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He lost me at: > The first thing to realize is that, on the surface, the changes are minimal. Both are UNIX-like. You get a terminal, X windows, Firefox, Libre

He lost me at: > The first thing to realize is that, on the surface, the changes are minimal. Both are UNIX-like. You get a terminal, X windows, Firefox, Libreoffice... I use Sway as my WM, which uses Wayland and not X. I use Docker all the time at work. Neither is available in OpenBSD. While I really like OpenBSD, have tried it out and have ported a small open source project to it, I don't think the differences are minimal.

DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
docker sounds like a show stopper if you need it for work. I think if you port a multi-threaded application from Linux it's far from trivial (guess depends on the code last time I needed my C code to work it was just a matter of writing a good configure script - not a skill many have under their belt in 2019). on the WM: I have been using i3 for over a year and never looked back. Also been thinking about giving Sway a spin. Is there any reason I should other than Wayland? Usually I don't notice any problems with X (the reason why I would switch to sway) unless I quickly resize an i3 "container". But maybe I get a better memory footprint from Sway compared to i3? Is Sway worth the trouble to rewrite my i3 config? I understand Sway config is compatible and even has i3-gaps like behavior but I got huge amount of non compatible things inside my setup that requires a rewrite (hence my silly question) and it's not like I need gaps (even it looks awesome, my laptop screen real estate is limited enough as is)
messe 7y ago
Docker can be run via a linux vm nowadays on OpenBSD. Obviously this isn't ideal, but it's roughly how docker functions on macOS and Windows.
- zbentley 7y ago
  The user experience of docker-via-VM on the BSDs (well, FreeBSD at least) is really sub-par compared to Macs or Windows, and all three are pretty rough in some areas compared to native linux.
Crinus 7y ago
Since Sway is basically i3 remade on Wayland you can use i3 on OpenBSD.
- xyproto 7y ago
  I would feel sad if I would have to go back to i3, though. The feeling of getting rid of X11 is very uplifting, to me.
jolopy 7y ago
> He lost me at: [...] For me it was "Do these make little sense to you? I know, it's difficult to fully understand. Your reference is "Windows VS Linux" which are so different on many aspects, like an elephant with a sparrow. To the untrained eye, distinguishing a pigeon with a turtledove may not be so evident." What a rooster.

DyslexicAtheist 7y ago

docker sounds like a show stopper if you need it for work. I think if you port a multi-threaded application from Linux it's far from trivial (guess depends on the code last time I needed my C code to work it was just a matter of writing a good configure script - not a skill many have under their belt in 2019). on the WM: I have been using i3 for over a year and never looked back. Also been thinking about giving Sway a spin. Is there any reason I should other than Wayland? Usually I don't notice any problems with X (the reason why I would switch to sway) unless I quickly resize an i3 "container". But maybe I get a better memory footprint from Sway compared to i3? Is Sway worth the trouble to rewrite my i3 config? I understand Sway config is compatible and even has i3-gaps like behavior but I got huge amount of non compatible things inside my setup that requires a rewrite (hence my silly question) and it's not like I need gaps (even it looks awesome, my laptop screen real estate is limited enough as is)

messe 7y ago

Docker can be run via a linux vm nowadays on OpenBSD. Obviously this isn't ideal, but it's roughly how docker functions on macOS and Windows.

zbentley 7y ago
The user experience of docker-via-VM on the BSDs (well, FreeBSD at least) is really sub-par compared to Macs or Windows, and all three are pretty rough in some areas compared to native linux.

Crinus 7y ago

Since Sway is basically i3 remade on Wayland you can use i3 on OpenBSD.

xyproto 7y ago
I would feel sad if I would have to go back to i3, though. The feeling of getting rid of X11 is very uplifting, to me.

jolopy 7y ago

> He lost me at: [...] For me it was "Do these make little sense to you? I know, it's difficult to fully understand. Your reference is "Windows VS Linux" which are so different on many aspects, like an elephant with a sparrow. To the untrained eye, distinguishing a pigeon with a turtledove may not be so evident." What a rooster.