FreeNAS Switching From FreeBSD To Debian Linux

dnaumov writes "FreeNAS, a popular, free NAS solution, is moving away from using FreeBSD as its underlying core OS and switching to Debian Linux. Version 0.8 of FreeNAS as well as all further releases are going to be based on Linux, while the FreeBSD-based 0.7 branch of FreeNAS is going into maintenance-only mode, according to main developer Volker Theile. A discussion about the switch, including comments from the developers, can be found on the FreeNAS SourceForge discussion forum. Some users applaud the change, which promises improved hardware compatibility, while others voice concerns regarding the future of their existing setups and lack of ZFS support in Linux."

Comments

Re:ugh

[incripshin]

Native support for ZFS is a good reason to choose FreeBSD over Linux. You can make even your root partition ZFS. The reason ZFS is not in the Linux kernel is due to licensing, though.

I hate the GPL ... so much. I don't mind recommending people use FreeNAS because of the licensing. From now on, I'll tell people to use FreeBSD (or OpenBSD if they are awesome).

Re:Hmmm

[ToasterMonkey]

0.7 is a milestone. 2.0.5 is a milestone. Any special significance 1.0 has TO YOU is just that, an invention of your own mind, irrelevant to the rest of the world,

Really? Let me get this straight, we're talking about revision numbering schemes, and you're saying that "1" has no special meaning? None at all? The rest of the world agrees?

Are you fucking nuts? Of course it has no technical meaning, it is a revision identifier. It is also the first number, genius. Meaning the first of something in most damned cultures. There may have been rough drafts, demos, tests, mock ups, etc with prerelease version tracking identifiers, but "1" is the one you put in front of your audience as the first release. How you can get up on /. of all places and say labeling a product "1" has no special meaning is insane. The next most meaningful identifier would be "2", arguably your first real version number.

You are free to throw any made up numbering system along with any unrefined piece of trash at your audience, but having the balls to stand up and tell them explicitly that THIS is my product, as-built, "one dot fucking oh" is extremely meaningful.

Re:Well, it's open source, so fork it.

[Rob Riggs]

Netcraft confirms it: FreeBSD is dying. (Again!)

http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.netcraft.com

Doh!!