Looks like Linux's promotion of performance at all other costs has bitten them back! reddit / BSD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kyleW_ne · 2023-06-17 04:30 Seeing all the claims of Linux having the fastest IO of any Unix-like had me like why can't the *BSDs have this? Turns out it exposed a metric ton of security vulnerabilities! So bad that Google is having to disable IO_Uring in Chrome OS and limit it in Android! WOW! Sometimes slow and steady change like that in the *BSDs is better! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pauljouser · 2023-06-17 08:54 What do you think there is? A holy war between Linux or BSD or what? I just don't get it why the post is in "we will show them" tone. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- spiderpig_spiderpig_ · 2023-06-17 11:01 Breaking news : Developing new things leads to new vulnerabilities, more at 6. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Larma-Zepp · 2023-06-17 12:57 as much as i love *BSD's i don't get why we have to bash linux? every system has it's vulnerabilities, no reason to bring others down ---------------------------------------------------------------------- recourse7 · 2023-06-17 13:00 You are weird dude. Sorry. It's ok. Don't bash other work it's not a cool look. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Stormwind_Spear · 2023-06-17 14:19 All open source software is awesome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lenzo1337 · 2023-06-17 14:31 I like BSDs, but yeah no. Linux is cool too and you don't have to trash it for always pushing the edge of things. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- whattteva · 2023-06-17 14:36 Wow, this thread is interesting. The comments are mostly addressing why Linux bashing vs discussing the actual content. The irony here is that, this situation is way worse on the Linux subreddits that I frequent. Posts mentioning BSD or Windows are often downvoted there, especially when there are a lot of "Arch btw" people participating in it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rdcldrmr · 2023-06-17 14:59 This has "h-heh, they beat us in all the benchmarks but look how many problems there are! LOL" type vibes. Weak. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mloiterman · 2023-06-17 15:05 These wars have been going on since the dawn of time. It’s part of being an enthusiast. Punch cards, Unix, DOS, Macintosh, Windows, iOS, Android…whatever I use is better than what you use. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- replikatumbleweed · 2023-06-17 17:08 I take full advantage of this. Many of my systems are essentially off-line calculators, so I'll happily take as many vulnerabilities as they can create if I can crunch accurate numbers faster. 🤷‍♂️ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the_abortionat0r · 2023-06-17 18:20 I'm sorry you're salty your OS isn't useful for anything but thats no reason to act like a child. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the_abortionat0r · 2023-06-17 18:25 Why is the BSD community filled with people like you? Sorry Linux can do more than than BSD but you don't have to cry about it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Suitedbadge401 · 2023-06-17 19:11 Yep, people like tribalism. The internet exacerbates this. I like BSD better but that doesn’t invalidate Linux as another great system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the_abortionat0r · 2023-06-17 20:39 Except ReactOS. 20+ years with nothing to show for it. Edit: why the downvotes? They've spent 2 1/2 decades and don't have a functioning project. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the_abortionat0r · 2023-06-18 01:58 there's quite a bit of that here. Back when people were posting anime questions people would tell the poster to go to r/Linux. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kyleW_ne · 2023-06-18 02:02 I'm sorry the Linux community thinks they are the only Unix like out there and put Linuxisms in all their code. I wish we lived in a world where the SCO lawsuit never happened and BSD Unix reigned supreme! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kyleW_ne · 2023-06-18 02:04 I use Linux from time to time. I will celebrate every BSD win though because the world is full of Linux first and Linux only mindsets. The assorted *BSDs can barely make their fundraising goals while 10s of millions flood in for Linux. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the_abortionat0r · 2023-06-18 08:22 First off, Linux coders are going to code for Linux. And why shouldn't they? Not only is that what they already use but Linux is orders of magnitude more popular than BSD giving them little incentive to even consider. I mean hell people have to research whether their 3 year old laptops wifi would work meanwhile I slapped a 7950x/7900xt build together right after they came out without issue. Second, almost all Linux software is open source meaning you and others could port the programs/drivers over to BSD. The main issue here is a lack of man power due to a lack of interest. And thats not a dis its a fact as BSD in its current state has nothing to offer most desktop users who do anything more than chrome book level tasks. As far as an average desktop Joe would be concerned BSD is like Linux except they can't play their games, use their hardware they own, play certain DRM content, and lose access to 10s of thousands of programs. I find it insane that some of you try to take shots at a far more capable platform when you aren't in a position to compete. Also the SCO lawsuit not happening wouldn't magically make BSD rule the world. The very license that rules it is why it will never be the main *nix in the world. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- chatGPshiT · 2023-08-11 12:41 because windows is an extremely complex spaghetti monster, reverse engineering it is a heavy duty project as a result, and because of microsoft's very tight closed-source model. reactos doesn't have enough full-time devs to match that ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AccurateVictory · 2023-09-22 22:58 do you use FreeBSD on your laptop and in a production setup? macOS is not freebsd, so don't even try with this fishy argument. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kyleW_ne · 2023-09-22 23:04 Run OpenBSD on the Thinkpad E15, FreeBSD used to be ran on my old Xeon dual Processor system.