Ok, but then if everyone switches to BSD, won't it suffer the same fate? I.e. whenever something goes mainstream, corporations are drawn to it like insects to a lightbulb.
We'll then switch to something else, or maybe back to Linux.
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#12I'm not in the loop here. What's the "opt-out spyware" in linux distros the author mentions?
Tails
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#13> Proprietary operating systems like Microsoft Windows 10, Apple MacOS, and Google Android have become famous for their ill conduct... I find it mildly ironic that MacOS was based on BSD.
You mean like adding systemd and snaps ... that make it harder to run a system in a deterministic manner with easy security updates, etc?
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#14"Linux is fragmented", and then goes on to list Free, Open, Net, Dragonfly and avoids listing a few more. "Poettering creepware". Web developers who use Google Analytics are "stupid".
This is emotion-driven drivel.
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#15It's been multiple decades, "Linux Sucks" still seems to be the only thing BSD advocates talk about.
24 mentions of systemd and 0 mentions of the word "jails", come on, you're not even trying.
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#16Are HiDPI displays supported in BSD?
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#17nope
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#18I'm not in the loop here. What's the "opt-out spyware" in linux distros the author mentions?
From the article, it sounds like it's that upstream systemd uses Google Public DNS as a default (if you don't configure a server or get one in your DHCP lease) and Firefox uses Cloudflare's DNS-over-HTTPS, which would allow those companies to see all your DNS queries.
If you’re doing DNS some company is going to see your DNS queries. So the objection is the new default choice?
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#19I'm not in the loop here. What's the "opt-out spyware" in linux distros the author mentions?
From the article, it sounds like it's that upstream systemd uses Google Public DNS as a default (if you don't configure a server or get one in your DHCP lease) and Firefox uses Cloudflare's DNS-over-HTTPS, which would allow those companies to see all your DNS queries.
Relevant build options:
option('dns-servers', type : 'string',
description : 'space-separated list of default DNS servers',
value : '1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8 1.0.0.1 8.8.4.4 2606:4700:4700::1111 2001:4860:4860::8888 2606:4700:4700::1001 2001:4860:4860::8844')
option('ntp-servers', type : 'string',
description : 'space-separated list of default NTP servers',
value : 'time1.google.com time2.google.com time3.google.com time4.google.com')
Seems like Cloudflare primary then Google primary (followed by the secondary records in the same order) is the preferred default order for both IPv4 and IPv6.
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#20This post is mostly Linux FUD. I don’t understand what’s the use of this.
Actually I always found it funny and a little brave that Linus called ZFS a buzzword. In my opinion he’s right. ZFS breaks a lot of use cases but unless you know what you’re talking about you’re going to think it’s the end-all. I slightly prefer the MD-RAID system.