The licensing agreements of BSD make it more likely to be taken over by corporations, not less. Copyleft is a feature of Linux, not a bug. From a practical level, BSDs have also way less driver and software support than Linuxes. Outside of FreeBSDs network stack being better than the Linux stack, I can't see a reason to use BSD over Linux unless you want full proprietary control over your platform, which most times you don't need to make lots of money, at least to that degree.
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Re: Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD
#32> DNS over HTTPS is by itself bad enough, and highly criticized with good reason
The criticisms of DoH seem to be around removing the ability of third parties to snoop on your DNS queries. Am I missing something here?
Like, yes, some of the use cases outlined in the linked wiki article [0] are arguably legitimate (parental controls, cybersecurity identification of C&C nodes), but then we quickly move into murkier territory (ISP blockages due to government mandates).
Preventing MitM attacks is an explicit design goal of DoH, not a side effect.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_over_HTTPS#Criticisms_and_...
Re: Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD
#33This 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.
I found it would fail allocations in kernel on 32 bit too.. making me a bit uncomfortable.
Re: Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD
#34I've been using Linux as a daily driver on laptops for about the last 12 years. I mostly do backend service development, having code that ultimately runs on a Linux server, so it's been quite easy for me to adopt.
I would have installed BSD on one of my primary dev laptops by now, but there's one huge software compatibility missing for me:
https://wiki.freebsd.org/Docker
Docker's currently broken.
Re: Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD
#35Ok, 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.
this is not an argument, this idea that non mainstream is better is harmful , you could and should use bsd over Linux for real argument like loving the idea of "monolithic os", the problem whit the Linux foundation (one or all), or the problem of abundance nesting in most of Linux but it inst about being mainstream, they still exist project whit difference approaches some less orthodox, or non corporation, i think Linux have more robust ecosystems, the thinks works out of the box is a and approach who let people let in the ecosystems like corporations, example if you don't want systemd make a distro(share it please) or use one of the already existing once LTS or rolling realizes approach.
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#36Are HiDPI displays supported in BSD?
You can use KDE with BSD, and KDE supports HiDPI.
Re: Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD
#37It's 2021 and we're still complaining about systemd.
Re: Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
I noticed that, too: the author doesn't mention the many-splendored versions of *BSD. My personal favorite is FreeBSD. I like Linux, but I have mixed feelings about systemd, especially when I discovered that systemd runs its own DNS server, which prevents the DNS server I wrote from binding to port 53 using INADDR_ANY. Instead, I had to write code to enumerate the interfaces & corresponding IP addresses & bind to eac…
This is where I sit. I like systemd as an init system. I find its syslog replacement unneeded overreach, and its DNS server absolute insanity. So when asked if I like systemd, it's a loaded question. It's great but absolutely sucks, both.
systemd isn't an init system and doesn't pretend to be one [note] - it's OS middleware with ambitions to becoming a distro unto itself. The systemd project assumes responsibility for numerous aspects of the system that have no technical justification for being under the same project umbrella. You might like systemd-homed, for instance, but it doesn't really have anything to do with the functions of init. Calling it an "init system" is like calling KDE a "window manager".
[note] It describes itself as "a suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system" - although in my opinion that implies more modularity than it posesses.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you’re doing DNS some company is going to see your DNS queries. So the objection is the new default choice?
I think the objection is the type of company that sees your requests. Traditionally, it's your ISP who gets to see your and all their users' DNS lookups. But now it's Google (on top of your ISP) and Cloudflare (on top of with 1.1.1.1 and instead of your ISP for DNS-over-HTTPS), and the claim is that they are going to misuse the data (well, it's pretty much a fact for Google). I am generally not in favour of any siloi…
Hello my friend
List of public DoH Servers: https://dnsprivacy.org/wiki/display/DP/DNS+Privacy+Test+Serv...
Simple guide for DoH over Tor: https://github.com/piskyscan/dns_over_tls_over_tor
I don't consider 10+ public, free DoH servers as "quite limited".
Re: Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD
#40Any time i see the term "bloatware" I know I'm dealing with a poser.