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This. ZFS, MAC, LLVM, good docs, good manual pages, awesome stability, up to date ports and packages. What is there not to like? On the subject of the article,
by allegory 12y ago
This. ZFS, MAC, LLVM, good docs, good manual pages, awesome stability, up to date ports and packages. What is there not to like?
On the subject of the article, FreeBSD supports DMAR (VT-d) as well but I'm not sure how this protects data in context to ZFS.
I have two ZFS root machines on FreeBSD, one server and one laptop. ZFS is nothing short of wonderful.
- TylerE 12y agoThe main issue with FreeBSD is that desktop-y things tend to be a PITA - anything involving browser plugins, java, anything like that. A big part of that is the state of the linux emulation. While it's solid technically, the linux it's based on is ancient... the NEW linux base that is being phased in is based on CentOS 6, which is already over 3 years old. The CURRENT linux base is Fedora 10, which is 6 years old. Both of these are so old that compatibility with proprietary software are limited.
- allegory 12y agoI don't use either java or any browser plugins (other than portable Firefox plugins) so I haven't come across that yet. I used freebsd for a desktop for 6 years, replacing Solaris and not once did I use Linux compat as well. It got shot in favour of windows because TBH that pays the bills better at the moment. FreeBSD however runs a lot of the hidden glue at our company.
- ryao 12y agoThat appears to just be for virtualization. That is not quite the same as using it to protect the kernel from malfunctioning devices because only devices that are being passed through to a guest have any kind of restrictions. Please correct me if I am wrong.