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No. I think what the BSDs do is great and they are fantastic for servers of varied types and sizes however running it on a laptop is backwards. The power mana

by tbrock 12y ago

No. I think what the BSDs do is great and they are fantastic for servers of varied types and sizes however running it on a laptop is backwards. The power management and hardware support just aren't there, even in Linux, to rival the kind of integration Apple has with it's hardware and OSX. You can get close with Linux or windows on a thinkpad, sure, but running BSD on X where X isn't a server is not the way forward for a non commercial desktop. Yes Linux and OSX have their own problems today but they aren't the the ones discussed in this article. Sometimes you have to suffer through changes and progress for the end result.

asveikau 12y ago
So tired of people mocking the OS choices of others. If someone is happy with Linux or BSD in their own use, how does that equate to a claim that this same choice is acceptable for everyone and that it is the "year of the _____ desktop"? In the desktop there are many niche choices that some of us make, they work well for us and I don't think we ought to be mocked for it or told we can't do it.
- rufius 12y ago
  As the author of the post, I'm not mocking others' OS choice. I made that title mostly as a joke. I also was just cataloging my thoughts on setting up OpenBSD 5.6 on a ThinkPad x201. I actually didn't intend for that many people to read it. I submitted it to lobste.rs as a resource for people who might be thinking about doing it, nothing more. I agree with you that people just choose what works for them. I was just surprised OpenBSD worked for me on that laptop.
  - asveikau 12y ago
    Yeah the comment was not targeted at you. I ran OpenBSD on a laptop for years until the hardware died and I used Debian on the next one. Recently bought new hardware and put FreeBSD on it. These are exactly what I am happy with. Lightweight unix with a lightweight X setup. Does exactly what I ask and nothing more. I recognize it's not for, say, my parents. I am not doing it with hopes that it will conquer the world. But somehow some segment of the OS X crowd is disappointed with this and feels like they have to mock it.

by tbrock 12y ago

asveikau 12y ago

So tired of people mocking the OS choices of others. If someone is happy with Linux or BSD in their own use, how does that equate to a claim that this same choice is acceptable for everyone and that it is the "year of the _____ desktop"? In the desktop there are many niche choices that some of us make, they work well for us and I don't think we ought to be mocked for it or told we can't do it.

rufius 12y ago
As the author of the post, I'm not mocking others' OS choice. I made that title mostly as a joke. I also was just cataloging my thoughts on setting up OpenBSD 5.6 on a ThinkPad x201. I actually didn't intend for that many people to read it. I submitted it to lobste.rs as a resource for people who might be thinking about doing it, nothing more. I agree with you that people just choose what works for them. I was just surprised OpenBSD worked for me on that laptop.
- asveikau 12y ago
  Yeah the comment was not targeted at you. I ran OpenBSD on a laptop for years until the hardware died and I used Debian on the next one. Recently bought new hardware and put FreeBSD on it. These are exactly what I am happy with. Lightweight unix with a lightweight X setup. Does exactly what I ask and nothing more. I recognize it's not for, say, my parents. I am not doing it with hopes that it will conquer the world. But somehow some segment of the OS X crowd is disappointed with this and feels like they have to mock it.