2026-07-16 12:06 UTC
@mntmn@mastodon.social
Even for people wanting a unix-like operating system free of charge in the mid-1990s, FreeBSD was an objectively better alternative. But a lot of really good programmers chose Linux for political reasons, and made it better.
I still run FreeBSD on my home server. I have considered switching because it would make things easier with docker and systemd, but by now I'm kind of happy I haven't.
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@reflex@retrogaming.social 2026-07-16 17:20
@rkaj@mastodon.nu @mntmn@mastodon.social I would not say they joined Linux for 'political reasons' so much as they didn't want their code being taken by corporations for free. Microsoft's NT network stack was largely from FreeBSD for Win2k & XP, for instance, no compensation or contribution to the project or it's developers. GPL at least enforced credit and contribution back to the project.