FreeBSD is a free UNIX based operating system. It was created by Berkeley software distribution.
The goal of the FreeBSD project is to provide a system that can serve everything with the less restrictions possible.
FreeBSDoffers advanced possibilities in terms of networking, performance and security.
Here are the latest versions available for production
Version | Status | EOL |
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11.4 | Production | |
10.4 | Legacy | October 31, 2018 |
10.3 | Legacy | April 30, 2018 |
10.2 | EOL | December 31, 2016 |
10.1 | EOL | December 31, 2016 |
9.3 | EOL | December 31, 2016 |
You can find the improvements of each version on the website of FreeBSD
Direct access to the root account is disabled by default in FreeBSD.
You can access the server using your user account and by using the command su – with your root password – to run commands as root.