How stable is FreeBSD compared to debian?
reddit / freebsd

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[deleted] · 2020-12-25 17:21

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gumnos · 2020-12-25 17:33

sameish?

I used to run Debian, leaving mostly because they started departing
from things that felt like Unix-as-I-know-it (systemd, `netstat`→`ss`,
`ifconfig`→`ip`, `man`→`info`, deprecating `nslookup`, removing `ed`
from the base install, etc). But stability hasn't been an issue on
either end.

The only stability-related issues I've had on either Debian or FreeBSD
involved failing hardware. And when that failing hardware was the
disk-drive, having FreeBSD on ZFS gives me a confidence in the
integrity of my on-disk data (I can `zpool scrub` as a `cron` job,
helping prevent bit-rot) that I never got with Debian.

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[deleted] · 2020-12-25 17:35

Thanks!

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rhabarba · 2020-12-25 18:35

Very much.

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DiggyTroll · 2020-12-25 18:37

There are other aspects to stability. While I've enjoyed good
reliability with both Linux distros and \[Free,Open,Net\]BSD in
production, I prefer working with the BSDs. They still respect
established engineering principles and try to model an elegant
simplicity.

For instance, FreeBSD has a more stable userland by its centralized
nature. Linux distros suffer from more upstream breakage (in my
experience working the occasional weekend).

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ItWasBadTouchLOL · 2020-12-25 18:49

Do it and find out.

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[deleted] · 2020-12-25 18:53

thanks, how is the support for nvidia cards?

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SweetBeanBread · 2020-12-25 19:30

ya...
i don’t think anyone here’s going to say freebsd’s stability sucks,
use Debian

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whitepixe1 · 2020-12-25 20:15

Depends on the use case.

I use both Debian & FreeBSD, dual boot.

In the server area both Debian & FreeBSD are rock stable, and the
preferences are purely self choice which one to use.

In the desktop area, again Debian & FreeBSD are solid stable, however
Debian vastly supersedes FreeBSD in both hardware compatibility and
amount of packages in every possible area of use.

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DiggyTroll · 2020-12-26 02:28

I've used nVidia in FreeBSD workstations in the past, but only run
headless servers now.

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subsynq · 2020-12-26 08:13

For what it's worth, I've seen an internal freebsd server running
2009-2018 without a single restart (no power interruption either), so
I guess it's stable enough if you know what you're doing...

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[deleted] · 2020-12-26 08:27

can i use grub to dual boot debian and freebsd?

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mzs47 · 2020-12-26 10:46

Yes, I use grub, but with MBR.