{"id":1009,"date":"2024-06-12T15:19:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T07:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T02:28:25","slug":"freebsd-is-now-available-on-gb-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/freebsd-is-now-available-on-gb-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"FreeBSD is Now Available On GBCloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are happy to announce the launch of our first BSD image: FreeBSD. This significant addition to our platform includes two versions, FreeBSD 13.3 and FreeBSD 14.0, now available on GBCloud. These releases mark a milestone as we expand our offerings beyond traditional distributions, providing our customers with robust, versatile options for their cloud instances. With FreeBSD&#8217;s renowned stability, advanced networking, and security features, users can now leverage these benefits to enhance their cloud deployments. Explore the power and flexibility of FreeBSD with our latest releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>What is <\/strong>FreeBSD<strong>?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/platforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">platforms.<\/a> A large&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.freebsd.org\/en\/articles\/contributors\/#staff-committers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community<\/a>&nbsp;has continually developed it for more than thirty years. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.freebsd.org\/en\/books\/handbook\/introduction\/#introduction-nutshell-users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">busiest web sites<\/a>&nbsp;and most pervasive embedded networking and storage devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>What\u2019s New in FreeBSD 13.3 and FreeBSD 14.0?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"width:100%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n  <tr>\n    <th style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 8px;\">FreeBSD 13.3<\/th>\n    <th style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 8px;\">FreeBSD 14.0<\/th>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 8px;\">Network enhancements: FreeBSD 13.3 boosts networking with improved performance, security, and features, including TLS enhancements, QoS support, and a rewritten routing stack.<\/td>\n    <td style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 8px;\">Shell Optimization: FreeBSD 14 switches to &#8220;sh&#8221; as the default root shell, optimizing interactive functions. This update brings a host of new functions aimed at enhancing the user experience.<\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 8px;\">Hardware support: FreeBSD 13.3 expands hardware compatibility with drivers for Intel I225 Ethernet controllers, updates for network interface management, and support for Intel Alder Lake CPUs.<\/td>\n    <td style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 8px;\">Email Management: dma replaces sendmail, simplifying MTA setup for efficient email management. This change streamlines MTA configuration through mailer.conf, offering users a more modern and efficient email management experience.<\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 8px;\">Storage and virtualization: FreeBSD 13.3 improves storage with network QoS and OpenZFS migration, while enhancing virtualization with increased vCPU support and improved interaction in Bhyve.<\/td>\n    <td style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 8px;\">Virtualization Enhancement: &#8220;fwget&#8221; utility simplifies firmware installation, while KTLS and FIRECRACKER enhance virtualization capabilities.<\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a comprehensive list of new features, please refer to the official&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/forums.freebsd.org\/threads\/freebsd-13-3-whats-new-and-how-did-we-get-here.92596\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FreeBSD 13.3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/releases\/14.0R\/announce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FreeBSD 14.0 <\/a>updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Want to try out Cloud server with FreeBSD?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s simple! Visit our website at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/\">www.gbcloud.net<\/a>&nbsp;and create your instance in just a few seconds. Our support teams will guide you through the entire process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce the launch of our first BSD image: FreeBSD. This significant addition to our platform includes two versions, FreeBSD 13.3 and FreeBSD 14.0, now available on GBCloud. These releases mark a milestone as we expand our offerings beyond traditional distributions, providing our customers with robust, versatile options for their cloud instances. 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