The latest RELEASE, at the time of this writing is, 11.2. Last is the CURRENT branch meant for developers and testers.

It is somewhat tested and you can use it, if you wish to get relatively new version of applications. STABLE branch receives updates intended for next release branch, and is equivalent of Ubuntu’s six monthly release. It is meant for production purpose and receives only occasional bug fixes and security patches. This is the FreeBSD equivalent of the LTS branch.

FreeBSD offers three branches, one is RELEASE branch. Just like Ubuntu has its LTS release and then a six-monthly ‘regular’ release. As we go along, we will discover the proper meaning of these terms too. You will notice a couple of terminologies that are different from that of Linux world. We will be using VirtualBox to install a FreeBSD VM. It will offer a guided procedure to link the disk image again, so don't worry.If you wish to learn more about it a great way to get started is by installing it in a Virtual Machine.

If you move it afterwards, VBox will not find it anymore and will complain about this issue on next start (or when you try to start the VM). It's recommended to place the disk image in a permanent place before linking it with VBox. Click Create to end this guided procedure. OpenWrt will work fine with much less RAM than the recommended amount, 128 MiB will be enough.Ĭhoose Use an existing hard disk file, click the file icon to open Virtual Media Manager, click Add and choose your openwrt.vdi file using the file chooser window. Start VirtualBox and click New to add a virtual machine (VM)Ĭhoose a Name for your virtual machine, choose Linux for Type, and Linux 2.6 / 3.x / 4.x (64-bit) for Version, then click Next. Tutorial and screenshots from VirtualBox 5.1.8 on Linux host, on Windows or macOS hosts there will be some cosmetic differences (a different top bar) but the VirtualBox panels and buttons will be exactly the same

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