>Netflix used FreeBSD for their entire CDN.

No need for the past tense; they still do.

Maybe not exactly the entire CDN.

I mean: I think of the CDN having its control system in addition to controlled appliances, and so on.

"Netflix delivers streaming content using a combination of intelligent clients, a central control system, and a network of Open Connect appliances. …"

Netflix portrays FreeBSD in the Open Connect software context:

https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/appliances/#software

Ok so Netflix use FreeBSD, but literally everyone else use Linux. Is their throughput worse?

Yes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36qZYL5RlgY

It's funny how nothing has changed in 20 years. We used to say "hotmail uses FreeBSD" and now you guys are saying "netflix uses FreeBSD" as your source of pride.

Well, I still get more done on Linux.

> Well, I still get more done on Linux.

No doubt, so do I. FreeBSD is good for very specific things like rock solid stability and intense networking. But for general purpose use I too prefer Linux, because it gets all the new toys first.

If I want to build a rock solid stable internet service, I reach for FreeBSD. If I want to use a Unix desktop I reach for MacOS. If I want to have a personal server for messing around with or running some proof-of-concept app or website, I reach for Linux.

Each has its uses.

> It's funny how nothing has changed in 20 years.

Not as funny as things changing without you noticing ;-)