Re: Re: Great!
  By: Dan Clough to Richard Falken on Sun Jan 03 2021 02:39 pm

 > I didn't use to like Debian but it has grown on me over the years.  If
 > not for the pesky systemd I'd probably already be there.  Straight
 > Arch Linux is pretty good too, but takes some effort to get done,
 > kinda like Gentoo does.  Has GREAT documentation though, and an
 > excellent package management system.  I dabbled with FreeBSD years ago
 > but found it too different than what I was used to, and lacked the
 > motivation to learn about it.  Will probably give it another try at
 > some point.  Haven't ever tried the other BSD's (Open/Net).

Nowadays I don't feel like using anything that lacks a ports system, unless it
is for trivial tasks. Being able to automatically compile your software against
any library you see fit, instead of having to keep the libraries the packagers
have decided you must use, solves a lot of problems. This is what I end up
missing the most with Devuan and friends. I still install lots of Devuans for
relatives, though.

My issue with FreeBSD is precisely that it feels so much like Linux :-P NetBSD
and OpenBSD are pretty much their own thing. I like OpenBSD because the
operating system is much better organized, but you are in for a lot of man page
reading.


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