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Re:Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again by elcritch on Sunday November 02, 2025 @03:48PM (#45793293)
I really wish I could run FreeBSD on Apple silicon. The shared *BSD base seems fitting.
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Re:Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again by doublerabbit on Sunday November 02, 2025 @04:02PM (#45793420)
I bought my iPhone out right in cash and we should have outright full access to the hardware. Not just the screen.
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Re:Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again by vpShane on Sunday November 02, 2025 @06:38PM (#45794404)
Agreed. Our hardware, our software, our choice.
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Re:Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again by wkat4242 on Sunday November 02, 2025 @06:35PM (#45794387)
Apple isn't really BSD. The mach kernel is very different. There's some shared heritage dating back to nextstep but it's very deep. And some userland. But that's really all.
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Re:Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again by elcritch on Sunday November 02, 2025 @08:28PM (#45795037)
Sure it's very distinct but the vibe still feels more *BSD due to that early userland. That shared heritage runs deep. I'd also say it also feels more like Solaris/Illumos. Linux has just always had a very different vibe to it.
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Re:Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday November 03, 2025 @02:20AM (#45796616)
> There's some shared heritage dating back to nextstep but it's very deep. And some userland.

The userland is pretty important. To most Debian users, Debian GNU/FreeBSD would feel more familiar than Alpine/Linux (with busybox and no GNU coreutils).

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