FreeBSD
What is FreeBSD ?
FreeBSD is an operating system for a variety of platforms which focuses on features, speed, and stability. It is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX® developed at the University of California. more info
Who Uses FreeBSD?
FreeBSD's advanced features, proven security, and predictable release cycle, as well as its permissive license have lead to its use as a platform for building many commericial and open source appliances, devices, and products, including those from many of the world's largest IT companies:
- Apache
- Apple
- Cisco
- Citrix
- [FreeNAS] (http://www.freenas.org/)
- Juniper
- Netflix Serving one-third of the Internet
- Sony PlayStation 4
- WhatsApp OpenSource
- Nintendo Switch
More here: (https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/nutshell.html)
FreeBSD for Desktop
The easy way: http://www.pcbsd.org/
The hacking way: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x11-wm.html
What is a jail
The FreeBSD jail mechanism is an implementation of operating system-level virtualization that allows administrators to partition a FreeBSD-based computer system into several independent mini-systems called jails. more info
What is ZFS
The ZFS file system is a revolutionary new file system that fundamentally changes the way file systems are administered, with features and benefits not found in any other file system available today. ZFS is robust, scalable, and easy to administer.
What is ZFS + jails
The solution to many deployment, management, backup, etc problems.
Install
Using an USB:
dd if=FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-amd64-uefi-memstick.img of=/dev/rdisk3 bs=64k conv=sync
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