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Because Linux is the dominant OS on servers (so my dev environment can match the prod environment,) has way more tutorials,and documentation and also has way be
by edgyquant 5y ago
Because Linux is the dominant OS on servers (so my dev environment can match the prod environment,) has way more tutorials,and documentation and also has way better hardware support.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago> has way more tutorials,and documentation I'll agree on the rest, but more docs != better docs; BSDs tend to ship complete manpages without needing to wade through a hundred blogposts (half of which are out of date or slightly wrong).
- edgyquant 5y agoI’m not really talking about Man pages. Yeah this is the argument the BSD fans like to use but those dozens of blog posts for every Linux question makes it a much nicer experience for new users to get what they want working quickly.
- linguae 5y agoIt's not just man pages. I can't speak for OpenBSD and NetBSD since I'm unfamiliar with those systems, but for FreeBSD there is the excellent FreeBSD Handbook (https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/), which is great for learning how to set up and administer a FreeBSD system.
- nix23 5y agoIf your a new users you should start understanding your system, and don't follow potentially wrong or old tutorials, that's a big problem with the Linux-Information-overflow.
- ferzul 5y agoThae's a nice ideal, but if you need to get something working, nothing beats searching for the error message. The original package maintainers could write instructional materials that start from the errors, but I suspect that's too hard. Without specific training, it'll always be easier for third parties to provide ad hoc than first parties to produce as part of release.