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> What about freebsd makes it a better choice as compared to Linux based systems I wouldn't say "better" (I don't know want a flame war); I'd say "different".
by brian_cunnie 6y ago
> What about freebsd makes it a better choice as compared to Linux based systems
I wouldn't say "better" (I don't know want a flame war); I'd say "different". I like FreeBSD, and use it for my firewall (I find `ipf` more intuitive than `iptables`).
I also use it for my fileserver (FreeNAS/ZFS).
I think containers (Docker) works better on Linux. Containers (namespaces & cgroups) are a Linux-thing.
- naikrovek 6y agoFreeBSD jails were long before Linux namespaces and cgroups and offered (I think) all the convenience of containers very early on. Namespaces and cgroups are an evolution and improvement over jails, probably, because of other Linux things that existed in Linux. I don't know the whole history on this so I could be very wrong.