From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jan 20 07:50:09 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D53E61F06E3 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:50:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from clay.daniels.jr@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lj1-x22a.google.com (mail-lj1-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::22a]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 481P336nrdz4Cbl for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:50:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from clay.daniels.jr@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lj1-x22a.google.com with SMTP id l2so32704041lja.6 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:50:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=RJlN2goBTY7FZ0ZgHm8PpI7+d8kITjZk20IKM+FrDCI=; b=szx6mTXUOPJfRQWnmOTUuQjc06lc98aBeoW5kISTBg3F+tau2zFgp9c4DemEE/TU2X TqaGMxdRg/HqpeHSSvqWegTUSHzdECSdRnS5X5OcDQ3Z7jil2dEqrTOGaN0ZdwOk0Zh9 bZSKhkdS4Tr+r9DJgDABTCt2bAnet88OYppF6e0knTr/gy9LMBeH9jBqRM1wz+cT2SGX NbXbWm71vWhqRLma8F6OW5+89YbHJLG/nBVKVHdg+dtPDrK9Ns3FWuj8lbYC0pq5i97l ETS6ppSRz3vmaVzxmu0Db8ly9lupOs0mgbasp0KVd/UVB3anrKxg12uP/MAc2nKegiWp aB/g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=RJlN2goBTY7FZ0ZgHm8PpI7+d8kITjZk20IKM+FrDCI=; b=F1TZ9jRC+EtEeBhTgHYyRF74+b06oh/XSnhgJ+ATkk+Ko8u3PMd4i7Ikc6xD/6GFbv sXiwcTv/PAWurSb2A5I/ne/UUh6RW9QThrcpLlGZaFw1kUc8L+w7IOHoq6+otbdVe2Nl T2SxZqY7ntEWNO5L2yJ9Yp2+nnxSdIG0KvQpJ2OIAOnGmXGMgR/cnvxDRYFDEFP9jl9x 5c26KiKNAH1zMMSrTBghC3dz3lQ7pgOX06AHJHjMs5HXcTAehXLzHCh/KIuC6Uj6IJU4 BaoSU+oF2trbMx5EaOKLz1ibtU4pN/o70Dqx+5KbIt5lI4q59UrpeDKGKOjLbfdK4wJF Bluw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWtPQS2egHjlRihYx5cfPPrWzC0jPOVhvx753DAaE7nVZhGVzrA qdk1vFt7/yQkQFoqNkCb9umZs+uaX0nColV00DImzvY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqx3RSzNXiWCezJKvQV8rzPTmQhWUqLjOY3dgqjJlDKBA6WhwOqnmvRaQrr0kq6aWCs6BIOOYmR8z/orNNTQOlg= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:9587:: with SMTP id w7mr12826857ljh.42.1579506605409; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:50:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Clay Daniels Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 01:49:54 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: DistroWatch now runs web server on FreeBSD To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 481P336nrdz4Cbl X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=szx6mTXU; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of claydanielsjr@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4864:20::22a as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=claydanielsjr@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.00 / 15.00]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; URI_COUNT_ODD(1.00)[9]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[ip: (-8.91), ipnet: 2a00:1450::/32(-2.59), asn: 15169(-1.82), country: US(-0.05)]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[a.2.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.5.4.1.0.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:50:09 -0000 DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 849, 20 January 2020 https://distrowatch.com/ *Server upgrade* Last weekend we migrated from our old web server to a new machine. The old box was having some hardware trouble and we felt it was time to switch over to newer (and hopefully more reliable) equipment for the long-term health of this website. The migration went smoothly for the most part and we were happy to complete the transition from the old server to the new one without experiencing any downtime. Since we were getting a fresh start with the equipment and were not in a terrible rush to get it set up, it opened the opportunity to talk about which technologies we wanted to run on the new server. We are, after all, not immune to the siren song of distro-hopping and like to try out different approaches from time to time. In the end, we decided to run FreeBSD on the new server, which offers some nice features such as filesystem snapshots, boot environments, the PF firewall, and long-term support. Previously we had been running Debian for the past twelve years and had a very good experience with the distribution. You can see more of the history of the operating systems running on the DistroWatch web server on our FAQ page . (I'm a DistroWatch fan)