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Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)

In my previous article “Why you should migrate everything from Linux to BSD” part 1 and part 2 I addressed some of the “political issues” with GNU/Linux. And while I believe these issues are important and reasons to consider migrating from GNU/Linux to BSD, there also exist some important technical benefits to consider.

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