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About

FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security and compatibility features today which are still missing in other operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones. FreeBSD makes an ideal Internet or Intranet server. It provides robust network services under the heaviest loads and uses memory efficiently to maintain good response times for thousands of simultaneous user processes. FreeBSD brings advanced network operating system features to appliance and embedded platforms, from higher-end Intel-based appliances to ARM, PowerPC, and MIPS hardware platforms. From mail and web appliances to routers, time servers, and wireless access points, vendors around the world rely on FreeBSD’s integrated build and cross-build environments and advanced features as the foundation for their embedded products. And the Berkeley open source license lets them decide how many of their local changes they want to contribute back.

About

OpenIndiana is an operating system from and for the illumos community, it branches from the UNIX-derived family tree, and as such it can sometimes seem quite complex. But with a little help and information, once you know the basics, you will find it actually has some of the nicest and friendliest tools around. As most Unix-derived operating system, it can be completely controlled via a Command Line Interface shell, but it also supports a windowing GUI system. From the CLI, it supports a number of different shells, the two main ones being ksh93 and Bash. It also supports the original SunOS SVR4 commands, the command and syntax famiilar to BSD users, and a large portion of the GNU userland commands that most Linux users are familiar with. You can select any or all of those different commands from your shell configuration, giving you the environment you are most happy with.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Anyone looking for an Operating System to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms

Audience

Individuals searching for a community-driven distribution that supports a wide range of popular software

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 3.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 2.5 / 5
ease 2.5 / 5
features 2.5 / 5
design 3.5 / 5
support 2.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • A rock solid operating system with a long pedigree going back to the earliest days of UNIX, FreeBSD has been my operating system of choice for over 20 years. Although initial installation has always been easy, package management and updating at one time used to be more time consuming than your average Linux system but you now have the choice of either installing pre-built binary packages using the 'pkg' utility in the same way as for Linux or building them from source using the ports system, where you can customise a package's features and options before building & installing it. Another nice thing about FreeBSD is there are no sudden arbitrary upheavals with new releases - remember the big Ubuntu upheavals with first init, then Upstart and now systemd? Also, the descriptive device names for things like network interfaces have remained the same for decades (unlike Linux where they have changed several times in recent years and have now come back full circle to the 'eth0' style names in many cases! Support for virtual servers - 'jails' in FreeBSD parlance - has been a part of FreeBSD since 1999 and the open source version of the ZFS storage system developed by Sun Microsystems was enthusiastically adopted in 2008. I use FreeBSD for servers, nano-servers and also desktop systems and laptops. Finally, FreeBSD powers the world's largest streaming CDN (content delivery network) whose owners are a major contributor to FreeBSD development.

Cons

  • Setting up audio-visual hardware to work with desktop movie and music player applications can be time consuming, with a fully functional A/V set-up suddenly ceasing to work after a routine FreeBSD release upgrade and involved days of work to fix. Also online support is can be harder to find than for Linux but this is largely offset by the excellent online FreeBSD Handbook.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • As a past SunSparc and Solaris user I knew what I was getting into when I tested the latest version of OpenIndiana Hipster. OI is a solid, powerful and very stable system that was designed as a server. However, that never stopped me using it as a desktop back in the CDE days and I use Mate on Linux, so I can't complain about it's current looks and features. A large enough suite of apps is also available, including, LaTex, Firefox, Librewolf Browser, Abiword and Libreoffice. I also found that all of the Firefox extensions I use on Linux were also available on this platform and worked seamlessly. Even my NVidia card worked out of the box. Frankly, at times I forgot I wasn't using Linux or FreeBSD.
  • It supposed to be Unix, as we know from Sun Microsystem's time. this operating system should be an opportunity to learn major base to developed something reliable and good.

Cons

  • Nevertheless, I cannot recommend OI as a drop-in replacement for either Linux or FreeBSD or for inexperienced users because this OS is not noob territory, it is very command line dependent and requires a learning curve. For example, there is no graphical software repository. Everything is done via the standard pkg or the non standard pkgin package managers via the terminal. Coming from Unix, I don't mind at all, but I can see that users coming from Windows will never adapt and others will find this frustrating. What make it worse is that proprietary codecs are either not available or don't work. I tried. This means no MP4, no DRM and hit and miss YouTube playback.
  • It does not support network interfaces very well. it does not support existing - well known and recently produced - pc brands. as an example i can point on hp compaq pro 6305 sff, or Dell Optiplex 755 series. difficulty to use certain commands. nobody wrote any book about operating system. none of the usb created .iso work for me. only dvd. documentation from oracle? to descriptive and not enough useful for the practice. too many features are hidden.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

FreeBSD
United States
www.freebsd.org

Company Information

openIndiana
Founded: 2010
United States
www.openindiana.org

Alternatives

Alternatives

PowerShell

PowerShell

Microsoft
CacheGuard

CacheGuard

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Categories

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Integrations

AD Bridge
AWS Marketplace
AbiWord
Azure Marketplace
CUPS-PDF
Crush
Elixir
FusionPBX
Honggfuzz
HostJane
Muon SSH Terminal
NXLog
Radamsa
Rudix
SQL Server Data Access Components
Tarantool
iRedMail
pygame
raylib
tmux

Integrations

AD Bridge
AWS Marketplace
AbiWord
Azure Marketplace
CUPS-PDF
Crush
Elixir
FusionPBX
Honggfuzz
HostJane
Muon SSH Terminal
NXLog
Radamsa
Rudix
SQL Server Data Access Components
Tarantool
iRedMail
pygame
raylib
tmux
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