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FreeBSD vs Gentoo Linux: What are the differences?
What is FreeBSD? An operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. 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, Berkeley. It is developed and maintained by a large community.
What is Gentoo Linux? Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience.
Thanks to a technology called Portage, Gentoo can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or something else—whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, we call Gentoo a metadistribution..
FreeBSD and Gentoo Linux can be primarily classified as "Operating Systems" tools.
FreeBSD is an open source tool with 4.37K GitHub stars and 1.72K GitHub forks. Here's a link to FreeBSD's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of FreeBSD
- Excellent as Server7
- Very Stable6
- Helpful community4
- Extremely simple updates and compiles of kernel and use2
- Ports and packages system is mature and well-supported2
- Free to use2
- Supported by major cloud platforms1
- Good for Cloud - Nextcloud1
- Easy to install1
Pros of Gentoo Linux
- OpenRC or systemd init3
- Portage package manager3
- Control3
- Cross compiling2
- Flexibility2
- X86_64 architecture supported2
- Compile time optimizations2
- Per package dependency control2
- Customizable2
- Overlays2
- Extensive documentation2
- Source based distribution2
- Supports distributing compiling tasks2
- SPARC architecture supported1
- Generalized reduction is system vulnerabilities1
- Stable rolling release1
- Package slots1
- X86 architecture supported1
- Alpha architecture supported1
- ARM64 architecture supported1
- ARM architecture supported1
- HPPA architecture supported1
- MIPS architecture supported1
- PCC architecture supported1
- PCC64 architecture supported1
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Cons of FreeBSD
- Slower to adopt non-server hardware than Linux1
- Poor support for laptops, especially wireless cards1
Cons of Gentoo Linux
- Dated documentation2
- Circular dependancy conflicts2
- No guided installation2
- Vulnerabilities related to its specific toolchains1
- System maintenance1
- Complexity1
- Compilation time1
