2026-10-15 23:41 UTC
P.S. alternative operating systems aren't easy. My feeling is that NetBSD and OpenBSD are roughly as easy to get into as Linux used to be 20 years ago. If your hardware is supported, you're in luck, but for computers newer than 5-7 years old, especially laptops, some crucial bits might be missing. The documentation is much better today than it was 20 years ago, though, and the range of ports and software available is pretty good, sure.
But it still is difficult to use. For me it's learning a new thing under stress while grieving about the computing future I wish I've had.
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@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt 2026-10-17 09:45
P.P.S. NetBSD is a very small project, it is incredible that it supports as much hardware as it does, even if it might be incomplete (e.g. no hardware acceleration on many recent video cards, or no WiFi 6 support on many laptops that requires a USB dongle), and it is almost definitely worth improving on and appreciating. https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/117455437804769408
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@lisp1984@mastodon.social 2026-10-15 23:55
@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt i ran pc-bsd back in around 2010 maybe....everything was straight forward. it was simple. i ran the opera presto 12.x browser on it. i use firefox now and consider vivaldi as a last resort since i hate chromium. don't be afraid of bsd....stay away from lsd. i have heard lsd is a harsh drug.