freebsd users, who are you? - GoFuckYourself.com

fris · 07-10-2012, 09:09 AM

curious who else runs freebsd here (locally or on any of your servers)

CaptainWolfy · 07-10-2012, 09:27 AM

i am on server, do i get candy?

fris · 07-10-2012, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptainWolfy

i am on server, do i get candy?

maybe ;)

MaDalton · 07-10-2012, 09:28 AM

yeah - but do i notice a difference? dont think so, my host takes care of that ;)

Vapid - BANNED FOR LIFE · 07-10-2012, 09:32 AM

fuzebox · 07-10-2012, 09:36 AM

I ran freebsd as a desktop for a few years... Managed dozens of servers running free and open obviously.

sheken · 07-10-2012, 09:37 AM

still have a box running FreeBSD 5.4 which I didn't update because it simply runs without problems. Been running fine for 7 years, same client on it. I just updated ports recently and I have Apache 2.0.64/PHP 5.4.4 running without problems. Proves how reliable FreeBSD is

Emil · 07-10-2012, 09:39 AM

ya, I got it on one machine

Vapid - BANNED FOR LIFE · 07-10-2012, 09:49 AM

The tradeoff of idiot proofing for all that speed is worthwhile.

CYF · 07-10-2012, 10:12 AM

I run fbsd on my servers, and my netbook.

malcarada · 07-10-2012, 12:00 PM

I run FreeBSD on my laptop, unfortunately I can not make it my main OS because I need to run Windows only software for my job, otherwise I would make FreeBSD my main operating system.

Why · 07-10-2012, 02:38 PM

i havent used BSD in a while. kinda miss it.

sandman! · 07-10-2012, 02:52 PM

all bsd here no centos servers no more

facialfreak · 07-10-2012, 03:01 PM

Kinda ...

I'm on a MacBook Pro (OSX is BSD-based)

Until about 2007, most of our servers were running FreeBSD, but since we mostly run CentOS, and a few Ubuntu Server.

u-Bob · 07-10-2012, 03:14 PM

still got more than a few freebsd boxes here and there

garce · 07-10-2012, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainWolfy

i am on server, do i get candy?

Candy for you.

Yeah, its almost ten minutes long. So what?

mce · 07-10-2012, 04:03 PM

I am really tempted to switch to freebsd as my desktop OS

XXXInsights · 07-10-2012, 04:04 PM

My nas is based on freebsd

Babaganoosh · 07-10-2012, 05:18 PM

I used to but I'm running Debian now. Much less hassle and just as fast and stable.

shake · 07-10-2012, 05:38 PM

I've got a couple OpenBSD servers

fris · 07-11-2012, 06:03 AM

just finishing up a shell script for freebsd and wordpress

vdbucks · 07-11-2012, 06:07 AM

I tried using freebsd as a desktop OS once, but then after noticing how most of the software I installed was done via ports from linux, I no longer see the point and went back to linux ><

For a server though, I hear they're quite good... but I'll stick with debian anyway.

rowan · 07-11-2012, 06:08 AM

I run FreeBSD on both my local and remote servers.

AdultEUhost · 07-11-2012, 08:38 AM

we do freebsd a lot

BradBreakfast · 07-11-2012, 09:14 AM

We use BSD in out custom purpose built routers. If you are interested in using it on the desktop, I highly recommend PC-BSD 9+.

kazymjir · 07-11-2012, 09:21 AM

I was using OpenBSD on my home server

BradBreakfast · 07-11-2012, 09:58 AM

For webservers, I really think CentOS is the way to go.

Vapid - BANNED FOR LIFE · 07-11-2012, 09:59 AM

The Berkley standard distribution was built to handle ddosing

HomerSimpson · 07-11-2012, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BradBreakfast

For webservers, I really think CentOS is the way to go.

peedy · 07-15-2012, 02:34 PM

Used to run FreeBSD on my production servers but recently changed to CentOS because software like ffmpeg and such is always behind on BSD and I needed latest versions for my CMS.

I still use BSD for some home servers. Love it.

kazymjir · 07-15-2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by peedy

Used to run FreeBSD on my production servers but recently changed to CentOS because software like ffmpeg and such is always behind on BSD and I needed latest versions for my CMS.

You could compile ffmpeg by yourself instead of waiting for packages. Sources are always available at first and you will always had to wait until packagers create new pkgs.

peedy · 07-15-2012, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by kazymjir

You could compile ffmpeg by yourself instead of waiting for packages. Sources are always available at first and you will always had to wait until packagers create new pkgs.

Yeah you could, but BSD works best when you use the built-in ports system. And unfortunately the ports are not always up to date with versions available on linux. Also if I recall I had a situation where i needed a package that wasn't available on my version of BSD i was running.

I didn't want to make the switch but had to do what was best for production.

kazymjir · 07-15-2012, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peedy

Yeah you could, but BSD works best when you use the built-in ports system.

If you set compilation flags and other stuff properly, you can get better results than from packages. Good old Gentoo works this way - setting custom compilation settings to get the most of your hardware.

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Originally Posted by peedy

And unfortunately the ports are not always up to date with versions available on linux.

Unfortunately, true. Linux is a lot more popular and more widely used, so it takes priority.

Quote:

Originally Posted by peedy

I didn't want to make the switch but had to do what was best for production.

End result is the most important thing. If your server works better after the switch, you did a good move

symtab · 07-16-2012, 12:06 AM

I used to run FreeBSD on my servers and laptop, but now i use CentOS on the servers and Arch Linux on the Laptop.

anexsia · 07-16-2012, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by symtab

I used to run FreeBSD on my servers and laptop, but now i use CentOS on the servers and Arch Linux on the Laptop.

I love Arch Linux

the only distros I use regularly are Debian and Arch

just a punk · 07-16-2012, 02:17 AM

I was trying it on a desktop (PC-BSD). The only serious problem is a lack of drivers and software for it. It's very easy to find almost everything for Linux, but not for BSD.

As about the Windows applications, so most of them run pretty well in wine on both BSD and Linux systems.

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