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Alpine, Void, Devuan or Artix all would have allowed author to use Linux while addressing his points of concern. I don't think the BSD's have real advantages an

Alpine, Void, Devuan or Artix all would have allowed author to use Linux while addressing his points of concern. I don't think the BSD's have real advantages anymore since so much core performance stuff is in Linux first. When most of the software is available on all these platforms, it mostly comes down to user preference.

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cf100clunk 2y ago
To add to your list, Debian can be configured at installation to not use systemd (this option pretty well mooted Devuan) and MX Linux uses an optional shim to run their Debian spinoff without it if chosen at the Grub menu on bootup.
quesera 2y ago
I run Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and SmartOS/illumos in various capacities personal and professional. Each has its own strengths, but I choose FreeBSD for home servers (shared file/media server. and network gateway), for a few specific reasons: - ZFS (on root, fully integrated tooling for jails, etc) - More consistency/less churn in base system (great for set-and-forget systems) - Ports/pkg (still better than any Linux pkg manager)
- E39M5S62 2y ago
  Can you enumerate why ports/pkg is better than any package manager on Linux?
- avhception 2y ago
  The first two are the exact reason I run FreeBSD on my home servers, too.