title: FreeBSD

category: page

slug: freebsd

sortorder: 0517

toc: False

sidebartitle: FreeBSD

meta: FreeBSD is an operating system within the Unix family tree that is sometimes used for developing and deploying Python applications.

FreeBSD is an [operating system](/operating-systems.html)

within the Unix family tree that can be used used for

[developing Python applications](/learning-programming.html).

<img src="/img/logos/freebsd.png" width="100%" alt="FreeBSD logo, copyright The FreeBSD Foundation." class="shot">

<div class="well see-also">FreeBSD is an implementation of the <a href="/operating-systems.html">operating systems</a> concept. Learn more in the <a href="/deployment.html">deployment</a> chapter or view the <a href="/table-of-contents.html">table of contents</a> for all topics.</div>

* [How to Get Started with FreeBSD](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-get-started-with-freebsd)

covers the first steps of logging into a FreeBSD server with SSH,

updating the `root` password and setting your default shell.

<h3>What's next after setting up FreeBSD?</h3>

<div class="row">

<div class="c4">

<div class="well select-next">

{% include "choices/buttons/application-dependencies.html" %}

</div>

</div>

<div class="c4">

<div class="well select-next">

{% include "choices/buttons/web-servers.html" %}

</div>

</div>

<div class="c4">

<div class="well select-next">

{% include "choices/buttons/django.html" %}

</div>

</div>

<h3>What's next after setting up macOS?</h3>