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ZFS, which is natively supported on FreeBSD. Jails, maybe; they are nice to have, certainly. Beyond that - for regular server use cases, at least - it's mostly

by krylon 3y ago

ZFS, which is natively supported on FreeBSD. Jails, maybe; they are nice to have, certainly. Beyond that - for regular server use cases, at least - it's mostly a matter of taste, I think. There are situations where you need an enterprise distro, i.e. RHEL or SLES because some third-party software requires that or regulatory compliance requirements demand it. Most of the time, I think the difference is minor for most intents and purposes. EDIT: If you strongly dislike systemd, FreeBSD is an attractive choice, but there are Linux distros that use a different init system, too.

lloydatkinson 3y ago
What are the FreeBSD/OpenBSD init systems? Are there competing ones?
- cempaka 3y ago
  I like runit, which is actually from Void Linux but can be used on FreeBSD. There's also OpenRC, again not limited to BSDs.
- krylon 3y ago
  The BSD systems have their own init system, called rc. I've never written an rc script, but as a user/admin, I find it very nice. There was an effort to create something akin to macOS's launchd for FreeBSD, but I don't know how that worked out.
  - Lammy 3y ago
    > I've never written an rc script Not trying to "RTFM" you but https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc contains a nice minimal example script for anyone who's curious.
    - krylon 3y ago
      Thank you! I recently wrote my first systemd unit file, and the experience was mostly pain free. I might recreate it as an rc script for good measure.
      - Lammy 3y ago
        For the more advanced stuff don't miss the link at the bottom that's unfortunately broken in this web manpage reader https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/rc-scripting/ https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/rc-scripting/
- sillywalk 3y ago
  Here's a bit on OpenBSD : https://www.bsdfrog.org/pub/events/openbsd-rcd-EuroBSDcon2016.pdf https://www.bsdfrog.org/pub/events/openbsd-rcd-EuroBSDcon201...

by krylon 3y ago

lloydatkinson 3y ago

What are the FreeBSD/OpenBSD init systems? Are there competing ones?

cempaka 3y ago
I like runit, which is actually from Void Linux but can be used on FreeBSD. There's also OpenRC, again not limited to BSDs.
krylon 3y ago
The BSD systems have their own init system, called rc. I've never written an rc script, but as a user/admin, I find it very nice. There was an effort to create something akin to macOS's launchd for FreeBSD, but I don't know how that worked out.
- Lammy 3y ago
  > I've never written an rc script Not trying to "RTFM" you but https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc contains a nice minimal example script for anyone who's curious.
  - krylon 3y ago
    Thank you! I recently wrote my first systemd unit file, and the experience was mostly pain free. I might recreate it as an rc script for good measure.
    - Lammy 3y ago
      For the more advanced stuff don't miss the link at the bottom that's unfortunately broken in this web manpage reader https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/rc-scripting/ https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/rc-scripting/
sillywalk 3y ago
Here's a bit on OpenBSD : https://www.bsdfrog.org/pub/events/openbsd-rcd-EuroBSDcon2016.pdf https://www.bsdfrog.org/pub/events/openbsd-rcd-EuroBSDcon201...