Teaching others and spreading the word about FreeBSD is an important part of the Foundation’s mission. This includes sponsoring and attending many BSD and non-BSD conferences, supporting work on creating FreeBSD curriculum to be taught in schools and universities, publishing the high-quality FreeBSD focused magazine, The FreeBSD Journal, and developing collateral to spread the word about the Project and opportunities within.

Intro to FreeBSD

What is FreeBSD?

FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from Research Unix via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), also known as “Berkeley Unix.”

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Resources for Newbies

Looking to get started with FreeBSD? Check out the Project’s Newbies page to learn more about the operating system and how to contribute to FreeBSD.

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Install FreeBSD

FreeBSD supports different architectures including amd64, ARM®, RISC-V®, and PowerPC®. Depending on the architecture and platform, different images can be downloaded to install or directly run FreeBSD.

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End User Stories

From enterprise to individuals. From mission-critical to servers to laptops. See how users are leveraging the power of FreeBSD for security, performance, and scalability.​​

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How-To Guides
Education
Archived Resources
FreeBSD Stickers!

FreeBSD Events

Attending and speaking at both BSD and non-BSD focused events is great way to showcase the features of FreeBSD. Events also provide opportunities for developers to meet face-to-face.  The Foundation sponsors and exhibits at conferences and workshops throughout the year. Check out our Upcoming Events Calendar to see where we’ll be next. Need help getting to that important conference? Our Travel Grant program may be able to help. Speaking at an upcoming event that would be of interest to the FreeBSD community? Let us know so we can spread the word.

FreeBSD Journal
Published 6 times a year, the FreeBSD Journal is the best way to keep up with the latest releases and new developments in FreeBSD.  Now free to everyone, it’s a great time to check out the latest issue.