Why I run FreeBSD for my home servers (2024)

Linux is pretty nice as Desktop : # In 2024 GNU/Linux is now a pretty nice OS as Desktop environnement you can absolutely runs everything without any issue. Event if you're a gamer, huge progress has been made, thanks in particular to Valve/Steam. On daily basic I use EndeavourOS on my laptop and it is great distro. Everything works fine. And much like a Windows user, I don't care how a particular service is launched, how the Ram is managed, etc. I just want to install/remove programs. Use Wifi, bluetooth devices, web applications, various remote control tools and some markdown / txt editors and have access to a shell. As laptop user, the rest doesn't matter to me. So yeah Linux is definitively a great OS Desktop. And a big mess as Server OS : # Like every other sys/{ops,admin,store}, my company/customers use RHEL or Centos when it is necessary to use a Linux And to be honest after dozens of year of administration; troubleshooting, workarround. I still didn’t understand HOW t ... Read full article.