Subj : QWK Readers for FreeBSD
To   : Hakuchi
From : Atroxi
Date : Thu Sep 10 2020 14:39:00

-=> Hakuchi wrote to Atroxi <=-

 -=> Atroxi wrote to Hakuchi <=-

 At>  Yeah, a lot of people are saying nice stuff with Pop! OS. I haven't
 At> tried that personally, as I'm not that much of a fan of prebuilt stuff.

 Ha> I do feel you. But since I first got their laptop that came with it I
 Ha> thought to test it out and here I am :)

 Yup, if it does the job and you're happy with it there's no reason to switch
isn't it? I tried FreeBSD just because I was getting bored with Void Linux and
I was quite surprised that until now I haven't removed FreeBSD on my laptop.
It's unfortunate actually that steam doesn't work as well as on linux than on
here because that's the only thing that's keeping the Void Linux install on my
desktop box.

 At> I don't even know if I'll stop at FreeBSD, but so far I'm quite pleased
 At> at how organized stuff are. Perhaps I will go deeper into the rabbit
 At> hole and install OpenBSD, though I don't see any reason for it right
 At> now. In general, however, it was quite easy to port the scripts that I
 At> have written in Linux over here which made the hop much more pleasant.

 Ha> FBSD is good, but for some reason I found out that OBSD have matured
 Ha> rather well and I do like it. Basically I could install it as a daily
 Ha> driver since it has all I need.

 Man, I'm really curious with OpenBSD now. I don't know if it would make sense
for someone like me to run it. I don't really "study" computers on an academic
level and are not, currently, interested in deeper operating system stuff. I
heard that if you want to learn more about how operating systems work that you
should try using OpenBSD because the codebase is smaller and the community are
helpful in teaching you stuff around it.

 At>  X60s IS retro, it's quite funny how hard getting one of those thick
 At> laptops around my area. Whenever I ask about it on used computer shops,
 At> people always get shocked and ask why I'm looking for such an antique
 At> piece of computer and not their new, slightly used, sleek laptops.
 At> Perhaps they just don't get the appeal of Thinkpads.

 Ha> People think they do need all the shiny new hotness or whatever ... If
 Ha> anyting doesn't break, I have basically all the hardware I'll need for
 Ha> the rest of my life. If not newer camera body, but that is different :D

 Man, cameras are a different thing, isn't it. I don't understand it, but I can
sure see it's a different beast.

 Ha> ... "When you are crazy you learn to keep quiet." - Philip K. Dick
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