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| November 20 2023 | Updated OpenSSH to 9.5p1 and OpenSSL to 3.0.12, enhanced bhyve hypervisor with TPM and GPU passthrough, added support for up to 1024 cores, and upgraded ZFS to OpenZFS 2.2. |
| July 2021 |
PfSense
pfSense CE 2.5.2 version re-included WireGuard protocol support
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| April 13 2021 | Updated LLVM toolchain to version 11.0.1, removed obsolete binutils and gcc, added kernel-level TLS encryption support, and promoted 64-bit ARM to Tier-1 status. |
| March 2021 |
PfSense
WireGuard support was temporarily removed from pfSense after implementation issues were discovered by WireGuard founder Jason Donenfeld
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| February 2021 |
PfSense
pfSense CE 2.5.0 and pfSense Plus 21.02 added native kernel WireGuard protocol support
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| 2020 | helloSystem project started, aiming to create a FreeBSD adaptation for macOS users |
| 2020 | A new project was initiated to automatically collect information about tested hardware configurations for FreeBSD. |
| 2018 | NomadBSD project launched as a live USB system based on FreeBSD |
| December 11 2018 | Updated ext2fs to support full read/write for ext4, changed graphics driver handling for AMD and Intel cards, and updated UFS filesystem to support check hashes. |
| October 10 2016 | Added support for 64-bit ARM Architecture, implemented parallel ZFS mounting, and introduced the trim utility for flash-based storage devices. |
| 2015 | OPNsense project initiated, focusing on firewall, routing, and network FreeBSD adaptation |
| January 20 2014 | Introduced bhyve hypervisor, replaced GCC with Clang, added support for Raspberry Pi, UEFI boot for amd64, ZFS booting and root filesystem, and 64-bit Linux binary compatibility. |
| January 12 2012 | Implemented Capsicum capability-based security, introduced bsdconfig and bsdinstall, added RCTL resource limits, virtio drivers, and pkgng package management. |
| 2011 | XigmaNAS project began, developing a FreeBSD-based network-attached storage solution |
| 2010 | GhostBSD project started, creating a MATE-based FreeBSD distribution for end-users |
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