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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.
Enjoy spreading misinformation much?
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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.
Enjoy spreading misinformation much?
The FreeBSD handbook, for example, directs the user to manually edit wpa_supplicant.conf. If you want to switch from a static IP to a DHCP lease you need to run some commands as root and restart the daemon manually.
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Unneeded, as you can already install NetBSD on such a machine today.
Well, > As of April 2022 it is best to use the Asahi installer. https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/apple/
Apple didn't even try to follow the arm server/workstation boot specifications.
If you ever find yourself interested in living in a NetBSD system, check out the SDF: sdf.org the SuperDimensionalFortress has been around since the 80s and is now one of the largest installations of NetBSD in the US/world. Membership gets you such perks as: email address, a private (invite-only) Mastodon instance, a hosted Matrix instance, and more. While you aren't an administrator on the SDF instance, you can defi…
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Unneeded, as you can already install NetBSD on such a machine today.
With a desktop environment and everything?! I had no clue, I'd love to see a demo or at least feature chart
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Thankfully.
How can you be thankful to a lack of a ecosystem. BSD now has less room in the server use cases, where it should shine, without being able to use Docker at all.
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?
No systemD.
If you're using it as a desktop, it will take a little more time to config things to fit what you need. More command line editing of config files, than say Linux Mint or similar linux distros.
FreeBSD has the biggest community so it's easier to get help online.
That being said, NetBSD is worth checking out, especially for your use case.
If you decide to try it out on hardware, check out https://bsd-hardware.info/ and see if your machine is supported.
Also check out UnitedBSD.com It's a forum and there are many NetBSD users there.
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> 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. Really? Wow. I know quite a few. Perhaps your experience isn't as broad as you think. > How can I expose myself to this arena beyond making a BSD box… You can't. Make a BSD box. > which seems like a waste of time at the moment. That is an exceptionally foolish comment, which others have pointe…
Looking forward to NetBSD 10.0 review on the register :D
Me too!