DigichelleJul 6, 2023

I heard someone describe #Mastodon as social media for people who like #Linux. Now I’m curious. How many of you actually like Linux?

(Please boost! Hoping for a sufficiently large sample size that’s more likely to represent the wider #fediverse.)

I like Linux as a desktop OS.
13.8%
I like Linux as a server OS.
21.2%
I like Linux as both a desktop and server OS.
51%
I don’t like Linux.
13.9%
Poll ended at .
Show threadmfjurbalaJul 6, 2023

@digichelle

Linux is ok but #BSD is better. Try GhostBSD or helloSystem

Show threadDigichelleJul 6, 2023

@mfjurbala I probably should’ve guessed that someone would chime in with some BSD love. 😆

For the record, I’ve played with FreeBSD a little. I have a greater need for a desktop OS, and that seemed to be better suited to serving as a server OS.

In your opinion, is the same true of your recommendations? Genuinely curious.

Show threadJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
@digichelle @mfjurbala Never had problems with running FreeBSD as a desktop. It's only in more recent years where various OSS projects started to tailor their behaviour to features only found in Linux that we all lost something. Started with the whole silliness of dependency on dbus, for example.
Jul 7, 2023 at 4:52amTusky
Show threadmfjurbalaJul 7, 2023

@asmodai

I don't port stuff but it does seem like some things have become less portable