Reid Mar 25, 2024
BSD people: can someone please explain what the meaningful differences between FreeBSD and OpenBSD are?
Show threadDigital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽Mar 25, 2024

@Reiddragon
OpenBSD: Relentlessly security & correctness focused. Theo is an asshole who's usually/always right.

FreeBSD: Comes with most of the nice amenities of a user-friendly UNIX. Fantastic documentation. Friendly community. Dragonfly, etc. have even more desktop stuff configured.

NetBSD: Works on your toaster & a computer from 1995 which sold 1000 units.
#bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

Show threadvintage screwlisp accountMar 25, 2024
@mdhughes @Reiddragon
netbsd is being undersold here. Tbh it basically has a positive and relaxed spirit (yeah, based on get things working and then chill out). It's a modern and great operating system. However if we think about security, it doesn't have openbsd's mania (IT IS SECURE AND IT IS EASY TO USE) or FreeBSD's being the obvious choice for schmancy businesses.
Show threadmhdMar 25, 2024
@screwtape @mdhughes @Reiddragon "Let's put Lua into the kernel? Why not!" ;)
Show threadReid Mar 25, 2024
@mhd @screwtape @mdhughes I never understood who thought that's a good idea

but then again, at one point I shitposted about trying to force Guile inside Hurd and then building a full GNU system on top of that so maybe it was someone with the same brainrot as I but who was skilled and influential enough to convince people
Show threadmhdMar 25, 2024
@Reiddragon @mdhughes @screwtape Personally I like that we have at least one BSD that isn't all about "good ideas" and shoots for the moon sometimes.
Show threadReid Mar 25, 2024
@mhd @mdhughes @screwtape Lua in the kernel tho? I feel like that's one experiment that shouldn't have gone trough
Show threadvintage screwlisp account
@Reiddragon
It makes a kinda sense to me. Like how lisp had lisp machines.
@mdhughes @mhd
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