FreeCORE TrueNAS Core – Continued
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FreeCORE carries forward TrueNAS CORE as an independent FreeBSD OS after its discontinuation.
FreeCORE continues the TrueNAS CORE 13.3 system as an independently maintained FreeBSD OS. Version 15.0-U1 is stable, upgrading in-place from TrueNAS CORE 13.3. The project offers an install guide and ISO downloads.
Source code is hosted on Codeberg and GitHub. Bug reports, IRC chat, and security contact are available. Credits are noted for FreeNAS, TrueNAS CORE, FreeBSD, and OpenZFS.
What commenters are saying
Commenters note the FreeBSD-based TrueNAS CORE was discontinued in favor of the Linux-based TrueNAS SCALE to chase enterprise customers and Kubernetes integration. Some regret switching to Linux out of necessity before this fork appeared. Others criticize TrueNAS for recently stopping publication of build scripts, making open-source builds harder.
A split emerges: some argue unfunded forks like FreeCORE may lack long-term stability, while others insist on penalizing the original project's principle violations. One commenter suggests using plain FreeBSD with Bastille jails as an alternative.