On: Migrate from Linux to FreeBSD

[jmclnx]

Well FreeBSD has something a hundred times better than docker, jails. And it has been around for almost 20 years.

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/jails/

I have used jails, though a slightly harder to set up, once setup it works great. I used it to open up ssh to an empty jail as a kind of file server. Mainly to sftp files to that I change on my laptop at a remote site. This is in the days before the "cloud".

I am always mystified why FreeBSD and Jails never took off as "the" cloud environment.

[akx → jmclnx]

Saying "a hundred times better" comes off a bit smug, especially when it's nearly immediately followed by "slightly harder to set up".

Those could be part of why it's not as popular.