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Archive: March 2026

Why I Love FreeBSD

FreeBSD

10 min read

16/03/2026 08:10:00 • Last modified: 15/03/2026 08:10:00

by Stefano Marinelli

A personal reflection on my first encounter with FreeBSD in 2002, how it shaped the way I design and run systems, and why its philosophy, stability, and community still matter to me more than twenty years later.

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