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Why laptop support, why now: FreeBSD’s strategic move toward broader adoption (freebsdfoundation.org)

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[–] onlinepersona 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

BSD is a top choice? I only thought it was on it's way out. I've never seen it used or mentioned outside of "Mac is based on BSD!!!".

The "why" section didn't really explain why Quantum is investing in BSD at all. Did something happen additionally that led them to invest in BSD laptops of all things?

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[–] towerful 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

pfSense and OPNsense are both BSD, and they are pretty popular routing/firewall systems.
BSD also has jails, which are pretty popular.
Netflix uses FreeBSD for some of their systems.
PS4 was based on FreeBSD.

I don't think it's on it's way out.
It still has a place

[–] onlinepersona 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. Thank you for the insights. Now I have to look up why Netflix uses BSD...

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[–] towerful 3 points 2 months ago

https://freebsdfoundation.org/netflix-case-study/

However https://lobste.rs/s/wh6yhk/why_we_run_freebsd_current_at_netflix has some more discussion.

Seems like BSD was the right answer when they started running a CDN. They developed a strong BSD team that contributes to upstream. At this point, retooling to use another OS is probably a massive investment for questionable gain (like, what would the benefits be?!).

Ultimately, they chose BSD, developed BSD, contributed to BSD.
At this point, it's a custom shoe they have helped design, and it fits like a glove. Or something