on installation

What is new in version 10.1 / 10.3 Alpha 2:

New in GhostBSD MATE 10.1 (September 13th, 2015)

What is new in version 10.1:

What's new in GhostBSD 10.1:
GhostBSD ISO image is hybrid that can be burn on DVD or USB stick
XFCE is coming back
Users can chose to install the BSD boot manager, Grub boot manager or simply None and use their Linux Grub
Station Tweak a fork of Mate Tweak
OctoPkg GUI frontend for pkgng written in Qt
Station Update Manager to update FreeBSD base system and third party software
Software from pkg or ports can be installed in the live DVD/USB session
VT Console by default
Instant verification for user and root to know if the password is strong and match on the system installer
Host name and user name auto completion when typing the real name
Vim
What changed in GhostBSD 10.1:
The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been greatly improved
SpiderOak has been removed from the default system
GDM is replacing PCDM for more functionalities
Wifimgr is now fully replaced by Networkmgr
What has been fix:
The installation process failed to copy
Radon/ATI and Intel issue
Mouse integration suport for VirtualBox
The installer GPT partition problem
Some installer text error

What is new in version 10.1 Alpha 1:

GDM as been replaced by PCDM
Wifimgr is now fully replaced by Networkmgr
A beta version of Update Station is now in GhostBSD whish update FreeBSD base system and software
The installer partition editor got a lot of improment
The installer use the latest pc-sysinstall from PCBSD GitHup
GhostBSD is now following the same release number then FreeBSD and PCBSD

What is new in version 4.0 RC1:

Xconfig from 3.5 was added back to system
A script is added to do configuration on the first boot of the new intallation
fix software dependency

What is new in version 4.0 Alpha 3:

Network after install work on Virtualbox
Added back Wifimgr for better wifi support until Networkmgr work flawlessly
Removed gimp to since Gimp is easily install with sudo pkg install gimp
Removed all software that depend on Nautilus like Rhythmbox and gksu.
Exaile is replacing Rhythmbox
GhostBSD user is now removed after installation.
New experimental look

What is new in version 4.0 Alpha 2:

Network Manager permision fixed.
Network Manager packaging fixed.
GhostBSD GBI Installer for virtual box fixed
Auto partitionign for virtual box fixed
installing on an entire disk fixed

What is new in version 4.0 Alpha 1:

FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE.
4.0-RELEASE is MATE only
SpiderOak is now part of the default install
Libre Office is back due failed to complile Open Office under CLANG
New GBI Partition editor interface
Webcamd install but not preconfigured
New network manager.
pkg_add replaced by pkgng
Bxpkg has been remove from the project
MC has been added
Nano has been added

What is new in version 3.5:

OpenSSL has been updated to version 0.9.8y.
DTrace hooks have been enabled by default in the GENERIC kernel.
DTrace has been updated to version 1.9.0.
Sendmail has been updated to version 8.14.7.
OpenSSH has been updated to version 6.2p2.
Gnome 2.32 has been replace by Mate 1.6.
Xfce 4.10 is now part of Desktop choice.
GhostBSD BSM theme with custom Faenza icon.
Mate, Xfce and LXDE contain a more uniform set of software.
Gimp is now install by default.
Shotwell is now install by default.
Libre Office has been change for Apache Open Office 4.
The installer GBI as been updated to 1.3.

What is new in version 3.5 RC3:

GDM mouse fix.

What is new in version 3.5 RC2:

FreeBSD 9.2 RC4 to FreeBSD 9.2 REALEASE.
i386 Openbox Menu has been fix.
Installer "Customize Partitionnig" option windows title has been change.

What is new in version 3.5 RC1:

FreeBSD RC3 to RC4.
Installer progress black window fixed
Bxpkg Package Manager "fail to start due to some GTK+ issue" is fixed
Mate BSM theme is Fixed
New GDM login theme

What is new in version 3.5 Beta 3:

FreeBSD RC2 to RC3.
Removed Caja in Xfce and Lxde.
Replaced Atril by ePDFViewer
Mate and Openbox images

What is new in version 3.5 Beta 2:

FreeBSD BETA2 to RC2.
Fix amd64 divers packages.
Fix amd64 and i386 packages.

What is new in version 3.1:

Updatec FreeBSD 9.1 to FreeBSD 9.1 p4
Improvement the auto Xorg configuration.
The Nvidia drivers as bean remove to fix issue with older card.
Numerous bug-fixes to GhostBSD related utilities.
Openbox and Lxde AMD64 ISO is fitting back on CD.
The package manager is back in function.
pkg_add is back in function.

What is new in version 3.0:

Support Openbox window manager.
Installer Improvements with more installing option.
Improvements of the auto configuration wireless networking script.
Auto configuration of Xorg.
Nvidia drivers ready.
3D acceleration is supported on some Intel graphics cards.
Numerous bug-fixes to GhostBSD related utilities.
Downside Openbox and Lxde AMD64 ISO only fit on DVD, Due to an overload of Drivers added.
And much more!

What is new in version 3.0 RC4:

All /home/user file and folder have been fix(this was causing LibreOffice and other application to fail).
We downsize i386 openbox image to fit on a CD.
We fix the path of Bxpkg on i386.

What is new in version 3.0 RC3:

FreeBSD 9.1-RC2 to FreeBSD 9.1-RC3.
Bwi and Bwn firmware for Broadcom has been added to the default system.
Openbox is now part of GhostBSD development.
Mixmos have been added to Lxde and is port of Openbox version too.
Now with Xorg configured in the boot process the keyboard, Mice, and video card should work properly.

What is new in version 3.0 RC2:

FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 to FreeBSD 9.1-RC2.
New network card configuration method.
Xchat has been added.
Xorg is now automatically configure(Nvidia native driver is supported. But not installed).
With Xorg already configure this have fixa lot of problem with keybord not working.

2 Sep 17 in System Utilities, Operating Systems & Updates

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