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minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoFreeBSD is actually pretty mainstream because everyone who doesn’t want to follow GPL or any copy left licenses tends to use it. Which usually ends up being large companies like Netflix, Sony, or Nintendo.
minus-squareAatube@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agois it really still the same system if it’s a radically divergent userland? (see: android as a linux distribution)
minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoFor the consumer tech yeah that makes sense, but I actually meant for infrastructure and workstations where you would otherwise be using linux.
minus-squareauntieclokwise@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoDon’t forget that its the base of OPNSense and pfSense, which are both pretty popular.
FreeBSD is actually pretty mainstream because everyone who doesn’t want to follow GPL or any copy left licenses tends to use it.
Which usually ends up being large companies like Netflix, Sony, or Nintendo.
is it really still the same system if it’s a radically divergent userland? (see: android as a linux distribution)
For the consumer tech yeah that makes sense, but I actually meant for infrastructure and workstations where you would otherwise be using linux.
Don’t forget that its the base of OPNSense and pfSense, which are both pretty popular.