Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 01:26:02 -0300 From: Anatoli <me@anatoli.ws> To: Wesley <wesley@freenetMail.de>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd vs. netbsd Message-ID: <62d10000-e068-922e-23bd-f7a61e7a4e89@anatoli.ws> In-Reply-To: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de> References: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de>
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IMO * FreeBSD: servers (performance, stability, relative security, zfs), competes directly with Linux * OpenBSD: routers/firewalls, desktops (the most secure OS and a really good desktop, but its absence of server-class performance is its weakest side + no zfs (just ffs2) and limited virtualization (no SMP) so not suitable for any serious server load where absolute security is not a must). The king in its niche (paranoid security) * NetBSD: toasters & freezers (runs on anything, otherwise not sure what's the point :), competes with FreeBSD and Linux (and Linux now supports more archs/platforms than Net). IMO no clear vision and thus attracts too little resources both human and economic. IMO midterm not much hope for survival, same as DFly and smaller BSDs. I believe that OS development is an economy of scale (doing things more efficiently or having other advantaged with increasing size) with a tendency for a monopoly in the same niche. There are some features that the larger players establish as a commodity, but that are very time-intensive and complex to develop (e.g. virtualization, wifi ac and now ax). So what Linux implemented more than a decade ago, the BSDs are just catching up now. Linux world had 2 "obstacles" to its almost flawless growth recently (systemd and a ZFS alternative). Now that the things have almost settled up, if they don't commit any more serious errors I don't see how the BSDs (except OpenBSD as it's not a direct competitor) could compete with it in the long term. Now with ZoL/OpenZFS the long-term future even for FreeBSD is not that clear (and the recent iX decisions [1] [2] are a clear sign). [1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/truenas-isnt-abandoning-bsd-but-it-is-adopting-linux/ [2] https://www.truenas.com/TrueOS-Discontinuation/ On 7/6/20 22:35, Wesley wrote: > greetings, > > There were freebsd and netbsd (maybe others?) in BSD world. > What points did they focus by design? > what are their use scenes then? > > Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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