If I search for ClearOS I find mostly 2+ year old threads. Many older. Many talking about how it has been defunct for years… however if I just visit the site it seems to be still in development and up to date. It also seems like something selfhosted users would like… however I couldn’t find any recent discussions on it to see if its garbage or not.
I plan on installing it tomorrow to check it out. I’ve been trying to migrate away from pfSense but I’ve been having a hell of a time finding a viable alternative and came across some very old ClearOS threads which is how it got on my radar.
I’ve been trying to get an OpnSense install up and running but I just can’t get it working in the most basic installation. My original plan was just to migrate directly to OpnSense but I’ve pretty much given up on it.
You should take a look a this website below
If you’re coming from pfsense, opnsense will be your best alternative
Lots of good articles to begin with opnsense : https://homenetworkguy.com/tags/opnsense/
Do try vyos its faster than pfsense small footprint network very stable
I remember ClearOS had a particular intel bias? But i dont remember much about it. Its a name ive havent heard others mention in a while
ClearOS Community basically died. They still exist but only to continue support for existing customers. It’s not active and it hasn’t really changed since 2013.
Basically, everything ClearOS does, another product does better and free-er. TrueNAS Scale for storage, Proxmox or XCP-NG for Virtualization, and both TrueNAS Scale and PVE have containerization support, so you can spin up the services you actually need using a technology that’s modern. For the full package, Univention basically took the ClearOS approach and made it on Ubuntu. In the network side, VyOS and PF/OpnSense took over routing, while the Sense products plus PiHole and AdGuard Home made DNS management easy.
I think the problem with Clear OS is that it has a very narrow market. People comfortable with Linux and containers have their own preferred method. And band new users don’t know it exists.
As for your OPNsense issue, I have never seen anything like that before and can not understand it. Hardware conflict perhaps? You can also try OpenWRT or there is a free Sophos firewall. Also Firewalla, but it is a bit old…