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Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux by icedchai on Sunday April 12, 2020 @10:58PM (#22852761)
"jails" are the native solution for FreeBSD. You wouldn't set up a FreeBSD server to run docker.
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Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux by twblalock on Sunday April 12, 2020 @11:33PM (#22852963)
Most companies would rather use Docker than jails and that alone is a reason to avoid BSD.
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Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux by icedchai on Sunday April 12, 2020 @11:52PM (#22853036)
That's fine. I've been running various Linux distros since 1993 and FreeBSD since 1996. Each has its strengths and weaknesses.
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Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux by pepemon on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:37AM (#22854339)
And how can I run OCI-compliant image straight to the jail? Docker isn't just a namespaced runtime.
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Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux by icedchai on Monday April 13, 2020 @09:34AM (#22855679)
It's simple: You shouldn't run Docker images on FreeBSD.
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Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux by twblalock on Monday April 13, 2020 @12:40PM (#22857368)
Wrong answer. This means you can't run modern cloud-native apps on BSD.
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Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux by icedchai on Monday April 13, 2020 @01:05PM (#22857621)
Tell that to companies like Netflix: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Netflix-...

Not all applications require Docker.

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Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux by twblalock on Monday April 13, 2020 @03:24PM (#22859113)
Last I checked, FreeBSD is only used in their CDN appliances and Netflix is deploying their services in containers on Linux.
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Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux by icedchai on Monday April 13, 2020 @03:34PM (#22859198)
As I said, Linux and FreeBSD have their strengths and weaknesses. I use both, and definitely wouldn't deploy certain types of applications under FreeBSD.
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