Discontinued
The development of the project has been discontinued in May 2020: https://www.truenas.com/trueos-discontinuation/
TrueOS is a user friendly desktop Operating System based on 
FreeBSD .
Known widely for its stability and security in server environments, FreeBSD provides an excellent base on which to build a desktop operating system.
TrueOS uses a host of popular open source window managers and uses a custom-tailored application installer that puts popular applications in easy reach of users.
Features:
Rolling release based on FreeBSD-CURRENT.
Weekly package/ISO updates (or more often, as necessary).
Only one package repository. Update when you’re ready and never get left behind again.
Automatic updates can be enabled/disabled as desired.
All updates are performed in a safe manner using Boot Environments. Updates never change your live system, as the updated system is not activated or used until you reboot
Existing PC-BSD/FreeBSD users can use the non-destructive fresh installation into a new boot environment on non-encrypted ZFS pools. This mechanism preserves all user data while performing a fresh install of the operating system and all applications. Simply re-create any user accounts post-installation to access the data in their home directories
TrueOS Desktop pre-installs a pure Qt5 system based around the Lumina desktop and SysAdm.
TrueOS Server pre-installs the SysAdm service for remote system management, with remote access initially disabled.
A full repository of applications is available for installation through AppCafe.
FreeBSD .Known widely for its stability and security in server environments, FreeBSD provides an excellent base on which to build a desktop operating system.
TrueOS uses a host of popular open source window managers and uses a custom-tailored application installer that puts popular applications in easy reach of users.
Features:
Rolling release based on FreeBSD-CURRENT.
Weekly package/ISO updates (or more often, as necessary).
Only one package repository. Update when you’re ready and never get left behind again.
Automatic updates can be enabled/disabled as desired.
All updates are performed in a safe manner using Boot Environments. Updates never change your live system, as the updated system is not activated or used until you reboot
Existing PC-BSD/FreeBSD users can use the non-destructive fresh installation into a new boot environment on non-encrypted ZFS pools. This mechanism preserves all user data while performing a fresh install of the operating system and all applications. Simply re-create any user accounts post-installation to access the data in their home directories
TrueOS Desktop pre-installs a pure Qt5 system based around the Lumina desktop and SysAdm.
TrueOS Server pre-installs the SysAdm service for remote system management, with remote access initially disabled.
A full repository of applications is available for installation through AppCafe.
Comments and Reviews
Said about TrueOS as an alternative
JohnFastman FreeBSD is the operating system. It's not Linux, it's BSD. It's not MASSIVELY user-friendly. So along came PC-BSD, which aimed at making it so. Recently, PC-BSD changed to become TrueOS. TrueOS is FreeBSD with a human face. Give it a go. It's open source and a distant relative of Linux. And a fairer, more open one than Windows or MacOS could ever be.
Category
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Tags
- bsd-based
Recent user activities on TrueOS
Danilo_Venom removed TrueOS as alternatives to everything
spectrumsss edited TrueOS- RemovedUser added TrueOS as alternative(s) to Project Trident
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