Why I Love FreeBSD
16 points by draga79
16 points by draga79
It's ages since I used FreeBSD on desktop. But to stay true to my "background" it's shame PostgreSQL didn't come up - FreeBSD with PostgreSQL and jails/ZFS is still my favorite stack.
Historically big reason was also much more predictable scheduler.
Also no FreeBSD on desktop in ages here..
I very much agree. It's such a nice and solid stack. The one thing that always has me introduce FreeBSD at companies (from tiny to large) is PG. And I'm in general not the die hard fan of any software, but that stack just works so well.
That copy of what really works for ZFS+PG is really old now. There's sadly some off information floating around, so look at official docs.
That combination is even better if you use extensions (like postgis) and want to get around that whole "oh I only get that old PG and I could use that third pary repo, but it doesn't have that extension my app depends on".
Just so nice to pick and choose in a stable and sane manner. And setting up poudriere to have your own packages is also such a breeze. Meanwhile it feels like every cloud providers secret killer feature is hosting a docker registry for you because it is (used to be?) such a hassle.
Oh and speaking about cloud providers, running your own PG is just so much nicer, especially when it comes to major version upgrades. Again with FreeBSD standing out no matter which approach you choose.