Linux feels clunky like a bunch of third party cogs all mashed together. Some with teeth missing some with too many. If it's not SystemMd taking over the whole startup of system services and needing its own DHCP server, it's then down to package manager's. Apt being replaced with snap, snap replaced by flat images.
Its divided and with no formality. Someone will create some new thing, I'll get popular, get introduced in to some distro, command others to use it and then end up being abandoned.
Linux is now in bed with corporate. The original idea was having a free alternative of unix and/or sort of fight against Microsoft. That's gone.
These are not all bad things, but turns the experience of Linux in to a mess.
For FreeBSD:
It just works, its solid, it bounces back. It has ZFS. Its Unix.
The kernel is as whole, its solid. Rock battle tested solid. Packages feel meshed correctly. Documentation is a single source.
Its just lovely to use and when you replace Linux for FreeBSD you'll feel a weight off your shoulders as your system will shutdown rather than systemmd displaying "Waiting 5minutes for X to shutdown". Have a great community which isn't divided by distributions.
When I first starting out using Linux, Slackware was my saving grace. A Linux distribution that was well organized, consistent, and just worked. It saved me from the disillusionment caused by RedHat and RPM hell.
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Linux feels clunky like a bunch of third party cogs all mashed together. Some with teeth missing some with too many. If it's not SystemMd taking over the whole startup of system services and needing its own DHCP server, it's then down to package manager's. Apt being replaced with snap, snap replaced by flat images.
Its divided and with no formality. Someone will create some new thing, I'll get popular, get introduced in to some distro, command others to use it and then end up being abandoned.
Linux is now in bed with corporate. The original idea was having a free alternative of unix and/or sort of fight against Microsoft. That's gone.
These are not all bad things, but turns the experience of Linux in to a mess.
For FreeBSD:
It just works, its solid, it bounces back. It has ZFS. Its Unix.
The kernel is as whole, its solid. Rock battle tested solid. Packages feel meshed correctly. Documentation is a single source.
Its just lovely to use and when you replace Linux for FreeBSD you'll feel a weight off your shoulders as your system will shutdown rather than systemmd displaying "Waiting 5minutes for X to shutdown". Have a great community which isn't divided by distributions.
Linux adoption at scale was only possible because of getting in bed with corporate.
By the way, FreeBSD also enjoys a bit of corporated love, with the difference that love only goes into one direction.
Untrue on the one-way. Quite a few corporate entities have contributed back to FreeBSD over the years. Netapp, Netflix, Juniper, etc.
Much more haven't, that is why joking about Year of Desktop FreeBSD isn't even worthwhile.
Which doesn't really matter to people who already used Linux or BSD.
Apparently it matters to the OP, otherwise they wouldn't have mentioned it.
I'm glad you like your FreeBSD installation.
Just a reminder that a range of Linux distributions available. There is choice.
I'm aware.
If I had to choose one it would be Slackware.
Posting this off Slackware 14.2/xfce4 on an old Thinkpad X220. All good.
(Must get round to upgrading to 15.0 sometime)
When I first starting out using Linux, Slackware was my saving grace. A Linux distribution that was well organized, consistent, and just worked. It saved me from the disillusionment caused by RedHat and RPM hell.