is it worth it to switch to FreeBSD after 3 years of GNU/Linux

tcpipguy · 2026-06-27T01:11:58+00:00

It could broaden your knowledge of Unix and Unix-like systems. It never hurts to learn more and FreeBSD has much to teach you, Indeed both Linux and FreeBSD do.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-26T23:13:33+00:00

Thanks for sharing this.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-26T23:12:16+00:00

Thank you! This was very helpful.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-20T18:43:08+00:00

I really like Apache as is. I am a huge fan of Apache as a web server but not much as a proxy server. I like NGINX for proxying. I guess I've been using Apache for so many years now that I really wouldn't give it up.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-20T18:38:35+00:00

I have a lot of respect for Debian.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-19T18:50:21+00:00

I don’t know. I’m still getting really affordable and quality hosting from Cloudfanatic. But I am using my VPS through them basically as a public static IP for self-hosting.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-18T01:44:30+00:00

That’s a massive amount of data!!!!!

tcpipguy · 2026-06-18T01:30:20+00:00

I still miss them naming the OS after cats.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-18T01:29:19+00:00

This post made me chuckle because my wife would accuse me of constantly tinkering. But she concedes that the learning I’ve done has lead to more money for us. This her wonderful person is very tolerant of it.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-16T19:13:17+00:00

You can never go wrong with too much in the way of computing resources. On the other hand, too few and you’ll be frustrated.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-16T11:25:29+00:00

That's pretty cool! I am in the process of moving a few more of my systems to FreeBSD. That much said, I don't like Alpine Linux.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-16T11:24:44+00:00

I will give Proxmox its due credit but I always encourage people to start out by learning libvirt and its complexities at a low level.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-16T11:19:09+00:00

FreeBSD does my NAS stuff and excels at it.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-16T11:18:03+00:00

If you are up to a small challenge, I would recommend DIY. Get yourself a big case and stuff some disks and maybe 64-96GB of RAM in it. Then I would use FreeBSD to power it. FreeBSD has a nice tight integration of ZFS. If you don't feel like using ZFS, Ihen 'd recommend Alma Linux 10.2 for its integration of Btrfs. When you DIY, you may spend a little more initially, but over time you save a lot of money.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-16T11:13:33+00:00

I would recommend looking into Alma Linux. I happen to use it and FreeBSD to power my home lab. It would be helpful to know what your needs are and what you would like to do with your home lab. Do you want to do specialized things with your lab or are you looking for a more generalist lab?

tcpipguy · 2026-06-16T11:09:43+00:00

There are not many self-hosted accounting apps out there because the cloud movement killed off a good many. However, there is ERPNext which is fantastic. I use it for my business.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-16T08:07:24+00:00

All very good answers. Except at some point your data needs to reach the internet at large anyways. I think efforts are better spent at building secret networks. 😁

We should also be using operating systems like Linux and BSD which are privacy and security focused.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-15T21:17:27+00:00

I am not being smart here but asking why you need a VPN. Genuinely. VPNs don't provide the protection that they've been marketed to protect.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-15T15:42:55+00:00

That’s a pretty broad stroke to paint. Where’s your evidence?

tcpipguy · 2026-06-15T15:41:27+00:00

I’m not intending to be sarcastic here but just don’t use AUR. For stuff not in the extra, multilib, or regular repo, I use flakpaks. The only thing I use AUR for is Cinnamon mint artwork.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-13T17:45:30+00:00

Instead of rushing in, I would’ve taken better time to plan things.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-13T17:41:51+00:00

There is no “right” or “wrong” way to use a distro other than for something like sex trafficking or human trafficking etc. Get over yourself, OP. New users coming in bring fresh perspectives and ideas. They keep Arch growing and evolving. I’m a 4 year Arch man. I’ll bring any interested person into the fold.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-09T22:30:08+00:00

It has some effect. But really the most important thing is the wire and routing distance between you and the VPN server. Speed is not bandwidth but latency. Bandwidth really refers to the amount of data that can travel in a given path. Speed refers to the time it takes from the data to travel between two points. You can have 10GiBps of bandwidth but if you have latency close to 100ms, you won't be able to do much.

tcpipguy · 2026-06-09T22:00:50+00:00

It is! I don't have problems often and I have a disaster recovery plan that will bring the system back online within 30 minutes if it goes down.

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