Learn how to install FreeBSD Linux, configure networking and install GNOME desktop. Before looking into the installation steps, let’s briefly know what is FreeBSD and where it is used. What is FreeBSD Linux ? FreeBSD is a Unix-like operating system that is free and open-source. It is based on the Berkeley Software Distribution or BSD. It is just like another Linux distro but there are two major differences in scope and licensing: FreeBSD maintains a complete system, i.e. the project provides a kernel, device drivers, userland utilities, and documentation, whereas Linux only provides a kernel and drivers and relies on third-parties for system software; and FreeBSD source code is generally released under a permissive BSD license, rather than the copyleft GPL used by Linux. What is the FreeBSD used for? FreeBSD is used to be setup and used as a mail server, web server, firewall, FTP server, DNS server, and router, among other things since the base system and the ports collection of the FreeBSD contain a large collection of server-related software. Who uses FreeBSD ? FreeBSD is used by a number of enterprises and applications including:- Apple, Cisco, Dell, EMC/Isilon, Intel/McAfee, iXsystems, Juniper, Microsoft Azure, NetApp, Netgate, Netflix, Sony and many others. So, learning the FreeBSD Linux administration is always a plus point to any IT professionals and the aspirants. Now, let’s see how to install FreeBSD Linux as a virtual machine in a hypervisor such as VMWare workstation. FreeBSD ISO image file download link:- https://www.freebsd.org/where/