As a Linux user, I can't think of any moral or technical reason that I would stop using Linux in favor of a BSD operating system. My technical needs are met, I'm not forced to use systemd, and I'm familiar with the userland tools. Why should I use anything but Linux?
>>1573 >Hurr durr convince me
The choice is yours. It is not our responsibility to ensure the long-term reliability of your system against bluehairs.
I don't give two shits whether you want to use a pozzed system or not.
I use windows as i have been relatively tech illiterate up until recently. Being a relatively old guy i remember windows 95 and everything in between 10. All can say is that i loved windows XP and everything past 7 sucked. And then windows 10 came out and it has a fucking Microsoft store. I liked windows because it was convenient but it has forced me to consider Linux.
>I got a Raspberry Pi to fuck with once to make a file server,
>then I got another Pi,
>then I got a laptop, put an SSD with a Linux Distro onto it,
>Have one Linux Laptop at my breakfast nook now,
>Another Linux Laptop upstairs with two screens attached to it to be my main workhorse,
>Another Linux Laptop setup to boot directly into Focuswriter
>Another Dual-Bootable Linux Laptop with Kali and another distro on it.
>Windows laptop is now in the closet.
>>1599 >>1655 The only distributions worth pointing newfags towards are MXLinux or Manjaro. MXLinux is infinitely better than ubuntu and it's cancerous derivatives even for newfags. Manjaro or any arch auto installer is also amazing because the biggest problem people will run into with linux is installing obscure software, which the AUR makes a non-issue. For years I avoided arch and arch based things because of people constantly talking about how spooky and difficult it is, when installing arch takes 20 minutes while following a guide and the AUR makes up for the time you would otherwise spend having to juggle stupid shit like .deb files and finding ppa's. The only reason I suggest MXLinux is that for whatever reason Manjaro and Antergos refuse to install in 50% of hardware I've tested them on, meanwhile the commies who made AntiX have somehow developed shit that runs on literally everything without a single issue.
>>1684 You trannuxfags use precisely the same arguments as wangblowsfags used to. No surprise that Trannux is turning into Macroshit-controlled SystemD-permeated bluehair trash.
By the way, Hikkise once said that Nanochan was hosted on an OpenBSD system. In that case, you might want to leave, because according to you nanochan isn't anything important eh?
>>1684 Why would you base the viability of an operating system for your own personal use on the fact that others use it for more important shit that you wouldn't ever do? If it works for you then that's good enough
>>1683 >xD you can use a single OS for everything
That's not how computers work. I do use openbsd. I also use arch, windows, gentoo, antix, tails, and a myriad of other operating systems on different computers depending on their use case. The guy I was responding to was asking which beginner OS is the best to use, and the answer to that question will always be MXLinux or any arch based distribution.
what are some simple (less than a couple of minutes a day) ways to help improve the direction of computing?
eg. giving page hits and reviews to well-made OSs on distrowatch.com and other sites
eg. promoting good yet usable OSs (MX, Void, Devuan ?) on normalfag sites like reddit and 4chan
eg. monetary donations to the right places, wherever those are
>>1707 >>2013 You can, but it's not always optimal.
I more or less have one desktop/laptop os and a live boot os for fast booting, so 99% spent on one OS. The more range of things you do (esp. visual/audio stuff) and the more values you have (FOSS, security), the more likely you will need multiple OSs OS
>>2011 >donations
Considering shit like the Linux foundation literally just gives your money to shit-skins I wouldn't ever give your money to anyone for ""charity"". Donating in any capacity is a very bugman thing to do. Keep your money and spend it wisely.
>>2021 no, don't donate to openbsd, just learn programming and do some work for them/contribute to the code/documentation/whatever.
I would trust openbsd devs more than other projects because they're mostly white autistic weebs, but still, I don't have a clue what they do with all their donations and as such I am not interested in donating.
This. I'd be using something without SystemD like Devuan, Artix, PCLinuxOS, Gentoo, etc. if I wasn't using suicide-inducing normalfag hardware.
There's literally nothing harder about the install for PCLinuxOS than Ubuntu, so it should be recommended for newbz wherever possible since it lacks SuckmyD. A situation where it wouldn't be possible is mine, where anything besides *buntu breaks after every attempt at getting graphics drivers to work.
>inb4 user error
I promise it isn't. I actually managed to have PCLinuxOS usable for my needs daily for awhile, until it failed to boot out of the blue.
>>2713 What graphics card do you have?
>until it failed to boot out of the blue
What do you mean? The displaye server (xorg/wayland) or a kernel panic?
As a Linux user, I can't think of any moral or technical reason that I would stop using Linux in favor of a BSD operating system. My technical needs are met, I'm not forced to use systemd, and I'm familiar with the userland tools. Why should I use anything but Linux?