FreeSBIE explained

FreeSBIE
Latest Release Version:	2.0.1
Working State:	Unmaintained

FreeSBIE is a live CD, an operating system that is able to load directly from a bootable CD with no installation process or hard disk. It is based on the FreeBSD operating system. Its name is a pun on frisbee. Currently, FreeSBIE uses Xfce and Fluxbox.

FreeSBIE 1.0 was based on FreeBSD 5.2.1 and released on February 27, 2004. The first version of FreeSBIE 2 was developed during the summer of 2005, thanks to the Google Summer of Code. FreeSBIE 2.0.1, which is a complete rewrite of the so-called toolkit, is based on FreeBSD 6.2 and was released on February 10, 2007. According to DistroWatch the FreeSBIE project is discontinued.^[1]

Goals

The goals of the FreeSBIE project are:

• To develop a suite of programs to be used to create one's own CD, with all the personalizations desired
• To make various ISO images available, each with its different goals and possible uses

See also

• Comparison of BSD operating systems

References

• Book: Lucas. Michael. Absolute FreeBSD. November 2007. No Starch Press. 978-1-59327-151-0. 2nd. 15 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20071127144640/http://www.nostarch.com/abs_bsd2.htm. 27 November 2007. dead.

External links

• historic FreeSBIE project homepage (archive.org)
• An interview with a FreeSBIE developer

Notes and References

1. Web site: FreeSBIE - FreeBSD Live CD . DistroWatch.org . 2011-12-21.