{"id":116184,"date":"2024-05-30T09:38:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T07:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/novosti-interneta\/rezultaty-oprosa-polzovatelej-freebsd-i-plan-ustraneniya-vyyavlennyh-problem"},"modified":"2026-02-08T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:54:28","slug":"rezultaty-oprosa-polzovatelej-freebsd-i-plan-ustraneniya-vyyavlennyh-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/news\/rezultaty-oprosa-polzovatelej-freebsd-i-plan-ustraneniya-vyyavlennyh-problem","title":{"rendered":"Results of the FreeBSD user survey and plan to address identified issues","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FreeBSD Foundation has published the results (PDF, 62 pages) of a survey conducted among users and developers of the project to understand the state of the community, identify typical usage scenarios for FreeBSD, prioritize development goals, and highlight areas that require special attention. The survey included about 50 questions and had 1,446 participants.<\/p>\n<p>Identified trends:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"l\">50% of users run FreeBSD on <a href=\"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/server\/\">servers<\/a>, while 18% on PCs, 14% on laptops, and 6% in cloud systems.<\/li>\n<li class=\"l\">76% of server users consider ZFS the most important feature of FreeBSD on servers. In second place, 69% noted the importance of access to patches that fix security issues. 58% highlighted filesystem performance, 53% - jail, 52% - firewalls, 43% - system updates without reinstallation, 40% - relevance of server application versions, 38% - storage systems (iSCSI, NFS, smb\/Samba), 37% - networking performance, 36% - virtualization, 28% - router features, 25% - energy efficiency, 24% - security enhancements, 23% - application isolation, 23% - NAT.<\/li>\n<li class=\"l\">76% of surveyed server users utilize FreeBSD for storage organization (NFS, samba, ZFS), 74% for web servers, 69% for firewalls, proxies and routers, 50% for development, 48% for mail servers, 46% for internal applications, and 39% for databases.<\/li>\n<li class=\"l\">77% of laptop users prefer Lenovo\/IBM laptops, 45% - Dell (several options could be chosen in the survey), 22% - HP, 20% - Apple, 19% - Framework, 16% - Asus, 11% - System76, 10% - Pinebook\/Pinephone\/Pine64, 10% - Acer.<\/li>\n<li class=\"l\">21% of laptop and PC users use KDE, 20% - Xfce, 9% - i3, 8% - GNOME, 4% - Sway, 4% - Dwm, 4% - MATE.<\/li>\n<li class=\"l\">15% install updates immediately after they are released, 11% - daily, 28% - weekly, 13% - every two weeks, 17% - monthly, 15% - less often than monthly.<\/li>\n<li class=\"l\">The typical participant profile: average age 45 years (17% under 35, 61% - 35-54, 20% over 55), residing in Europe (52%) or North America (33%), with experience working with FreeBSD of 13-14 years (45% over 15 years, 27% - 5-15 years, 28% - less than 5 years).<\/li>\n<li class=\"l\">29% are involved in development (of which 10% are committers). 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Implementing a mentorship program to support new users.<\/li>\n<li class=\"l\">Updating documentation aimed at structuring materials and removing outdated information. Creating a unified website for documentation.<\/li>\n<li class=\"l\">Improving hardware support. The priority area includes the development of drivers for Wi-Fi and particularly sought-after hardware components. Establishing partnerships with manufacturers aimed at increasing compatibility of their devices with FreeBSD.<\/li>\n<li class=\"l\">Simplifying and documenting the processes for participating in development. Creating clear guides and conducting training seminars. Promoting mentorship to support new developers.<\/li>\n<li class=\"l\">Creating initiatives to attract users from regions where the FreeBSD OS is less prevalent. 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