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Date:      Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:05:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Fongaboo <freebsd@fongaboo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OS to replace FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.20.2103201256330.43265@h4lix.wtfayla.net>
In-Reply-To: <20210319101040.00005c35@seibercom.net>
References:  <20210319101040.00005c35@seibercom.net>

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I see there have been a ton of responses to this already. I could be 
wrong, but I'm going to assume most of it is OS-wars. I don't have time to 
pour through it. If I'm off-base and out of context, please forgive me. 
But wanted to offer my experience:

After nearly two decades of self-hosting DNS/mail/web on a FreeBSD colo, I 
decided I couldn't give FreeBSD the focus and energy it needs to be 
properly maintained.

I've found that Debian was the most comfortable to transition to and is a 
bit more painless to keep updated and patched. I've just completed a 
Debian box running NSD, unbound, Apache, Postfix, Dovecot, Postfixadmin & 
Roundcube.

If you want to email me directly, I documented the whole process. I'm 
willing to share my walkthroughs.


Fong


On Fri, 19 Mar 2021, Jerry wrote:

> With the soon-to-be release of version 13 of FreeBSD and the EOL of
> FreeBSD 11.x, I will need to invest in a new OS. Due to FreeBSD?s
> unfortunate inability to squash bug
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237666, l am left
> with no choice but to seek out a new OS. I need a bare-bones system
> that can run a mail server, Postfix with Dovecot, and a few other
> utilities.
>
> -- 
> Jerry
>



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