FreeBSD is a [[BSD License]] licensed operating system written in [[3. Reference/Software/Programming Languages/C|C]]. - [Website](https://www.freebsd.org/) - [Source](https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src) (mirror) - [Documentation](https://docs.freebsd.org/en/) > FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The first version of FreeBSD was released in 1993. In 2005, FreeBSD was the most popular open-source BSD operating system \- via [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php) # Notability The most popular of the modern open source decedent of BSD. Throughout the last 3 decades many other projects have taken from FreeBSD including partially or wholly proprietary operating systems like Apple did for MacOS and Sony for some of their Playstation operating systems, network device manufacturers, among many others. # Philosophy The FreeBSD Foundation is a non-profit organization that works with the FreeBSD Project. # ISA Support The download page says (as of [[2023-10-14]]) these are the primarily supported targets: - [[AMD64]] - [[ARM64]] But many others are supported as well (partial list): - [[x86|i386]] - [[POWERPC]] - [[POWERPC64]] - [[ARMv6]] - [[ARMv7]] - [[RISC-V]] # Features [[Firefox]] is well supported. [[Rust]] and most other modern open source development environments, tools, and libraries. Including [[DotNet]]. # Tips # References