Small sample set aside, the performance differences here are much bigger than I’ve seen in previous linux comparisons. Something has to be off right? Curious if anyone is able to reproduce these results.
Small sample set aside, the performance differences here are much bigger than I’ve seen in previous linux comparisons. Something has to be off right? Curious if anyone is able to reproduce these results.
@LostWanderer @darcmage @unexposedhazard @9tr6gyp3 @wltr Much of that list is outdated or invalid, and the overall view of the FreeBSD project and security team is quite misguided. That said, there are indeed a couple of good points in there still waiting to be picked up.
Anyhow, there are many good reasons to choose FreeBSD, or not choose FreeBSD, but it would be a mistake to let that post drive your decision.
As an outsider and not very familiar with FreeBSD or it’s inner workings…I do appreciate multiple viewpoints on the matter. The post (opinionated as it was) seemed like a dev who had some serious enough experience with the guts of the system, that it felt credible. Still might not go for FreeBSD yet until I do some more research, as I still feel a bit leery. I would like to know the specifics of the points that needed to be picked up, as I am genuinely curious about it. I prefer to know the parts of the post that had merit, so I can tell bullshit from truth better in the future.
Personally, some of my reasons were the Linux Binary Compatibility, using Jails to run non-BSD software in…Based on my understanding it’s akin to distrobox, just a container built with a particular distro in mind. While still being able to use a unique operating system and being able to learn how to do things that I am not used to needing to do. As a bit of safety net is always nice, while still being able to explore something that I’ve never experienced before. A lot of WMs are supported on FreeBSD, so it’s not like I would be leaving my comfort zone completely.
@LostWanderer @darcmage @unexposedhazard @9tr6gyp3 @wltr
- OpenSSH: Mostly ancient history
- Mailer daemon: Mostly ancient history, and Sendmail is no longer in the base system
- Firewall: There are indeed 3 firewalls, which is unfortunate. Just use pf. Most of what this article says about FreeBSD’s pf is wrong.
- Ports and Packages: Many operations shouldn’t be done as root. There are opportunities to improve documentation and enforcement (e.g. disallow running as root)
Thank you for the clarifications on some of the issues with the article in question. It does help to know what is bullshit and what is truth, I might consider FreeBSD in the future. Especially the Ports and Packages issue…As I feel there is some room for improvement there. The Firewall issues isn’t very severe and could easily be overcome.