<p>In this episode of Syscast, I talk to <a href="https://jpmens.net/">Jan-Piet Mens</a> to discuss the differences between Linux and BSD systems.</p>
<p>If you have any feedback, as always, reach out via e-mail at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/mattiasgeniar">@mattiasgeniar</a>.</p>
<h2 id="show-topics">Show topics</h2>
<p>We discuss:</p>
<ul>
<li>The differences between Linux & BSD in user-land</li>
<li>Why did Linux become more popular than BSD?</li>
<li>How systemd drove Jan-Piet to BSD 😉</li>
<li>The differences of distributions vs. operating systems</li>
<li>FreeBSD vs OpenBSD vs NetBSD</li>
<li>Package managers in BSD</li>
<li>Creating packages for BSD</li>
<li>“pkg” vs “ports” in BSD</li>
<li>Filesystem differences between Linux & BSD</li>
<li>Managing Linux vs BSD with Ansible</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="additional-shownotes">Additional shownotes</h2>
<ul>
<li>Jan-Piet’s site: <a href="https://jpmens.net/">jpmens.net</a></li>
<li>Jan-Piet on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jpmens">@jpmens</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="sponsors">Sponsors</h2>
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<ul>
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<p>Thanks for tuning in!</p>
