Offshoots of cancelled TrueNAS Core upgrade to FreeBSD 15
Exeunt zVault stage right; enter FreeCORE and BSDnas
Two new NAS operating systems have emerged, aiming to replace the cancelled TrueNAS Core. FreeCORE-15.0-U1, released on August 27th, is the first update for the FreeCORE 15.0 series, which was built on the current FreeBSD 15 codebase. The FreeCORE project aims to continue TrueNAS CORE 13.3 as an independently maintained operating system, with 15.0-U1 being a stable release.
TrueNAS Core, initially developed by iXsystems, was cancelled in 2024 after the company introduced their new TrueNAS SCALE NAS OS, based on Debian Linux. FreeBSD, known for its stability and built-in ZFS filesystem, is more widely used but has a steeper learning curve for Linux users. FreeCORE 15.0-U1 carries TrueNAS CORE 13.3 forward, allowing for a seamless upgrade path from TrueNAS Core 13.3 to FreeBSD 15.0.
Another new alternative, BSDnas, was released just days before FreeCORE, also based on FreeBSD 15 with the TrueNAS Core 13.3 code cleaned of iXsystems dependencies.
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