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 1 year ago (4 children)

and then suddenly there’s the perfect use case

Yeah but like WHAT?

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 19 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (2 children)

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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

The BSDs are very popular for wifi routers and modems

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] On@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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 1 year ago (1 children)

ZFS? pf?

The tooling is just superior in some cases.

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

zfs is available on Linux just fine

[–] doubletwist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

25ms boot time?

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year 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.