Wireless drivers, running closed source applications such as Steam, and running less popular open source applications all run up against the limits of what FreeBSD is currently able to do when compared to Linux. However, GhostBSD also inherits its parent's weaknesses when it comes to desktop computing. In this aspect, I cannot find fault with it. The project does a great job of installing and configuring FreeBSD to be used as a desktop operating system. I feel the above point highlights the main drawback to trying GhostBSD. I still found the network utility to be less useful than Network Manager on Linux (it was unable to connect to local wireless networks), but that may be an issue with the underlying network device driver rather than networkmgr itself. GhostBSD has added a few convenient utilities too, such as the network manager (networkmgr) and the Software Station.
I really like how fast and clean MATE is and how GhostBSD makes installing FreeBSD a point-and-click experience. The project offers a fast, stable, and wonderfully easy to set up desktop platform.
GhostBSD does a good job, in my opinion, of doing what it sets out to do: provide a pre-configured, desktop operating system which is based on FreeBSD. Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Nov 27, 2023