Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (essay; unixsheikh.com)

npro

@ybjrepnfr said in Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (essay; unixsheikh.com):

it's time i created a new VM for another attempt to teach myself FreeBSD

so, what's the plan after all? Will it be via the "GhostBSD" way or are you willing to go straight vanilla FreeBSD?

ybjrepnfr

@npro no, was the way i tried the last [= first] time, & i was very underwhelmed by the experience. given these recent write-ups i've been seeing for FreeBSD i think i'd like to try this [still no spare time yet; i won't be rushing into it]. pls note though; i don't have much confidence in my "ability" [ ], so i shall be going into this project in full expectation of failing thru lack of understanding. anyway, stuff like this at least keeps me busy & stops me playing in the traffic

npro

@ybjrepnfr oh, your experience reminds me of someone else's, afair she was having a hard time in QEMU. If you have Virtualbox, I'd say try it there, you don't want to be like her . Or Ghost-/FreeBSD in Ventoy bare-metal to check for hardware compatibility, don't expect much with laptops...wi-fi... .

I have mixed feelings about FreeBSD, there has been much controversy in the past about many things, (so there are quite a lot negative write-ups as well, heh), my main gripe would be the BSD license (and running some Linux software with Linuxulator -Linux is a kernel module there-), but otoh it's a nice nerdy experience and it isn't plagued with flatpaks, snaps, etc of the corp Linux world. Ofc I don't know the state of various DE and programs there, haven't played around with it for a long time.

ybjrepnfr

@npro interesting thoughts, t/y.

weird though that you almost seem to be alluding to some other peep. total mystery to me; clearly long before my time here

npro

@jane-n ... seriously...

ybjrepnfr

@npro heeheehee, you've only just got 'em back, but already you've spent 'em all.

npro

@ybjrepnfr those were yesterday's, they don't count

npro

@npro @jane-n I take it back, please don't remove it, now that it decorates my cover picture

ybjrepnfr

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npro

Fresh from the oven:

Currently fewer than half of users consider FreeBSD their daily driver; Individuals are less likely than Corporate Users to consider FreeBSD primary. The barrier seems to be less about software and more about hardware support, particularly around Wi-Fi drivers (which are at the top of the wish list for the Foundation to focus on in the coming year). A relatively high number of those who don't consider FreeBSD their main OS say they would consider doing so with hardware support for desktops and laptops that was equivalent to Linux.

https://lwn.net/Articles/975807/

ybjrepnfr

@npro ha, yeah, i abandoned my silly attempts to learn bsd, several months ago. whilst i usually enjoy technical challenges & learning new stuff, i also know when my incompetence coefficient vastly exceeds the challenge at hand

DoctorG

Funfact: BSD got a installer GUI, so trouble with shell and installer scripts are less nasty.

npro

@DoctorG don't say such things I can sense suffering again

ybjrepnfr

@npro oooooh! interesting...

DoctorG

@npro Do not yell,
UNIX was worse to maintain, i know from the 80ies and 90ies.
FreeBSD is sometimes like telling you NHSTFM (No Help Study The F.... Manuals).

DoctorG

@npro said in Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (essay; unixsheikh.com):

I can sense suffering

Then you need a large package Hansaplast to fix your wounds you get by boxing onto screen or smashing keyboard against the wall.

npro

@DoctorG @ybjrepnfr you hear that? Quickly before the drugstore (funny name -why not pharmacy-) closes!

npro

@DoctorG said in Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (essay; unixsheikh.com):

FreeBSD

I like OpenBSD better, from this image alone: (yes it's going to be your next avatar I know, you are welcome)

ybjrepnfr

@npro would you pls pop back over to our other thread so i can ask you a question?