Subj : FreeBSD?
To   : Bencollver
From : Chickenhead
Date : Fri Nov 08 2019 16:21:17

  Re: FreeBSD?
  By: Bencollver to Chickenhead on Sat Nov 02 2019 12:01 pm

 >   Re: FreeBSD?
 >   By: Chickenhead to All on Fri Nov 01 2019 17:43:36
 >
 >  > So...anyone using FreeBSD here?
 >
 >  > Mostly I've been a Linux snob since about 1992 when I started messing
 >  > with t SLS distro...but recently, especially after systemd, I have been
 >  > experimenti with FreeBSD.  And liking it, a lot.
 >
 >
 > I don't currently run FreeBSD, but i have in the past.  I helped a friend
 > set up a FreeBSD laptop running KDE back in 1998.  I have also used
 > NetBSD and OpenBSD extensively.  I love the expertise and friendly can-do
 > attitudes in the NetBSD community, and the ambition and beautifully
 > written documentation in OpenBSD.
 >
 > My host machine runs Linux mainly because it has better driver support
 > and virtualization options.  I started with Unifix Linux in 1995.  It
 > came with hardcopy documentation that included important manuals and
 > walkthroughs.  I found this helpful because i didn't always have
 > Internet connectivity.
 >
 > I feel there is something not quite right about systemd.  It mainly has
 > to do with perceived hostility towards users.  The same can sometimes be
 > said about the OpenBSD project, whose leader is on the record inviting
 > misbehaving users to go kill themselves.  That is not necessary.  The
 > world is harsh enough as it is.
 >
 > What are you liking about FreeBSD so far?  I believe FreeBSD was the
 > first BSD to come out with a comprehensive handbook.  In my opinion
 > that is highly praise-worthy.
 >
 > Peace,
 > -Ben
 >

I ignored the systemd controversy when it first appeared but...the more I looke dinto it, the more I hated it.  I'll go on record right here saying that RedHat hired astroturfers to support it.   When Debian capitulated to systemd, I knew something was very wrong.  Lennart Pottering, the creator of systemd, also made the shit-tacular pulseaudio system infecting every linux system.

I like the attitude of FreeBSD.  They're not as extreme as OpenBSD.  I think they are carrying the standard of the original BSD team.  I love the FreeBSD handbook.  It does a great job of explaining everything.  RTFM in one handy document.

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