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+title = "Why you should run a BSD on a PC"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-04-27T22:29:00+02:00
+categories = ["bsd"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2002
+primary_menu = "bsd"
+abstract = "Reasons why BSD may be the best OS for you"
+menu_item_override = "Why you should run BSD on a PC"
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+[menu]
+  [menu.bsd]
+    weight = 2002
+    identifier = "why-you-should-run-a-bsd-on-a-pc"
+    post = " or perhaps "
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+
+There's multitude of Operating Systems to choose from.
+You use something like Windows or MacOS and be perfectly happy with it.
+You can step up and use Linux, Haiku or even Amiga OS.
+So, why do I think a BSD system may be the best choice?
+
+
+## FOSS {#foss}
+
+The most popular systems out there are propietery.
+This has the small downside of having to pay, but there's another one.
+Closed systems have tendency to limit the user.
+It's visible much more with MacOS than in Windows, but the user is always blocked from doing what the user wants to do.
+Are you following the product manager's ideal path?
+Is web browser everything you need to run?
+If so - getting something from Sillicon Valey may enough.
+
+But a lot of us are hungry for more; we want to be in control instead of being controlled.
+Only be having the system be, not only Open Source, but also Free, our desires may be fullfilled.
+
+FreeBSD gives the user a huge power to adjust itself to the needs and wims.
+
+
+## License {#license}
+
+One of the reasons is the legal term under which all BSDs are provided - the BSD license.
+It differs strongly from what GNU and others propose.
+While also being "freedom respecting", it does not limit anyone.
+Want to create a closed source fork of FreeBSD and stop giving anything back after few short years?
+Don't want to have your hands tied by GPL?
+Are you Apple?
+Because that's how MacOS X started.
+
+BSD licenses are amongst the most liberal one.
+The most popular, "[3-Clause BSD License](https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause)" limits only the liability of the code provider.
+
+Some say that BSD License are a problem as companies may take and never give up (like Sony did for PS4), but it's as close to the idea of "Free software" as it gets.
+
+
+## No BigTech {#no-bigtech}
+
+As a result of this, there is very little interference from Big Tech.
+While Linux is happily in bed with the likes of Microsoft or Google or who are able to steer the development, BSDs are still very much a niche product.
+Just look at list of sponsrs of [Linux Foundation!](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members)
+
+In BSD-land we've got some big players, with Netflix being the most promiment one.
+But the cooperation is very much on partner terms.
+
+
+## A designed OS {#a-designed-os}
+
+But the biggest differential factor between BSDs and GNU/Linux is the way it is structured.
+
+In Linux, all components are designed to work together but are completely separate.
+You've got the kernel, init systems, multimedia daemons, userland, bootloader, virtualization and contenerization mechanisms, or package managers.
+They are all separate project with their own goals operated by separate entities.
+This is why we've got different Linux Distrubitions instead of Operating System.
+Everyone can take the kernel, start adding components above it and a few minutes lated the distrowatch is even harder to keep up with.
+
+Each BSD on the other hand is designed as single environment.
+Each component is created and developed together.
+While this makes the landscape a bit boring, it also makes it extremely coharent.
+Things work together perfectly, because they are designed, coded, tested and released as one.
+
+
+## Build-in technology {#build-in-technology}
+
+To give just two examples here:
+
+1.  OpenBSD comes with complete web stack built in.
+    We've got a firewall (best in class), reverse proxy and http server.
+    We've even got a TLS certificate manager.
+    And the security of each of those is as high as rest of the OS.
+    All things work together in perfect harmony, it is designed as such.
+
+2.  FreeBSD comes with ZFS.
+    One thing this file system provides are efficent and bullet-proof snapshots.
+    The developers of FreeBSD used it to create the idea of boot environments - a snapshots of OS.
+    The user can easily boot from any of those in any moment.
+    Even the standard update process creates a new boot env, just in case something goes wrong.
+
+Such integration would be very hard to achieve without up-front design.
+
+And the list goes on: Jails, Beehive, Vnet,  Dtrace, Ports system, OpenSSHm Libre SSl.
+The crazy folks over at OpenBSD are even working on their own version control system called Game of Trees.
+
+This has the added benefit of having it all in a single place.
+One needs to follow only a few repositories to be up to date and informed.
+Mind you, those are _gigantic_ repositories, but if you are smart enough[^fn:1] - it's there.
+
+
+## Stability {#stability}
+
+being there
+
+
+## Dedicated uses-cases {#dedicated-uses-cases}
+
+
+## Documentation {#documentation}
+
+
+## Community and culture {#community-and-culture}
+
+
+## History {#history}
+
+
+## POSIX and widening perspective {#posix-and-widening-perspective}
+
+ccc
+
+
+## OSes, not distributions {#oses-not-distributions}
+
+[^fn:1]: I am not; just barely licking C for now.