<s>
MidnightBSD	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
desktop-oriented	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
originally	O
forked	B-Application
from	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
6.1	O
,	O
and	O
periodically	O
updated	O
with	O
code	O
and	O
drivers	O
from	O
later	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
default	O
desktop	O
environment	O
,	O
Xfce	B-Language
,	O
is	O
a	O
lightweight	O
user	O
friendly	O
desktop	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MidnightBSD	B-Application
began	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
from	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founder	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
Lucas	O
Holt	O
,	O
wished	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
BSD	O
derived	O
desktop	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
familiar	O
with	O
several	O
live	O
CD	O
projects	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
the	O
work	O
on	O
TrueOS	B-Application
or	O
DesktopBSD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
he	O
also	O
had	O
an	O
interest	O
in	O
GNUstep	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MidnightBSD	B-Application
0.1	O
was	O
released	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
efforts	O
of	O
Lucas	O
Holt	O
,	O
Caryn	O
Holt	O
,	O
D	O
.	O
Adam	O
Karim	O
,	O
Phil	O
Pereira	O
of	O
bsdnexus	O
,	O
and	O
Christian	O
Reinhardt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
features	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
ports	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
features	O
were	O
introduced	O
in	O
MidnightBSD	B-Application
0.1.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christian	O
Reinhardt	O
replaced	O
Phil	O
Pereira	O
as	O
the	O
lead	O
"	O
mports	O
"	O
maintainer	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
MidnightBSD	B-Application
0.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Portable	B-Application
C	I-Application
Compiler	I-Application
was	O
added	O
on	O
i386	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Compiler	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
changes	O
include	O
enabling	O
ipfw	O
and	O
sound	O
card	O
detection	O
on	O
startup	O
,	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
many	O
software	O
packages	O
including	O
Bind	O
,	O
GCC	B-Application
,	O
OpenSSH	O
,	O
and	O
Sendmail	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
Live	O
CD	O
creation	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
is	O
version	O
2.1	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
features	O
imported	O
from	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
desktop	O
environment	O
was	O
switched	O
to	O
Xfce	B-Language
,	O
but	O
WindowMaker	O
plus	O
GNUstep	B-Application
is	O
still	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MidnightBSD	B-Application
is	O
named	O
after	O
Lucas	O
and	O
Caryn	O
Holt	O
's	O
cat	O
,	O
Midnight	O
,	O
a	O
ten-pound	O
black	O
Turkish	O
Angora	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MidnightBSD	B-Application
is	O
released	O
under	O
several	O
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
kernel	O
code	O
and	O
most	O
newly	O
created	O
code	O
are	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
two-clause	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
parts	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
,	O
LGPL	B-Application
,	O
ISC	B-License
,	O
and	O
Beerware	B-License
licenses	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
three	O
-	O
and	O
four-clause	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
licenses	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jesse	O
Smith	O
reviewed	O
MidnightBSD	B-Application
0.6	O
in	O
2015	O
for	O
DistroWatch	O
Weekly	O
:	O
</s>
