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Status No Plans to Implement
Workspace Domino
Categories General
Created by Guest
Created on May 9, 2026

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FreeBSD version of HCL Domino

While it's nice that Domino runs on Linux, let's not forget that there is another Unix-like OS that is a little bit of an underdog: FreeBSD!

Why support FreeBSD? I'll give a few reasons:
- FreeBSD is a stable OS that rarely changes, you can be sure that once you have Domino running on FreeBSD, it will keep running for a long time as ABI and init systems rarely changes on FreeBSD
- FreeBSD has first-class support for ZFS, meaning Domino upgrades don't have to be risky or painful as we have ZFS snapshots/clones and not to forget boot environments via "bectl" command to make upgrades a breeze.

- FreeBSD has jails, which means multiple instances of Domino can be installed on the same server, running in their own version of the OS. It's like docker, but without the overhead of managing images etc... as jails run in their ZFS-powered directory. No need for special tools to build jails. For those old enough to remember, it's like "zones" in Solaris.

- There is only 1 FreeBSD, no different distributions you need to keep an eye on. (also see point 1)

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    Thomas Hampel
    May 12, 2026

    Updating my previous comment.
    No plans for FreeBSD support anytime soon. The business demand for this platform is way too low.

    If you think it should be done, please continue to vote for this idea.

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