So, I've been working in devops for a while... and I have a bunch - 20ish of headless Linux boxes to look after - spread around the planet. These exist in a mixed environment - on-premise, off-premise, some are iron and some are virtual, and just don't ask about the time-zones.
A friend I respect said "Take a look at BSD... simplicity and security reign there!"(and they are important to what I do).
I've just spent a paid day playing, first with OpenBSD, and then with FreeBSD. Both feel pretty good, they take me back to the good old days - but some basic things seem to be unexpectedly missing?
OpenBSD httpd doesn't seem to support HTTP/2 despite the NGINX bashing... hmmm well maybe it does and no-one is saying? I might be able to live with this if it's in the near pipeline...
More importantly, I have to be able to automount SMB shares... hmmm an open unloved 2017 bug-report - SMB1 is dead, and SMB2+ support has never been added into mount_smbfs?
So am I completely missing something? Is there a BSD PumpKing (individual/group)? Who looks after the core basics? Is there some unlove in the community for SMB and HTTP/2?
I want to join the BSD party - maybe I just missed the Beer, Spirits and Drinks? Point me in the right direction please.
TIA
A friend I respect said "Take a look at BSD... simplicity and security reign there!"(and they are important to what I do).
I've just spent a paid day playing, first with OpenBSD, and then with FreeBSD. Both feel pretty good, they take me back to the good old days - but some basic things seem to be unexpectedly missing?
OpenBSD httpd doesn't seem to support HTTP/2 despite the NGINX bashing... hmmm well maybe it does and no-one is saying? I might be able to live with this if it's in the near pipeline...
More importantly, I have to be able to automount SMB shares... hmmm an open unloved 2017 bug-report - SMB1 is dead, and SMB2+ support has never been added into mount_smbfs?
So am I completely missing something? Is there a BSD PumpKing (individual/group)? Who looks after the core basics? Is there some unlove in the community for SMB and HTTP/2?
I want to join the BSD party - maybe I just missed the Beer, Spirits and Drinks? Point me in the right direction please.
TIA