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I love it how neat config files generally are on the BSD's. It's all so transparent and easy to tinker with. Sadly I have not used OpenBSD in probably 2 decades
by sgt 5y ago
I love it how neat config files generally are on the BSD's. It's all so transparent and easy to tinker with. Sadly I have not used OpenBSD in probably 2 decades, but I fondly remember using it for my first office job in around 2000. I used it as my desktop OS while the servers all ran Solaris.
- gigatexal 5y agoyeah truly a breath of fresh air -- I like that the BSDs exist as a haven for those of us burnt out from all the complexity that is modern Linux.
- bitwize 5y agoLinux doesn't have to be complicated, even today. Slackware and Void are BSD-like in their configuration simplicity. But I appreciate the BSDs being there... especially since they have code bases that are squeaky clean and thoroughly documented, at least by Linux and GNU standards.
- gigatexal 5y agowell there was that one big black eye with FBSD code quality with that whole wireguard fiasco... something about a rush job paid for by the Netgate folks
- rwaksmunski 5y agoThat code never made it into a release.
- gigatexal 5y agoYeah luckily. Don’t get me wrong I love the BSDs just that episode shook my confidence a bit. I am sure code review changes were made though.
- gigatexal 5y agoI've been meaning to look into non-systemd distros -- assuming you're putting Slackware and Void up as examples of that -- how do things like Docker or others that seem to require systemd cope?
- bitwize 5y agoDocker runs just fine on my Alpine box. You just have to ensure dockerd is started upon startup. I don't faff about with GNOME or any of that, so if you want to run GNOME you may be out of luck. GNOME can be built without systemd dependencies, but it's probably a PITA, especially on Linux.