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Calls macOS’s interface “fischer price”, and complains about elitism in the same sentence... What this guy is observing is that BSD is a subculture getting swa

by jl6 5y ago

Calls macOS’s interface “fischer price”, and complains about elitism in the same sentence... What this guy is observing is that BSD is a subculture getting swallowed by a dominant monoculture. There are a few strategies for dealing with this - one is to accept fate, give up, and join the monoculture. Another is to find a core differentiating purpose, rally around that, and hope that the monoculture sees you as complementary. This harder path does mean foregoing the benefits of economies of scale, such as having lots of other people writing drivers for you for free. So what is the core differentiating purpose of BSD that will win the hearts of developers and convince them to turn their efforts towards it?

ecliptik 5y ago
While not differentiating specifically for developers - as an end user, I’m gravitating more towards the BSDs since they don’t have systemd, wayland, pulsesudio, or all the other components that modern Linux has bolted on.
- nine_k 5y ago
  Frankly, there are a few distros which don't require systemd (my laptop runs one, specifically Void). Wayland is not a requirement anywhere. Pulseaudio is also not a requirement; I happily live without it. You can do without all that, unless you want the latest Gnome. Red Hat way is not the only way with Linux, fortunately.