Hello LES!

@FrankCastle, @Crab, and @Not_Oles want to point the spotlight on freely available, currently updated software derived from the Berkeley Software Distribution ("BSD").

We want people who have never tried BSD to give it a shot. Also, we ask for other people's insights, adventures, use cases, and general feedback on BSD. We want to survey members and providers to find out who here already is using BSD in any part of their setup.

These days, BSD includes the following popular distros, and more:

• OpenBSD

• NetBSD

• FreeBSD

• Dragonfly BSD

• OPNsense

• pfSense

Why BSD?

• Security -- OpenBSD aims to be "NUMBER ONE for security."

• Portability -- NetBSD works on 57 CPU architectures!

• Speed -- FreeBSD Performance Milestones by Netflix!

  • "2017 -- First 100 Gb/s CDN server"
  • "2020 -- First 200 Gb/s CDN server"
  • "2021 -- First 400 Gb/s CDN server"
  • "2022 -- First 800 Gb/s CDN server"
  • "2023 -- First 100 Gb/s CDN server consuming only 100W of power"

BSD Opportunities!

• Do you want to try BSD?
• Can you please share a little about your BSD insights and adventures?
• Providers and members, please tell us about your special BSD use cases and interesting BSD feedback!
• Do any Providers who support BSD want to make a special offer for people using BSD?