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What are these Linux distributions “in the middle”? I use FreeBSD and Arch primarily. FreeBSD gives me a lot of customisation options(ports ftw) while at the
by Gud 5mo ago
What are these Linux distributions “in the middle”?
I use FreeBSD and Arch primarily.
FreeBSD gives me a lot of customisation options(ports ftw) while at the same time, it’s remarkably stable.
With Arch I find myself praying shit won’t break with every update, and a lot of 3rd party software just don’t work.
Hence why I keep returning to FreeBSD for my servers.
- graemep 5mo agoDepending where on the rather broad spectrum between Arch and MacOS you want to be (GP switched from Arch to MacOS because Arch needs maintenance and can break) I would say any of Manjaro, Suse, Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, RH and many more. > Hence why I keep returning to FreeBSD for my servers. It sounds like you were using Arch on a sever. You use Arch if you are happy fixing breaking changes. its not for something you just want to keep running. Specifically for servers Debian is an obvious choice. Suse and a few others are fine too. Possibly Alpine if you want something lighter. Nix if it appeals to you. Void is supposed to be a stable rolling distro and is probably appealing to a BSD user. Many more.
- Gud 5mo agoI have never used Arch on a server. I have yet to find a suitable Linux distribution for the server. The distributions you mention, Debian as an example, are not at all comparable to FreeBSD. What many Linux users(that I presume that you are), don’t realise about FreeBSD is that while it’s base is stable and well built, ports and packages are well supported and gives me supreme flexibility. I have not yet seen such a Linux distribution.