The FreeBSD Project

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. A largecommunity has continually developed it for more than thirty years. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of thebusiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking and storage devices.

Product Description

FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms. FreeBSD's code base has undergone over thirty years of continuous development, improvement, and optimization. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. FreeBSD provides advanced networking, impressive security features, and world class performance and is used by some of the world's busiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking and storage devices.

FreeBSD 12-RELEASE Announcement

Some of the highlights:

  • OpenSSH has been updated to version 7.5p1.
  • OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.0.2o.
  • The clang, llvm, lldb and compiler-rt utilities have been updated to version 6.0.0.
  • The libarchive(3) library has been updated to version 3.3.2.
  • The libxo(3) library has been updated to version 0.9.0.
  • Device driver updates to cxgbe(4), ixl(4), and ng_pppoe(4), and the new mlx5io(4), ocs_fw(4), and smartpqi(4) drivers have been added.
  • The dwatch(1), efibootmgr(8), and etdump(1) utilities have been added.
  • Various miscellaneous kernel, userland application, and library updates.
  • KDE has been updated to version 4.14.3.
  • Gnome has been updated to version 3.18.0.