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Cloud Computing and BSD’s Place In It

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I am a Linux guy.  But I am also a big lover and user of OpenBSD and FreeBSD.  This got me to thinking of BSD and it’s place in Cloud Computing.  In terms of Amazon Web Services EC2 I have yet to see it.  When checking the FreeBSD and OpenBSD projects I have yet to see it at all in a Xen form.  There are a few posting regarding getting it to sort of work.  There is a wiki page for FreeBSD project dedicated to a Xen port.  I believe this lack of Xen support will not help BSDs to compete with Linux flavors.  I would love to be able to use BSD for certain roles.

Written by J

February 26, 2009 at 9:36 pm

Posted in AWS, BSD, EC2, FreeBSD, OpenBSD

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  1. I’ve also found that FreeBSD doesn’t play well with some VM hosts, VirtualBox in particular.

    Works great under VMWare though.

    Real FreeBSD Tips

    February 27, 2009 at 12:44 pm


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