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I don't know it from the top of my head, but FreeBSD runs Wine iirc and afaik FreeBSD 11 (I know, not OpenBSD) will introduce bhyve, a hugely hyped hypervisor/v

by cisstrd 10y ago

I don't know it from the top of my head, but FreeBSD runs Wine iirc and afaik FreeBSD 11 (I know, not OpenBSD) will introduce bhyve, a hugely hyped hypervisor/virtual machine manager supporting among other things Windows Operating Systems, also there should be some improvements to the Linux Emulation Layer. Also there is this https://github.com/tony/steam-freebsd-client https://github.com/tony/steam-freebsd-client but not sure how good it works. This might or might not be of interest to you, since chances are it might I thought I'd share. I don't think FreeBSD is much more secure (if any) than some of the better GNU/Linux distributions though. So it's easier to just run Gentoo or something similar.

ktRolster 10y ago
Here it is (not available): http://openports.se/emulators/wine http://openports.se/emulators/wine I don't think FreeBSD is much more secure (if any) than some of the better GNU/Linux distributions though I do, and I've look through the source code of both. Edit: too early in the morning. I misread FreeBSD as OpenBSD in that sentence
- cisstrd 10y ago
  https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/linuxemu.html https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/linuxemu.html This way you can run Wine... PC-BSD users have done so for a long time now as far as I know.
- nickpsecurity 10y ago
  It's really the focus. FreeBSD operates a little closer to the cathedral model where they're pickier, more deliberate, and more consistent. Linux takes in about anything to maximize features and development pace. Probably the reason FreeBSD has higher quality in code. Just different priorities. Of course, I watch these communities from a distance. I'm not in the trenches over there. So, I could be way off. :)
  - SkyMarshal 10y ago
    That seems to have always been the case, all the way back to the Torvalds vs Tannenbaum debates.
floatboth 10y ago
bhyve already shipped in 10-RELEASE!

by cisstrd 10y ago

ktRolster 10y ago

Here it is (not available): http://openports.se/emulators/wine http://openports.se/emulators/wine I don't think FreeBSD is much more secure (if any) than some of the better GNU/Linux distributions though I do, and I've look through the source code of both. Edit: too early in the morning. I misread FreeBSD as OpenBSD in that sentence

cisstrd 10y ago
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/linuxemu.html https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/linuxemu.html This way you can run Wine... PC-BSD users have done so for a long time now as far as I know.
nickpsecurity 10y ago
It's really the focus. FreeBSD operates a little closer to the cathedral model where they're pickier, more deliberate, and more consistent. Linux takes in about anything to maximize features and development pace. Probably the reason FreeBSD has higher quality in code. Just different priorities. Of course, I watch these communities from a distance. I'm not in the trenches over there. So, I could be way off. :)
- SkyMarshal 10y ago
  That seems to have always been the case, all the way back to the Torvalds vs Tannenbaum debates.

floatboth 10y ago

bhyve already shipped in 10-RELEASE!