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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've really wanted to try bhyve but the lack of hardware passthrough support (PCIe GPU passthrough in my case) compared to KVM keeps me from it as of right now. Looks really good though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any other BSD-based vm's that do (PCI pass through that is)?

Ive wanted to swap my debian server over for a while, but the occasional windows only software is keeping me in linux (what a time to be alive lol)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This has got to be 1 of the top 10 comments on "why Linux and not BSD?"

  • "Because I need to use some apps that only run in Windows."

  • "Why not just use Windows?"

  • "Because (insert any excuse, valid or not)!"

It is, indeed, a funny time to be alive, haha!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think Xen does? It's available on a few different operating systems but idk how user friendly it is compared to QEMU/KVM or bhyve.