Your submission in "Life Decisions" was removed for advocate rule 1.
BSD is a single, integrated operating system.
FreeBSD ships kernel + userland + core utilities as one unified project. Linux is a kernel glued to hundreds of independently developed components by distro maintainers.
- This coherence eliminates entire classes of breakage (e.g., mismatched glibc, init, coreutils). freebsd.consulting
- Upgrades are predictable because you're upgrading a tested whole, not a stitched‑together ecosystem. freebsd.consulting
For production servers, consistency beats "infinite customization." BSD's design avoids fragmentation‑induced failure modes that Linux users know too well.
Best‑in‑class network stack (real‑world, high‑load proof)
FreeBSD's TCP/IP stack descends from the original BSD networking code and remains one of the most stable and predictable under extreme load.
- Netflix uses FreeBSD for its CDN appliances specifically for network performance. freebsd.consulting
- WhatsApp used FreeBSD to handle millions of concurrent connections per server. freebsd.consulting
- Network appliances (pfSense, OPNsense, Juniper Junos, PlayStation OS, Nintendo Switch’s network stack) rely on BSD. freebsdsoftware.org
Under heavy load, FreeBSD degrades gracefully instead of collapsing. Linux can be faster in bursts, but BSD is more predictable at scale.
FreeBSD’s configuration layout is stable and predictable.
- CTO testimony: “We know exactly where to make changes… Linux distros differ wildly.” DZone
- Unified kernel + userland avoids distro‑specific quirks. DZone
For ops teams, consistency reduces cognitive load and eliminates distro roulette.
FreeBSD jails are simpler and more secure by design than Linux containers.
- Jails are part of the base OS, not an add‑on. freebsdsoftware.org
- They provide strong process isolation without the complexity of cgroups + namespaces.
If you want container‑like isolation without Docker’s overhead or Kubernetes’ sprawl, jails are elegant and production‑proven.
Real‑world testimony from high‑traffic companies:
- FreeBSD systems handling 100,000 queries and 20,000 transactions per second with stability. DZone
- Better behavior under unpredictable spikes. DZone
Linux can be faster in some benchmarks, but BSD is often more stable in production.
Cleaner long‑term maintenance
FreeBSD’s integrated design means:
- Fewer moving parts
- Fewer distro‑specific breakages
- More predictable upgrades and patches
FreeBSD wins decisively in:
- Firewalls (pfSense, OPNsense)
- Routers (Juniper)
- CDNs (Netflix)
- Gaming consoles (Sony PlayStation)
- Embedded networking stacks (Nintendo Switch)
It's bad enough that LiGNUts tend to be anti-work scrubs that cost taxpayers' money, but they also cost gamers for their flippant returns.
Linux despite receiving subsidies and government grants requires extra engineering, support, and QA work that OEMs must pay for themselves. Windows is cheaper for OEMs than Linux. Windows is proprietary and Linux is "free," but the OEM math flips upside‑down.
Microsoft does give OEMs massive volume discounts.
- $0–$25 for Windows Home
- $40–$60 for Windows Pro
- Sometimes effectively $0 when bundled with marketing agreements, co‑funded promotions, or preload requirements
It's not a conspiracy. OEMs get these deals because:
- Microsoft wants Windows everywhere
- OEMs ship millions of units
- Microsoft subsidizes the ecosystem to maintain dominance
OEMs including Linux must pay for:
- Driver development for hardware not supported upstream
- QA testing across multiple kernel versions
- Firmware validation
- Support staff training
- Documentation updates
- Customer support overhead (Linux users are historically far more needy)
- Return/repair costs from users who can't get apps or peripherals working
- Certification costs (Ubuntu, Red Hat, etc. charge for OEM certification)
They further cannot take advantage of cheaper board components like different bluetooth, sound, or WiFi, that are often swapped out for better cost in Windows PCs/ mainboards. (Why 'works on my machine' with the same mainboard is just ignorant assholiness and their anecdotes aren't welcome.)
When you're paying for commie Linux through taxes as well as paying certification costs; you're literally paying 2 hidden fees.
A Single Maintainer, Countless Packages, and Sudden Silence
Artem Polishchuk (“atim”), a Fedora maintainer responsible for numerous packages including Wayfire and labwc according to community reports, stopped responding roughly six months ago, and every package under his stewardship has ceased receiving updates.
-It's simply the reality of volunteer labor
Other distros relying on the work will feel the effect.
The only distributions somewhat insulated from maintainer disappearance are those backed by paid corporate maintenance: RHEL (not Fedora), Ubuntu, and SUSE.
Your submission in "How to Continue Using Unsupported Windows Online on Old Hardware" was removed for rule 4.
Wasting my time on nonsense.
It's not Edge dropping support of MV2, they have almost no say in the matter, and it doesn't appear to be happening until December anyway (and note many times dates on it ending have been historically wrong). Anyway, I'm still using it, so I don't know wtf you're on about.
Ladybird is a pipe dream. Good luck with that dev not burning out or selling out. -What is the income plan again?
Brave is hate shit. You keep posting other hate shit to go with it. -Neither are welcome. Rule 4, and I'm sure the server's TOS apply. -Feel free to move along.
edge is okay, especially on android. but it doesn't support Ublock Origin. Brave does.
-Bullshit. Edge has had UBO for a long time now.
Brave is just "hate" garbage, maybe why you like it?
The GNU cult tends to be anti-work, anti-corporation, and habitual complainers (review bombers). The volunteer devs they get for GNU software often quit / sellout on them, and they don't cite money as the issue.
Ublock Origin still works on Edge, with an expected expiration date around December (but we've been scare mongered about this many times already). Brave is about as scandalous of a browser you could use, and Firefox isn't much better.
Edge also has native ad-blocking, tracker protection, etc. I don't think most users are going to care too much about having to switch to Ublock lite or native blocking. If it doesn't block reddit ads; I'll use Firefox.
Linux users love to blame Windows for "over-writing" the boot loader. Linux doesn't have a special feud with Windows. -Linux has a feud with any OS that expects sane bootloader behavior.
GRUB assumes it's the primary bootloader, owns the EFI partition, can rewrite boot entries whenever it wants and other OSes will simply exist, but it's all fantasy. Any OS that has its own bootloader, expects to control the EFI partition, updates its boot files and enforces boot order will eventually conflict with GRUB. -GRUB and LiGNUt advice are the problem! Windows is just the most common / most noticed by people.
Linux dual‑booting breaks with any OS that has a real bootloader. Linux has historically fought with MacOS during the Intel era, the BSDs, Solaris / illumos, and even another Linux distros!
UEFI was supposed to fix dual‑booting, but made it worse. -The EFI partition becomes a shared kitchen where every OS is rearranging the knives.
Windows gets blamed simply because it's popular. When GRUB breaks BSD, the 0.0001% of people dual‑booting BSD just shrug and reinstall.
The only stable method: separate drives, separate bootloaders. -And it's much less wait to choose the OS through BIOS/UEFI that way. -Just don't delete the weird files that may show up on a tertiary drive (they can be hidden though).
I know what it means and regardless of intent, 'chinification' was a poor choice of words to use. Sinophobia is what was reported, and it seemed a legit report for this site.
Not using lower case is being an ass to me who has to read the walls of text of stuff I already know about. If I wasn't mod; I wouldn't bother reading it because it comes across as childish/immature. -Consider that if you want to be heard by more people.
I don't agree with all of Lunduke's politics. Regardless, he's self-marginalizing for it, and I feel we can do better anyway.
The repost looks fine, thank you! It is great having someone else provide some content!
-If Linux advertising was honest.
"chinification" -which was reported by a user for 'sinophobia' within an hour of you posting it.
If you're going to spend an hour typing, you might want to learn to undo capslock. Typing in all caps extended like that is rude because it's more difficult to read.
I've covered the topic before. Linux users don't care, and many people don't like Lunduke.
They have to follow laws here, and by definition 'ableist slur'. We're on the most open that I'm aware of. I tried another and the admin was an ass (sh.itjustworks).
Gab is dead or pointless for 'linux sucks'. You can have decent conversations with Linux users there without them getting bent out of shape. They actually always thank and or thumb up my replies.
LiGNUt works out here btw.
They're going to get you for that word. Admin even removed a meme with it once.
'few people' -For tech there's many, but because Lemmy is OS; they're mostly Linux advocates. For politics / religion: I go to Gab.com.
They're stricter here btw. Don't use those *ard or *roon words, not even after loonix. They don't mess around and will permaban unlike the games Reddit (usually) plays.
Image uploading can be fickle here. Sometimes the upload box doesn't go away on its own (but still worked). One nice thing about Lemmy over Reddit is that you can easily switch the image from being the 'image' post or an embedded image (move the url of the image to the url box near the bottom to make it the image post). You can also add images or change to image post after posting. -Some good trade-offs here.
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