<s>
GhostBSD	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
MATE	B-Language
as	O
its	O
default	O
desktop	O
environment	O
(	O
GNOME	B-Application
was	O
the	O
previous	O
desktop	O
environment	O
)	O
and	O
an	O
Xfce-desktop	O
community	O
based	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
combine	O
security	O
,	O
privacy	O
,	O
stability	O
,	O
usability	O
,	O
openness	O
,	O
freedom	B-Application
and	O
to	O
be	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
GhostBSD	B-Application
18.10	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
would	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
TrueOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
TrueOS	B-Application
,	O
GhostBSD	B-Application
switched	O
back	O
to	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
GhostBSD	B-Application
version	O
Release	O
date	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
version	O
Desktop	O
environments	O
Changes	O
1.0DistroWatch	O
Weekly	O
,	O
Issue	O
361	O
,	O
5	O
July	O
2010	O
March	O
2010	O
8.0	O
GNOME	B-Application
2.28	O
First	O
general	O
availability	O
release	O
1.5	O
8.1	O
GNOME	B-Application
2.30	O
Introduced	O
Compiz	B-Language
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2.0	O
March	O
13	O
,	O
2011	O
8.2	O
Improvements	O
to	O
GDM	B-Language
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2.5GhostBSD	O
2.5	O
review	O
|	O
LinuxBSDos.comDistroWatch	O
Weekly	O
,	O
Issue	O
443	O
,	O
13	O
February	O
2012	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2012	O
9.0	O
Choice	O
of	O
preconfigured	O
GNOME	B-Application
or	O
LXDE	B-Language
desktop	O
3.0	O
March	O
10	O
,	O
2013	O
9.1	O
The	O
last	O
release	O
to	O
deploy	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
2	O
desktop	O
environment	O
3.1	O
June	O
28	O
,	O
2013	O
A	O
point	O
release	O
primarily	O
to	O
fix	O
bugs	O
3.5DistroWatch	O
Weekly	O
,	O
Issue	O
535	O
,	O
25	O
November	O
2013	O
November	O
7	O
,	O
2013	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
exchanged	O
for	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
GhostBSD	B-Application
18.10	O
to	O
21.01.20	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
moved	O
its	O
base	O
from	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
to	O
TrueOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
are	O
TrueOS-based	O
GhostBSD	B-Application
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
from	O
GhostBSD	B-Application
21.04.27	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
has	O
moved	O
its	O
base	O
back	O
to	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
Eric	O
Turgeon	O
re-licensed	O
GhostBSD	B-Application
under	O
2-clause	O
license	O
(	O
"	O
Simplified	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
License	I-Operating_System
"	O
or	O
"	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
License	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GhostBSD	B-Application
contains	O
some	O
GPL-licensed	B-License
software	O
.	O
</s>
