TrueOS

TrueOS is FreeBSD based operating system with ZFS.

TrueOS is a cutting-edge FreeBSD graphical desktop operating system designed with ease-of-use in mind.

The developer merged PC version OS PC-BSD in server version OS TrueOS. https://www.trueos.org/blog/pc-bsd-evolves-into-trueos/

Installation

Preparation of an installation

https://trueos.org/downloads/

Click the Browse button of the Browse Downloads menu of the above link.

Enter into /master/amd64/

Download TrueOS-Desktop-18.03-x64-USB.img file. The file size is about 2.75 GB.

https://etcher.io/

Download Etcher to burn an img file on a USB media to make a bootable USB drive. Just download the portable version, not the installer version.

Etcher-Portable-1.4.4-x64.exe

You need a 4 GB USB flash drive.

Process of an installation

Select "Customize Disk Settings" at "Disk Selection".

Select "Advanced (Experienced with file systems)" at "Setup Mode".

Choose a disk or partition which you want to install TrueOS. Full dick encryption is only able on GPT, not on MBR. GELI (for FreeBSD) only supports GPT.

https://www.trueos.org/handbook/install.html#zfs-layout

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/disks-encrypting.html

You can use GPT even if you have a mainboard that doesn't support UEFI. But Windows only supports "BIOS supporting UEFI + GPT" or "legacy BIOS + MBR". So if you want to install Windows and TrueOS together, you should use a motherboard supporting UEFI.

TrueOS can be installed on a GPT partition, primary MBR partion, or free space. It can't be installed on a secondary or an extended partition.

https://www.trueos.org/handbook/install.html#basic-mode

You can't make or delete partitions when you install TrueOS. You made partitions before installation of TrueOS. Or you should use an entire disk. And geli only supports GPT, not MBR.

If you finish "Customize Disk Settings" of "Disk Selection", select "Install to disk" and click the Next button.

A boot environment is a snapshot for a specific time. You can use the boot environment, when your operating system's update fails. You don't need choose "Install into Boot Environment".

https://www.trueos.org/handbook/install.html#bsd-boot-loader

See also

• Unix (UNIX)

• BSD

• FreeBSD

• macOS
• iOS
• TrueOS

• Linux

• Linux Mint
• Android

• Windows
• Firefox

• Orfox: Tor Browser for Android
• Tor Browser for Android: Successor to Orfox

• Tor
• I2P