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Why I run FreeBSD for my home servers (2024)

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solid_fuel ◴[01 Apr 25 00:20 UTC] No.43541501[source]▶
I use FreeBSD for my home server and I have for years. For me, the biggest reason is just the stability from a user perspective. I don't mean system stability, although it has been rock solid, I mean the stability in terms of administration - the tools don't change frequently.

`ifconfig` just works, like it has worked for 20 years. On my linux servers, it's all swallowed into `ip addr` now. I don't mind that, I certainly understand why these things change, but when I update an Ubuntu server I always worry that next time I log in a tool I am used to will be broken or removed.

I simply don't have those concerns on FreeBSD.

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1. avhception ◴[01 Apr 25 06:10 UTC] No.43543373[source]▶
This is one of the reasons I run FreeBSD as well, I wanted to get away from the ever-changing Docker, docker-compose, docker compose and all that stuff.

The jail system has it's warts and at times can seem a little unpolished, but alt least I know that the workarounds and automation I have set up for my home server is mostly "done".