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    Are the BSDs Dying?

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    • KOMK
      KOM
      last edited by

      https://www.csoonline.com/article/3250653/open-source-tools/is-the-bsd-os-dying-some-security-researchers-think-so.html

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      • dotdashD
        dotdash
        last edited by

        Someone has been saying BSD is dying and Linux will take over the desktop for about twenty years.
        I don't see OpenBSD becoming the most popular BSD due to Theo's abrasive attitude.
        Whatever, everyone has got their opinion, and I have mine as to the worth of that article.

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        • KOMK
          KOM
          last edited by

          I suspect that this falls under Betteridge's Law of Headlines, but I thought I would post it for discussion anyway.

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          • H
            heper
            last edited by

            Everything starts to die from the moment it is bornโ€ฆ.
            BSD will be alive aslong as it serves purpose for more then a few.

            The article is making too many assumptions, but it does have a point

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            • JailerJ
              Jailer
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              Well hasn't that pretty much always been the way things are? Linux has a much larger user/developer base as well as corporate support. It only stands to reason that things will happen faster on Linux than on BSD. That doesn't necessarily mean that BSD is dying or worse than Linux, just different.

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                I won't believe it until Netcraft confirms it.

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                • KOMK
                  KOM
                  last edited by

                  I won't believe it until Netcraft confirms it.

                  That was one of the top comments on Slashdot.

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    Considering that's a really old Slashdot meme, that isn't surprising.

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                      Harvy66
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                      Netflix is FreeBSD and represents about 30% of all peak Internet traffic. That's not including any routers or firewalls based/are *BSD that traffic goes through. I wouldn't be surprised if *BSD represents 50%+ of all traffic.

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