Hello based people of lemmy,

I have recently started trying out BSDs as an alternative to Linux and found out that Spotify isn’t supported. Before you say try it in a browser this doesn’t work as spotify has DRM that doesn’t work on BSD OSes.

Now is there a way to stream music similar to Spotify? I know there is a downloader program available.

Furthermore do you know what self-hosted options are available? I already have a basic *arr stack and am always up for convoluted server and Linux hijinks.

  • amigan
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    5 months ago

    I am sure they have muddied the waters with some garbage “user-friendly” configuration.

    • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Honestly I haven’t found them to do anything daft yet. From my understanding FreeBSD is a pain to configure for desktop usage as it’s designed more for servers. Tell me if I am wrong.

      • amigan
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        5 months ago

        Yes, you are wrong. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system. You install what you need and configure what you need. GhostBSD and its ilk are for weenies.

          • amigan
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            5 months ago

            I use Arch too. I’ve been using FreeBSD for 21 years, though. I run everything on it, even this Lemmy instance.

            • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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              5 months ago

              Okay I will probably move to FreeBSD proper eventually. I am still new to this though and likely to break things. I don’t want to have to go through a whole process every time I mess up to get a usable working system until I actually know what I am doing.

              • amigan
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                5 months ago

                Install on ZFS root, snapshot a known good, then you can rollback as you wish.

                • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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                  5 months ago

                  Yeah this might be the way. I have created a FreeBSD current USB drive to install off of. I am thinking the newer slightly less stable version has less GPU issues as that seems to be the main factor.

                  • amigan
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                    5 months ago

                    That almost certainly untrue. Do not run CURRENT, it has INVARIANTS and WITNESS enabled that will make it painfully slow.

            • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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              5 months ago

              Out of curiosity what do you use Linux for and what do you use FreeBSD for? Do you use FreeBSD as a desktop or only as a server?

              • amigan
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                5 months ago

                Linux on laptops, and certain other servers (TV headend/DVR, APCO P25 SDRtrunk host), and video transfer workstation. FreeBSD on any other servers, routers, and workstations, including my home automation controller (I maintain a fork of Home Assistant for FreeBSD).