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   寮 (ryo@social.076.moe)'s status on Friday, 17-Feb-2023 12:46:57 JST 寮

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   > the way that the directories are structured is very unimportant
   Actually, I disagree.
   I know that on Linux all binaries are in /bin, configs in /etc, libraries in /usr/lib(64), users in /home, and so on, then OpenBSD makes a distinction in binaries between 1st party and 3rd party, and FreeBSD in addition to that also makes a distinction in config files.
   But on a non-Unix system, where the fuck is everything!?
   And how do I access things like USB sticks or Samba servers on it from the command line?
   So while it only takes a little bit of extra effort when coming from Linux to the BSDs (including macOS even, even though Crapple does much of it its own way too), it takes an entire re-learning process when coming from any Unix or Unix-like system to any non-Unix(-like) system.
   
   As for OpenBSD, I've found more problems when it comes to using it as a desktop, I couldn't get Alacritty and Kitty (both are GPU accelerated terminals) to work, no muh-gaymes, pkg_* is fucking slow, and such.
   But as a server it's better than perfect.
   
   But perhaps FreeBSD might be more suited for desktop use, especially because of Linux binary compatibility it has, on the other hand FreeBSD always feels to me like running Debian with more up to date packages and a BSD kernel, whereas OpenBSD really feels like its own thing, and a very comfortable own thing even.
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     Terminal Autism (terminalautism@social.076.moe)'s status on Friday, 17-Feb-2023 12:46:58 JST Terminal Autism
     OpenBSD may be the last one to go. Though right now, it has a big browser issue. No LibreWolf on it anymore ( https://librewolf.net/installation/openbsd/ ), and that is the only browser other than Tor that doesn't let the entire web know everything about your system, by default. It's pretty silly to use OpenBSD but then also use fucking Firefox. Or even the webengine or webkit browsers, those don't actively spy on you like Firefox does, but don't hide your information either.
     
     Anyway, the way that the directories are structured is very unimportant (and it sucks on every OS, though Windows does it the worse, it's blatantly structure to hide things from the user). Haiku is probably the most viable OS that is not Unix-based. It runs a decent number of programs, including Emacs, and it comes with bash and all the basic core utils, so it's still a lot like Unix. Unfortunately, because it could be less shit, but also fortunately because it could be even more shit. The window manager is kinda like PekWM in the sense that you can draw a window to another and have both of them in one frame, like tabs. You can also glue them together.