 bhyve , a new virtualization solution was introduced in FreeBSD 10 @.@ 0 @.@ bhyve allows a user to run a number of guest operating systems ( FreeBSD , OpenBSD , Linux , and Microsoft Windows ) simultaneously . Other operating systems such as <unk> are <unk> bhyve was written by Neel Nato and Peter <unk> and was announced in the 2011 <unk> conference for the first time . The main difference between bhyve and FreeBSD jails is that jails are an operating system @-@ level virtualization and therefore limited to only FreeBSD guests ; but bhyve is a type 2 hypervisor and is not limited to only FreeBSD guests . For comparison , bhyve is a similar technology to KVM whereas jails are closer to <unk> containers or Solaris Zones . 
