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[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But Linux also has containers and I haven't found a networking setup I can't do with it so while this may be true it seems anecdotal

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Really good network stack. Linux is catching up surely but places like Netflix run a ton of stuff on BSD simply for that stack. AFAIK ebpf is supposedly the thing that will have Linux compete in this space- https://dev.to/dpuig/understanding-ebpf-a-game-changer-for-linux-kernel-extensions-4m7i

For a normal person? I'd argue there's about zero benefit to running BSD over some Linux distro. Less people use jails compared to containers, networking doesn't matter like you said, and hardware support is far more awful in terms of drivers. There's a reason there's like 2-3 desktop oriented distros on BSD compared to hundreds on Linux.

[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Really good network stack. Linux is catching up surely but places like Netflix run a ton of stuff on BSD simply for that stack.

Depends on the specific BSD, OpenBSD for example is only just now catching up to Linux.

Edit: Slide 28 for a graph

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago

Well sure. I mainly meant FreeBSD. Thanks for clarifying.