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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Frato@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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FSF approved distro (now Linux based soon with own FLOSS-BSD-kernel)

Do you want to participate? (esp. BSD-kernel-dev would be very welcome 😁)

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[–] Frato@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think it is a very good thing to have TWO options when choosing a FSF conform distro. Yes, for a laptop linux may be the more versatile option (for now...) but on a server a BSD-distro will be pure gold.

p.s. i have no problems using bsd on a laptop right now - it's a very clean and well made system and the hardware support is sufficient.

[+] Presi300@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Frato@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

BSD based systems (with the according userland) have a very clean and more minimalistic code base. In the last years Gnu/Linux systems drifted away from the ideals of the unix-style (e.g. systemd...). For an end-user-system this may be ok, but the general design of the bsd-systems is better imho.

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[–] Frato@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That is true. There are linux distros around with musl/busybox (alpine) and some distros without systemd. But i would really appreciate a fsf-conform distro with a fsf-conform BSD-kernel and the bsd userland - it's just a nice addition to the existing oss-os world. It is not about "this OR that" - why not have both?

p.s. both runit and openrc are close enough to the unix philosophy

p.s.s. yes, macos derived from openBSD and is using a sytemd-like init, but - as said - macos mainly targets end-user system... it's o'right for that - i think power users prefer os-designs closer to the unix philosophy.