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      techpro2004
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      I saw this post here (https://www.netgate.com/blog/pfsense-software-embraces-change-a-strategic-migration-to-the-linux-kernel) and was wondering if this was a april fools day joke or are you serous? If you are serious, this is great news. thanks.

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        Jarhead @techpro2004
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        @techpro2004 It was an April Fools joke.
        Wondering why you would want to go to Linux? Is it for hardware support? Wifi support? Just curious.

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          Dobby_
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          written on > Date: April 01, 2024

          #~. @Dobby

          Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
          PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
          PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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            nimrod @techpro2004
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            @techpro2004

            Fortunately for all of us, it was just a joke. Thank god.

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              techpro2004
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              Thanks for the info.

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                q54e3w @techpro2004
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                Could someone educate me why TNSR is based on Linux, what makes Linux more suitable for TNSR compared to pfsense & BSD and are there any desires to unify the platforms at some point in the future?

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                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  TNSR was built on Linux because VPP already existed there. Porting it to FreeBSD would have required significant effort at the time. Though it was discussed.

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                  • planedropP
                    planedrop
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                    Looks like VPP might happen on FreeBSD though, which is really interesting: https://ipng.ch/s/articles/2024/02/10/vpp-freebsd-1.html

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