Should I learn freebsd?

Question

FreeBSD

Good day dear!
Can you please tell me whether it is worth learning freeBSD or staying on linux? Is it worth studying in the current realities? And what are the benefits of studying it?

Answer 1

As someone who has worked on FreeBSD for fifteen years, I can say that ... no :) At least not as the first UNIX system. Yes, classic. Yes, canonical. Yes, there are original and interesting solutions like netgraph. But the problem of limited software, firewood, the fact that for some things to work you have to dance a jig - I don’t know how in the latest versions, but in 2013, let’s say, it was the same as in 1997 - in full growth :D

Answer 2

As the first unix-like system - yes, it makes sense to learn fryakha. There is much more order than in Linux, with its variety of crutches of distributions and approaches to building an OS. As one smart comrade said - "BSD-shnik can master with Linux without problems, but Linuxoid with BSD is unlikely."
In general, despite the lesser popularity, there are quite a lot of installations on the fryakha. Many ISPs use (well, except for the big four), and large offices also have it. Self-assembled storage-systems are often built on fryaha, because the ZFS + ctld bundle is a real fire.
The arguments above about the fact that there are fewer drivers than under Linux are true. But this is not something that cant-jamb, you just need to take this into account, and before deploying the project and purchasing hardware, look at what is supported and what is not. In general, you can always pick up modern iron, with which there will be no problems under the frya.
There is less software for fryahu - well, partly yes. Ceph, for example, you won't run on Fra. But this is a rather specific kind of software, and everything else that is commonly used is quite there and works great. Any common network services on a fra rise without problems. DNS/DHCP/mail/web/databases - that's it.
I don’t remember any problems with the asterisk under BSD, everything worked.
IPsec works under FreeBSD, I have had a tunnel between fryakha and mikrotik constantly up for a couple of years.
It's not true that the FreeBSD development team is downsizing.

Answer 3

It has a good handbook, and the difference is not so great that the information from there is useless - most of the environment is just shared with Linux, really.
It is still quite good at doing various network things.
I think it's worth getting to know. Go deep, probably not.