arclightJun 10, 2023
Linux distro experiment time! I'm currently using Linux Mint and am fairly happy with it. Regardless, I got a new SSD and want to put something different on my aging ThinkPad. Should it be:
Vanilla Debian
43.5%
Arch Linux
28.2%
Something else
28.2%
Poll ended at .
Show threadpackyJun 11, 2023
@arclight not weighing in because I'm a #FreeBSD user...
Show threadarclightJun 11, 2023
@packy C-shell gives me hives, but I did consider one of the BSDs because this is meant as an experiment, so no, you're totally not out of line weighing in :)
Show threadMattJun 11, 2023
@arclight @packy you can install bash, or ksh, or zsh, or whatever on BSD...
Show threadarclight
@greppy @packy My impression of *BSD is easily 20 years out of date. A pity that OpenBSD kept failing on corrupt install image or something. Installation instructions seemed to assume you had already been using it for a few decades.
Jun 11, 2023 at 2:50amWeb
Show threadpackyJun 11, 2023
@arclight @greppy Yeah, FreeBSD seems to be the most stable and flexible "distro" these days. The documentation is really good, and doesn't assume (IMHO) prior BSD knowledge.