Effectively, TrueOS _is_ FreeBSD, plus the work in progress graphics stack that will eventually land in .org base or ports, plus an installer, plus some opinion

Effectively, TrueOS _is_ FreeBSD, plus the work in progress graphics stack that will eventually land in .org base or ports, plus an installer, plus some opinionated settings (kernel build, /etc, /boot/loader.conf), plus some original software (control panels, lumina DE). This is a valid way to contribute to *NIX -- downstreams that push and pull code to evolve the entire ecosystem.