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NetBSD 10.0 Released

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Re: NetBSD 10.0 Released

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Post by nvy »

albinahlback wrote: post #6

I've been interested to try out (Net|Open|Free)BSD for a while. I mostly code and compile C code. What should one expect when going from Linux to either of these BSD systems?

Poor driver support, poor performance, lots of manual editing of config files to accomplish routine tasks, but BSD is "more cohesive" according to most of its proponents.

Re: NetBSD 10.0 Released

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

albinahlback wrote: post #6

I've been interested to try out (Net|Open|Free)BSD for a while. I mostly code and compile C code. What should one expect when going from Linux to either of these BSD systems?

If you want something with GUI out of the box, consider GhostBSD. IMHO OpenBSD also has an advantage when being used as a laptop or desktop because its developers seem more inclined to daily drive it than free/net.

Re: NetBSD 10.0 Released

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Post by DEADMINCE »

albinahlback wrote: post #6

I've been interested to try out (Net|Open|Free)BSD for a while. I mostly code and compile C code. What should one expect when going from Linux to either of these BSD systems?

From a userspace/user perspective, honestly not that much will be different.

The package management is different from apt/rpm but there are plenty of distros with pkgsrc type systems.

Most FOSS software is available and provided, for some Linux only stuff there is linux emulation.

Less support for drivers and new features.

Really IMO it comes down to kernel features and development, and given Linux kernel security attitudes *BSD can be pretty tempting sometimes.

Re: NetBSD 10.0 Released

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Post by cess11 »

albinahlback wrote: post #6

I've been interested to try out (Net|Open|Free)BSD for a while. I mostly code and compile C code. What should one expect when going from Linux to either of these BSD systems?

It's true that drivers might require a bit of fiddling, but if your hardware has been around for a while you'll probably manage.

I'm quite fond of OpenBSD. It's such a nice, wholesome Unix experience. The man-files are great, typically you can get by on those if you mess up and lose Internet connection. To me it has a feeling of being rock solid, like it'll never break. Common programs differ a bit, pkg_add rather than apt/RPM/pacman/&c., you'll probably use pf rather than ufw or iptables, vmm/vmd rather than Docker/jails, flags on some everyday terminal tooling work differently.

Some software just isn't available due to it being considered insecure by the OpenBSD community or its 'dictator for life'. As a C developer you might run into such constraints.

Re: NetBSD 10.0 Released

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Post by dgfitz »

I am really quite heavily involved in the tech sector, across a lot of domains. I don’t know a soul who runs a BSD variant. How can I expose myself to this arena beyond making a BSD box… which seems like a waste of time at the moment.

Re: NetBSD 10.0 Released

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Post by Mister_Snuggles »

dgfitz wrote: post #17

I am really quite heavily involved in the tech sector, across a lot of domains. I don’t know a soul who runs a BSD variant. How can I expose myself to this arena beyond making a BSD box… which seems like a waste of time at the moment.

Why do you consider it a waste of time?

Re: NetBSD 10.0 Released

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Post by krylon »

Hooray! I've been running successive release candidates in a VM for a couple of weeks now, just upgraded to 10.0-RC6 this week. Guess I'll do another upgrade soon.
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