Company
Date Published
Author
Daniel Maher, Uroš Gruber
Word count
2248
Language
English
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None

Summary

Daniel Maher and Uroš Gruber discuss FreeBSD, a Unix-like operating system. Uroš, the maintainer of the Datadog Agent port for FreeBSD, shares his experience with porting software to the platform. He highlights the challenges he faced, including differences in file paths, variable replacement, and configuration files. Despite these difficulties, Uroš successfully completed the port and made several patches to improve the integration with FreeBSD. He also expresses interest in contributing to other projects, such as supporting FreeBSD jails. The conversation showcases Uroš's passion for technology and his willingness to learn and adapt to new challenges.