Some changes coming to GhostBSD or should I say to GhostOS
Some changes coming to GhostBSD or should I say to GhostOS
See https://www.ghostbsd.org/node/253 for more details.
Re: Some changes coming to GhostBSD or should I say to GhostOS
Hi Eric,
you really catched me on 1st April.
You are a joking guy.
I hope for many more ghostBSD builds
Take care,
Ciao Arnold
you really catched me on 1st April.
You are a joking guy.
I hope for many more ghostBSD builds
Take care,
Ciao Arnold
Re: Some changes coming to GhostBSD or should I say to GhostOS
Hi Eric,
I'm somewhat disappointed to read your news, however, I'm open to new things too...
When I took to FreeBSD my focus was based on a system more secure by it's very nature to being compromised - which FreeBSD delivers.
My research at that time was this:
Q] Why FreeBSD and not Linux?
FreeBSD has similarities with Linux, with two major differences:
A] In scope - FreeBSD maintains a COMPLETE system. The project delivers a kernel, device drivers, userland utilities, and documentation. Linux only delivers a kernel and drivers (thus relying on third-parties for SYSTEM software).
B]. In licensing. FreeBSD source code is generally released under a permissive BSD license. As opposed to the copyleft GPL used by Linux.
Other reasons in no particular order...
Jails. The jail mechanism allows us to partition a FreeBSD-derived computer system into several independent mini-systems. In effect, jailed processes are sandboxed.
OpenZFS. Originally ZFS was poorly developed on Linux, though that is now not the case.
Boot Environments. Creating a BE allows for rollback to an earlier system state.
So Eric, will GhostOS be:
- based based on the most recent stable Arch release with weekly updates?
- ZFS-onroot?
- Sandbox equivalent to jails?
- Boot rollback equivalent to BEs?
- and how will the scope and security of the system 'Userland' software be maintained?
I have no idea of the commitment needed to maintain GhostBSD by you and others - I'm just thankful.
I've tried making my own FreeBSD with MATE from scratch and it was difficult. I never got the USB sticks to work at all well and the technical hurdles were interesting to say the least...
Steve
I'm somewhat disappointed to read your news, however, I'm open to new things too...
When I took to FreeBSD my focus was based on a system more secure by it's very nature to being compromised - which FreeBSD delivers.
My research at that time was this:
Q] Why FreeBSD and not Linux?
FreeBSD has similarities with Linux, with two major differences:
A] In scope - FreeBSD maintains a COMPLETE system. The project delivers a kernel, device drivers, userland utilities, and documentation. Linux only delivers a kernel and drivers (thus relying on third-parties for SYSTEM software).
B]. In licensing. FreeBSD source code is generally released under a permissive BSD license. As opposed to the copyleft GPL used by Linux.
Other reasons in no particular order...
Jails. The jail mechanism allows us to partition a FreeBSD-derived computer system into several independent mini-systems. In effect, jailed processes are sandboxed.
OpenZFS. Originally ZFS was poorly developed on Linux, though that is now not the case.
Boot Environments. Creating a BE allows for rollback to an earlier system state.
So Eric, will GhostOS be:
- based based on the most recent stable Arch release with weekly updates?
- ZFS-onroot?
- Sandbox equivalent to jails?
- Boot rollback equivalent to BEs?
- and how will the scope and security of the system 'Userland' software be maintained?
I have no idea of the commitment needed to maintain GhostBSD by you and others - I'm just thankful.
I've tried making my own FreeBSD with MATE from scratch and it was difficult. I never got the USB sticks to work at all well and the technical hurdles were interesting to say the least...
Steve
Re: Some changes coming to GhostBSD or should I say to GhostOS
@nevets it was an April fool post.
I do not have the intention to move GhostBSD to Arch Linux or any Linux.
I do not have the intention to move GhostBSD to Arch Linux or any Linux.
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Re: Some changes coming to GhostBSD or should I say to GhostOS
Such a cruel and horrible post... well done it got me at first glance but it was illogical... have you tried to install Arch Linux from scratch? It would be directly against your ethos to make FreeBSD easier. 