files where the code is derived from.</p>

      files where the code is derived from. A bunch of FreeBSD-derivative

      projects exist:</p>

    <p>For example, PicoBSD is a tailored distribution of FreeBSD that

    <ul>

      fits on a floppy. It's great for turning a diskless 386 PC into a

	<li><p><a href="http://www.dragonflybsd.org/main/">

      router or a network print server. Another popular FreeBSD derivate

	  DragonflyBSD:</a> It started as a code fork from

      is FreeSBIE, a complete desktop running off the CD-ROM.</p>

	  FreeBSD 4.x, but it has since its own user community and

	  development goals.</p></li>

    <p>The Whistle Interjet is a ``network appliance'' that acts as a

      router, web server, mailhost (and other functionality), and can be

	<li><p><a href="http://www.trustedbsd.org">

      configured using a web browser. The underlying operating system is

	   TrustedBSD:</a> This project provides a set of trusted

      FreeBSD, and Whistle have contributed many of their code

	   operating system extensions to the FreeBSD operating

      enhancements back to the FreeBSD project (while keeping enough of

	   system, targeting the Common Criteria for Information

      them proprietary that they can stay in business).</p>

	   Technology Security Evaluation (CC). This project is

	   still under development, and much of the code is destined

    <p>The OpenBSD project started as a spinoff from the NetBSD project, and

	   to make its way back into the base FreeBSD operating

      has since evolved its own distinctive approach. Similarly, DragonflyBSD

	   system, but the development takes place separately.<p></li>

      derives from FreeBSD 4.X.</p>

	<li><p><a href="http://www.freesbie.org/">

	  FreeSBIE:</a> A complete desktop running off the CD-ROM.

	  It can also be installed, but extremely useful for

	  diskless computers.</p></li>

	<li><p><a href="http://frenzy.org.ua/eng/">

	  Frenzy:</a> Another live-CD distribution, but customized

	  for administering tasks. It contains software for

	  hardware test, file system check, security check

	  and network setup and analysis.<p></li>

	<li><p><a href="http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html">

	  PicoBSD:</a> A tailored distribution of FreeBSD that

	  fits on a floppy. It's great for turning diskless 386

	  PC into a router or a network print server. It is

	  based on FreeBSD 3.x.</p></li>

	<li><p><a href="../projects/nanobsd/">

	  NanoBSD:</a> An another project to produce a

	  reduced versions of FreeBSD to put it on a Compact Flash

	  card or other mass storage.</p></li>

	<li><p><a href="http://www.tinybsd.org/tinybsd">

	  TinyBSD:</a> It is a set of tools made up of shell scripts

	  designed to allow easy development of Embedded Systems

	  based on FreeBSD 5.x and 6.x.</p></li>

	<li><p><a href="http://www.pcbsd.org/">

	  PC-BSD:</a> A desktop-oriented FreeBSD derivative. It's intended

	  to be easy to install and well-supported by its community.</p></li>

	<li><p><a href="http://www.desktopbsd.net/">

	  DesktopBSD:</a> Another FreeBSD-based operating system

	  customized for desktop usability.</p></li>

	<li><p><a href="http://www.m0n0.ch/wall/">

	  m0n0wall:</a> A FreeBSD-based firewall system that has

	  many of the features of expensive firewalls, e.g. web interface,

	  reset factory defaults, stateful packet filtering, NAT/PAT

	  redirection, DHCP client and server, caching DNS forwarder

	  and more.</p></li>

	<li><p>The Whistle Interjet: A ``network appliance'' that acts as a

	  router, web server, mailhost (and other functionality), and can be

	  configured using a web browser. The underlying operating system is

	  FreeBSD, and Whistle have contributed many of their code

	  enhancements back to the FreeBSD project (while keeping enough of

	  them proprietary that they can stay in business).</p></li>

</ul>

    <p>Similarly to DragonflyBSD, OpenBSD was not a standalone project,

      it started as a spinoff from the NetBSD project, and has since evolved

      its own distinctive approach.</p>

    <p>This is user opinion only</p>

    <p>This is user opinion only.</p>