FreeBSD-based
FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). FreeBSD currently has more than 200 active developers and thousands of contributors. Other notable derivatives include DragonFly BSD, which was forked from FreeBSD 4.8, and Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X, with its Darwin base including a large amount of code derived from FreeBSD.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| AskoziaPBX | |
| BSDBox | |
| BSDeviant | |
| BSDLive | |
| Bzerk CD | |
| DragonFly BSD | Originally forked from FreeBSD 4.8, now developed in a different direction |
| ClosedBSD | |
| DesktopBSD | DesktopBSD is a Unix-derivative, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. Its goal is to combine the stability of FreeBSD with the ease-of-use of KDE, which is the default graphical user interface. |
| EclipseBSD | |
| Evoke | Formerly DamnSmallBSD; a small live FreeBSD environment geared toward developers and system administrators. |
| FenestrOS BSD | |
| FreeBSDLive | |
| FreeBSD LiveCD | |
| FreeNAS | |
| FreeSBIE | |
| Frenzy Live CD | A "portable system administrator toolkit". It generally contains software for hardware tests, file system check, security check and network setup and analysis. |
| Debian GNU/kFreeBSD | |
| Ging | |
| Gentoo/FreeBSD | Gentoo/*BSD subproject to port Gentoo features such as Portage to the FreeBSD operating system |
| GhostBSD | A GNOME-based, desktop FreeBSD distribution for x86 CPUs. Offers LiveCD/LiveDVD, and hard disk installation. |
| GuLIC-BSD | |
| HamFreeSBIE | |
| HeX | |
| IronPort AsyncOS | security appliances |
| JunOS | For Juniper routers |
| MaheshaBSD | A LiveCD or USB stick-based modular toolkit, including an anonymous surfing capability using Tor. The author also made NetBSD LiveUSB - MaheshaNetBSD, and DragonFlyBSD LiveUSB - MaheshaDragonFlyBSD. A LiveCD can be made from all these USB distributions by running the /makeiso script in the root directory. |
| miniBSD | |
| m0n0wall | m0n0wall is an embedded firewall distribution of FreeBSD, one of the BSD operating system descendants. It provides a small image which can be put on Compact Flash cards as well as on CDROMs and hard disks. It runs on a number of embedded platforms and generic PCs. |
| MidnightBSD | Midnight BSD has now forked away from FreeBSD 6.1 Beta |
| NanoBSD | |
| NetBoz | |
| Nokia IPSO | Nokia IP security appliances |
| Paxym | FreeBSD for Cavium Networks OCTEON |
| PC-BSD | PC-BSD is a Unix-like, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD. It aims to be easy to install by using a graphical installation program, and easy and ready-to-use immediately by providing KDE as the default, pre-installed graphical user interface. |
| pfSense | pfSense is a FreeBSD-based firewall tailored for use as a firewall and router. |
| PicoBSD | |
| RelaxBSD | |
| RoFreeSBIE | |
| Snarl | |
| The Dark Star | |
| TheWall | |
| ThinBSD | |
| Triance OS | |
| TrueBSD | |
| TrustedBSD | |
| WarBSD | |
| WiBSD | |
| WiFiBSD | |
| XORP | |
| Zrouter | FreeBSD based firmware for embedded devices |
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