FreeBSD vs Linux VPS on LYLIX: what's different
FreeBSD on LYLIX is the same product as our Linux VPS — same KVM hardware virtualization, same plans and pricing, same portal. FreeBSD is simply an operating system you pick at order time (or switch to later with an OS reload). Here's what's the same, what differs, and when FreeBSD is the smarter choice.
Identical on both
Every hypervisor-level control works the same, and you never open a ticket for any of them: browser console, on-demand snapshots, OS reload, rescue mode, the cloud firewall, reverse DNS (IPv4 + IPv6), live graphs and bandwidth totals, and CPU/RAM/disk resource changes. Full root and a real kernel, either way.
Handled the FreeBSD way
- In-guest firewall / brute-force: the portal's fail2ban panel is Linux-only. On FreeBSD you use
pfwith anoverloadtable, orblacklistd. The hypervisor cloud firewall still applies. See the pf guide. - Software installs: the one-click app/stack installers target Debian/Ubuntu/AlmaLinux. On FreeBSD you install from
pkg(or ports) — fast and clean. See pkg basics. - Live hostname change: set the hostname in
/etc/rc.confwithsysrcinstead of the portal's live-change button. - Guest health diagnostics: the portal's one-click health report is Linux-only; inspect services natively with
service,sockstat, andtop.
When FreeBSD is the better pick
- Firewalls, VPNs, and routers:
pfis best-in-class, and WireGuard pairs beautifully with it. - Multi-service hosts: jails give you clean per-service isolation with almost no overhead.
- Databases and infrastructure daemons: a conservative base system that versions the kernel and userland together — PostgreSQL and mail are classic FreeBSD workloads.
The base system updates as one coherent unit rather than a pile of independent packages, and the documentation (the FreeBSD Handbook) is famously thorough. If that's your world, you get it here with the same self-service portal as everything else.