Since 2014 did I have a simple server (droplet) at DO. In December 2020 I migrated to FreeBSD as the host OS. However with the move into a pre-rendered website using Publii I no longer need a full fledged server. Just some space where I can let the site be hosted as is. Since I made the move for our email to Strato earlier this year, let’s see what the possibilities are. ...
My server was still running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, so time to think about upgrading the OS. Besides the upgrading I was a bit fed-up with the whole Wordpress setup. Not really happy with the product. So how to solve these two issues? After a hiatus of around 12 years back into using FreeBSD as the OS on the server. In a couple of hours I setup a new droplet with FreeBSD as host OS. Pretty simple and memory muscle returned. Did get myself a nice book on the topic: “Absolute FreeBSD, third Edition” To me more of a nice reference book. Help full that is for sure. ...