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Why I run FreeBSD for my home servers (2024)

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190 points psxuaw | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 12:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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asveikau ◴[31 Mar 25 16:22 UTC] No.43536779[source]▶
ZFS is probably the biggest reason for me. I have a machine with a zfs pool running samba and nfsd.

Philosophically I tend to prefer *BSDs over Linux. I have a few FreeBSD machines, one OpenBSD, and one Linux.

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mekster ◴[31 Mar 25 17:24 UTC] No.43537463[source]▶
Ubuntu can have zfs with an install of a package.

BSD’s inability to utilize docker ecosystem had me decided to stick with Ubuntu for a decade, unless things change and BSD gets clear advantages over Linux.

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1. asveikau ◴[31 Mar 25 17:34 UTC] No.43537555[source]▶
Here's where I'll show my age. If you got into a unix-like OS in the '90s, the *BSD ergonomics will make more sense.

I remember when Ubuntu and docker each entered the scene and my initial impressions of both were pretty negative.