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They're derivatives with their own kernel each, so in that regard the question does not make much sense. Due to its large amount of binary packages though, I'd
by zilti 3y ago
They're derivatives with their own kernel each, so in that regard the question does not make much sense. Due to its large amount of binary packages though, I'd say FreeBSD it is out of the big three.
- Apocryphon 3y agoJust trying to identify what's the Mint/Ubuntu/Zorin/elementary OS equivalent of BSD in terms of ease of use.
- taylortbb 3y agoThe point is that they're not really comparable. Mint/Ubuntu/etc all ship the same Linux kernel, that's why they're called distros. They're different distributions (distros) of the same software (Linux kernel, etc). The different BSDs aren't distros, they are different kernels that are developed in parallel. Obviously there's shared history there, and some shared userspace, but FreeBSD and OpenBSD aren't just two different BSD distros of largely the same software.
- zilti 3y agoProbably still FreeBSD, even though I'd claim NetBSD's documentation is a tad better. (And Ubuntu really does not stand out as beginner-friendly compared to e.g. openSUSE)
- spookie 3y agoopenSUSE is a gem. I can't even fathom how many times I've made a mess from my impulses to tidy up my system and it just manages to "fix itself". There are also a lot of neat things, like being able to use multiple versions of GCC side by side. Not every distro behaves well on that regard.
- parker_mountain 3y agoI'd say that if you're trying to find the Mint/Ubuntu/Zorin/elementary of BSD, then it's not really for you. The BSD ecosystem isn't really driven by ease of use, today they're more interested in various niches - hardware appliances, OS research, etc. If you're curious about what unix is and what a bsd is, I would recommend netbsd or openbsd in a vm.
- Apocryphon 3y agoWell of course they're not trying to replace macOS, for instance, but when an OS gets big enough to have offshoots and different front-ends and desktop environments and so forth, one would assume there are at least experimental attempts emphasizing ease of use, just like there are experiments to develop offshoots for any other purpose, from power users to pen testers. At least like, someone's toy project on GitHub or SourceForge. I just assumed BSD was big and well-established enough to have such efforts. Besides GhostBSD, looks like there's also Lumina, MidnightBSD, FuryBSD, and TrueOS/Project Trident? https://lumina-desktop.org https://lumina-desktop.org http://www.midnightbsd.org http://www.midnightbsd.org https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=furybsd https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=furybsd https://itsfoss.com/trueos-bsd-review/ https://itsfoss.com/trueos-bsd-review/
- stonogo 3y agoThey're definitely trying to replace MacOS: https://hellosystem.github.io/docs/ https://hellosystem.github.io/docs/
- parker_mountain 3y ago> experimental attempts emphasizing ease of use yes, i would define them very much as experimental
- Apocryphon 3y agoSure, but that does mean that there are BSD projects driven by ease of use as their niche.
- fullstop 3y agoI installed NetBSD in a VM last week, and it felt like I was using Linux from 20 years ago.
- miah_ 3y agoIs that a bad thing?
- CodeCompost 3y agoWould it be fair to say the Arch Linux users will feel right at home with FreeBSD? They seem to have similar concepts.
- hnlmorg 3y agoPre-systemd Arch felt very much like another BSD. At least about as close to one as a Linux could. These days it’s a lot more Linux-y though.