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FreeBSD can now boot in 25 milliseconds (www.theregister.com)

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[-] fogetaboutit@programming.dev 21 points 2 years ago

Still dont get the point of freebsd.

[-] Solaris1789@jlai.lu 56 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Unbreakably stable, cohesive (no need to fit and manage tens of different pieces to get a get a functionning OS), performant, bhyve, BSD licensed (can be a pro or con tho). It has quite a lot of stuff that makes it worthy of Linux or other BSDs.

EDIT: Almost forgot ZFS.

[-] djsaskdja@endlesstalk.org 39 points 2 years ago

Much smaller footprint than Linux. If you’re running a server, it’s much less vulnerable to malicious exploits.

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah, BSD is now in the situation that Linux was in the early 00s. Smaller, faster, and more reliable than the "other guy".

Faster and more reliable are far closer for BSD and Linux than Linux and Windows, but now it seems that BSD is possibly there.

[-] quat@lemmy.sdfeu.org 38 points 2 years ago

There's an old saying: "Linux users use Linux because they hate Windows. BSD users use BSD because they love Unix." Obviously this is not true for every individual user, but I think it describes a trend or pattern.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

I've heard "Linux is a PC operating system that's like Unix; BSD is a Unix operating system that runs on PCs."

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago

FreeBSD is the tool you don't know you need, and then suddenly there's the perfect use case, because those BSD alchemists never get tired of tinkering on it and suddenly BSD overtake Linux or Windows in some areas. You think Linux is everywhere, same with BSD its just better at hiding.

[-] mbw@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago

and then suddenly there’s the perfect use case

Yeah but like WHAT?

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago

Like when you want to have a fully-fledged OS that you can rebrand, close the source and sell as your invention.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

The NAS community seems to have standardized on BSD for reasons outside of my understanding. If you're looking to roll your own NAS you might end up with BSD rather than Linux.

[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago

ZFS is baked in by default and the os is rock solid stable. It follows the same philosophy as Debian really, only the most tried and tested code makes it into the os.

[-] riotrick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Similarly there is pfSense for firewall/router/vpn/etc. It's just rocksolid and stable.

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

The BSDs are very popular for wifi routers and modems

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

How can I know? it's something people need to research when they choose OS for their projects.

[-] On@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

BSD overtake Linux or Windows in some areas

Any examples? besides the well known security, lower footprint and simplicity. genuinely curious.

[-] s_s@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

ZFS? pf?

The tooling is just superior in some cases.

[-] LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago

zfs is available on Linux just fine

[-] doubletwist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, finally . But only after being available in FreeBSD for years.

[-] LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Sure, but as a reason for why BSD is better, the present is what's important.

I'm not downplaying it tho

[-] Album@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

25ms boot time?

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

I know the points you mentioned but I don't really follow much about BSD, but I have respect for it and knows it's there the day I need it.

[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago

I've ran a freebsd based version of TrueNas on consumer hardware for well over 400 days straight. It's the most stable system I've ever run.

[-] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 16 points 2 years ago

How do you mean? Like, how is this different than someone saying "I don't get the point of Linux"?

[-] otl@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 years ago

Haha yeah actually I wonder whether people actually did ask this when Linux started making the rounds. If I read the history right BSD was already almost 15 years old at the time!

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

It was, but there wasn't an i386 BSD yet (which is where OpenBSD and NetBSD enter the picture). Linus Torvalds has said if OpenBSD had been available when he started the linux kernal, he would have just used that instead