Post B0eKoEXMBx7OSeJhlA by ajlewis2@social.vivaldi.net
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 (DIR) Post #B0c0pzcIFXQbMlGe1o by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2025-11-25T10:12:12Z
       
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       As expected, on some well known news sites my latest blog post also drew some interesting comments, offering a few things to think about. On average, the readers who replied see "Linux" as the opposite of macOS or Windows, basically an anti something. Not because of its strengths, but because of the flaws they associate with its "competitors". They also focus entirely on the desktop world, which I can understand.Many of them also confuse popularity with quality. The fact that other operating systems such as the BSDs or illumos are less widespread leads them to assume they are less "interesting". That is an ideological contradiction, because by the same logic Windows and macOS would be far superior to everything else simply because they dominate an enormous share of desktop systems.#ITNotes #OS #IT
       
 (DIR) Post #B0c0q166kAs3xWDy8e by daftaupe@snac.toret.fr
       2025-11-25T18:17:45Z
       
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       There's this quote from Theo de Raadt : “Linux people do what they do because they hate Microsoft. We do what we do because we love Unix.” I think it sums up pretty well why I prefer the BSD world.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0cOv99qbJiHIzx7Sa by omar@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2025-11-25T22:51:04Z
       
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       @stefano  Not good. Only people who were teenage in 2010s would think that.One who just discovered Ubuntu or was more webdev oriented.It matches the disinterest on infra/sysadmin stuff of that specific era when all the junkie salesmen were pushing for azure, aws and other serverless BS...And yes, Microsoft sucked and still sucks. The "right tool for the job" is a fallacy from people who would not really care, often FreeBSDsters :)M$ is about coercion, never technical merit.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0cbWkH8lC2KaX3h7g by mischievoustomato@tsundere.love
       2025-11-26T01:12:32.423597Z
       
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       @stefano bsds seem to have qualities server-wise but less useful desktop/laptop-wise.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0eKoD4bdMWfvBrEJ6 by peteorrall@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2025-11-25T12:43:55Z
       
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       @stefano The *perception* that #Linux is anti- #Windows or #MacOS was understandable back in the day when Steve Ballmer was running the show and #Microsoft pumped out no shortage of anti-Linux FUD and propaganda.It's also important to note at that time the OS landscape was very different.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0eKoEXMBx7OSeJhlA by ajlewis2@social.vivaldi.net
       2025-11-25T14:00:52Z
       
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       @peteorrall @stefano Oh, I had quite forgotten that stuff MS was putting out about Linux back then.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0eKoFGNUZ8AiHNevw by peteorrall@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2025-11-25T18:03:21Z
       
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       @ajlewis2 @stefano Microsoft's anti-Linux #FUD was probably the #best #marketing and #advertising and #promotion for #Linux.At the time, if memory serves correctly, Windows XP/2003 were the current OSes then.  It wasn't like they were stable or secure.  MS poured millions into those ads. 😂
       
 (DIR) Post #B0eKoGSp1mgARAD6y8 by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2025-11-25T18:06:54Z
       
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       @peteorrall @ajlewis2 I'm more worried now that Microsoft loves Linux than when they hated it.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0eKoHGS3GNUv5QkKG by peteorrall@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2025-11-25T18:33:33Z
       
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       @stefano @ajlewis2 They're Linux-heavy now because they were becoming irrelevant by holding onto legacy Windows tech.  But, let's not forget two things:1.) Microsoft has always been, for decades, a reactive company and they have not innovated in years.2.) Their messaging has not been consistent with their actions.  Even during the Ballmer days, they've had many production environments which ran Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris.We know that company's MO: embrace, extend, extinguish.  But I can't help but seriously wonder what their long term plans with that OS are.On the other hand, had Ballmer not doubled down on NT and instead forked FreeBSD as their next-gen OS two decades ago then they probably would have crushed Linux in the data center.