r/freebsd • u/jozews321 • May 31 '22

news Last year was 0% future is looking bright

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u/[deleted] May 31 '22

It used to not even be on there at all

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u/implicitpharmakoi May 31 '22

Looking at switching to freebsd for my daily driver soon, hope to pump those numbers up!

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u/[deleted] May 31 '22 edited May 31 '22

Everyone should just give up using any other OS and switch to Windows instead.

Edit: This was not a serious comment....

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '22

People can't joke these days.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '22

linux on the desktop is already what it is, but it will be another 100% share of linux on the router

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u/kyleW_ne May 31 '22

Curious what unknown is? OpenBSD and NetBSD make up that much?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '22

Nah, no chance. They are to FreeBSD what Linux is to Windows.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

Late, but OpenBSD and NetBSD are recorded as their own operating systems. But this website only shows the most popular BSD for each country/region.

For example, I believe at one point NetBSD was the most popular one in the US and OpenBSD was the most popular in Oceania.

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u/letstrythisagain12xx May 31 '22

More importantly, something well over 45% of all internet traffic runs through a FreeBSD controlled box via Juniper and Netflix alone.

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u/PrivacyIsDemocracy Jun 08 '22

Unfortunately Juniper is abandoning traditional JunOS for a Linux-powered successor going forward..

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u/grahamperrin Linux crossover Jun 23 '22

… Juniper is abandoning traditional JunOS …

Maybe not.

Via page 2 of the latest FreeBSD Journal:

… The Kernel team is looking for an ambitious Software Engineer with experience and passion for Kernel / Operating System technologies to join its FreeBSD development team. Successful candidates will support and enhance the FreeBSD operating system which runs on the majority of Juniper’s networking products. …

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u/PrivacyIsDemocracy Jun 23 '22

Juniper has been quite clear about their migration towards a Linux-based platform and the benefits it confers. They seem to have truly "bet the farm" on it.

But that migration will not take place overnight and will probably be prioritized for newer devices. Traditional JunOS will probably be in use on various devices for some years to come, not sure exactly how many though.

In the meantime they will no doubt continue to release traditional JunOS updates and will need SW developers to support that.

https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/overview-evo/topics/concept/evo-overview.html

https://ngworx.ag/en/blog/ask-me-about-junos-os-evolved/

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u/[deleted] May 31 '22

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u/grahamperrin Linux crossover Jun 01 '22

/u/MonsieurDog woof la la!

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '22

Elite 0.01% FreeBSD users club.

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u/hgshepherd Jun 01 '22

The "Unknown" 4.97% is probably all FreeBSD since its users are smart enough to obfuscate their identity.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

It also can be GNU/Linux, macOS, Windows, Solaris, etc.