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Why I love freeBSD
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I love FreeBSD because it doesn't rename my network interfaces after a reboot or an upgrade.
I shall dwell on what Stefano may mean as I have experienced this nightmare on the Linux path countless times
- using the if tools ifconfig ifup ifdown route and others on a LAN local network I repeat on a LOCAL network
- these tools were depreciated due to many issues with them, decades later (IIRC)
- no linux distro ever told me as a user that I needed to use replacements like
ip - I install a new version of a random distro (was on an ESR) and could not address the NIC's no iftools
- names of the NIC's were also replaced with cumbersome cryptic names, again, no fucks given no warning, I should have read the remarks in the GNU tool sources?
- WTF?!?
In that period I needed to enter the world of freeBSD
it was a chilibox experience with three main factors. Great docs, consistent tools logic and control governed by a central body of all, no guerilla tool changes which could disrupt server up keep flow. Just rest, ease and stabilityMind you I know BSD from before the chilibox, in fact I've played with BSD way before even Linux was in the balls of though of Torvalds
TLDR;
- choose BSD for your servers if you need consistent OS behaviour for decades
- choose Linux for bleeding edge changes and chances of breaking server (VMs) at regular updates
- choose win64 for love of being tortured
- choose mac to give away your aurum to the mac overlords
- choose the abacus for absolute stability
#freeBSD #Linux #ifconfig #ip #win64 #mac #aurum #IT #notes #ITNotes #dragas #programming #OpenSource #no #Linux #logic #analysis
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Why I love freeBSD
Additional data
I love FreeBSD because it doesn't rename my network interfaces after a reboot or an upgrade.
I shall dwell on what Stefano may mean as I have experienced this nightmare on the Linux path countless times
- using the if tools ifconfig ifup ifdown route and others on a LAN local network I repeat on a LOCAL network
- these tools were depreciated due to many issues with them, decades later (IIRC)
- no linux distro ever told me as a user that I needed to use replacements like
ip - I install a new version of a random distro (was on an ESR) and could not address the NIC's no iftools
- names of the NIC's were also replaced with cumbersome cryptic names, again, no fucks given no warning, I should have read the remarks in the GNU tool sources?
- WTF?!?
In that period I needed to enter the world of freeBSD
it was a chilibox experience with three main factors. Great docs, consistent tools logic and control governed by a central body of all, no guerilla tool changes which could disrupt server up keep flow. Just rest, ease and stabilityMind you I know BSD from before the chilibox, in fact I've played with BSD way before even Linux was in the balls of though of Torvalds
TLDR;
- choose BSD for your servers if you need consistent OS behaviour for decades
- choose Linux for bleeding edge changes and chances of breaking server (VMs) at regular updates
- choose win64 for love of being tortured
- choose mac to give away your aurum to the mac overlords
- choose the abacus for absolute stability
#freeBSD #Linux #ifconfig #ip #win64 #mac #aurum #IT #notes #ITNotes #dragas #programming #OpenSource #no #Linux #logic #analysis
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Why I love freeBSD
Additional data
I love FreeBSD because it doesn't rename my network interfaces after a reboot or an upgrade.
I shall dwell on what Stefano may mean as I have experienced this nightmare on the Linux path countless times
- using the if tools ifconfig ifup ifdown route and others on a LAN local network I repeat on a LOCAL network
- these tools were depreciated due to many issues with them, decades later (IIRC)
- no linux distro ever told me as a user that I needed to use replacements like
ip - I install a new version of a random distro (was on an ESR) and could not address the NIC's no iftools
- names of the NIC's were also replaced with cumbersome cryptic names, again, no fucks given no warning, I should have read the remarks in the GNU tool sources?
- WTF?!?
In that period I needed to enter the world of freeBSD
it was a chilibox experience with three main factors. Great docs, consistent tools logic and control governed by a central body of all, no guerilla tool changes which could disrupt server up keep flow. Just rest, ease and stabilityMind you I know BSD from before the chilibox, in fact I've played with BSD way before even Linux was in the balls of though of Torvalds
TLDR;
- choose BSD for your servers if you need consistent OS behaviour for decades
- choose Linux for bleeding edge changes and chances of breaking server (VMs) at regular updates
- choose win64 for love of being tortured
- choose mac to give away your aurum to the mac overlords
- choose the abacus for absolute stability
#freeBSD #Linux #ifconfig #ip #win64 #mac #aurum #IT #notes #ITNotes #dragas #programming #OpenSource #no #Linux #logic #analysis
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Why I love freeBSD
Additional data
I love FreeBSD because it doesn't rename my network interfaces after a reboot or an upgrade.
I shall dwell on what Stefano may mean as I have experienced this nightmare on the Linux path countless times
- using the if tools ifconfig ifup ifdown route and others on a LAN local network I repeat on a LOCAL network
- these tools were depreciated due to many issues with them, decades later (IIRC)
- no linux distro ever told me as a user that I needed to use replacements like
ip - I install a new version of a random distro (was on an ESR) and could not address the NIC's no iftools
- names of the NIC's were also replaced with cumbersome cryptic names, again, no fucks given no warning, I should have read the remarks in the GNU tool sources?
- WTF?!?
In that period I needed to enter the world of freeBSD
it was a chilibox experience with three main factors. Great docs, consistent tools logic and control governed by a central body of all, no guerilla tool changes which could disrupt server up keep flow. Just rest, ease and stabilityMind you I know BSD from before the chilibox, in fact I've played with BSD way before even Linux was in the balls of though of Torvalds
TLDR;
- choose BSD for your servers if you need consistent OS behaviour for decades
- choose Linux for bleeding edge changes and chances of breaking server (VMs) at regular updates
- choose win64 for love of being tortured
- choose mac to give away your aurum to the mac overlords
- choose the abacus for absolute stability
#freeBSD #Linux #ifconfig #ip #win64 #mac #aurum #IT #notes #ITNotes #dragas #programming #OpenSource #no #Linux #logic #analysis
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Why I love freeBSD
Additional data
I love FreeBSD because it doesn't rename my network interfaces after a reboot or an upgrade.
I shall dwell on what Stefano may mean as I have experienced this nightmare on the Linux path countless times
- using the if tools ifconfig ifup ifdown route and others on a LAN local network I repeat on a LOCAL network
- these tools were depreciated due to many issues with them, decades later (IIRC)
- no linux distro ever told me as a user that I needed to use replacements like
ip - I install a new version of a random distro (was on an ESR) and could not address the NIC's no iftools
- names of the NIC's were also replaced with cumbersome cryptic names, again, no fucks given no warning, I should have read the remarks in the GNU tool sources?
- WTF?!?
In that period I needed to enter the world of freeBSD
it was a chilibox experience with three main factors. Great docs, consistent tools logic and control governed by a central body of all, no guerilla tool changes which could disrupt server up keep flow. Just rest, ease and stabilityMind you I know BSD from before the chilibox, in fact I've played with BSD way before even Linux was in the balls of though of Torvalds
TLDR;
- choose BSD for your servers if you need consistent OS behaviour for decades
- choose Linux for bleeding edge changes and chances of breaking server (VMs) at regular updates
- choose win64 for love of being tortured
- choose mac to give away your aurum to the mac overlords
- choose the abacus for absolute stability
#freeBSD #Linux #ifconfig #ip #win64 #mac #aurum #IT #notes #ITNotes #dragas #programming #OpenSource #no #Linux #logic #analysis
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Why I Love freeBSD
freeBSD
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I've only skimmed this nice post.
Thorough reading will follow laterSome highlights which resonate with me *as flageolets on a string instrument* are captured here in screenshots I've made on an Android
Many tools still work exactly as they did (decades ago)
The feeBSD handbook taught me an enormous ammount, more than many of my University courses, including things that had nothing to do with freeBSD specifically
This is vital
The handbook taught me the right approach
understand first, act second
This is a principle I use since I've been a peuter (NL).
- Analyze what occured
- understand why it occured
- find out under what circumstances it can occur
- close or limit those conditions
- fix the problem by repairing, cooling, modifying the break
- analyse the proposed fix before implementing
- Only replace when all other methods fail or repair is more expensive than replacement
Sources
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/
#freeBSD #IT #notes #ITNotes #dragas #programming #OpenSource #no #Linux #logic #analysis