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  • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlWhy Linux?
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    3 months ago

    BSDs are also monolithic kernels, just like Linux, macOS, and Windows NT

    FreeBSD has been trying to make it easier to run as a desktop OS by supporting the Linux APIs so they can use the WiFi and Graphics drivers from Linux

    OpenBSD handles security by supporting fewer features. E.g. they do not support Bluetooth as it’s an insecure protocol, and they disabled SMT due to the hardware bugs in AMD/Intel/ARM - so they are more secure, but slower








  • Debian on my personal computers and servers.

    Ubuntu on my work desktop, RHEL on work’s servers

    I wouldn’t consider Debian “Canonical”-y, it’s just what they happened to pick as their upstream.

    I tried some of the atomic distros, but ran into too many problems. When I buy a new computer, I sometimes have to run Opensuse Tumbleweed or Arch to get new enough hardware support… Too lazy to rebuild my kernel and mesa at home