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R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@NebulaTide" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NebulaTide</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@dtonlinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dtonlinux</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@mms" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mms</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span></p><p>Yep, I get it. <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/nomadbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NomadBSD</span></a> is definitely a recommendation for newbies who just want to give BSD a spin.</p><p>I've been very happy with <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> on my writing machine <a href="https://rldane.space/web-10-is-unironically-going-great.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">for over a year now</a>.</p><p>I'd like to try <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> on my home desktop again sometime. The only reason I prefer OpenBSD to it is that it tends to do S3 suspend/resume faster. Oh, and it has X11 working out of the box after install. ;)</p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poll</span></a>: are you "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dog-fooding</a>" <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a>?</p><p>Unlike previous polls (:BlobCatBlush:) I have tried really hard to make sure the options make sense. Select the <em>lowest</em> item in the list that is true for you:</p><p>Of the ten options, the first four are for those that <em>don't</em> use BSD regularly (let's say at least once per week).<br>The fifth option ("VPN/server") is for someone who uses BSD on a server they manage, but <em>don't</em> have physical access to.<br>The sixth ("at work") through eighth ("secondary laptop/desktop") is for those who regularly use some variant of BSD, but not as a primary daily driver.<br>The ninth and tenth options are for "dog-fooding"</p><p>Oh, right, and I'm sorry, but it really must need be said: <em><strong>MacOS, iOS, and other Apple products do not count</strong></em>. Sorry again. I <em>will</em> count any FOSS BSD-like OSes like <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/openindiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenIndiana</span></a>, though.<br>I will also count retro commercial Unixes, if you're actually daily-driving them. ;)</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/dragonflybsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DragonflyBSD</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/nomadbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NomadBSD</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/ghostbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhostBSD</span></a></p>
Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>itsfoss</span></a></span> <br>My 14 year old ASUS EeePC 1215N (Netbook) still works with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NomadBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NomadBSD</span></a>.</p>
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:<p>New(-to-me) laptop is in!</p><p>Looking forward to putting it through its paces.</p><p>This &lt;$100 thing might be the most performant machine I own. 😆</p><p>Also, I've been experimenting a bit with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NomadBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NomadBSD</span></a> lately. It's not *quite* as polished as a Linux distro, but it's mighty nice! (Persistent <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a>-based boot USB image, can do UFS or ZFS and optionally encrypt)</p>
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