[HN Gopher] Desktop FreeBSD won't improve unless people are usin...
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       Desktop FreeBSD won't improve unless people are using it
        
       Author : nixcraft
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2023-03-30 20:23 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | betaby wrote:
       | I can't think of any reason why would one use BSD on desktop or
       | anywhere really. BSD flavours were popular 10-20 years ago for
       | licensing reasons. Think like Junos 9 (FreeBSD), FTOS (NetBSD).
       | Now the world largely moved to Linux.
        
         | remexre wrote:
         | I run FreeBSD for networking purposes -- I still find PF much
         | more comprehensible and reviewable than nftables.
        
           | betaby wrote:
           | Well yes. Also PF offers way less functionality than nftables
           | + tc. So no surprise it's easier to use/understand.
        
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