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DragonFly BSD

DragonFly BSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system forked from FreeBSD 4.8. Matthew Dillon, an Amiga developer in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and FreeBSD developer between 1994 and 2003, began working on DragonFly BSD in June 2003 and announced it on the FreeBSD mailing lists on 16 July 2003.

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Available in
English
Default user interface
Unix shell
Developer
Matthew Dillon
Initial release
1.0 / 12 July 2004; 22 years ago (2004-07-12)
Kernel type
Hybrid
Latest release
6.4.2 / 9 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-09)

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Development and distribution

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DragonFly BSD

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples57
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
Components1

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DragonFly BSD

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related to Development and distribution · 15
DragonFly BSD → ANSI, As, Being, DragonFly, DragonFly's, FreeBSD, Git, GNU Compiler Collection, July, OpenBSD, ProPolice, Similar, Stack-Smashing Protector, The DragonFly, Unlike
related to HAMMER file systems · 6
DragonFly BSD → Alongside, BSDs, HAMMER, HAMMER2, Unix File System, ZFS
related to CARP support · 5
DragonFly BSD → As, CARP, Common Address Redundancy Protocol, March, The
related to Application snapshots · 4
DragonFly BSD → Amiga-style, KDE Software Compilation, Large, This
related to devfs · 4
DragonFly BSD → Code, Google Summer, In, It
related to External links · 3
DragonFly BSD → DistroWatch, DragonFly BSD DonationsDragonFlyBSD, GitHubDragonFly BSD
Available in · 1
DragonFly BSD → English
Default user interface · 1
DragonFly BSD → Unix shell
Developer · 1
DragonFly BSD → Matthew Dillon
Initial release · 1
DragonFly BSD → 1.0 / 12 July 2004; 22 years ago (2004-07-12)

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DragonFly BSDAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDDefault user interfaceUnix shell1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDDeveloperMatthew Dillon1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDInitial release1.0 / 12 July 2004; 22 years ago (2004-07-12)1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDKernel typeHybrid1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDLatest release6.4.2 / 9 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-09)1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDLicenseBSD1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDOfficial websitewww.dragonflybsd.org1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDOS familyUnix-like (BSD)1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDPackage managerDPorts, pkg1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDRepositorygitweb.dragonflybsd.org1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDSource modelOpen source1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDSupported platformsx86-641.00infobox
DragonFly BSDUserlandBSD1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDWorking stateCurrent1.00infobox
DragonFly BSDis afree and open-source Unix-like operating system forked from FreeBSD 4.80.90text

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