Editing FreeSBIE

{{Short description|Operating system}}
{{Infobox OS
 |name = FreeSBIE
 |screenshot = [[Image:Freesbie2-xfce.png|250px]]
 |caption = FreeSBIE 2.0 with [[Xfce]] environment
 |developer = 
 |family = [[FreeBSD]]
 |source model = [[Open-source software|Open source]]
 |latest release version = 2.0.1
 |latest release date = {{release date|2007|02|02}} |kernel type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]
 |licence = Mostly [[BSD license|BSD]]
 |working state = Unmaintained
 |website = {{URL|http://www.freesbie.org}}
}}

'''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.{{sfn|Lucas|2007|p=630}} 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=freesbie |title=FreeSBIE - FreeBSD Live CD |publisher=DistroWatch.org |accessdate=2011-12-21}}</ref>

== 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 ==
{{reflist}}
* {{cite book|last1=Lucas|first1=Michael|title=Absolute FreeBSD|date=November 2007|publisher=[[No Starch Press]]|isbn=978-1-59327-151-0|edition=2nd|url=http://www.nostarch.com/abs_bsd2.htm|accessdate=15 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127144640/http://www.nostarch.com/abs_bsd2.htm|archive-date=27 November 2007|url-status=dead}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080822231206/http://www.freesbie.org/ historic FreeSBIE project homepage (archive.org)]
*[http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070122#interview An interview with a FreeSBIE developer]

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