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Clarification for Ansible and BSD Introduction (#69275)

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Bug: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69274
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Ansible and BSD
===============
Managing BSD machines is different from managing Linux/Unix machines. If you have managed nodes running BSD, review these topics.
Managing BSD machines is different from managing other Unix-like machines. If you have managed nodes running BSD, review these topics.
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Setting the Python interpreter
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To support a variety of Unix/Linux operating systems and distributions, Ansible cannot always rely on the existing environment or ``env`` variables to locate the correct Python binary. By default, modules point at ``/usr/bin/python`` as this is the most common location. On BSD variants, this path may differ, so it is advised to inform Ansible of the binary's location, through the ``ansible_python_interpreter`` inventory variable. For example:
To support a variety of Unix-like operating systems and distributions, Ansible cannot always rely on the existing environment or ``env`` variables to locate the correct Python binary. By default, modules point at ``/usr/bin/python`` as this is the most common location. On BSD variants, this path may differ, so it is advised to inform Ansible of the binary's location, through the ``ansible_python_interpreter`` inventory variable. For example:
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Which modules are available?
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The majority of the core Ansible modules are written for a combination of Linux/Unix machines and other generic services, so most should function well on the BSDs with the obvious exception of those that are aimed at Linux-only technologies (such as LVG).
The majority of the core Ansible modules are written for a combination of Unix-like machines and other generic services, so most should function well on the BSDs with the obvious exception of those that are aimed at Linux-only technologies (such as LVG).
Using BSD as the control node
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