Migrate from Linux to FreeBSD

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  • nixpkgs

    Nix Packages collection & NixOS

    • > Several applications that were apparently built for Linux, so they did not compile on Freebsd (and no alternatives available).

    There's a PR hopefully landing soon in nixpkgs to add freebsd building: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/82131

    I was wondering if there's a builder at some point, it may improve the compatibility for the whole ecosystem. There's definitely a lot of fixes going upstream from darwin build failures.

  • OpenDoas

    A portable fork of the OpenBSD `doas` command

    • In addition to what you've said, nobody is forcing anybody to use sudo. Most of my systems don't have it at all — it's simply not necessary. Some of the others use the lightweight doas ported from OpenBSD:

    https://github.com/Duncaen/OpenDoas

  • InfluxDB

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  • freebsd-wifibox

    wifibox: Use Linux to drive your wireless card on FreeBSD

    • I hardly can take this as valid answer until https://github.com/pgj/freebsd-wifibox exists and in active use by FreeBSD users.

  • linux-browser-installer

    Script to install Linux browsers under a Linux chroot on FreeBSD

    • You can also install and use Google Chrome on FreeBSD pretty easy with this:

    - https://github.com/mrclksr/linux-browser-installer

    It will just use FreeBSD Linux Binary Compatibility layer (not emulation). FreeBSD supports most Linux syscalls with it so it can run unmodified Linux binaries 'just like that'.

    More here:

    - https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/linuxemu/

    Regards.

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