Why I love FreeBSD

A personal reflection on my first encounter with FreeBSD in 2002, how it shaped the way I design and run systems, and why its philosophy, stability, and community still matter to me more than twenty years later.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/

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Why I Love FreeBSD

A personal reflection on my first encounter with FreeBSD in 2002, how it shaped the way I design and run systems, and why its philosophy, stability, and community still matter to me more than twenty years later.

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@stefano This is an amazing article and reveals things about the OS that make me excited to finally give it a try. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on it.

I've been looking for an operating system with some of the exact things you mentioned, especially the filesystem management and hypervisor. Linux also has some performance or fan issues even now, for me. It seems like this is the way to go for something designed for software development.
@nethack thank you!
@stefano you are encouraged to continue expanding on your thoughts. it'd be cool if you shared more tips or interesting facts about the OS as well. im ready for anything, but id like to know more from a veteran perspective such as yours.
@nethack if you click the "freebsd" tag, you'll find many blog posts about how to do things with FreeBSD (and benchmarks, etc.)
@stefano oh ok cool