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MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow (itsfoss.com)
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MidnightBSD, a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system, has quietly updated its README to reflect a new geographic restriction. The project has added a clause that bars residents of any country, state, or territory with OS-level age verification mandates from using MidnightBSD

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Gaming on BSD isn't as bad as you'd expect. There are Linux compatibility tools that let you run proton/wine on FreeBSD

Random shit breaks sometimes but once you get past the steep learning curve you can play a lot of titles

[–] BennyTheExplorer@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

Genuinely asking, why would you use FreeBSD when there already is Linux?

[–] mghackerlady@leminal.space 2 points 7 hours ago

"Linux" is like 12 different software projects in a trench coat. Like people in a trenchcoat, the whole thing falls apart if one of them goes missing. The BSDs (and most other sane operating systems, for that matter) are a monolith developed together for each other

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

FreeBSD has a fantastic handbook for starters. The whole system from the kernel to the userland is developed concurrently and fit together really well. Linux distros are all a hodgepodge of different parts with often only arbitrary or esoteric differences.

The filesystem layout is cleaner and makes more sense than what Linux distros typically do.

The network stack is super performant, so it’s great for servers. Security tools are also top notch.

Jails have done containers and virtualization extremely well for decades.

Native ZFS alone is a reason to use it. It’s the best filesystem. BTRFS has barely caught up with it.

DTrace for profiling performance and finding bottlenecks is fantastic and super powerful.

Less free software zealotry and crusaders leads to a friendlier community.

FreeBSD has proper UNIX pedigree.

More freedom, because you can for example distribute your own appliance that‘s based on FreeBSD without being restricted by the legal complications of the GPL.

Every FreeBSD release has 4 years of support.

Especially for servers, it’s great.

TrueNAS is based on FreeBSD and the best OS for a NAS, I have found so far.

[–] Lee@retrolemmy.com 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately TrueNAS dropped FreeBSD. I'm still on the FreeBSD version, but need to leave TrueNAS or switch to the Linux based version. I've not decided what to do yet.

[–] Notamoosen@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm going to be testing XigmaNAS. If I'm not crazy about it I'll likely just run a pure install of FreeBSD

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 13 points 19 hours ago

See the headline we are all commenting on