There are several different Linux based distributions available for the Raspberry Pi, including Raspbian, Arch Linux and Fedora. However Linux isn’t the only operating system that can run on the board. Among others, including RISC OS, is the popular Unix-like operating system FreeBSD.

FreeBSD has a deep heritage and is in fact derived from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD, sometimes called Berkeley Unix) a version of Unix produced by the University of California, Berkeley. For copyright reasons, FreeBSD isn’t allowed to call itself Unix, however; it is actually more Unix-like than Linux. For those who are interested in running FreeBSD on Raspberry Pi, here are the installation instructions.

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Running FreeBSD on Raspberry Pi (Make Tech Easier)