Post AQ6ja6prIIZr9u2AW8 by skaficianado@mastodon.sdf.org
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 (DIR) Post #AQ6ja6LN7eBtdLlozw by skaficianado@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-11-29T20:45:23Z
       
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       hark! riding on the winds of change blowing thru my laptop comes...
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ6ja6prIIZr9u2AW8 by skaficianado@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-11-29T20:49:31Z
       
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       some context: currently running Debian stable. i like the Debian project's ethos, but i really am over systemd (your commentary on this is not required, thank you). *BSD entered the chat only recently. i have used Devuan before (within the past 3 years); i have used slackware before (about 20 years ago); i have never used any BSD as a primary driver.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ6ja7IZZXXuaxT6H2 by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-11-29T20:56:23Z
       
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       @skaficianado If your laptop is supported, #openbsd is a pleasure to use, and offers an experience really close to Debian/Devuan.I used it for several years on a old and battered Dell laptop - at the time the only issue was getting wifi working, which I got around by using a PCMCIA card.Since my daily driver today is a beast of a laptop, I have Ubuntu installed on it, as I suspect #openbsd would not support the hardware very well.(#slackware would be, of course, my 2nd choice)
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ6nCAMmuhhsydH6tk by skaficianado@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-11-29T21:36:48Z
       
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       @ParadeGrotesque interesting. you would take #slackware over #FreeBSD while recommending #OpenBSD? i had been considering #OpenBSD, but (candidly) found the install somewhat intimidating when tinkering with it on a VM.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ6s0iL1HYbudKo3yS by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-11-29T22:30:50Z
       
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       @skaficianado Slackware is easy: it's Linux, so almost everything works out of the box.OpenBSD installer may seem intimidating, but it is actually extremely simple, it's basically asking logical questions and presenting the safe, default option.Once installed, if all your hardware is supported, OpenBSD is a pleasure to use: everything just works, the documentation is enough to understand how things are put together, patching, upgrading and installing system & application is super simple.