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| stack. The entire &os; system, including kernel and | stack. The entire &os; system, including kernel and | ||||
| userspace, can build with clang, and from &os; both clang | userspace, can build with clang, and from &os; both clang | ||||
| and the permissively-licensed libc++ are included, giving a | and the permissively-licensed libc++ are included, giving a | ||||
| modern, BSD-licensed C++ stack. Several &os; developers are | modern, BSD-licensed C++ stack. Several &os; developers are | ||||
| also active contributors to LLVM, ensuring that both projects | also active contributors to LLVM, ensuring that both projects | ||||
| thrive together.</p> | thrive together.</p> | ||||
| <p>This same collaboration works downstream, with projects like | <p>This same collaboration works downstream, with projects like | ||||
| TrueOS and pfSense building on top of the &os; base to provide | FuryBSD, GhostBSD, MidnightBSD and pfSense building on top of | ||||
| desktop and firewall oriented distributions, respectively. | the &os; base to provide desktop and firewall oriented | ||||
| These projects are not forks, they base their work on the | distributions, respectively. These projects are not forks, | ||||
| latest version of &os; and customize the system for specific | they base their work on the latest version of &os; and | ||||
| uses.</p> | customize the system for specific uses.</p> | ||||
| <h2>Simple Configuration</h2> | <h2>Simple Configuration</h2> | ||||
| <p>&os; service initialization is very simple. Each service, | <p>&os; service initialization is very simple. Each service, | ||||
| whether part of the base system or installed from a port, comes | whether part of the base system or installed from a port, comes | ||||
| with a script that is responsible for starting and stopping it | with a script that is responsible for starting and stopping it | ||||
| (and often some other options). The /etc/rc.conf file | (and often some other options). The /etc/rc.conf file | ||||
| contains a list of variables for enabling and configuring | contains a list of variables for enabling and configuring | ||||
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