Why laptop support, why now: FreeBSD’s strategic move toward broader adoption | FreeBSD Foundation
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FreeBSD has long been a top choice for IT professionals and organizations focused on servers and networking, and it is known for its unmatched stability, performance, and security. However, as technology evolves, FreeBSD faces a significant challenge: supporting modern laptops. To address this, the FreeBSD Foundation and Quantum Leap Research has committed $750,000 to improve
  • onlinepersona@programming.dev
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    9 hours ago

    BSD is a top choice? I only thought it was on it’s way out. I’ve never seen it used or mentioned outside of “Mac is based on BSD!!!”.

    The “why” section didn’t really explain why Quantum is investing in BSD at all. Did something happen additionally that led them to invest in BSD laptops of all things?

    Anti Commercial-AI license

    • agilob@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      Just like everyone, they want more users, so their code runs on more machines, more reported bugs, better quality.

    • towerful@programming.dev
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      8 hours ago

      pfSense and OPNsense are both BSD, and they are pretty popular routing/firewall systems.
      BSD also has jails, which are pretty popular.
      Netflix uses FreeBSD for some of their systems.
      PS4 was based on FreeBSD.

      I don’t think it’s on it’s way out.
      It still has a place