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Why I run FreeBSD for my home servers (2024)

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185 points psxuaw | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 12:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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nine_k ◴[31 Mar 25 16:28 UTC] No.43536856[source]▶
If systemd is the reason, there are several good distros without systemd (I run Void Linux in particular).

If "kubesomething" is the reason, there's no requirement to use it. I think most people don't run it on their home servers.

If containers are the reason, then again, they are not a requirement. But they are pretty similar to BSD's jails. I don't think they are particularly complex.

FreeBSD has a number of strong suits: ZFS, a different kernel and network stack, a cohesive system from a small(ish) team of authors, the handbook, etc. But the usual Linux hobgoblins listed above are a red herring here, to my mind.

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znpy ◴[01 Apr 25 07:19 UTC] No.43543787[source]▶
> If systemd is the reason, there are several good distros without systemd (I run Void Linux in particular).

There are people in the FreeBSD camp that actually do advocate for something like systemd in FreeBSD. See "The Tragedy of systemd": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo

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M95D ◴[01 Apr 25 08:33 UTC] No.43544255[source]▶
Is there a text version of that?
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1. znpy ◴[01 Apr 25 14:13 UTC] No.43547028{3}[source]▶
no, but here's the sum up: "systemd is actually good, the current init system in freebsd is severely lacking under many aspects, systemd is more of a system manager rather than just an init system, that's actually a good thing and actually we'd need something like systemd in freebsd".