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Sony based the OSes for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on FreeBSD. Netflix uses FreeBSD in production on parts of its infrastructure. Those tw
by codetrotter 3y ago
Sony based the OSes for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on FreeBSD.
Netflix uses FreeBSD in production on parts of its infrastructure.
Those two alone are pretty nice success stories.
And in addition to those are countless other companies quietly running FreeBSD on their servers.
- _2z1p 3y agoThe Nintendo Switch is based on FreeBSD as well. Also Juniper Networks and several other enterprise networking equipment manufacturers make extensive use of FreeBSD in their products. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_based_on_FreeBSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_based_on_Free...
- Lutzb 3y agoThe switch kernel / Horizon/NX is not based on FreeBSD. This has been debunked over and over. The wikipedia list is not correct in that regard. see e.g. https://youtu.be/Ec4NgWRE8ik?t=700 https://youtu.be/Ec4NgWRE8ik?t=700 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27109219 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27109219 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17534593 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17534593
- lockhouse 3y agoThanks, I stand corrected on the Nintendo Switch!