# FreeBSD from a NetBSD user’s perspective

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/freebsd-from-a-netbsd-user-s-perspective/10363>\
**Category:** In The News\
**Tags:** freebsd, in-the-news\
**Created:** [9 June 2021 11:54 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/freebsd-from-a-netbsd-user-s-perspective/10363 "2021-06-09T11:54:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\
**Post date:** [9 June 2021 11:54 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/freebsd-from-a-netbsd-user-s-perspective/10363/1 "2021-06-09T11:54:36Z")

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> I’ve been a NetBSD developer for three years and it’s been my primary operating system for a long time too - on everything: routers, laptops, Raspberry Pis, PowerPC mac minis, Vortex86 embedded boards, and servers.
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> I’ve recently been using FreeBSD a lot at work. We have a lot of servers and embedded boards running it, and I was given the option of installing anything I wanted on my workstation. I chose FreeBSD to maintain a separation of BSDs between my work and home life 😉
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> I thought I’d write a little bit about some differences that stand out to me. Since everyone that knows me well knows that typical use cases like web hosting aren’t _really_ my jam, and I’m more of an embedded, audio, and graphics person, maybe I can offer a more uncommon perspective.

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[https://washbear.neocities.org/freebsd-netbsd-user.html](https://washbear.neocities.org/freebsd-netbsd-user.html)

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