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  2. FreeBSD version history - Wikipedia

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    4.0-RELEASE appeared in March 2000 [4] and the last 4-STABLE branch release was 4.11 in January 2005 supported until 31 January 2007. [5] FreeBSD 4 was lauded for its stability, was a favorite operating system for ISPs and web hosting providers during the first dot-com bubble, [dubious – discuss] and is widely regarded [by whom?] as one of the most stable and high-performance operating ...

  3. FreeBSD Ports - Wikipedia

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    A user can install a package by passing the package name to the pkg install command. This downloads the appropriate package for the installed FreeBSD release version, then installs the application, including any software dependencies it may have. By default, packages are downloaded from the main FreeBSD Package Repository (pkg.freebsd.org), but ...

  4. FreeBSD - Wikipedia

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    FreeBSD is a free-software Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The first version was released in 1993 developed from 386BSD [3] —the first fully functional and free Unix clone—and has since continuously been the most commonly used BSD-derived operating system. [4] [5] [6]

  5. List of BSD operating systems - Wikipedia

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    It uses its own independent package manager, XBPS. It also has elements inspired by NetBSD, such xbps-src, a source package management system inspired by pkgsrc, an adaption of NetBSD's wtf utility, and also uses runit as its init system instead of systemd. CRUX: CRUX is a Linux distribution mainly targeted at expert computer users.

  6. Comparison of BSD operating systems - Wikipedia

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    The first BSD mascot was the BSD daemon, named after a common type of Unix software program, a daemon. FreeBSD still uses the image, a red cartoon daemon named Beastie, wielding a pitchfork, as its mascot today. In 2005, after a competition, a stylized version of Beastie's head designed and drawn by Anton Gural was chosen as the FreeBSD logo. [32]

  7. Ports collection - Wikipedia

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    pkgsrc was created in August 1997 based on the existing FreeBSD ports system. It follows a quarterly release schedule and as of October 2018 contains over 22'000 packages. With their 1.4 release, DragonFly BSD announced that they would be adopting pkgsrc as their official package management system. [5]

  8. TrueOS - Wikipedia

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    TrueOS (formerly PC-BSD or PCBSD) is a discontinued [3] Unix-like, server-oriented operating system built upon the most recent releases of FreeBSD-CURRENT. [4]Up to 2018 it aimed to be easy to install by using a graphical installation program, and easy and ready-to-use immediately by providing KDE SC, Lumina, LXDE, MATE, or Xfce [5] as the desktop environment.

  9. List of products based on FreeBSD - Wikipedia

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    Junos 7.3 and higher is based on FreeBSD 4.10; Junos 8.5 is based on FreeBSD 6.1; Junos 15.1 is based on FreeBSD 10 [19] Junos 18.1 is based on FreeBSD 11 [20] KACE Networks's KBOX 1000 & 2000 Series Appliances and the Virtual KBOX Appliance [citation needed] Lynx Software Technologies LynxOS, uses FreeBSD's networking stack [21] [22]