Subj : Re: FreeBSD?
To : Arelor
From : Atroxi
Date : Thu Sep 10 2020 02:33 pm
-=> Arelor wrote to Atroxi <=-
Ar> Re: Re: FreeBSD?
Ar> By: Atroxi to Chickenhead on Wed Aug 26 2020 04:15 pm
> -=> Chickenhead wrote to All <=-
>
> Ch> So...anyone using FreeBSD here?
>
> I've actually started running FreeBSD on my laptop for quite some time now.
I'm
> astounded at how compatible my stuff are to it and I have had less than 10
issues
> migrating my workflow to it. I wish FreeBSD had good Steam support so that I
can
> wholly jump ship to it. But as it stands right now, I have to keep my
desktop runni
> Linux on the off-chance that someone invites me to play a casual game every
once in
> blue moon.
>
> But other than that, I'm liking how FreeBSD handles things. It might sound
overly
> cliche but all their talk about stuff being clean and easy to understand is
true. I
> don't consider myself a technical expert on lower level stuff but the way
they wrot
> their handbook and their system manpages are just awesome and really
approachable.
> used to say that I learned a lot about my computer using Linux as compared
to using
> Windows but now I can say that I learned a lot more about computers using
FreeBSD t
> using Linux.
>
> ... You want to delete me right? Yeah, you sure do. You slut.
Ar> FreeBSD is nice. It feels a lot like a BSD-licensed Linux at times,
Ar> though. When I want a BSD experience I usually end up running OpenBSD,
Ar> but that is a different beast. If you run that one, expect to do some
Ar> software porting if you want to make the most out of it :-)
I'm curious, how come is it a "BSD-licensed linux"? Yeah, OpenBSD is this thing
in the back of my head that I wanted to try out just for the sheer novelty of
it but I don't know if it will fit my usecase. But we'll see.
... The number you have dailed...Nine-one-one...has been changed.
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