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What's the point of it?

OpenBSD = Security

FreeBSD = The main UNIX-like

NetBSD = ???

Based on the name of have assumed it's be used in things like network appliances but in 20 years I've never seen a single device use it.

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 11 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Somewhat confused this is in a linux community when none of these OS are linux based. Are we lacking on BSD communities?

[–] cashews_win@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

We don't have BSD communities and even if we did they probably wouldn't be big enough to get a decent answer.

So I asked here cos there's a high chance that some Linux users will also know something about *BSD.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

You'd probably get better conversations at selfhosted I know some folks there run *bsd network appliances. NASs, firewalls, etc.

[–] scratchandgame@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

I think no BSD expert will bother this place

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