This blog by Vermaden is probably one of the most cited in the FreeBSD community when someone in a forum/subreddit asks why FreeBSD. I think it does a good job encapsulating the reasons one would choose FreeBSD over Linux or other OS’s.
I’ve become more partial to the *BSD’s in the past couple of years and respect what each one brings. I do daily drive Debian tho ;)
I believe OpenBSD does not include any proprietary software in its repositories. Or at least, I know that it does not have any proprietary drivers or microcode.
Nice, thank you. I’ll have to take a look at OpenBSD
NetBSD and OpenBSD can also be completely compiled from source. The source for each of them is available to look at online.
OpenBSD is great; if you ever need help setting it up for desktop use let me know I’d be happy to help
Sounds like it would take a very long time, but it does sound interesting. I’ll keep that in mind when I decide to try it
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Nice. If I can’t get it working, I’ll pester you and @whoami with questions
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it actually doesn’t take too long. OpenBSD’s install process is actually quick and really straightforward. Here are two resources that helped me:
https://www.c0ffee.net/blog/openbsd-on-a-laptop/
https://sohcahtoa.org.uk/openbsd.html
Also, OpenBSD’s man pages are updated with each new release, and the FAQ is a good thing to check out:
https://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html