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Sure, but that's far from enough.
This is the only truly reliable security approach: security by compartmentalization.
Not at all, it's not enough.
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It definitely depends on your needs. FreeBSD absolutely does support production workloads. Netflix as you mentioned, WhatsApp (Meta), and several ISPs and hosting providers make use of it. Any competent Linux sysadmin could learn to admin a BSD in no time. The FreeBSD handbook and the man pages are excellent. In my opinion they are far better quality than their Linux equivalents. You also won't have any issues if you…
It's not just administration, it's everything else living on your server. It's the difference being surprised when package x doesn't support ubuntu and being pleasantly surprised when it does support BSD. It's the difference between being the most well-tested and well-supported configuration of all your tools and a niche thing that a couple volunteers got working. Many of the things I did as a traditional university…
I work at the FreeBSD Foundation. There are a couple points I'd like to make. First, FreeBSD support in Ansible and Salt is very good. There is work to do on K8s, but runj represents a great start and there are a bunch of resources available on how to use FreeBSD for cloud native. Last, I think your final point that "[FreeBSD] should not be the default choice for a production deployment" could be worded better. I gather your meaning is "...for a general purpose enterprise deployment". Assuming that’s what you mean, FreeBSD limitations that make it difficult for general purpose enterprise use is something I have heard and that I am personally involved in trying to improve. To me, that's different from "production deployment". There is a long list of production deployments of FreeBSD at the infrastructure and device layers - routers, VPNs, firewalls, storage systems, hosted security solutions, industrial control systems, CDNs, payment networks, and embedded devices.