3 Reasons Why FreeBSD Is Better Than Linux (2023)

My 3 reasons why FreeBSD is better than any Linux distribution.
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00:00 Introduction
01:25 FreeBSD Handbook
02:48 All Ports and source from one provider
03:35 BSD License
04:45 Hardware compatibility issues
05:38 Conclusion
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#freebsd #linux #opensource

[friedrichmyers]

> Tell people to use BSD
> Compare it with Linux
> Use Windows

[IzludeTingel]

Them: FreeBSD is not for gaming.
SONY: Wow, FreeBSD is a perfect OS to base our Orbis OS on for gaming.

[luigitech]

- Archlinux manual has much more info in deep
- Most of FreeBSD desktops are developped on Linux by non-FreeBSD devs
- FreeBSD does not support docker which is basically a standard for services
- FreeBSD supports much less hardware

[joaopauloalbq]

Wait a minute, are you using Windows and Edge? I can tell that you are indeed a typical BSD user.

[DV-mlfm]

The web browsers in Bsd don't play DRM content. Linux does.

[optimusamicus]

Hello, everyone !
Very good !
I use FreeBSD on Second Computer

[kittenzrulz]

I'll adress your points and make counterpoints
1. Almost all established Linux distros have comprehensive documentation
2. If you want universal Linux packages then Flatpak exists, meanwhile separate repos exist for a reason. If you want updates as soon as they release there are bleeding edge distros like Arch, alternatively there are more stable distros like Debian and Fedora.
3. The BSD license is the reason why it has not and will never become popular. On Linux you're free to take code and use it as you wish granted you do the bare minimum of giving back to the community by letting others use your code. Because of this code is developed on top of other code leading to a thriving community. Meanwhile on BSD massive corporations simply take code and contribute the minimal amount if any at all. The second biggest OS (MacOS) is based on BSD and yet their success has not led to anything positive for BSD.

Meanwhile Linux has several advantages that you didnt mention
1. Becouse Linux isnt centralized there are tons of options for everything and developers are more willing to experiment
2. More people use it leading to more contributors and maintainers
3. There are many OEMs that support Linux like System76, Tuxedo, Framework, Dell*, HP*, Lenovo*, and many more (*depends on the model). Meanwhile no laptop is even optimized for BSD (at least not any I can think of).
4. Linux distros and software often receive tons of money from companies and other organizations. Some distros like OpenSuse, Fedora, Pop_OS, and Ubuntu receive direct funding from companies.

[.Maiden]

Coincidentally, when watching this video, I tried to install freeBSD 14 on my old laptop (dell precision m4500) and was unable to install the GUI (xfce4) because of an incompatibility error with the current ABI version, a simple problem and solution is to just install the older version xorg package, i thought so, but not with BSD, i haven't been able to find that xorg package (i need version 1.20 instead of current version 21.1 ), and everyone in the freeBSD forum couldn't help me, finally returned to Debian where everything went smoothly.

[MarkusHobelsberger]

I recently installed FreeBSD 14 on a spare SSD and I was surprised how well it runs and how broad software availability actually is. Coming from Linux I expected to miss a lot of programs. If I were to set up some kind of simple fileserver/NAS I'd totally go BSD just for the better ZFS intregration.

[TheSteveSteele]

I’ll give you the one perfect reason. The Linux community on YouTube. FreeBSD or even Haiku OS will do. “Can’t we all just get along?”

[pewolo]

I've been a FreeBSD user for 5 years now.
But to be honest with you, it sucks:
- Slow internet speed
- No Bluetooth support out the box
- Printer's support configuration is like hell,
- Difficult to display WiFi icon on gnome desktop
- Installing new apps sometimes remove most of the installed ones
and the list goes on and on

[spicydeath]

The only thing i know about freebsd is that sony uses it for their PlayStation OS since the ps 3.

[andysurfer]

Lets go
Lots of freebsd haters in linux community

[jgarbo]

You need an instruction from the maintainer to install a package? If it's so hard, make it a .deb package - still problems - apt install -f will fix it.

[eugrus]

02:50 FreeBSD port maintainers patch the source code from the upstream of other open source projects just like a package maintainer of a(ny) Linux distro does. How good it's done mostly depends on a certain maintainer of a certain package in a certain project.

[kehindeakiode]

Small correction: Linux isn't Unix at all (although inspired by it) while FreeBSD actually is Unix, but cannot be called that because of historical copyright reasons.

BSD (Berkeley Standard Distribution) was the version of Unix developed at UCLA Berkeley several years ago and is the ancestor of all BSD variants.

[northof-]

From time to time I try the latest BSD versions on my laptops, without success.
My latest attempt was a HP Pavilion from 2015 and FreeBSD.
It installed fine but of course didn't detect the RTL8723 wifi chip.
But a USB A6100 worked after setting it up and rebooting.
So I downloaded xorg and did the Handbook routines for getting a desktop up and running.
It ended there, stuck on loading modules.
Apparently there is a display problem with BSD and these HP laptops.
GhostBSD also just gives up getting their live installer GUI up on these machines.
Next up is my ThinkPad L480, again - not new, but it has TPM 2 and secure boot if I set it,
which I have with the current Solus Linux 4.5 (a brilliant and underrated OS).
Let's go!
Update: Success on my Thinkpad L480 (with only standard wifi - no 5G, but still working! )
I like it - went with GhostBSD which is faster to get up and running.

[damianateiro]

He uses Windows and says that freebsd is better than Linux xd. Any relatively large distro has a wiki/manual equal to or better than any BSD; The GPL license is better than the BSD because it protects the developer from having their work stolen since whoever makes a fork has to do it at least open source, not like mac os which contributes nothing or almost nothing to freebsd; and if freebsd or BSDs in general were better than Linux they would not have to depend so much on Linux for applications or drivers

[Skiggles]

It is interesting to me that you titled this with why FreeBSD is better than Linux, yet you mention that they have a linux compatability layer for software that does not run natively in the first minute of the video lol. You sure it's better? Then at the end, you concede that some hardware is not supported on FreeBSD which "reminded you of Linux 10 years ago". Doesn't sound better to me.

[TheOriginalEvanium]

It's all preference of course. On desktop, Linux suits the needs of many much better. Especially since I tend to use newer hardware and technologies. But I still prefer FreeBSD for my servers.