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FreeBSD has good ZFS support, and nice package update cycle (quarterly + ongoing security updates), halfway between rolling release and point release, coppled w
by IWeldMelons 2y ago
FreeBSD has good ZFS support, and nice package update cycle (quarterly + ongoing security updates), halfway between rolling release and point release, coppled with the stable "core" part of the system.
Hardware support is shitty, even worse than OpenBSD, and it tells a lot. 12th-gen Intel integrated video driver is scheduled to appear only in September 2024.
- 1oooqooq 2y agohardware support being bad is a feature. remember BSDs are chosen by companies to whom linux is license-toxic. if they distribute hardware, like apple, gpl is poison. this is a way to use your taxes to get free (as in beer, primarily) software they can ship on their products. less other companies can easily use that code the better.
- IWeldMelons 2y agoThis is BS, as FreeBSD use linux kernel modules for half of its hardware and, OpenBSD with a lot smaller team has better support for various devices.
- ruthmarx 2y agoIt's not BS. They port a lot of modules but based on the needs of the developers, and often out of date.
- vedranm 2y agoHalf is definitely an exaggeration for LinuxKPI modules that cover WiFi and GPU drivers. Still, most of radeon/amdgpu DRM driver is MIT-licensed and doesn't require abiding by the GPL (not sure about other drivers as I don't use them, but I assume licenses vary).