#9: The differences between Linux and BSD Syscast Podcast by Mattias Geniar

In this episode of Syscast, I talk to Jan-Piet Mens to discuss the differences between Linux and BSD systems.

If you have any feedback, as always, reach out via e-mail at m@ttias.be or on Twitter at @mattiasgeniar.

Show topics
We discuss:


The differences between Linux & BSD in user-land
Why did Linux become more popular than BSD?
How systemd drove Jan-Piet to BSD 😉
The differences of distributions vs. operating systems
FreeBSD vs OpenBSD vs NetBSD
Package managers in BSD
Creating packages for BSD
“pkg” vs “ports” in BSD
Filesystem differences between Linux & BSD
Managing Linux vs BSD with Ansible

Additional shownotes

Jan-Piet’s site: jpmens.net
Jan-Piet on Twitter: @jpmens

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