by Cao | Mar 4, 2019 | Discussion, FreeBSD, FreeBSD vs Linux
Users from the /r/FreeBSD community discuss what they do with the Open Source operating system FreeBSD and why they choose to use it over Linux. We have highlighted some of the top comments for you. See the reddit link below for the full discussion thread. Started...
by Cao | Feb 21, 2019 | Discussion, FreeBSD vs Linux
Below are some links of various BSD or FreeBSD stories and discussions around the web — ranging from screenshots, why people chose BSD, and some updates. We’ll continue to provide these round-ups in addition to regular content and news updates! Why To Not...
by Cao | Feb 6, 2019 | Benchmarking, DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD vs Linux, TrueOS
Phoronix has done a plethora of benchmarking tests highlighting performance differences between FreeBSD, Linux, TrueOS, DragonflyBSD. The author measures things like ZFS on FreeBSD vs ZFS on Linux and HAMMER2, networking performance, and others. Also, the Phoronix...
by Cao | Dec 24, 2018 | FreeBSD vs Linux
User Mehedi Hasan lists 20 things that other users of either FreeBSD or Linux should know about the respective open-source operating systems. Hasan breaks it down with comparisons from the jargons, the history, development, licenses, packages, shell, all the way to...
by Cao | Nov 20, 2018 | FreeBSD vs Linux, Network
User Matteo Croce compares networking on both Linux and FreeBSD on a Dell PowerEdge server. He tests out a software bridge / packet rate, routing, and firewall rules. See the link below for a detailed report of the Linux and FreeBSD network tests. Incipit I work on...
by Cao | Oct 20, 2018 | FreeBSD vs Linux, Programming
User shlomif ported several applications over to FreeBSD and reflects on his experience. He lists said projects, mentions some comparisons with Linux, GNU make, grep, and other things. I set up a local FreeBSD VirtualBox VM to test something, and it seems to work very...
