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PfSense Software Embraces Change: A Strategic Migration to the Linux Kernel

by thebiss on 4/4/24, 4:36 PM with 30 comments

  • by EgoIncarnate on 4/4/24, 5:07 PM

    It's an April Fool's joke.

      "jwt NETGATE 3 days ago
      @johnpoz said in Serious ....:
        I don't recall them doing things before about April fools
      we (I) did, back in 2017 https://www.netgate.com/blog/building-a-behemoth-router
      I even pointed to it in today's."
    
    https://forum.netgate.com/topic/187100/serious/6?_=171214303...
  • by craftkiller on 4/4/24, 4:58 PM

    Looks like I made the right choice switching to OPNsense a couple months ago.
  • by bjw4 on 4/4/24, 5:00 PM

    Maybe we’ll see decent PPPoE performance from PFSense in the future then - had to move to OpenWrt as PFSense has a single threaded implementation
  • by elromulous on 4/4/24, 4:55 PM

    This must be an April fool's joke. It's dated 4/1.
  • by kaladin-jasnah on 4/4/24, 4:56 PM

    Are there prior projects that have the Linux kernel with a "FreeBSD userland"? This is the first time I'm hearing of such an idea. What would that entail? This report isn't particularly clear on such technical details.
  • by freedomben on 4/4/24, 7:41 PM

    If you're going to perpetuate this awful tradition (it was a little bit funny the first couple of years, but the funny has long since worn off), at least mark your post as clearly "April Fools" on or before April 2nd. Clever April Fools gag, but poorly executed because of this.
  • by ttt3ts on 4/4/24, 5:13 PM

    Poorly executed april fools joke?